There was a time when being bored was a skill. You didn’t scroll through your phone—you made up entertainment. Usually at someone else’s expense. Like ringing a stranger’s doorbell and sprinting away laughing so hard you could barely breathe. “Ding-dong ditch” wasn’t about cruelty; it was childhood cardio. We also…
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When Outrage Becomes Oxygen – How the Entertainment Era Turned Politics Into a Blood Sport
A South Carolina judge’s house burns to the ground. An election worker quits after being doxxed for following the law. A school board meeting devolves into a viral clip designed to make one side look stupid. We scroll past it all and barely blink. That numbness—that casual acceptance of civic…