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maxsolomon

(33,440 posts)

32. does Depressed count as Angry?

Reply to Kaleva (Original post)

Tue Jul 19, 2022, 12:32 PM

Jul 2022

then yes.

Not only do we know more about events, those events are just awful.

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Are you angrier now then before being on social media? [View all] Kaleva Jul 2022 OP

I'm angrier now. Elessar Zappa Jul 2022 #1

I spend a great deal of time reading in the numerous groups we have here at DU. Kaleva Jul 2022 #2

With or without more media.. thomski64 Jul 2022 #5

I'm grateful to Social Media as I have better information. no_hypocrisy Jul 2022 #3

Exactly this. luvs2sing Jul 2022 #12

I love the access to information and the exchange of ideas Kaleva Jul 2022 #15

Social media are designed to get people to lose their shit Sympthsical Jul 2022 #4

I agree adding only the caveat that hilarity also makes people lose their shit. Hugin Jul 2022 #9

Absolutely Sympthsical Jul 2022 #13

About the same as I was in the 60s. multigraincracker Jul 2022 #6

I think I am more shocked and awed :) at some of my friends and familyi Thtwudbeme Jul 2022 #7

I'm not angry. I'm practice Buddhist peacefulness. vlyons Jul 2022 #8

In addition to purges, I took new missions with Tetrachloride Jul 2022 #11

I blame Facebook. I've gotten myself worked up over my neighbor's postings there and it's just not CTyankee Jul 2022 #10

I just hide the toxic ones. GoCubsGo Jul 2022 #26

good plan. I'll try it. He's been absent from Facebook lately because of his work but the next lull CTyankee Jul 2022 #36

Than before. betsuni Jul 2022 #14

Angrier now, because... LeftinOH Jul 2022 #16

After 2016, I've learned to curate my feeds to avoid the anger-inducing stuff tinrobot Jul 2022 #17

After 2016, I've been blocking and reporting all MAGA trolls I come across. Initech Jul 2022 #20

I do the same. Kaleva Jul 2022 #21

I don't get "angry", certainly not with respect to politics brooklynite Jul 2022 #18

Social media can affect the real world unfortunately. Elessar Zappa Jul 2022 #31

Not angrier. Just more disgusted. GoCubsGo Jul 2022 #19

Facebook "suggests" all sorts of hate sites that it did not before Turbineguy Jul 2022 #22

If you aren't, then the social media companies are failing, because that's definitely their intent. RockRaven Jul 2022 #23

I had to ForgedCrank Jul 2022 #24

I have always tried to stay well informed, so the anger level has fluctuated with the times. Chainfire Jul 2022 #25

I'm less likely to be injured fighting on social media than I am fighting in person. hunter Jul 2022 #27

The populists want you to be engaged. It is part of their game plan to gain power. Just A Box Of Rain Jul 2022 #28

No. ismnotwasm Jul 2022 #29

Social media is both a blessing and a curse. Baggies Jul 2022 #30

does Depressed count as Angry? maxsolomon Jul 2022 #32

Twitter and Facebook are mental poison Amishman Jul 2022 #33

I am oh, so much more angrier slightlv Jul 2022 #34

The level of fuckery has gone up so much Bettie Jul 2022 #35