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The original was posted on /r/collapse by /u/MuchPerception on 2025-09-01 17:48:38+00:00.

A record high amount of people in surveyed countries, something like 40% overall and closer to 50% in the United States and United Kingdom, are deliberately avoiding exposure to news to some extent. They’ll tell you it’s not worth stressing over things they can’t control, whether it’s looming climate problems or atrocities on foreign shores, fascism yada yada yada.

Of course, I get that sense that more and more people are aware of the likelihood that things simply aren’t going to get better, and there’s not necessarily that much trust in news anyway but in any case it’s easier for them to just tune it all out. Me, I’mma keep doomscrolling like I was born for it. I still feel like I can’t look away and wouldn’t want to bury my head in the sand (an insult to ostriches, who are actually trying to be responsible by doing that, they’re checking on the eggs they store in underground nests).