tgo Posted December 20, 2021 Report Share Posted December 20, 2021 There's a lot of daily focus in the news on what ails America, and people are cognitively wired to be more reactive to news that makes them angry / bad news - so the focus is always on that as the media is more focused than ever on driving profit and clicks. It's hard to contextualize things in the world when people are constantly hearing only bad news stories, some manufactured and some real - and with all the focus on the political and racial divisions and police incidents and what not in the country, it always (falsely) seems like everything is going downhill. Figured we need a good news thread so that we're not just always cognitively biased toward covering bad news and problems. We should also cover areas of progress, good deeds, and general good news. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CreepingDeath Posted December 23, 2021 Report Share Posted December 23, 2021 40 minutes ago, tgo said: Not to derail this thread - but has the gov started to repair the damage to the USPS yet? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgo Posted December 23, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2021 2 minutes ago, CreepingDeath said: Not to derail this thread - but has the gov started to repair the damage to the USPS yet? Several new governors on the USPS board, they should be in position to oust DeJoy soon. Been a lot of maneuvering going on with the USPS board to get it done. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Number9 Posted December 25, 2021 Report Share Posted December 25, 2021 On 12/20/2021 at 10:19 AM, tgo said: There's a lot of daily focus in the news on what ails America, and people are cognitively wired to be more reactive to news that makes them angry / bad news - so the focus is always on that as the media is more focused than ever on driving profit and clicks. It's hard to contextualize things in the world when people are constantly hearing only bad news stories, some manufactured and some real - and with all the focus on the political and racial divisions and police incidents and what not in the country, it always (falsely) seems like everything is going downhill. Figured we need a good news thread so that we're not just always cognitively biased toward covering bad news and problems. We should also cover areas of progress, good deeds, and general good news. The sheriff was all grins. "You just made a citizens arrest!" It is a good thing he's a citizen because if he was police that looked like police brutality. The hero better not have a big corporate job or be from a famous/wealthy family. Civil suit would be coming. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nine Posted December 26, 2021 Report Share Posted December 26, 2021 20-30 years ago, I was driving through a grocery store parking lot; as I passed the store entrance, there was a sudden commotion and I had to slam on my brakes to avoid a guy who ran out right in front of me; he glanced off my front bumper and went sprawling on the ground but scrambled up and ran off. I was initially stunned....but as I looked around and assessed the situation, I quickly realized this guy had just tried to snatch a woman's purse at the store entrance, but she screamed and refused to give it up; after dragging her to the ground, he let go of the purse and took off running.....and right into the front of my car. Once I realized what had just happened, I wished I hadn't seen the POS coward and that I would have just run over his useless ass. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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headhunter Posted December 28, 2021 Report Share Posted December 28, 2021 Ammo prices are starting to come down, thank goodness Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgo Posted December 28, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2021 Thought I'd throw this in with the Good News as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Blair Posted December 28, 2021 Report Share Posted December 28, 2021 23 minutes ago, tgo said: Thought I'd throw this in with the Good News as well. "I came up with 3 vaccines." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvyablue256 Posted December 28, 2021 Report Share Posted December 28, 2021 54 minutes ago, tgo said: Thought I'd throw this in with the Good News as well. Great news and LOL @ Trump trying to get into heaven now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starkiller Posted December 28, 2021 Report Share Posted December 28, 2021 1 hour ago, tgo said: Thought I'd throw this in with the Good News as well. Certainly more likely the Trumptards will listen to Trump before they listen to Biden. But it has become so much of a cultish belief to deride the vaccines that I’m not sure it really will matter. He gets booed at events when he talks about getting the vaccine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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