Do you know someone who refuses to be informed on current events?

[Subdivisions]

In my circle of family and friends, I have several people who could care less what's going on in the world and avoid me like I have the plague when I try to talk about what I'm seeing going on in the world. In fact, the only one who follows world events as closely as I do is a teabagger/freeper type :(. The two of us had to agree to avoid any talk of politics or the news during a camping/family reunion trip this past weekend.

It drives me crazy.

Do you have people like this in your life and how do you deal with it?

[Swede]

1. That would be most people.

I don't blame them,it is depressing.

[Duke Newcombe]

17. There's a difference...

between those who because of commitments, work, family, etc., aren't informed, and those who make a conscious effort to go out of their way to AVOID news and information. I think this is about the latter group.

[Subdivisions]

23. Yes, this is about the latter group. The willful effort to remain completely uninformed. n/t

[stray cat]

2. Many who think they are informed but know nothing of practical facts

[tridim]

3. I know lots of people who think they're informed..

But in reality they just watch Faux and listen to Rush.

That, IMO is much worse than people who don't watch or read any news.

[MicaelS]

4. We don't discuss politics or current events

Outside sports, movies, books or music.

Don't take this the wrong way, but I imagine you drive some of your family and friends crazy if all you want to talk about is politics or current events.

[Subdivisions]

11. Of course that's not all I want to talk about. But it would be nice to be

able to mention certain things and not have someone look at you like you're leaking puss from open sores. I actually have people that don't even know about the situation in the GoM. Oh, they know there's been a spill. But they have no idea beyond that what is happening.

[muffin1]

16. I mentioned something about Sarah Palin

to a customer a few weeks ago, and he actually fucking said, "Who?". WTF?????????

[mikita]

5. head-in-the-sand has been the course of action of most people I know,

and has led me to withdraw from almost everyone. I really tried to engage some of them -- get them to read things. Nada. I even went back to school (after almost 40 years post-grad) to learn video production, so that I could make short videos to try and educate those who refused to read anything. That worked a tiny bit, but nothing I'd write home about.

I understand how it drives you crazy. It's pretty depressing as well. I can still converse with some about "safe" topics for an evening, but I find that limiting if you're with someone for much longer than a few hours, given all that is going on around us.

[salguine]

6. I'm driven crazy when people say "could care less" when they mean "couldn't care less".

[Subdivisions]

10. Well, save your medication because I made the edit just for you. n/t

[salguine]

18. Whoo! I can come in off the ledge now! Thanks!

[Subdivisions]

21. Actually, I missed one but it was too late to fix it too. But, please, it's not

worth jumping over.

[RaleighNCDUer]

7. I could care less, and often want to because it is so vexing,

but somehow I keep getting sucked back in.

I don't know anyone in my little circle who couldn't care less, though several could care more.

[Subdivisions]

22. What the hell is everyone's obsession over this common grammatical

faux pas? Did you know what I meant or were you completely confused?

I'm sorry. Ok?

[RaleighNCDUer]

30. It's cool. It's second nature to me.

My English-teacher father used to return my letters to me with red-pen corrections. Kind of got ingrained in my psyche.

[upi402]

8. "someone"???? oh hells yeah

nearly EVERYONE in my day to day life is under-informed or misinformed. i have to make long distance calls or call out of country to get my like-minded friends.

[blondeatlast]

9. No--but I know one who won't vote because she "doesn't want to be responsible"

for the failures of those she votes for.

[Subdivisions]

24. I've actually heard that too occasionally. Must be a common excuse. n/t

[damntexdem]

12. It's not so much refusing to be informed as it is working to be ill-informed.

I have a brother and sister-in-law who love Sarah Palin and who think Sam Brownback would make an excellent president.

[jp11]

13. I sort of did, it wasn't that I refused to be informed but I avoided it for a long time.

I couldn't stand how terrible I thought people were to each other and sickening it was to watch the same crap go on and on I avoided watching/reading the news which often was either BS celebrity crap or news of people hurting/killing/victimizing each other. Seeing 'my' country do insane stupid things and being led by idiots or failing to act, arguing over petty BS and resisting change etc.

[UTUSN]

14. Yip, they usually preface with "They're all the same." & are usually members of demographic groups

that NEED more justice and societal accomodation than some others. Iow, they help the bad guys by not participating or being "tolerant" and equalizing towards the bad guys. And, no, I won't name them because their home groups are natural constituencies of the Democratic coalition, who don't vote or sell out.

"Deal with it" with them is butting one's own head on a rock wall.

[arcadian]

15. Yeah, check them out on Facebook

They are the people who post status updates like, "TGIF!", "Happy hour margaritas in 1 hour!" and "Couuld we outlaw Mondays?". Not a single one of them lives in the moment. They will be old and on their deathbeds looking around and wondering where the time went.

[kgnu_fan]

19. Most poeple are too comfortable to wake up.. then others who can not afford to know

[nyc 4 Biden]

20. I don't know many people who DO care about current events. n/t

[fleabert]

25. i have several friends who say 'Ugh. i just don't want to know, don't tell me."

it's painful. sometimes i don't tell them, but sometimes i do if it relates to me or mine directly. (in answer to 'how are you/things?'

[HughMoran]

26. It drives me insane

I tell my ex-wife about big events in the news, she looks at me like I have 3 heads. :eyes:

[KonaKane]

27. Yes, and their criteria goes like this....

If news casts their ideology in a bad light, they ignore it.

If news sustains their preheld beliefs, they embrace it, and sing it to the heavens.

[Jamastiene]

28. I do.

I usually lay waste to their indifference at some point and they change. Quite a few have changed so far, but there are still a few that I am having to practically shame every once in a while.

[HopeHoops]

29. There's a third category - "Those who watch FOX and THINK they are informed about the world."

They're even worse than the ones who don't give a shit.

[pipi_k]

31. Never mind the lesser-known current events...

I have a sister who probably doesn't even know who is president.



She's always been somewhat odd, anyway. I suspect there's something wrong with her.

Eight years ago when our dad was on life support in the hospital, the doctor consulted with members of the family who were present at the time to explain what was going on. At the end of it, he asked if anyone had any questions.

She said, and I swear this is true....

"How do you house train two Chihuahua puppies?" (She had just bought them the week before he got sick).

But anyway, yes. I do know someone who has absolutely NO clue, and no wish to know, about what's going on beyond her own world.

Who knows...maybe she's happier, in her ignorance, than I am...

:shrug:

How I deal with it...I don't.

Not since the day I discovered that she and her (third) husband were trying to do some REALLY vile things. I told my sister she needed help and not to bother talking to me until she got it.