(07-08-2023, 11:55 PM)Michigan Swamp Buck Wrote: You are totally wrong about how happy the doomsayers are when they report these things. No one is smiling and jumping up and down with glee while shouting, "The sky is falling!" into an end-of-the-world echo chamber. It is frustration, fear, and anger that fuels these topics.
Are you sure it isn’t paranoia and hysteria? Clearly, some here can’t wait to post negative or controversial things and do so with great relish. If it is as you say frustration, fear and anger that fuels these topics, then I feel sorry for people so concerned with what goes on in the world outside of their bubble that makes them feel this way.
Maybe it’s because I am older and have learned the key to my own happiness is to not be concerned with things that don’t concern me or that I am incapable of changing and know no matter how dire things become, life will go on. As I’ve seen it with my own eyes, the only constant in life is that things change and will continue to change and those that are resistant or inflexible will be the ones filled with frustration and fear. Life does go on and torturing one’s self with things beyond their control or influence just doesn’t seem like a happy way to be.
As far as avoiding threads and not being baited into a hasty response, I’m trying hard and doing pretty well with that for the most part even sometimes biting my tongue when every bone in my body wants to say something and you may notice I frequently post about, movies and TV, my own engaging and fulfilling hobby projects and I semi-regularly create art for the banner thread and mostly when I do feel motivated to get involved it is because some people seem to have a hard on for things that do affect me and people like me and that’s usually where I draw the line. When I don’t and let things slide, I feel it is better to let threads not get my attention or response hoping people will lose interest and they will quickly die.
I guess my whole point is here is it’s a drag to come here every day and see post after post of negativity or outrage about the latest thing usually from the same people when maybe happy news or a personal story not part of an agenda might be nice once and a while.
Nice hops by the way. Impressive and thanks for sharing!
Today I cut and laid out material for the cabinet doors I’m adding to my rolling tool cart. Sanding, assembling and painting follow over the next day or two then getting them mounted and it will be on to the next thing. Not shown in the picture because they're just sitting on top without being fastened yet but my mitered coners of the cedar decorative borders came our perfect and I was pleased with myself. I would get more done but I'm only good for 3 or 4 hours at a time because it has been 110 to 115 for the last week and it's pretty toasty outside.
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.