Do you ever feel a need to escape the news, if only for a short time ?

[steve2470]

I'm going through that right now. Of course, on DU, it's a bit hard to totally escape it.

[LiberalEsto]

1. Try the Lounge

that's what it's for.

[steve2470]

2. Hm I think I'll try that, thank you kindly

[LiberalEsto]

3. And to welome you, here's the new Lounge Cafeteria special

[steve2470]

4. hm such a catholic menu

2
: comprehensive, universal; especially : broad in sympathies, tastes, or interests <a catholic taste in music>

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/catholic

[ZombieHorde]

5. Yes. I take breaks from DU from time to time because of this.

I love the DU community, but I like to take news breaks once in a while.

[ConcernedCanuk]

6. Me too - every now and then I dive into the GD swamp,

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When it gets vicious - I break to the Lounge or other Groups.

Heck, - I take breaks in the middle of many of my posts to take a wander outside.

Soothes my soul.

CC

[LeftofObama]

7. Yep.

Every now and then the "what passes for news" gets on my nerves and I have to take a break. Glad to see I'm not alone.

[steve2470]

8. .........

[dorkulon]

9. Hell yes. Essential to sanity.

Take a few days off. Don't watch or listen to the news if you can avoid it. It's amazing how serene one can feel when blissfully unaware.

[steve2470]

10. oh I agree

I get depressed, angry and frustrated after a while. Anxious too secondary to impotent powerlessness in most cases.

I could never work full time in the news business, unless it was entertainment news lol and then I'd probably get a bit disgusted with the silly stuff.

[B Calm]

11. A fishing trip to Northern Canada always help!

[steve2470]

12. would love to go

"blew my wad" so to speak on a trip to LA a few months ago, will put that on my bucket list.

I've been to Barrow AK but never northern Canada.

[B Calm]

19. Northern Ontario has some great "drive to" fishing. The Sioux Lookout

area is great with Lac Seul being one of the greatest lakes to catch trophy size walleyes.

[steve2470]

20. I'd watch you and others fish

I'm not much of a fisherman. I'd read a book.

[B Calm]

21. Nothing wrong with that. My best fish finder

is watching others fish. You might want to think a little though about reading a book. You might miss seeing the Black Bear getting a drink of water, or the Bull Moose walking along the shoreline, or the family of Otters playing. These are things we see every time we go up there.

[steve2470]

22. ah forget the book then lol nt

[NewJeffCT]

13. More & more often since the election

I paid attention the few months after the election, but I've found myself kind of burned out lately and have just been watching regular TV or catching up on my reading lately.

[sarge43]

14. Yes

Sometimes it's like being trapped in rave club -- total sensory overload.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

15. All the time!

That's why I'm here........

[lunatica]

16. I've been doing that for a few weeks now

I'm tired to the bone of the teabaggerratti. They're exhausting. Ted Cruz was the last straw. Suddenly I don't want to know what's going on so much. I was losing IQ points.

[Myrina]

17. More and more every day, lately.

I've taken to watching the channels that show the 70's reruns .... Scooby Doo, Charlie's Angels, Mary Tyler Moore, WKRP, etc ...
Shit just seemed easier to deal with then, even though many of the same issues (& criminals) were still at play.

[AsahinaKimi]

18. Thats what the lounge is for...

As for me, lately..I been revisiting an old friend:

http://www.thedarewall.com/tv/doctor-who-2005

[raccoon]

23. "Wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then." --Bob Seger.

Yes, I do too. and by its nature, news is usually bad.

[cliffordu]

24. I can't watch the news at all anymore.

I don't have MSNBC on my computer and don't even miss that.

[hamsterjill]

25. Yes, breaks are a good thing!

I take breaks from the heavier parts of DU when things get too nasty for me. And honestly, these past couple of weeks have been some of the nastiest times that I remember since I joined in 2004.

Heck, at times, I get afraid to post anything that doesn't agree with the majority posters. I've read flaming responses to some posters which responses were nothing more than cyber bullying.

It's really a shame when things stoop to that level IMHO. I've enjoyed DU very much in the past as a resource for learning and keeping up with current events and political opinions, etc.