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Ferrets are Cool

(22,526 posts)
Sat Mar 29, 2025, 09:19 AM Mar 2025

Although it is not the fault of this fine website, it seems as though I come here every morning

just to sip on my strong cup of depresso. Each day brings a new blend of anxiety and angst. Thank you magats for sending America into the toilet.

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Although it is not the fault of this fine website, it seems as though I come here every morning (Original Post) Ferrets are Cool Mar 2025 OP
Join the fun here! SheltieLover Mar 2025 #1
Thank you my friend. Ferrets are Cool Mar 2025 #5
Here is this morning's lively thread... SheltieLover Mar 2025 #7
I get it. Sitting here drinking "depresso" right now. Silent Type Mar 2025 #2
The positive side is that YOU (and the rest of us DUers)... Think. Again. Mar 2025 #3
I guess the term is doomscrolling. You know what? GusBob Mar 2025 #4
Climate change is going to ensure life is going to get far worse Kaleva Mar 2025 #6
 

Think. Again.

(22,456 posts)
3. The positive side is that YOU (and the rest of us DUers)...
Sat Mar 29, 2025, 09:25 AM
Mar 2025

...are getting actual information, as depressing as it is.

The reason all this destruction of the U.S. is still being allowed to continue is that the rest of America is relying on corporate media that is created for profit and so is not fully informing them about the depressing things that are happening.

GusBob

(8,111 posts)
4. I guess the term is doomscrolling. You know what?
Sat Mar 29, 2025, 09:30 AM
Mar 2025

If you take a break ,say like last weekend, went hiking all day, watching basketball, doing chores, etc

Life for awhile seems normal then

Then you log on and no, it’s not normal, it’s not even the new normal

The toilet is overflowing and getting worse

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