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Hello and welcome to the English We Speak.
I'm Fei Fei Er.
Rob.
Could we have your attention please?
Oh, sorry, Fei Fei.
I was just looking at the news on my smartphone.
Now is not the time to be looking at the news.
We're presenting a program.
I know, but there's so much news to look at and it's all very, very depressing.
Yes, there has been a lot of depressing news recently, but you seem addicted to it.
Oh, look at this.
Did you know we're all going to die someday?
Enough doom scrolling, Rob.
What's that?
Doom scrolling describes continuously scrolling through endless bad news stories on your smartphone app,
on social media or on the Internet.
It happens a lot during the coronavirus pandemic.
And you are obsessed, Rob.