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I've cut back on my watching the news on the television in the evenings. There's too much chance that I'll see some particularly loathsome politician demonstrating his (or her) nature, and get further depressed as a result. Programs such as Masterchef, Mythbusters, or The Avengers are picking up the slack instead. Probably much better for my mental health.

It's not that I'm not keeping up with the news. But at least when I'm reading it in a paper or on the computer I don't have to sit through twenty minutes of earnest discussion of "Brexit" in order to get to the weather forecast.

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“Right.” A turning later, he spoke again. “You’re her, aren’t you? That English boss?”

“If I was, would I tell you?” Irene was listening for the sound of police sirens behind them. It all depended how long it took the cops to return to their usual state of mind.

“Sure you would,” the driver said cheerfully. “I mean, hey, this is New York, this is the Big Apple, people like you are famous here! Look, if you are, can I have your autograph?”

As reactions went, Irene had to suppose it was more directly useful to her than get out of my car you filthy criminal, but it did leave her feeling sympathetic towards Captain Venner. “No problem,” she said. “Got something to write on?”

He tossed her back a notepad and pencil-stub while managing the cab one-handed. Irene gritted her teeth and scribbled Jeanette Smith. “For anyone in particular?” she asked.

“It’s for my daughter. See, I’m always telling her that women can get ahead in this world, that she just needs to apply herself, and when she sees that I had someone like you in my cab –“

Comments

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

Well, we're past denial, well into anger and bargaining (but the EU won't let us), and depression is the next step. Only of course all the stages happen in mixed-up form anyway.

FWIW, ever since Brexit the Guardian's page has regularly broken my browser.

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I think depression has settled in fairly solidly over here.

Newspaper online pages have so much gunk on them these days. I like the Independent myself, but the amount of flash on it slows my browser to a crawl, or even gets to the stage of "a script cannot run and therefore your browser will freeze".

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

There's still a state of uncertainty though? You voted to leave but no one wants to be the one to press the LEAVE switch.

Eventually I hope to have a tablet that will handle all these gunky sites that freeze even my 'more up to date than the computer by a long chalk' cellphone. But the Guardian used to be just fine before all the videos and braking news.

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"Braking" is the right word. :)

Yes, we're in a state of uncertainty, and I am desperately hoping that Parliament votes not to press the button, even if that sparks squawks of fury and cries of undemocratic from those who do want to Leave.

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

Betrayed by the subconscious again. Also the sticky e key.

Possibly the sources I read exaggerate the amount of Buyer's Remorse, and possible some people know nothing about exchange rates and stock markets. But any fiscal literate must conclude the leave vote has had disastrous consequences.

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Agreed. I think part of the problem may be a widespread distrust of anything the financial sector says, after the banking crisis in previous years.

[archangelbeth]

I approve of this cab driver, actually...

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Very pro-equality!