Man Tired Of The News

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact

A local man has spoken this morning of his increasing and concerning indifference when it comes to global events.

Each morning, before his eyes have even adjusted to being open, Dave Mullins blasts his retinas with blue light in his habitual pre-get-up scroll. Most mornings, he flicks through some headlines after catching up on emails and messages from the other side of the world.

Recently, he says, the ritual has not been enjoyable or even worth doing.

"I'm tired of waking up to bad news," he says.

"Which it kind of feels like, we've, uh, been waking up to bad news since 2019. Purists would say we haven't had a good years since 2015. But what is worrying, is that I'm beginning to feel like I just should stop consuming news, and hopefully that will make me feel a bit better,"

"Because at the end of the day, I'm a logistics manager in a warehouse in the Queensland Diamantina. What can I do to change anything? My job is to just endure. So maybe things would be better if I threw my phone in the creek, only watched commercial television and Netflix. You know, they show you the scary news, people getting shot and stabbed in the cities, Americans blowing children up with advanced weaponry, crime is out of control, there's too many immigrants, not enough jobs, the immigrants want my job, they can have my job, watch out, Albo wants to take my Super and have someone get a McDonald's straw and blow it up his arse like Stevie Nicks used to do with cocaine to preserve her voice, then when the news is over, I get to forget all about it and watch bogans either renovate, cook or throw wine at each other on some stupid show. Maybe that's what I should do,"

"Because I tell you what, I'm sick of being so informed. I know it's bad to say but my brain needs a rest. I need a rest."

More to come.