It has been identified as a major source
of stress that anyone up to and including our parents didn't have to deal with.

Especially in the developed world. Bad news overload. We know about Syrians being gassed long before most Syrians hear about it.

I very purposely plan a break from it when I take a holiday - for the time I'm off, I avoid TV, email and any other source of news. If anything important happens, I figure someone will phone me.
(username failed moderation, Wed 4 Sep 2013, 8:19, 1 reply)

I used to follow that sort of regime.
Until Kanye interrupted Taylor Swift to tell the world about how good Beyonce is.

But yes, srsly - I agree.
How fucking long does it take your inbox to load tho once you've got home and fired the beast up?
(s0ckpuppet logging out to reply to you if you're not careful, Wed 4 Sep 2013, 8:34, closed)

If I'm out for more than a few days,
Whatever is in my inbox gets shitcanned when I get back. All my mails are delivered to someone else while I'm out anyway, anything important will have been dealt with.

Hopefully.

When I'm on hols, I make it clear if I'm going to be disturbed, it'd better be for a good reason. Nobody has ever had a problem with that.
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