I swear they used to be really good. I’m with you though, I cut bait. I got so tired of optimistic titles narratives and bullshit that were so obviously overblown and dumb. Like excitedly tossing somebody twigs while they’re drowning. I really like the lawyer guy when he’s just talking facts, seems like a smart dude. Just couldn’t take it anymore.

yep, they lost me for the sensationalized clickbait as well

Theres that one thumbnail where trump looks like shit and it sorta looks like he’s a building imploding and collapsing in on himself. His head is at a weird angle and he looks like he’s actively dying.

Medias touch uses that thumbnail at least twice a week with a title like “it’s finally happening, trump collapses”

I fucking hate trump and can’t wait for the nightmare of his administration to be over, but if you’ve said twice a week for a year that “its finally happening” I know one thing for sure, you have no idea whats happening or when it is going to happen.

yes and i mean i get it: he's fighting the hyper-sensationalist republicans with their same tools but i found the titles exhausting after a while. jack coccherella had the same thing going on. as well as dhl and a few others.

once the algorithm starts getting out of control it is overwhelming. it started manufacturing a weird sort of media unduced depression. and im not a depressed person so that was a real scarey feeling to experience.

i had to cut out all the doom scroll politics for my own mental health.

now i just watch youtube for instructional tutorials like i dunno, how to play a song on an instrument or clean the coffee maker or make mug bread. seems way more sustainable.

Exactly, they're just as scummy as maga, they're just not in power at the moment.