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Mom Shoots TV

To Know, or Not to Know

This week for Sunday Poser, Sadje asks us: Would you rather read the news and be depressed/ frustrated by it — or remain oblivious to it and happy? 

I would rather remain oblivious and happy. The only news I force myself to follow has to do with Gaza, Israel & the rest of the Middle East. It’s hard to watch and breaks my heart but I feel compelled to keep up with it. Being a Jew, I owe it.

As far as the rest of the news, please spare me the gory details! I don’t want to know. If it is important enough, I will find out one way or another.

I am retired now and unfortunately, the TV almost always stays on Fox News, so I get to listen to it over and over and over … My husband is always home and can’t do much due to CoPD. He is a news junkie. Our house is not very large and so we are forced to share the same space. There is only one TV. I let him control the remote because he is disabled, much older than me, and I am one hell of a nice gal.

Even my therapist tells me not to watch the news. I’ve gotten pretty good at tuning it out, but still. Every so often something heinous and violent seeps in and I have to deal with it.

Sometimes I fantasize about shooting the TV and blowing it to smithereens. One day, I probably will. However, I don’t own a gun so I may have to hire a hitman.

Written for Sadje’s Sunday Poser, knowing or not knowing.

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12 responses to “To Know, or Not to Know”

  1. ghostmmnc Avatar
    ghostmmnc

    Same here in that I don’t like hearing all the awful things. Plus we never know if anything is true or not, I suspect not, or at least exaggerated or out of context maybe. I do like to keep up with local weather, as we are always dodging tornadoes. :)

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    1. The Abject Muse Avatar
      The Abject Muse

      Same here. Flash floods and tornados. Then in August we’ll slip into hurricane season. I live in Birmingham, AL, at the moment. I’m still hoping for an escape, but chances are getting slimmer and slimmer.

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  2. Violet Lentz Avatar
    Violet Lentz

    I do not have a TV so I am spared the news as such. I look at headlines and get more in depth on the subjects that mean something to me.

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  3. Peter's pondering Avatar
    Peter’s pondering

    A wonderful idea, to shoot the TV. I’m sure the world was a much nicer place when news took days or weeks to arrive and wasn’t on constant repeat.

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    1. The Abject Muse Avatar
      The Abject Muse

      Those were the days! Normalcy.

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  4. Susan St.Pierre Avatar
    Susan St.Pierre

    Wow! Our situations are identical. I’ve learned to “tune out” the TV noise. My husband has ADHD and his channel surfing on every commercial would drive me mad if I tried to follow it. ;-)

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    1. The Abject Muse Avatar
      The Abject Muse

      Wow. I’m sorry you have to deal with it, but I’m glad I’m not alone. Maybe we should form a support group.

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  5. pensitivity101 Avatar
    pensitivity101

    Love the idea of shooting the TV, but we don’t have one. The only time I listen to the radio is in the car, but usually because Hubby wants to catch the news which at midday is the same as 6am. I check out the headlines on my computer or read them on the newspaper stand in the supermarket if something catches my eye I think I should know about..

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  6. Sadje Avatar
    Sadje

    Thanks for sharing Susan. Watching news from war torn ares is just heartbreaking.

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    1. The Abject Muse Avatar
      The Abject Muse

      Yes, it is. It’s sad for everyone. I wish we could all get along.

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      1. Sadje Avatar
        Sadje

        If only we did 😪

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      2. The Abject Muse Avatar
        The Abject Muse

        Maybe one day

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