The Subreddit /R/Collapse Has Become the Doomscrolling Capital of the Internet

No mention of https://www.zerohedge.com/ where the sky has also been falling perpetually.

Zero Hedge was great when they started with like a dozen writers. Once everyone left, it turned into garbage.

it has been ad-filled garbage for as long as I can remember

A former boss is a great zerohedge aficionado and constantly posts their stuff to his Twitter. He is locally famous for having predicted about 35 of the past 2 downturns in the Sydney property market.

I don't get what makes it so hard to understand that avoiding content like that and keeping a positive mindset will always be the better option for your life, independent of what will actually happen.

"log off and engage with efforts to fix the problem at a local level"

I'm no psychologist, but is that really helping or just reaffirming the doomy feeling? Sounds like recommending an alcoholic only drink low-strength beer instead of spirits. I would have thought it would be healthier to work on something orthogonal to it not towards the same goal as the worry.

(October, 2020)