Discussion»Questions»Human Behavior» I can accept not knowing obscure events happening in the world not making much press but how do you not know headlines?
It is not a position I followed with a plan. It is just where I find myself. I have in a sense, opted out of the general culture which surrounds me. I don't count it as a loss.
I used never to know anything about what was going on.. I don't watch tv and didn't read newspapers and one day I made a comment that was innocent in intent about a football club and unbeknownst to me that club had had trouble with supporter violence.. so he thought my comment was about that and judgementally so.. fortunately I was able to explain to him that I had no idea about the incident and so wasn't commenting on that.. but even so I felt bad that my comment had been perceived as insensitive merely because of my lack of awareness of headlines.. So after that I started subscribing to a well known and reputable paper.
The good thing is that it keeps me well informed.. the bad thing is it tells me about what Trump is up to.. if I didn't know I wouldn't have to face that reality - I would be blissfully ignorant and I wouldn't have people who seem to not see the faults many of us see getting mad at me and almost taking it to the level of hatred.. Still I guess we have to take the rough with the smooth and we cannot unknow what we have seen with our own eyes.
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