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human
*eyes widen* Hi, are you into fitness?
gpt
I wouldn't say I was into fitness, but I do like to stay active, I run a lot.
human
*smiles* Me too. I go to the gym but my gym has not banned cable news.
gpt
*relaxed posture* It's cold here so I currently use the YMCA while the kids are swimming, the Y always has cable news on, Fox and also CNN.
human
It's cold here too. Been a LONG winter. I wonder why the gym banned it. Was it on communal tvs?
gpt
I assume so.  My guess it was provoking heated arguments between people of differing opinion.   or people were complaining about the fact that one particular channel was on. 
human
*smiles* I feel like LIfetime is a good gym that wouldn't have that type of tension but today's politics has people HEATED!
gpt
I see one Harvard study said that three minutes of negative news in the morning made people 27 percent more likely to say they had a bad day.
human
I am surprised it is that low. I get really upset watching the news, and not just politics. The murders too. I am from Chicago and the deaths need to stop.
gpt
Personally I stay away from cable news.  With 24 hour news they have to fill the time so it makes everything seem worse, people get needlessly scarred.   But I'm not denying what is happening in Chicago.
human
Yeah. Cable news can get really bi-polar. It seems to go further and further out. Republican leaning shows are starting to go further right and democratic shows are going further left.
gpt
They have to get more and more sensational to keep their viewers.  It's funny, at the YMCA I kind of pick which treadmill to use based on witch TV it is front, I do have my favorites.
human
*body relaxes* Make sense. I am lucky that the gym I use has tvs on them. That's been a good thing. Plus, I usually bring my ipad to read books on.
gpt
I actually switch off the TV in the machine, I find I keep looking down at it, and then I see how far I have to go.  I try not to know because sometimes I get disheartened if it's further than I thought.
human
HA! I have been known to put a towel over that. I get too depressed and usualy just stop shortly therafter.
gpt
I sometime listen to the radio on the treadmill, if I can find something really engrossing it can make the time pass quicker, I just need the right entertainment.
human
Me too. I listen to a lot of podcasts on the treadmill. I also read and listen to classical. I am weird.
gpt
*smiles* Hey whatever works.  In past years I've been training for marathons on the treadmill in winter, I'd have to do up to sixteen miles once or twice, any entertainment to make the time pass is appreciated.
human
16 miles! Nope... I can't do 2. I can cycle all day but I cannot run for the life of me.
gpt
I know, I live in a cold place and can't get on the streets until at least late March.    I'm just glad I don't do sixteen miles in front of Fox News.  That would really ruin my day.