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I really resent the fact that, in my older age, I care way too much about politics. Causes me nothing but stress.

Retric 15y ago
I don't think it's aging or knowledge as much as advertizing that's the problem. I am reasonably well off and get to drive a nice car, but I only get to drive one and improvements come out a lot faster than I can buy them. I never wanted a Yacht as a kid, but now I think it would be cool to have enough money to support a gigantic hole in the water for throwing money into. The president is just about irrelevant in my personal life but listen to a few attack adds and it's hard not to really care. Luckily, I find I am a lot happier now that I stopped watching TV and installed an add blocker. And what really surprised me is changing how I look at people, my standard of what's good looking has literally changed now that I don't see the extremes pushed in my face all the time.
fuzzix 15y ago
"I really resent the fact that, in my older age, I care way too much about politics. Causes me nothing but stress." How much? I found stressing too much was unhealthy (since I have little or no control over these machinations) but I need to keep an eye on it, get angry once in a while about how the terrible decisions have a real and negative day-to-day effect on how I live. I'll remember it next time I squeak in the ballot box. As for the article, appears that it does indeed come down to your community and/or family - emotional, economic and physical well-being come down to how your community (the physical community around you rather than any online/remote association) regard you. Do you live a lonely, densely urban existence where if you don't work you starve? Or do you have a community around you who would, to an extent, entertain your whims to pursue goals other than the perennial career/home/toys/family name franchise path? There's also the pursuit of crap you can't take with you, but is that necessarily a dichotomy? Maybe there's an unhealthy weight placed on the toys and widgets we geek types surround ourselves with... I like to think I have a healthy relationship with these things but I know if someone took my ZX Spectrum away I'd be pretty miffed. Could be, could be... we saw people today flying into a rage because they couldn't get their hands on a cheap, underpowered Linux box. Did they feel their happiness actually depended on acquiring this widget?
bdg 15y ago
I'm 24 and I'm very politically involved. I find that not getting involved leads to helplessness, getting involved leads to stress, and getting involved by finding the right skill-set to navigate the lies and damn lies often leads to greater satisfaction.

I don't think it's aging or knowledge as much as advertizing that's the problem. I am reasonably well off and get to drive a nice car, but I only get to drive one and improvements come out a lot faster than I can buy them. I never wanted a Yacht as a kid, but now I think it would be cool to have enough money to support a gigantic hole in the water for throwing money into. The president is just about irrelevant in my personal life but listen to a few attack adds and it's hard not to really care. Luckily, I find I am a lot happier now that I stopped watching TV and installed an add blocker. And what really surprised me is changing how I look at people, my standard of what's good looking has literally changed now that I don't see the extremes pushed in my face all the time.

fuzzix 15y ago

"I really resent the fact that, in my older age, I care way too much about politics. Causes me nothing but stress." How much? I found stressing too much was unhealthy (since I have little or no control over these machinations) but I need to keep an eye on it, get angry once in a while about how the terrible decisions have a real and negative day-to-day effect on how I live. I'll remember it next time I squeak in the ballot box. As for the article, appears that it does indeed come down to your community and/or family - emotional, economic and physical well-being come down to how your community (the physical community around you rather than any online/remote association) regard you. Do you live a lonely, densely urban existence where if you don't work you starve? Or do you have a community around you who would, to an extent, entertain your whims to pursue goals other than the perennial career/home/toys/family name franchise path? There's also the pursuit of crap you can't take with you, but is that necessarily a dichotomy? Maybe there's an unhealthy weight placed on the toys and widgets we geek types surround ourselves with... I like to think I have a healthy relationship with these things but I know if someone took my ZX Spectrum away I'd be pretty miffed. Could be, could be... we saw people today flying into a rage because they couldn't get their hands on a cheap, underpowered Linux box. Did they feel their happiness actually depended on acquiring this widget?

bdg 15y ago

I'm 24 and I'm very politically involved. I find that not getting involved leads to helplessness, getting involved leads to stress, and getting involved by finding the right skill-set to navigate the lies and damn lies often leads to greater satisfaction.