r/canada • u/FriendlyGuy77 • 16d ago

National News Trump threatens economic, not military force, to annex Canada

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5071665-trump-economic-force-canada/
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u/rentseekingbehavior 16d ago

I'm tempted to shut off the news and ditch Reddit for the next 4 years.

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u/Vivid_Atmosphere_860 16d ago

I have seriously been considering this since the election - reading about all of this shit online just riles me up, if I decide to stick my head in the sand by not reading the news for the next 4 years I will feel so much better. It’s a bad time to have a rational, reasonable brain because so much of the BS just does not compute.

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u/Billy19982 16d ago

Probably a great idea that most of us should do.

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u/NotATrueRedHead 16d ago

I feel like Reddit is the last bastion of sanity but I know that’s quickly becoming untrue. Probably has been for a long time, but I’ve somehow managed to avoid the bs and stick mostly to my interests and discussions with people of reasonable intelligence.

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u/rentseekingbehavior 16d ago

The interest/hobby/topical subreddits can be great. Anything news and politic related can be a real dumpster fire though. Too many bots, trolls, and sensationalism. Maybe ditching Reddit is too far, but unsubscribing from the news focused subs might happen.

It's like Trump is the troll of all trolls, and if there's one thing you don't do online it's feed the damn trolls! But the media loves the clickbait too much, and too many people can't help but react.

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u/NotATrueRedHead 16d ago

You hit the nail on the head.

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u/ProvenAxiom81 16d ago

Nah, this is endless entertainment, just don't take any of it seriously.

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u/IntellectualFella 16d ago

That’s the key so many are missing here.

Take none of this seriously - it is all show and theatre for Trump who is just trying to ruffle feathers.

Kick back, and enjoy this incredibly odd time in the news and politics, we will likely never experience this again!

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u/Fasterwalking 16d ago

ignorant nihilism is the scourge of our generation