An actual use for doomscrolling?
So there I was, thinking there was something else I should be doing other than working on the project. Maybe unconsciously I had invented yet another excuse for not working. Whatever.
After dismissing every possible alternative, I wasted some time looking at maps I didn't need to look at and examining other blog site hosts - the usual desperate diversions to actually working (since I don't have a 600 piece silverware set to polish). Naturally I found myself looking at trending posts on Mastodon.
Oh boy. A few minutes of exposure to the horrific nightmare that is the world today all neatly repackaged in a non-Farcebook format and ...
Yeah, I'm ready to get back to work. In fact after that little foray I'd be happy to go to the dentist for a tooth extraction without anaesthesia.
How can people stand to live in this world anymore?