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erronis

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11. I'm not sure I'll survive (well) without my internet communities...

Reply to littlemissmartypants (Reply #9)

Wed Apr 2, 2025, 01:08 PM

Apr 2025

I do have books to read altho I had to get rid of around 2,000 last year (forced move.)

But I do use the internet as a social lifeline. I'm currently in a rural area so getting to a larger hub of people will be challenging, especially as gasoline prices rise and public transit disappear.

My thoughts on the current radio and cable? PBS and NPR will stop existing. Programs talking about non-RW ideologies will disappear. Those that use these types of media will get a pablum of pseudo-patriotic junk, just like the USSR and China, etc. I'm not a good commentator on these since I don't have a T.V. and rarely listen to broadcasts.

Sorry - I guess I'm feeling rather fatalistic today.

Time to go for a walk and enjoy nature!!!

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