People Thought the Debate Was Too Stressful. So They Put on ‘The Bear.’
Like many red blooded Americans, I can justify my actions by using therapy talk, thus freeing me from shame and responsibility. Case in point: Due to my ongoing mental health journey, I set some firm boundaries yesterday and decided not to watch the presidential debate.
My general philosophy regarding the election cycle this year is that the news will find me. And indeed it did. Because I went on Twitter (if the Supreme Court gets to call X “Twitter” and Meta “Facebook” then so do I). I noticed a striking pattern. Lots of us didn’t watch the debate. And those who did, had to turn it off midway through, because it was too stressful. You know what a lot of us did instead? Started watching The Bear, which released all episodes of season 3 on Hulu yesterday. Apparently the most stressful show on television was less stressful to watch than the presidential debate.
If for some reason you had to work during the day because you’re not an underemployed journalist, you had the tough choice to make between the stress of The Bear or the stress of the debate.