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10 Topics I Don’t Click On

Not that there’s anything wrong with them

Nichola Scurry
4 min readJun 11, 2022
Bored female student resting on a book in the library.
Photo by Andrea Piacquadio.

I love reading stories published on this platform. However, if it’s clear from a story’s heading what it’s going to be about, there are certain topics I never, ever click on.

Unless it’s a piece written by one of my favourite writers because I know they’ll be writing from a refreshing slant and are gifted with the ability to think critically.

But, like everyone, for me, there are certain topics that upset, bore, annoy or simply don’t interest me. So I don’t click.

These are those topics (in no particular order).

And yes, I’m aware these topics may interest others. There’s an audience for everything. So I hope writers keep on writing about those topics. They just won’t be earning a chunk of my five bucks a month. And Al Riggim is being carefully trained not to send any of this content my way.

1. The virus that dares not speak its name

This thing has permeated our lives for over two years. To say I’m tired to the bone of hearing about it would be an understatement. I keep abreast of essential information, but that’s all.

It got to the point where I’d type the most unrelated of topics into a search engine (for example…

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Nichola Scurry
Nichola Scurry

Written by Nichola Scurry

Not a data scientist. If you like my writing, I like coffee. ko-fi.com/nicscurry

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