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[Baemono]

As most people said, time to take a break from the internet. The worse are the news, the more clicks they get, so you're only going to see more and more awful stuff. So just go play games, go outside to walk (or run, whatever), read a book, etc.

 

[Klosshufvud]

Nothing new is happening in the world. Wars, senseless murders, political assassinations... nihil novi sub sole, it's always been this way.

As most people said, time to take a break from the internet. The worse are the news, the more clicks they get, so you're only going to see more and more awful stuff. So just go play games, go outside to walk (or run, whatever), read a book, etc.

Exactly this. The world is filled with countless suffering and happiness that is unquantifiable even by a media eager to report our biggest tragedies. Go work in any emergency ward for a week and you'll see so much suffering that you'll never become upset by news reports anymore. And that's just one emergency ward. Call it becoming ambivalent, I call it coming to terms with the cruelty of existence and learning to accept, and yes, even ignore aspects of it. We still have responsibility for ourselves too, and the older we get, the less others will care for your own wellbeing. Only you can do that.