No.4001
Mhh, I personally don't think there is a "should" in keeping up with things if you don't benefit from the process directly. For me as a NEET at least there is no real incentive, no money in the stock market or anything like that.
I do keep up with news on certain software or franchises I like and use, though, that's mostly been fun or at least interesting.
No.4002
>>3998honestly there are times where at this point it just seems like mental self harm which is why i mostly treat the news as if it were entertainment. have been watching a lot of TLDR news, they cover international conflicts and geopolitics which are interesting
No.4003
>>3998I sometimes wonder if people use global news for entertainment rather than info
Plenty of people in Europe follow along with American politics but then conversely don't know their local officials or even prime minister because it's not as entertaining
Though I'm not sure if that's worth judging, there's certainly worse hobbies out there
No.4004
>>4003>Plenty of people in Europe follow along with American politics but then conversely don't know their local officials or even prime minister because it's not as entertainingThat's pretty much the case for me, though I don't go out of my way to look up said news and just click a random video to have something playing in the background. It's both info and entertainment, something mildly interesting to me that I don't have to actively pay attention to.
No.4005
>>3998The vast majority of it is fake and made to make you think a certain way, its fine to ignore everything other than local news
Unless you live in a major city, then its fine to ignore that too
No.4009
squaggers
No.4010
>>3998No! Society is far too scary and depressing.
I want wake up feeling like there's still a reason to live... otherwise what's even the point?
No.4011
>>4008It's a long-lasting mecha otaku 3D clipping tradition that's at least as old as Gundam Breaker and Machinecraft. Possibly even older.
No.4012
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No.4013
There's an Autumn Reitaisai or something.
No.4014
I try not to, I browse certain websites for entertainment or to stay informed about internet and technology stuff since there can be actually important news like data breaches, new Internet regulations. policy changes, etc., but there's always politics getting shoved down your throat. Youtube is the worst regarding this, they'll put it in your algorithm no matter what. No one should waste their time and energy following events which you have 0 control about, only do it when it's something that can directly affect you and only if you can act upon it for your own benefit.
No.4016
I try to read the news from Japan since the online spaces I frequent are always bringing up JP politics and I have only the faintest idea of what they're talking about. It's probably better Japanese reading material than eroge and futaba funpsots anyway, but it's so boring I end up not reading much.
No.4017
>>4005Human perception is inherently unreliable, so you're never going to fully escape that no matter what you do.
My advice is to use something like Ground News, which aggregates a bunch of news from a bunch of different sources and summarizes it. You may not still be getting a fully accurate picture of things, but it'll be a more complete one.
>>4010World events will trickle back to you sooner or later. Being aware of these things gives you a chance to prepare and, in the case of things like the payment processor bullshit, fight back.
No.4019
>>4018OP here, this is basically my approach.
I'll also add that you should limit the time you spend thinking about current events to when you're reading the news and right after. If I see something important that requires me to take some kind of action, I'll take that action, and then spend the rest of my day thinking about things I actually enjoy thinking about.
No.4021
>>4020you sick bastard, my inventory dropped by 2 cents are you are laughing?
No.4022
>>4020The Gaben gives, the Gaben takes, it do be like that nonny.
No.4023
>>4020My logical side says idiots at Valve could've just fragmented the pricey items so the pricey trading stays in-house, within Steam wallet limits.
My reasonable side glees.
No.4024
>>4020> But above all we wanted people to play CS:GO because it was a fun game. We didn't want to turn it into some kind of grim pachinko parlor, with players grinding out matches just to get random loot box drops. So you have to balance the potentially real dollar random rewards so that they're a fun surprise but not economically attractive enough to become a job.Uh maybe the game was exactly trash? Nobody talks about gutting TF2 for a reason.
No.4026
Sort off. You tube often recommends news videos to me and I will listen to them as background noise.
No.4029
>>3998I only watch news in Japanese.
No.4040
the noose
No.4044
>>4034this pic has the right sentiment but braindead execution
No.4045
>>4034this makes the less sense the further you were from being born into a rich supportive family
for taxpayer cattle, proactivity is as productive for life as celeb sex gossip. hell, average journo writing about this earns more than the average rest of writers
No.4048
>>4034I agree to a point but concern and interest are separate things. I am not concerned about the situation in France, Germany or the UK, it won't impact me at all. But I still like to see what's happening there.
No.4059
Dumb comparetard above me that thinks everyone's accomplishments needs to be compared
No.4063
>>4057appeal to authority and marketing are very weird and don't address the point. y'know, dumb products for dumb consumers. moreover dunny krieg is debunked. maybe try to shill deleuze next time? the weirdo wouldn't fuck up like this
¥ allegedly smart folks I've never met told me I shouldn't concern myself with an earthquake wrecking my house right now, and I should start a business right now actually you're not seriously arguing for this to be adequate, are you?
surely you're above black and white thinking that is dogmatic in castrating any amount of thinking outside of the box?
No.4064
any business startup books that Epstein liked? could really use some of that intellectual influential famous successful genius grind mindset right now. I'm not like the dimwit people, I actually know real authority when I see it.