Sick of hearing on news

lizzohadsome · 2026-01-20T09:11:27+00:00

Wars Polictics Protestors Beckham Ramseys/peattys i wish we would have more nicer And happier news

canklesmctacotits · 22/01/2026 03:20

There was a bbc news presenter in the 90s or 00s who was mocked roundly for complaining he only over got to read out miserable news and why couldn’t he have more stories about cats being rescued from trees etc. Forget who it was but it seems positively quaint now.

Lockdownsceptic · 22/01/2026 01:08

Archymum · 20/01/2026 09:39

Call me crazy, but given the fact that Trump is about to declare war with Europe, I think it's worth knowing about how that's going to impact each and every one of us in very real and scary ways.

You can relax now. The war’s off.

JAA17 · 21/01/2026 20:44

Do not worry about the news. Its only there to keep you in constant fear and pretend our leaders (of all political colours) are important and our only hope.

I have not watched the news for over a decade. Its all trash. I am happier for it.

If you want to hear the important stories of the day, ask your cat. Does she want pilchard or chicken flavoured munchies? That is the important story of the day.

Isinglass20 · 21/01/2026 19:23

Isn’t this the issue that since WW2 this and other countries have relied on the US instead of looking at the politics relating to all the wars listed in another posts and worked towards independence from the US.
Now we’re paying literally with a massive increase in taxes to pay for spending on defence and disentangling our military technology from the US.
Trump is clearly mad but we’re going to have to manage his madness and not bury our heads and hope it all goes away.

YouHaveAnArse · 21/01/2026 18:33

I don't know anything about why the Beckhams/Ramsays/Peatys are in the news, or indeed who precisely the latter two being discussed are. It's pretty easy to avoid celebrity news if your're not interested in that.

Goddessoftheearth · 21/01/2026 18:30

TheDandyLion · 20/01/2026 09:29

Thegoodnewsnetwork.org
Positive.news
Thehappynewspaper.com

Change your news sources.

Definitely helps to only look at the positives- I think the main stream media just delight in doom, gloom, hysteria inducing headlines and hyperbole!!!

Ahhhblissful · 20/01/2026 16:48

Archymum · 20/01/2026 16:34

@Ahhhblissful do you have endless money and a protected personal supply of all resources in the world? Because if the answer to either of those questions is no, you need to give a toss. People who say "I don't follow politics" are about to realise that politics follows them.

Forgot to quote you in my above comment.
Why worry why add to worries when we can just live.

anothergymmembership · 20/01/2026 16:44

UniquePinkSwan · 20/01/2026 09:33

Just don’t watch it. I never watch it and I’m very happy

Ditto!

Ahhhblissful · 20/01/2026 16:40

Why worry over things that have not yet happened.
Like i said if it happen it happens cross that bridge when it does, but right now im going to live my life as normal.

Archymum · 20/01/2026 16:34

@Ahhhblissful do you have endless money and a protected personal supply of all resources in the world? Because if the answer to either of those questions is no, you need to give a toss. People who say "I don't follow politics" are about to realise that politics follows them.

tuvamoodyson · 20/01/2026 16:24

Ahhhblissful · 20/01/2026 15:54

@Archymum and @Whosthetabbynow .

No and No.

What??

Whosthetabbynow · 20/01/2026 16:11

Bizarre

Ahhhblissful · 20/01/2026 15:54

@Archymum and @Whosthetabbynow .

No and No.

Jc2001 · 20/01/2026 15:42

Archymum · 20/01/2026 09:39

Call me crazy, but given the fact that Trump is about to declare war with Europe, I think it's worth knowing about how that's going to impact each and every one of us in very real and scary ways.

Yeah, the news can't just be a series of nice things that have happened throughout the day. People need to know what's going on and usually it's not great news. Especially with trump in the whitehouse

Whosthetabbynow · 20/01/2026 15:37

Ahhhblissful · 20/01/2026 15:20

I watch GBnews sometimes.
If war happens it happens couldnt give a toss.
Other than that i watch something else.

Sorry? You couldn’t give a toss if oil supplies to Europe are stopped? That our technology is messed with to our detriment? You couldn't give a toss?How ignorant

Archymum · 20/01/2026 15:33

Ahhhblissful · 20/01/2026 15:20

I watch GBnews sometimes.
If war happens it happens couldnt give a toss.
Other than that i watch something else.

Will you give a toss if the price of everything goes up 25%? Will you give a toss if Trump starts to drop bombs on Europe? Will you give a toss if life in the UK becomes unbearably difficult because it's impossible to access a lot of the things currently imported to the UK from America (cars, medicines, antibiotics, fuel, machinery) because we are at war with them?

Ahhhblissful · 20/01/2026 15:20

I watch GBnews sometimes.
If war happens it happens couldnt give a toss.
Other than that i watch something else.

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lizzohadsome · 20/01/2026 13:59

EasternStandard · 20/01/2026 13:48

What social media do you have?

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Too flipping much 🙄

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lizzohadsome · 20/01/2026 10:13

Sorry should have worded this better its not that I watch the news at 6pm etc its constantly on social media outlets and its just hard to switch off from it

What social media do you have?

Archymum · 20/01/2026 13:47

A NATO country declaring war against another NATO country would lead to unprecedented worldwide chaos with deep and lasting repercussions for the whole world, in a way that is, apparently, not fully understood by most people because NATO has ensured so much stability across the Western world for so long.

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lizzohadsome · 20/01/2026 13:38

Archymum · 20/01/2026 09:39

Call me crazy, but given the fact that Trump is about to declare war with Europe, I think it's worth knowing about how that's going to impact each and every one of us in very real and scary ways.

Countries have been at war for a very long time why are you just worried about Trump? Russia and Ukraine are still not great he's threatening nuclear bombs every other week

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lizzohadsome · 20/01/2026 13:36

youalright · 20/01/2026 10:16

Don't watch it haven't watched the news in years if anything significant happens you hear about it on here

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lizzohadsome · 20/01/2026 13:35

DeftGoldHedgehog · 20/01/2026 10:26

Perspective helps, at the risk of sounding like a Billy Joel song there has always been something, even recently. When I was a kid, the Falklands were invaded, IRA were bombing the UK and there was the serious threat of nuclear war. Famine in sub-saharan Africa. Then as a teenager Iraq mark 1, there was a horrific war and massacre in former Yugoslavia, Rwanda, Somalia. A few years later 9/11, Afghanistan, Chechnya, Iraq #2, constant terror threat, austerity, Brexit, Covid, Ukraine, rise of the far right, Trump, Putin. Lots of other things I've forgotten. I try and stay away from it, and just watch the new once a week or so or my head can't hope with day to day things.

Shame the world hasnt changed much from that 😪

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DeftGoldHedgehog · 20/01/2026 10:26

Perspective helps, at the risk of sounding like a Billy Joel song there has always been something, even recently. When I was a kid, the Falklands were invaded, IRA were bombing the UK and there was the serious threat of nuclear war. Famine in sub-saharan Africa. Then as a teenager Iraq mark 1, there was a horrific war and massacre in former Yugoslavia, Rwanda, Somalia. A few years later 9/11, Afghanistan, Chechnya, Iraq #2, constant terror threat, austerity, Brexit, Covid, Ukraine, rise of the far right, Trump, Putin. Lots of other things I've forgotten. I try and stay away from it, and just watch the new once a week or so or my head can't hope with day to day things.

youalright · 20/01/2026 10:16

Don't watch it haven't watched the news in years if anything significant happens you hear about it on here