Ocean acidification tipping point, climate change tipping point, rose of wars and fascism, microplastocs - these are just facts of things that are happening. I feel like doom scrolling would be an exaggeration of things that are happening or will happen, not just reading about reality.
Does the scrolling make you feel like we’re doomed? If so, it’s doomscrolling.
Is it draining your will to live? Then it’s doom scrolling.
In that case, I’m doom working right now.
I believe your break finished two minutes ago, now go help Aaron clean up the vomit in aisle 9.
But the vomit is Aaron’s… He should clean up his own mess.
I’ve always understood doom scrolling as the endless/mindless scrolling to the point of detriment, not the actual content itself.
It can be whatever you want it to be.
It’s doom scrolling especially if it’s true.
the doomiest
Doomscrolling is scrolling through your phone wallowing in depression/anxiety about these things. Moderate your news intake, spend some time doing mutual aid, ice watch, whatever appeals to you, and get more sleep.
I take the expression more as a warning to control it so it does not impact my mental health too much. Getting (properly) informed is good, but if I get so depressed that I can’t act positively on the system anymore or I make it worse for me and others, then it becomes counter-productive.
Is it better to ignore the fall of man or watch it in real time?
I’d say for it to be considered doom scrolling, it would have to be true things.
I’d say it has to be things you believe to be true. If a wacko is scrolling for hours on nonsense about how the covid vaccine inserts a mind control chip into your brain and how the leftists are going to come to your small town and force your kids to be trans - then that’s still doom scrolling.
Yeah, that’s a fair way to look at it
Exactly, otherwise it’s just, well, scrolling.
Doom and fiction aren’t mutually inclusive.
It’s about what you’re focusing on.
It’s not Doom scrolling until you decide to rip and tear, until it is done.
It’s doom scrolling because scrolling does nothing to prevent our doom.
