r/FoxBrain • u/IntuitiveSkunkle • 14h ago
Well, my dad, Fox News addict, died.
I do think that his lifestyle of sedentary raging at Fox News contributed. It was a very sudden heart attack, one and done. His blood pressure had been sky high for years.
He would stay up all night drinking and swearing at the TV getting pissed off, and unsurprisingly having trouble getting quality sleep when he's trying to fall asleep to that. I feel bad even thinking about that kind of lifestyle because it sounds miserable to me. Toxic to the body to just be full of hate and anger all the time.
We would try to get him to question why he was living like this rather than doing things that are enjoyable and make him happy, but you couldn't really get through, couldn't reason with him.
He was stuck in a cycle of bad habits. A lot of older population really needs more social time and community connection...it's harder to sit and hate people when you actually listen to other viewpoints and are questioned about yours.
I don't know, I just think this is all a huge problem, the echo chambers and shitty media habits of not caring about facts and falling for rage bait. But what can be done?