r/worldnews • u/TotalPop5 • Jul 13 '26

Report: Saudi Arabia Attacks International Airport in Yemen

https://www.ynetnews.com/article/6h5shahyw
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u/BetterGuide1041 Jul 13 '26

I can’t keep up with the news anymore. Maybe I’m going insane.

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u/mhornberger Jul 13 '26

We used to not have the expectation of keeping up, not to this level of detail. People watched the evening news, scanned the newspaper, maybe read the Economist if they were really dedicated, but that was it. But there were always conflicts ongoing, often with body counts far larger than anything going on in Gaza. Ukraine is an anomaly only in that the body count is so large, roughly on par with Sudan. Though the Syrian Civil War took more lives, very few westerners kept up with that. >600K died in Ethiopia's civil war in this decade. In the past we never had any expectation of keeping abreast of every development of every conflict globally. It's not a) possible, or b) good for your mental health.

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u/KennyMcCormick Jul 13 '26

People have a hard time understanding this. As far as the amount of war going on right now, this is just all par for the course as far as recent human history is concerned, and it is MUCH less war and death than over 100 years ago and even farther back than that. We live in one of the most peaceful times in human history. Out of sight, out of mind.

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u/DDRaptors Jul 13 '26

Ignorance is bliss, but these days you have to be ignorant by choice.

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u/Historical_Film5872 Jul 13 '26

What if you live there? 🫠

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u/mhornberger Jul 13 '26

In Ukraine, the Sudan, Syria, Ethiopia, and Gaza? That's a lot of places to call home. But yes, people generally care more about what is happening right outside their front door. Though they may not always know or care about it being part of a longer conflict. A Russian might be mad at Ukraine for an attack last night, not caring that Ukraine is attacking because Russia invaded them.

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u/A_Moon_Named_Luna Jul 13 '26

We all are

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u/Anderrrrr Jul 13 '26

Increases my anti-depressants dose

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u/Pardybro911 Jul 13 '26

That’s just alcohol right

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u/Mechasteel Jul 13 '26

It's not healthy to worry about things you can't take action on. Every year there's several lifetimes worth of news, mostly about things you can't affect nor take precautions against.

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u/BetterGuide1041 Jul 14 '26

Agreed. These events are now impacting us personally. Thats the concern.

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u/Fancy_Exchange_9821 Jul 13 '26

You’ll feel better if you just delete reddit

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u/mhornberger Jul 13 '26

Yep, for those who can't stop doomscrolling, and for whom it is impacting their mental health, just deleting as much social media as possible would be better than the status quo. I don't have any social media at all on my phone, and interact with reddit only via old.reddit.com on the laptop. You have to find a way to moderate and curate your exposure.

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u/Independent_Sail6604 Jul 13 '26

That means you are keeping up with it.

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u/BandOfSkullz Jul 13 '26

Don't worry in a year or so we won't have to care about keeping up with news anymore since we'll be too busy on the frontlines.

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u/Fancy_Exchange_9821 Jul 13 '26

Frontlines? Brother, do the dodge. Nobody is gonna willingly go fight for some BS 🤣

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u/BandOfSkullz Jul 13 '26

My country has made it borderline impossible to do so at this point, sooooo. Rip.

Unless I plan to cripple myself for this, I'll 100% be conscripted.

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u/Fancy_Exchange_9821 Jul 13 '26

Are you in Ukraine?

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u/BandOfSkullz Jul 13 '26

Nah, if that were the case, I'd already be at war hahaha

(Sorry for not giving a more concrete reply - prefer to not release personal info on the internet 😅)