Are You Addicted to Rumor Porn?

[MineralMan]

Many are. It's an addiction that can be hard to recover from. There are no effective treatments other than cold-turkey withdrawal. That can lead to symptoms like anxiety, worry, fatigue and worse. Once you wean yourself off random Twitter feeds from sources that regularly convey rumors of things you want to hear, though, you'll start feeling better very soon. Start following actual news sources, and you can end the cycle of dependency on rumors and predictions that rarely end up being accurate. Reality is the best treatment for Rumor Porn Addiction.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. I think people are becoming desperate for Dolt 45 and his parasitic family

to go away as soon as possible (that includes me). So it's tempting to pounce on any scrap of "news," including rumors, gossip, innuendo, speculation and made-up stuff, that would offer some hope that this will come to pass. Sometimes bits of the aforementioned rumors, gossip, innuendo, speculation and made-up stuff actually do come to pass, just as when you throw enough crap at a wall some of it is bound to stick. So it's tempting to conclude that these obscure bloggers who claim to have "sources" actually do have sources that are reliable, and that said obscure bloggers should be paid attention (and donations). I prefer not to be toyed with and disappointed over and over, so I'll wait for real news of real indictments to appear in real news media.

[MineralMan]

2. I'm with you. Real news is nutritional.

Twitter feeds and blogs are empty calories.