And what about all those murder movies, the horror movies, the gun shooting movies, the extortion murder rape kidnapping etc, crime in general, intrigue, blackmail, scheming?
We have a subscription to a package that has a lot of US content. HBO, Fox aka Star Channels.
80s & 90s movies were better, happier.
The mood is mostly dark and dire nowadays.
And then there's "news", if you can even call it that anymore.
Mostly political propaganda, hate mongering and FUD.
I'm in a good mood, then I read "the news".
I had a time where I completely ignored them, that was after 9/11 and my mental health was superb.
But nowadays the planet is on fire and everyone in power is just starting more fires.
But "the news" are also pushing a certain mindset, at least in Germany, although there isn't much difference between the outlets.
They all just more or less copy paste the same sources.
Paranoid schizophrenic mindset mixed with some Russian hate and foreign hate and radical right normalization.
Don't know how it is in Germany but in the US, it's hard to escape the reach of "the news". You can choose to not go to news sites and not turn on news channels but news feeds are everywhere and tv are in public places blasting out the fear or outrage of the moment. It's difficult to not end up passively consuming it against your will. Even setting up a new Windows Server box will end up with MSNBC in your face because the first time you open a browser, that news feed is going to be featured on the default home page. You might have been trying to set up a new document server for the accounting department but now your brain is hijacked by the latest details of fighting in Syria. It really is pervasive.
And then there's "news", if you can even call it that anymore. Mostly political propaganda, hate mongering and FUD. I'm in a good mood, then I read "the news". I had a time where I completely ignored them, that was after 9/11 and my mental health was superb. But nowadays the planet is on fire and everyone in power is just starting more fires. But "the news" are also pushing a certain mindset, at least in Germany, although there isn't much difference between the outlets. They all just more or less copy paste the same sources. Paranoid schizophrenic mindset mixed with some Russian hate and foreign hate and radical right normalization.