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ccpotato··on News is bad for you – and giving up reading it will make you happier (2013)
I said I like to be accommodating. I personally would rather little to no interaction unless it's pertinent to work at hand.
ccpotato··on News is bad for you – and giving up reading it will make you happier (2013)
"Out of the approximately 10,000 news stories you have read in the last 12 months, name one that – because you consumed it – allowed you to make a better decision about a serious matter affecting your life, your career or your business"

I'd say quite a bit actually. It's helped me make better investment decisions.

e.g. news following tech industry let me get Nvidia at 160 a share.

Not to mention things like entertainment and sport news are useful for making small talk (I like to try to be an accommodating co-worker).

Plus it keeps me informed/shapes my perception of my Government and how I intend to vote.

Real question is it worth consuming and checking all day? Hell no.

ccpotato··on Threads, an Instagram app
Blind nationalism has it use.

If the U.S. was invaded I'd rather fascist racist nationalists be dying holding the enemy back than artists and scientists.

Regardless Azov iirc has shed it's 'nazi' roots to become an effective legitimate military unit. Turns out a lot of fascist apparently are cowards.

Anyways your attachment to Azov having nationist roots reveals your Russian bias. And they are fascist nationalist. They've been destroying, raping, and pillaging what they can for purely fascist racist reasons. That makes the Russians the side of the Nazis here fyi.

ccpotato··on To make more stingers, U.S. needs to revive production technology from scratch
Relax. You're just a Russian sympathizer. Easy travel partisan.