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To think it’s odd that Dfriend has no idea what’s happening in the news

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Rightlessmore · 07/04/2022 09:36

Spoke to Dfriend and I mentioned how awful things are in Ukraine. I was surprised when she asked what I meant and it turned out she had absolutely no idea what was happening. This made me wonder how normal this is. To me it seems unavoidable as the information is everywhere, but maybe that’s just my life. I just can’t see how you can’t not know what’s going on and my teenage DC know too. I assumed everyone kind of knows what’s going on in the world at any given time. This Dfriend did seem misinformed regarding coronavirus too and now I can see why. I’m not criticising her - she’s great, but is this common?

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EV117 · 08/04/2022 18:02

YANBU. My MIL is like this, she literally has no idea what is going on outside her immediate world. It’s weird because she and FIL do have the radio on a lot though and the news on ITV in the evenings, but it’s just background noise apparently, she doesn’t take in any of it.

balalake · 08/04/2022 18:04

Not unusual for someone never to watch a news bulletin, and if you never travel on public transport, you could avoid a lot of news stories. With multi-channel tv and catch-up/streaming services, easy to avoid news if you choose to.

pigsDOfly · 08/04/2022 19:14

OP friend is going to have an awful shock when she gets her next electricity/gas bill.

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