[jerf]

I think they are sick of it, but not because the grandparent post is wrong. They're sick of it because the emergency is "supposed" to be something you can overcome, feel triumphant about, and move on to the next thing.

But the emergencies in the media don't work that way. It doesn't matter how much you recycle, the media will keep screaming about catastrophe. It doesn't matter how many solar cells adorn your roof, the media will keep screaming. It doesn't how careful you are with your children, the media will keep screaming about child abductions. It doesn't matter if you pour hundreds of hours into organizing your neighborhood and fighting local crime, the media will keep screaming about crime.

It's the nature of this particular beast.

Consequently, you're never able to escape the "crisis" atmosphere, and stay stressed full time. That's not normal, especially in the absence of real, proximal crisis of that degree.

[chrisco255]

Yeah the trick is to turn off and tune out the media altogether. You really don't need to be hearing about everything that happens in the world and a non-stop partisan narrative interpretation of it. It's really not good for you, or anyone else. Turn it off. Go outside, go hike, go fish, play video games, whatever, just turn off the news. Remove the news feed from your phone. Add extensions that block news feeds on social media. Delete social media apps with feeds. Cancel your cable subscription. Go outside, enjoy your short life.

[vegetablepotpie]

What I gather from your comment is that the media thrusts big societal issues (sustainability, climate change, child abuse, crime) upon the individual. When the individual tries to address these issues with their own actions or purchases, it's has zero impact on the reporting of the crisis.

I can conclude that the only sane things for an individual to do is not to counter these issues with individual actions, but to instead organize for a societal response strong enough to change the media narratives, or switch off the media completely and live life as best as one can.

[throwawayboise]

> switch off the media completely and live life as best as one can

This is what I do. And I am confident that no matter what choices I make individually, they have no impact whatsoever on a global scale.