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>>NotInO+(OP)
For me, the who cares part started with the latest election cycle and current president. The zone has been flooded, I quit reading the news and cannot be bothered to care about any of it.

Additionally, AI generated content, AI pictures and deepfakes have a numbing effect. I guess I can say "who cares?"

>>SirFat+c6
When there was little to read, people read what was there, sometimes several times. When there is too much to read, people skim at most. You simply can't engage with it all; you can't even try to engage with it all. There's too much.

When someone lies to you enough times (or, if you prefer, speaks with total disregard of the truth enough times), you stop listening. It's not worth your time to sort out the truth from the not-truth. Worse, it's unhealthy to listen to lies in volume. (Think in bayesian terms: If you update your priors at all, then if the lies come in great enough volume, they will eventually become accepted as truth.)

I care some. I care about where the country is going. I'm concerned. But I can't care about every post and every back-and-forth and every he-said-she-said. There's too much.

AI... I can't be bothered to care about anything written by an AI, for the exact same reasons.