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Rogaar t1_iyz20tc wrote

Reply to comment by happydazenews in I made a website which features positive/inspiring news stories with no ads! by happydazenews

I hear where your coming from. I have a bit of a hypothesis. I wonder if we gravitate towards the negative news.

Hear me out...

What I mean is by seeing other people's misery, we look at our own lives and think "glad that's not happening to me". Makes us feel better about our own lives.

When it comes to social media, it's somewhat the opposite. People post the best things about their lives which makes everyone else depressed as they wish they had that kind of life. When we all know these are fake lives people are promoting.

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happydazenews OP t1_iyz7cnu wrote

"Hear me out...What I mean is by seeing other people's misery, we look at our own lives and think "glad that's not happening to me". Makes us feel better about our own lives."

I am with you 100%. I also think maybe people who are in tough situations can watch the news to feel less lonely like... its not only "me" whose going through strife and hardship.

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