What is ‘Doomsday Surfing’, recently seen in news?
A. It refers to the ups and downs of one’s mood during the pandemic.
B. It refers to babies produced after a year of lockdown.
C. It refers to the tendency to continue to surf or scroll through bad news, even though that news is saddening or depressing.
D. None of these
Explanation:
As Covid-19 has struck back to ravage our surroundings, most of us find ourselves continuously scrolling through pandemic-related news and social media feed almost compulsively. That is what is called “doomscrolling” or “doomsday scrolling”. Doomsday Surfing refers to the tendency to continue to surf or scroll through bad news, even though that news is saddening or depressing.nMany people are finding themselves continuously reading bad news about Covid-19 without being able to stop, even sacrificing their crucial sleep time or working hours in the process.
