Many of my neighbours and friends have accepted the fact that they may never own the standard advertisers ‘Great Australian Dream’ of a brick house with a white picket fence, because the economy has hit a recession and real jobs are scarce. I’m comfortable never buying and reading another paper print Vogue magazine again – I can’t realistically afford the clothes anyhow. I don’t think it’s healthy for society and reader’s mental health to continuously and repeatedly read online content based on the motto of ‘if it bleeds, it leads’ or gossip that is unfounded and untrue. Doomscrolling through bad news just leads to depressed thoughts and anxiety. I cringe whenever I get sucked into the classic click-bait headings of mainstream news websites. I’ve also moved from watching the 6 o’clock news on the telly to checking the ABC news and BBC news websites. While at an influencers diner event my neighbours admitted they had stopped watching the regular news and spent more time on YouTube watching videos. I flick to the sections that interest me, and then skim the headlines for anything of personal relevance. The only chance I get to read my local rag is whenever there is a free one at my local café or library, or in the workplace. These days few of us have the luxury of sitting around a dining room table and listening to the nightly news for half an hour.
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