With the present state of this rock, does anyone care any more?
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The libs don’t have a problem killing people for voting the wrong way. Why do you?
Laughing,...you may have read that wrong,... I'm a firm believer in taking out the trash once, and never having to deal with it again.
Meh, doing the right thing is about yourself, not about everyone else. Walk your path and it will all work out.
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I care about the world I leave to our kids and grandkids. Our choices set initial conditions and range of action for the rising generations. Best to carefully define your area of operations and distinguish it from the area of influence. There are many things we can do something about; many more that are outside our reach but still affect our progeny.
Stick to first principles. Discern the signal amidst all the noise.
I care about the world I leave to our kids and grandkids. Our choices set initial conditions and range of action for the rising generations. Best to carefully define your area of operations and distinguish it from the area of influence. There are many things we can do something about; many more that are outside our reach but still affect our progeny.
Stick to first principles. Discern the signal amidst all the noise.
I find myself at that perfect (or imperfect) age where I realize that my ability to influence those outside my family is non-existent... regardless of how many dank memes I share or name calling over social media.
I have gained the wisdom to fundamentally retreat to a stronghold where my sphere of influence still has weight... which is my household and my immediate community. So my children, family, neighbors, and church family get all of my effort.
At my age I see no point to inject myself into the lives of others who do not know me, past perhaps the occasional sharing of an opinion and maybe my logic behind which it was formed. Usually though there needs to be a solicitation for input on their part.
I am also blessed to still be youthful just enough to possess the capabilities to be able to defend my family - at all cost - if my sphere is invaded and my loved ones directly threatened... Yet I am old enough again that my best days are behind me so that I didn't waste my life if I ever do have to act to preserve my loved ones, and end up sitting in a small room the rest of my years.
Most importantly as it relates to this topic, I understand that I'll rarely change anyone else's opinion, and they'll rarely change mine... So why should I burden myself for the lost energy and added stress to argue with a stranger?
I have gained the wisdom to fundamentally retreat to a stronghold where my sphere of influence still has weight... which is my household and my immediate community. So my children, family, neighbors, and church family get all of my effort.
At my age I see no point to inject myself into the lives of others who do not know me, past perhaps the occasional sharing of an opinion and maybe my logic behind which it was formed. Usually though there needs to be a solicitation for input on their part.
I am also blessed to still be youthful just enough to possess the capabilities to be able to defend my family - at all cost - if my sphere is invaded and my loved ones directly threatened... Yet I am old enough again that my best days are behind me so that I didn't waste my life if I ever do have to act to preserve my loved ones, and end up sitting in a small room the rest of my years.
Most importantly as it relates to this topic, I understand that I'll rarely change anyone else's opinion, and they'll rarely change mine... So why should I burden myself for the lost energy and added stress to argue with a stranger?
Well set out.
I shared enough of myself with you privately that I think you'll understand my position. With most situations there are two positions to view from. One, the 'positional', the other 'experiential'. Positionally I have feelings and care about the world around me. I wish the best for all. Experientially, I know it aint so, and after 70 years of serious pain, family that goes back to 1640 Virginia is all gone, left my AO and moved to a place where I know no one, dont have good social skills to meet new folks. Experientially I find myself hard pressed to give a shit about much beyond myself. Knowing, not believing theres a better place waiting, why worry about this temporal bullshit. Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.
That said, I still hope for the best what ever that may be.
Maggot out.
I'm one who doesn't care anymore- I won't care if all the Dems & Rinos drop dead tomorrow.
The kicker is,... its always the people who what to stay out of shit others start, but wind up cleaning up their mess. I'm fucking tied of being a janitor,...
Most people are broke and just wanna get through the day to day without becoming more broke.
A great summation of how I feel also. A guy gets tired. Pick the battles and raise the kids to see the truth.
2020 and covid changed the world. People dont have manners anymore, the social skills were already dwindling and now gone. I think the media has everyone convinced in one way or another that someone is out to get you for something, whether its your race, religion, gender, education level, employment, and if you say anything about it you will be banished. The things that happened are beyond what a Idiocracy/Twilight Zone movie would look like and everyone let it happen. All the people that took an oath to protect our rights and us in general... did nothing and continue to do nothing. People see through the BS our govt is. They poured it on so thick that pretty much everything anyone thought or knew before is all BS. ... The pandemic, then during it they release all the UFO files, basically let us all know the entire govt elite class are a cult of pedophiles and its ok, elevated the trans movement, pronouns, we find out the US govt made a deal with the Nazis and Hittler lived out his life in Argentina. The opened our borders to everyone who wants to kill us. If you vote for sensible things and common sense you are a target.... The list goes on and on of crazy things.
The biggest reason I think is that all the above I mention was a wakeup call to everyone how many stupid people actually walk among us. I figured the retard population was maybe 5% making up the absolute idiots out there... whoa was I wrong... Its about 48-49% and its an absolute shocker how many ticking timebombs are out there that could be triggered by a news ad. The pandemic/vax thing will leave a scar on society for a long time. I watched families go at each other in FB comments and be torn apart because of vax beliefs.... Then the endless violence in 2020. So many anti gun people I know now have guns lol... Its hard to pretend all this didnt happen.
We as society are in that awckward "day after" phase right now. Like say you had a company picnic and someone spiked the punch with booze, peyote, quaaludes, and LSD and everyone drank it. Its now hitting people like, "why did I wake up naked in a field tied up in a chair covered in motor oil?.....and with so may others?" Did that just happen and were the penguins real?
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And that is more of a struggle than it used to be. My kids luckily haven’t rebelled out more than a normal teenager ever did. I guess the normal teenager I’m referring to is from back in my day.
I don’t have any purple haired commies walking through the front door
Well said. I am in a similar situation - I feel the sting of age and I realize my impact as an individual is becoming limited. To me, the word 'kinetic' means having a successful bowel movement. But I do have a bit of disposable income and some free time, so I'm trying to prepare my property to support the family in leaner times. I am passing on what knowledge I have with mechanics, firearms, ag, etc to the younger members of the family. That's what God intended - the elders to pass on their knowledge.
