Any type of entertainment, be it music, films, TV, video-games, sports, you name it.
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PeopleCallMeSimonApr 6, 2026
+6
Yes what we need is more bread and circuses to keep us docile and calm while the world is burning around us.
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randomperv6 days ago
+13
He said while commenting on listnook.
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RenderedMeat6 days ago
+14
Why does one negate the other? You can have both news and entertainment. Too much bad news is just as bad, if not worse, than too much comedy.
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suff0cat6 days ago
+2
But you don’t understand! The news channel says it’s a “Breaking News” story. With the scary red aesthetic and important sounding jingle.
I’m pretty sure they’ve just been repeating the same 5 seconds of actual information and baselessly speculating to stretch for time for the last 8 hours or so…but I got a feeling.
After this commercial break is when the floodgates are gonna burst wide open and all the juicy drama will be exposed. May as well gamba on my phone while I wait for history to be made.
Oooo look, the same “Limited Time Offer” that’s been an hour away from expiring for the past month. I better strike while the iron is hot!
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freetotebag5 days ago
+1
Then the guy can’t be an insufferable, pedantic scold
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ExtraSuperfluous6 days ago
+1
People NEED a daily dose of comedy to keep themselves going. I can’t fight this authoritarian c*** if I have melted down emotionally.
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JustHereForMiatas6 days ago
+2
You make a good point. What we REALLY need is to keep our blood pressure at fever pitch for every waking moment, never knowing anything close to peace or enjoyment for even the briefest of seconds.
Surely that'll lead to positive change.
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WAAAAAAAAARGH6 days ago
+3
Hard to do anything at all when your brain gets completely broken by anxiety and you become an agoraphobic shut in
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PeopleCallMeSimon6 days ago
-4
Sounds like if that happens to you, you have spent too much time getting yourself addicted to bread and circuses and too little time touching grass with your fellow community members.
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Top_Report_48956 days ago
+1
So, only feel pain and anger until suicide.
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WideConversation19896 days ago
+1
Sooooo, wtf are you doing on Listnook then?
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PeopleCallMeSimon6 days ago
+2
I'm doing what people have done for hundreds of years, enjoying some entertainment.
I'm not saying that all comedy (or all bread and circuses) is bad. I'm saying there is plenty of it, and somehow, trying to say that we need more is something a disillusioned millionaire world famous actor would say.
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WideConversation19895 days ago
+1
Tbf yeah I agree with your point about the out of touch celebrities part.
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PeopleCallMeSimon5 days ago
+1
"Oh we have the gestapo disappearing people on the streets. Surely another remake of a 90s sitcom will solve that."
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iriveru6 days ago
+1
We found the doomerbrained listnookor
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ARoodyPooCandyAssApr 6, 2026
+10
I stopped reading the news but bet your ass I’m going to vote and volunteer as much as I can.
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ThatDudeJuicebox6 days ago
+6
What’s really essential right now is having a culture that doesn’t reward assholes anymore. I’m sick of it.
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WillInteresting51096 days ago
+2
Just watch the news. You don't get to see the head of a country dropping F bombs everyday. I'd say that's pretty funny
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PurplePeachBlossom6 days ago
+2
REALITY is essential right now
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fenderguy946 days ago
+1
Should I be joking in a time like this?
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Prior-Deer16006 days ago
+1
Punk rock, let's gooooooooo
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AffectionateSwan51296 days ago
+1
Do nothing - consume media - do nothing - consume media
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-nukethemoon6 days ago
+2
First, people can consume media and make a difference, just as we can hold multiple thoughts in our heads.
Second, what’s your proposed alternative? Or are you just here to be edgy?
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wolvesscareme6 days ago
So what are you doing?
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greennitit6 days ago
+1
Or paying attention to the news is more essential than entertainment right now, more than ever.
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RenderedMeat6 days ago
+8
So block out everything else and just watch nothing but “news.” That’ll really make things better for sure.
You can do both you know. Balance is essential.
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whodatmarvinApr 6, 2026
“But also pay me 350K for this appearance”
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[deleted]Apr 6, 2026
-9
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No-Stranger2936Apr 6, 2026
+4
Why the f*** does everything have to be an ulterior motive? I've seen comments like this one multiple times in the past month and it's really starting to seem disingenuous.
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