When did it get so inane? I literally haven't watched it in over a decade, but now it seems like Fox News
I had the same experience at the dentist months ago. It was the first time I had actually sat and watched the news for anything longer than a glance. They were really good at extending 5 to 6 minutes of content for damn near an hour.
Even better, is when they change topics, but go right back to it fifteen minutes later as if they didn't talk about it at all. Today was all about Brady and Deflategate. I couldn't believe how passionately the newscasters were talking about it. It was surreal.They were really good at extending 5 to 6 minutes of content for damn near an hour.
So first, how much coffee was that? Asking for a friend. Secondly, what does an arrythymia feel like? Definitely asking for a friend. What about heart palpitations? Are those those kind of serious things that you definitely know when they are happening? (I've always been slightly surprised I never gave myself a heart attack during those drug-heavy caffeine-heavy hazy days years ago.)
Well, I have a bad heart so the numbers are skewed. I drank like 5-6 cups and started feeling shitty. I've drank more and felt fine, but I wasn't well hydrated. Palpitations can feel like all sorts of sensations in the chest, usually I experience a strong pounding sensation in my chest and sometimes my throat. I can't really tell you what an arrythmia feels like beyond 'bad' because by the time I'm having one or several I don't have enough blood in my brain to really remember clearly.
Crazy. I always wondered if you'd like, definitely know you were having palpitations, or sometimes maybe just when your heart feels funny it could be a little thing. Thanks for the insight, but also sorry you have to deal with that (not infrequently it sounds). (But really this is great material here.)
I definitely know when I'm having an event of some kind, but my sensitivity to such things is pretty high. The part about the hospital that is funny is that new or young docs always want to add something to my diagnosis when I walk in dehydrated. I ask for a bag of gatorade and nausea medicine, they run a bunch of tests, freak out because my blood makes me look like I'm having a heart attack, call my cardiologist, give me a bag or two of gatorade and nausea medicine, I go home. This has been the pattern of my ER visits for the past several years with a single notable exception when I managed to develop instantaneous or 'flash' pulmonary edema.
The one and only good thing about CNN is Anthony Bourdains "Parts Unknown". That said, I don't have cable and haven't for a while now.
My guess is a year or two ago, when they realized that dumbing down would get them more views. I'm stuck in an airport and I am so glad San Diego has some class and doesn't plaster the walls with cable news. There is one tv with -you guessed it- CNN but if I sit far away enough I won't be bothered by it. It's not something I'd ever watch voluntarily.
I can't speak to your experience, but for myself, I haven't watched "real" television consistently for several years now, aside from a few NFL games and some annual shows, and almost always with friends. Man, television itself is completely unbearable now, and being away from it really gives perspective as to how terrible it all is. As far as the Foxxinization of CNN, I haven't seen it for my self, but I would suspect it's the result of a demographic shift. I'm guessing older conservatives, now than in the past, are more likely to park themselves in front of the television and watch the news for hours.
Okay, yeah, but why the fuck does every place play Fox News. Literally, every single place I've been to in the past month. 24 Hour Fitness. The dentist. My orthopedic doctor. Old Chicago. Fucking Chiles. I didn't want to be in Chiles in the first place, now I'm at Chiles AND watching Fox News. God damn.
I haven't been to a Chili's since I was 19 years old. Back then, they were the fanciest restaurant in my small town.I didn't want to be in Chiles in the first place
Until you hear and smell those fajitas. Am I right, am I right?...
I gave up having a TV like a decade ago. The last time I visited my parents, they would go off and do stuff during the day and there was literally nothing else to do, so I'd turn on their TV. Holy shit, when did every commercial turn into debt harassment, insurance or we'll-help-you-sue ads?
Know what's awesome? Sitting at home for four weeks straight as you're recovering from a standard procedure operation, only to see malpractice commercial after malpractice commercial involving said procedure. It's enough to turn the most resolved person into a hypochondriac.Holy shit, when did every commercial turn into debt harassment, insurance or we'll-help-you-sue ads?