What does 'doomscrolling' mean? - The English We Speak
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Hello and welcome to The English
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We Speak. I'm Feifei... err Rob,
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could we have your
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attention please?
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... oh sorry, Feifei, I was just looking at
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the news on my smartphone.
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Now is not the time to be looking at the
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news - we are presenting a programme.
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I know, but there's so much news
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to look at and it's all very very...
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... depressing? Yes, there has been a lot of
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depressing news recently,
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but you seem addicted
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to it.
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Look at this! Did you know
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we are all going to die... some day?
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Enough doomscrolling, Rob!
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What's that?
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'Doomscrolling' describes continuously
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scrolling through endless bad news
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stories on your smartphone
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app, on social media or on the internet.
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It happens a lot during the coronavirus
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pandemic. And you're obsessed, Rob -
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you just can't stop reading
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information that
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depresses you.
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OK, OK - I'll try and find some more positive
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news while we hear some examples...
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I've been doomscrolling too much and
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read so much information
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about coronavirus that
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I can't sleep at night.
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Stop doomscrolling! If you read too much
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bad news you'll get depressed.
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My brother does too much doomsurfing -
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he loves to tell us the latest
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gloom and doom
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in the world, so we've stopped
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listening to him!
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This is The English We Speak from BBC
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Learning English and we're talking
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about doomscrolling -
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also called doomsurfing.
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That's endlessly looking at depressing
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news stories on your
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smartphone app, on social media or the
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internet. I think it's time we had
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some good news stories, Rob.
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Yes - and I think I've got one.
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Look, a kitten that went missing
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has been found...
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Sweet!
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...and look at this - new research says
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biscuits don't make you fat...
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and look at this story...
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OK, Rob. Is there a word for endlessly
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looking at good news stories?
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Joyscrolling? Happyscrolling?
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Well, it's good to see you smiling again.
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Well, we all need something to smile
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about after the events of this year.
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I agree. Bye.
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Bye bye.
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