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Post #5,544 by wharris2 8/17/01 12:07:33 AM Reply	You're being overwhelmed by the media Consider: in 1914 or 1939, if the present level of media coverage had been in existence, wouldn't you have felt nearly the same emotions? Trouble has existed for humankind since the first protohuman thought of an axe, or a spear. This is nothing new. It was MUCH MUCH worse during the 1950's and 1960's. Consider those living during the Cuban missile crisis. That must have been hell. Consider those fighting in Vietnam. That was hell. Consider the Arab-Israeli wars of 1967 and 1973. Chill out. Things are not as bad as you are seeming to see them. French Zombies are zapping me with lasers!
Post #5,589 by drewk 8/17/01 8:58:30 AM Reply	I'll have to second this Third, actually, since Ashton alluded to it. But I'll put it in more concrete terms: Stop watching the news. No, really. Just don't turn it on. Will you feel guilty for not keeping abreast of current events? Trust me, they'll happen whether you know about them or not. Remember the scene in Apollo 13 where they're about to make re-entry and someone tells the mission commander that there's a typhoon entering the splashdown area? What's his response? "Can they do anything about it?" "No." "Then don't tell them." If you really can't do anything about it, like the Middle East, why are you so concerned with keeping abreast of it? I've stopped reading those threads here because I just don't have the time and energy to care about everything. I only keep up with the politics threads that I think are likely to affect me personally. If Ben Tilly's around some time, ask him about living without a TV. I'll bet he doesn't feel like he's out of touch. This is my sig. There are many like it, but this one is mine.
Post #5,614 by wharris2 8/17/01 11:03:26 AM Reply	hands clapping (nt) French Zombies are zapping me with lasers!

Not doin' too well... - (inthane-chan) - (43) - Aug. 16, 2001, 10:23:19 PM EDT

You can't fix everything. - (admin) - Aug. 16, 2001, 10:35:07 PM EDT

Well.. (a decidedly good direction) - (Ashton) - Aug. 16, 2001, 11:37:34 PM EDT

You're being overwhelmed by the media - (wharris2) - (2) - Aug. 17, 2001, 12:07:33 AM EDT

I'll have to second this - (drewk) - (1) - Aug. 17, 2001, 08:58:30 AM EDT

hands clapping (nt) -NT - (wharris2) - Aug. 17, 2001, 11:03:26 AM EDT

Stop taking life so seriously. - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - Aug. 17, 2001, 12:25:35 AM EDT

Yup. That too. -NT - (Ashton) - Aug. 17, 2001, 12:31:01 AM EDT

And even if "Rome" *does* "fall", remember: - (CRConrad) - Aug. 17, 2001, 04:36:12 AM EDT

Get away for a day. Take a walk in the woods. - (Another Scott) - Aug. 17, 2001, 10:11:18 AM EDT

turn off the tube - (boxley) - Aug. 17, 2001, 10:16:09 AM EDT

Re: Not doin' too well... - (pwhysall) - Aug. 17, 2001, 10:24:32 AM EDT

Cheap Advice or Advice is cheap - (jbrabeck) - Aug. 17, 2001, 10:51:02 AM EDT

Well... - (inthane-chan) - (3) - Aug. 17, 2001, 03:26:10 PM EDT

You can add... - (bepatient) - (2) - Aug. 17, 2001, 04:46:51 PM EDT

Agreed! - (jlalexander) - (1) - Aug. 17, 2001, 05:03:58 PM EDT

Don't get me wrong... - (bepatient) - Aug. 17, 2001, 08:20:44 PM EDT

Lots of good advice given. - (a6l6e6x) - (6) - Aug. 17, 2001, 05:48:44 PM EDT

On that friend note. - (inthane-chan) - (5) - Aug. 17, 2001, 06:24:50 PM EDT

a friend will help you move - (boxley) - (4) - Aug. 17, 2001, 06:37:13 PM EDT

You get the lime, I'll bring my own shovel, OK? - (CRConrad) - (3) - Aug. 19, 2001, 03:21:46 PM EDT

Got some space here.. but mind you - - (Ashton) - (2) - Aug. 19, 2001, 03:39:25 PM EDT

What with Hiaasen being a (or _the_?) Florida writer... - (CRConrad) - (1) - Aug. 19, 2001, 03:50:57 PM EDT

chained under the mangrove roots - (boxley) - Aug. 19, 2001, 08:12:41 PM EDT

Unfortunately, I don't recall your religious persuasion... - (static) - (6) - Aug. 18, 2001, 07:28:44 AM EDT

(All Honneamise did was make me angry) - (Meerkat) - (5) - Aug. 19, 2001, 04:11:58 AM EDT

Look at the *bright* side indeed.. - (Ashton) - (1) - Aug. 19, 2001, 02:35:03 PM EDT

waal his older stuff was good - (boxley) - Aug. 19, 2001, 08:17:20 PM EDT

Notice I've never suggested you endure it again. - (static) - (2) - Aug. 19, 2001, 08:42:14 PM EDT

Saw it, liked it. - (inthane-chan) - (1) - Aug. 20, 2001, 11:56:35 AM EDT

Ah. Thought you might have. - (static) - Aug. 21, 2001, 02:34:16 AM EDT

Compared to? - (imric) - (7) - Aug. 19, 2001, 10:22:28 PM EDT

The right solution to a world with nothing of worth is... - (ben_tilly) - (6) - Aug. 19, 2001, 10:35:07 PM EDT

*smile* - (imric) - (5) - Aug. 19, 2001, 10:40:36 PM EDT

We know what isn't, maybe (Ozymandias of Egypt?) - (Ashton) - (4) - Aug. 20, 2001, 01:10:12 AM EDT

Well, seems to me that if what Ozymandias . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (3) - Aug. 20, 2001, 03:11:41 AM EDT

Arrhh.. Arrhh... Blast yer eyes! ya scurvy scow flotsam - - (Ashton) - (2) - Aug. 20, 2001, 04:25:20 AM EDT

I'm sure Ozymandias used poets . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - Aug. 20, 2001, 12:22:10 PM EDT

Cackle.. cackle.. - (Ashton) - Aug. 20, 2001, 01:30:12 PM EDT

Some ideas that work for me - (mhuber) - Aug. 20, 2001, 10:49:55 AM EDT

The best way to feel good about yourself - (DonRichards) - (3) - Aug. 21, 2001, 08:42:51 AM EDT

100% agreement - (Yendor) - Aug. 21, 2001, 09:42:00 AM EDT

2nd that notion - (cforde) - (1) - Aug. 21, 2001, 01:19:49 PM EDT

re that dearth of biz-'appreciation' - (Ashton) - Aug. 21, 2001, 02:57:10 PM EDT

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