Anyone else burnt out on people being pissed ?

Yeah

My experience is a bit different than yours. Granted, my "everywhere" as you put it, is probably not as widespread as yours. You deal with the public on a daily basis and I am in the position to be able to avoid that, which I do with great enthusiasm. The limited circles I travel in rarely discuss politics. I don't do social media and don't have a "news feed" on my phone or desktop browser. In fact, if I wanted a news feed, I have no fucking clue where a reputable news source even exists.

This is the only place where I see the exhausting shit you are talking about. Just about every political "discussion" devolves into some form of Hatfields and McCoys. Which I have zero interest in. 

You are behind the orange curtain and that maybe why there are more outspoken people but to those of us in the left wing concentration camp of LA County, we are way way way better off talking about the weather. Nobody gives a fuck about my political opinion anyway. Which is a sort of serendipity that a few on this forum might benefit from.

Not just you. For me I need to manage how much 'news' I consume. It just eats your energy, which is exactly the point with the whole charade.

A worn down,  burnt out nation is one that doesn't stand up for itself. This was exactly the plan for this administration (clearly defined in Project 2025). Inundate everyone with chaos so they are too mentally/emotionally exhausted and can't think straight, dismantle shit in the process. We are actively being taken for a ride and continue to foot the bill.

Don't let it own you. People are amazing, some are genuinely shitty, but most folks are good people. Focus on yourself, your people and your relationships with them, your community, etc. The universe has a funny way of shaking things out, especially if you aren't easily shaken.

Giving up is just giving the system more power and control. But living your life and being a good person amongst all the chaos makes it a lot less effective.

We don't often appreciate how much power we really do have as individuals. Small moments can create meaningful change. Cancer grows from single mutated cells. Don't let yourself become a mutated cell that compounds into a larger systemic problem.

Bring good energy to the world you actively engage in/with. We all spend too much time behind screens these days.

YES!!!

I tuned out last summer when the whole Trump/Elon drama started. I'm over the fake outrage/horseshit.

For me no, not at all exhausting. It’s starts by not giving a shit what folks (news, posts, comments,..etc)  from the left have to say. As mentioned above it’s just a lot of fake outrage..with a touch of TDS..

Also helps that we live in a very nice conservative area ( equals low taxes, low crime, great schools, etc)..proof is this reality.  And not many folks I know are liberal..few and far between in my life. The few I do know are not the crazy left kind, so they are tolerable..

I’ve been cutting people left and, right. 
It gets old when you work so hard to get to a place of peace. Only to have people bring constant drama, nonsense, gossip and, just overall bullshit. 

I’ve learned to keep my circle small and, only surround myself with genuine people. People who want to see you do well. Succeed. Lack envy, jealousy. 
People I consider acquaintances, are just that. Minimal interaction while keeping things on the surface. 

I mind my own business, stay in my own lane and, just go about my day looking for the next adventure. 
Having multiple hobbies keeps me happy. While they often serve as distractions from things bothering me in back of my mind, they still keep me happy. 

I deal with people that are miserable at work. Crying complaining. 
My personal life away from those miserable people, is where I work the hardest to find my peace. 



 

Sounds like you may need to take a nice long desert trip. Hit me up when you retire. I’ve been taking them for the past 5 years. Anywhere from 2 to 4 weeks is my style. You may have to ease into it 😁. My trips usually include rides with friends , family and racing , but also a whole lot of solo rides. 
      Ssssshhhhhh , you hear that ?  ………… that’s the desert calling , I am answering next week !!

Dood,

I’ll be back home and picking my bike up on Mlonday…we’ll ride “our usual” in the afternoon…?

Then, let’s grab a beer💪🏼

And we’ll laugh about this shit. 

Im with ya brotha. Wife and I quit our jobs, picked up and moved to the other side of the state. Found new jobs, enrolled our son in a new school, etc, etc...Couldnt take it any longer. It wears you out and together we figured it wasnt an environment we want to raise our child in. Total life change. Family bond is stronger. Mine as well be happy, we only have one shot of this thing called life so why spend it being miserable around miserable people.

I always like coming back from the weekend and seeing the "same people" who've been sitting here during that time, spewing their bullshit over, and over again.

Lifeless dupes.

My favorite thing to do is fire up the tablesaw and push a few pieces of scrap through, when someone comes over and starts spewing.

Or lights a damn cigarette. 

Assuming you’re not seeing the irony of that comment?

Yes and not doing well. Too many problems...I can't even consider them as challenges anymore. This world we live in is breaking down and then we have to deal with personal issues. I have no idea how I'm still here...I'll keep on fighting to the end. my life feels like I'm living to work and not the other way around. There is no fucking hope here.

I've reached a point where I want out, I'll hang around as long as I can work but when I get sent to pastures then I'm diving off Table Mountain. I'd do it tomorrow but I need to be here for my girls and wife.

Sorry gents, It cut me deep to be so effing negative, this is not me, the change in me has manifested over the past 5 yrs. You keep grinding, pushing yourself, doing everything you can to better oneself but fokol changes. Shit just gets worse. This is not life. 

