"and there's no way to get out from under it": Not entirely, but I get out from under most of it by ignoring almost everything that happens in the media, particularly "social media" like Twitter. Most of it's ridiculous noise, and mostly, there's nothing meaningful I can do about even the bits that are literal or serious.
Remember Alex Balk's Second Law of the Internet: The worst thing is knowing what everyone thinks about anything.
Terrific piece.
"and there's no way to get out from under it": Not entirely, but I get out from under most of it by ignoring almost everything that happens in the media, particularly "social media" like Twitter. Most of it's ridiculous noise, and mostly, there's nothing meaningful I can do about even the bits that are literal or serious.
Remember Alex Balk's Second Law of the Internet: The worst thing is knowing what everyone thinks about anything.