Sumdood, you are a good dude and thank you for this thread which has allowed me to vent...I'm feeling a little better now.

Wishing all you bastards the best..we need to hang in there.

I dream of that bud.

All I do is read a book or watch movies the whole weekend. Maybe a walk on the beach with the dog but even getting motivated for that has become a challenge.

Maybe talk to a therapist instead of sumdood on the internet. 

Feedin' cows with my sweety is my therapy.

Yep, I used to come here to get away from the drama of everyday life, but now I question myself before I open Vital these days.  Do I really care or even want to know what people are thinking or arguing about today?  Most of the time I realize I live in the mountains of Colorado and have far more important things to do with my time than waste it reading or caring about what other people think about shit that neither of us can change, especially by bitching about it on the internet.

Brother, when was the last time you've gone more than a day without posting, let alone a whole weekend?

I feel like you probably have enough self awareness to recognize you are one of those "lifeless dupes" or "same people" as you call them, spewing their bullshit over, and over again.  😂

If Non-Moto (or any form of media) creates stress, then stay away from it. This site is an escape from reality, or in my case, a news source, and I don’t follow anything else. Except Ward Carroll and Mover & Gonky. And it’s liberating!  (Does that make me a liberal?  Ah, who cares!)

Which is better? 

Pissed from what you are seeing or …..

That's the thing.  I don't go to other news sites, I used to like to come here and read a little about what people are thinking, but unfortunately because of a few people here and the constant arguing, I just can't do it anymore.  I've been here since 2007 and the site has gone straight downhill since politics were allowed back in.  And it has crept over into the Moto section too!  There truly is no escape anymore except to not be on here at all, and I am slowly coming to that conclusion after 19 years, but old habits are hard to break I guess.

I don't even like to reply to posts anymore because my blood pressure goes up just by seeing a reply hit my email inbox.  I don't fucking care what most replies are so why should I post in the first place?  

Are you serious? You really think this is just the result (or goal) of this particular administration? We've been taken for a ride by every administration from either "side" for decades. 

Just the other day the House of Representatives voted to keep congressional sexual misconduct/harassment records secret. It was a bipartisan vote. Both sides voted to sweep their dirty laundry under the rug. The very same people who claim to support the victims of that type of behavior. 

That should teach us that it's every one of them, all the time, it always has been and it always will be. 

No, I agree with you. This administration has done a great job of making it painfully obvious, however.

EDIT - the federal government doesn't feel like it's really been 'for the people' for several decades now in particular, but I don't think any administration within that time has been as damaging to the very foundation of our country as this one.

I will leave it at that, politics isn't the point of this thread and I apologize for bringing politics in with my original comment.

News from here?   I get my news from Morning Joe and Rachel Maddow.   True Story.

Yes I'm burnt on pissed people.so instead of pissing and moaning about it, ive developed a research backed scientifically proven system to deal with it.

Step 1- Build a bridge.

Step2-  Use the bridge fron Step 1 to get over it. 

Disclaimer.....I didn't actually develop this system, my mom did.

Definitely the latter. At least for me. Why get “pissed”?  The vast majority of this stuff you can’t control anyway. But you can control how it affects you. Anger is a choice…

You capture things well @sumdood. Everyone always seems to be in a rush, oblivious that others also exist in the world unless they choose to argue or have a confrontation with them.

It feels like society is draining the soul from the person, and humanity is lacking humanity more and more these days (kindness, compassion, empathy, etc.) I think it's the societal programming we're exposed to vs what people really are, though. We need to course correct, and as I said earlier I feel like that really starts at the individual level. Kill em with kindness. But it's also good to talk shit and make fun of each other (and ourselves) on occasion, too. A lot of folks don't know how to do that from a healthy place right now unfortunately. I'm confident we will all come around and realize we can still co exist with folks we may not agree with on everything. Variety is the spice of life. I have two strokes and four strokes in my arsenal as I'm sure many here do.

With this Iran war stuff i am not looking forward to my next visit with one of my older sisters. She is a wonderful person who I very much like but... the last time i saw her was in late January and she scolded me and my older brother for voting for Trump. It was brief and i took it as family harmony is more important then engaging in some argument about stuff I can't do anything about. I also had to bite my tongue during covid as she was all in on masks, the vaccines, social distancing and not having family get togethers. That last one i very much wish i would have not went along with. 

 But I did tell her that if she didn't watch the news all the time she wouldn't have a clue who was president and she could blissfully go about life, helping her daughters family, working in her garden, going on walks with her husband and playing with her cat. 

And at the other end of the political spectrum is my other older sister and I very much like her too...the devote Catholic republican who is eager to add to the list of places she will not do business at because they went against her political/religious beliefs. She and her husband are loaded with money too and I think it has gone to her head that her beliefs mean more then other people. She thinks Israel can do no wrong and thinks that most all public land should be sold to the highest bidder as that goes against her small government principles.

I tell ya this,  and i hate to say it but I can't un see how the stereotype of the opinionated (at times angry) aging white woman is playing out in my 72 and soon to be 70 year old sisters. 😏

I'm kind of worried that when the unifying factor of our 93 year old mom dies that we might fracture a bit.