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| Author: | My_name_1s_MUD [ Wed May 09, 2012 1:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Philosophical question about "worry" |
Do you think that people are more concerned about mortality, de-stabilizing world events, and the end of the world in the post 9-11 world? Are people more "worried" that the changing world is going to make their lives shorter than their parents? I was actually reading an entertaining article on the proliferation of Zombie movies, games, books... and one thing they suggested was that Americans are more concerned about these type of events than before 9-11. I know I certainly do... but that may be because I now have 4 kids and I consider things that could negatively impact my family. I find myself worrying a lot lately. About war, about the economy, about the environment,... and these are things that never really occupied my mind before 9-11. I acknowledge that folks had similar fears about de-stabilizing forces prior to this date. But I can't help think that there has been a great increase in apocalyptic media since that tragic day. Movies about spreading diseases, books about economic contagion, and let's not forget "The War on Terror"... a faceless enemy that could be anywhere. In short, I think the show "24" would have been canceled after the first season in 1983. |
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| Author: | Ugueth Will Shiv You [ Wed May 09, 2012 2:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Philosophical question about "worry" |
I'll agree with Panther on this one. As someone who knows a great deal about worry and anxiety, I can certainly say that age and growing older is much more of a contributor to anxiety than world events that don't necessarily effect me directly. |
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| Author: | Brick [ Wed May 09, 2012 2:06 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Philosophical question about "worry" |
Humans have always been interested in mass extinction events. The Bible even wrote in a lot of them for effect. |
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| Author: | C_Howitt_Fealz [ Wed May 09, 2012 2:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Philosophical question about "worry" |
Let's all just move to Canada or France. All's good. |
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| Author: | The Original Kid Cairo [ Wed May 09, 2012 2:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Philosophical question about "worry" |
Life scares me more than my mortality, in all honesty. In some respects, I actually welcome my death just so some of the worry can be silenced. And to piggyback Ugie (and his statement), most of my fears are derived from the unknowns about my own personal future. |
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| Author: | My_name_1s_MUD [ Wed May 09, 2012 2:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Philosophical question about "worry" |
Ugueth Will Shiv You wrote: As someone who knows a great deal about worry and anxiety, I can certainly say that age and growing older is much more of a contributor to anxiety than world events that don't necessarily effect me directly. Definitely a major factor in my own stress level. The responsibility factor of a family has been huge. |
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| Author: | Ugueth Will Shiv You [ Wed May 09, 2012 2:16 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Philosophical question about "worry" |
The Original Kid Cairo wrote: Life scares me more than my mortality, in all honesty. In some respects, I actually welcome my death just so some of the worry can be silenced. You'd be surprised how many people think exactly the same way you do in that regard. Myself included, depending on the topic. |
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| Author: | My_name_1s_MUD [ Wed May 09, 2012 2:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Philosophical question about "worry" |
The quality of my life concerns me. I worry about so many things. And then I step back... and then I worry about the fact that I'm worrying too much. Vicious circle. |
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| Author: | Darkside [ Wed May 09, 2012 2:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Philosophical question about "worry" |
No worries, no hurries are my wise words... rise above, feel no fear, speed safely and persevere |
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| Author: | W_Z [ Wed May 09, 2012 7:48 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Philosophical question about "worry" |
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| Author: | Rod [ Wed May 09, 2012 7:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Philosophical question about "worry" |
I subscribe to the Mickey Rivers philosophy: “Ain't no sense worryin' about the things you got control over, 'cause if you got control over 'em, ain't no sense worryin'. And ain't no sense worryin' about the things you don't got control over, 'cause if you don't got control over 'em, ain't no sense worryin'.” |
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| Author: | Chus [ Wed May 09, 2012 7:58 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Philosophical question about "worry" |
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| Author: | Don Tiny [ Wed May 09, 2012 8:07 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Philosophical question about "worry" |
Darkside wrote: No worries, no hurries are my wise words... rise above, feel no fear, speed safely and persevere Thanks, John Cena. |
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| Author: | Urlacher's missing neck [ Wed May 09, 2012 8:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Philosophical question about "worry" |
Nothing a good glove and hat toss can't remedy. |
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| Author: | Colonel Angus [ Wed May 09, 2012 8:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Philosophical question about "worry" |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejEVczA8PLU |
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| Author: | lipidquadcab [ Wed May 09, 2012 8:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Philosophical question about "worry" |
The Original Kid Cairo wrote: Life scares me more than my mortality, in all honesty. In some respects, I actually welcome my death just so some of the worry can be silenced. Damn dude, death is the one thing I actually do worry about...I try thinking about what will happen when I die, and I keep coming back to the possibility that I just cease to be and all cognizance just stops and...fuck... |
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| Author: | The Original Kid Cairo [ Wed May 09, 2012 8:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Philosophical question about "worry" |
lipidquadcab wrote: The Original Kid Cairo wrote: Life scares me more than my mortality, in all honesty. In some respects, I actually welcome my death just so some of the worry can be silenced. Damn dude, death is the one thing I actually do worry about...I try thinking about what will happen when I die, and I keep coming back to the possibility that I just cease to be and all cognizance just stops and...fuck... I hear you, but I'm a worry-wart and sometimes it really affects my well-being. When it comes down to it, sometimes I wish I can just relax. |
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| Author: | lipidquadcab [ Wed May 09, 2012 8:48 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Philosophical question about "worry" |
The Original Kid Cairo wrote: lipidquadcab wrote: The Original Kid Cairo wrote: Life scares me more than my mortality, in all honesty. In some respects, I actually welcome my death just so some of the worry can be silenced. Damn dude, death is the one thing I actually do worry about...I try thinking about what will happen when I die, and I keep coming back to the possibility that I just cease to be and all cognizance just stops and...fuck... I hear you, but I'm a worry-wart and sometimes it really affects my well-being. When it comes down to it, sometimes I wish I can just relax. Yeah, I can understand that...I guess if anything, I choose to worry about stupid shit or things that I can't control...the stuff I probably should worry about, yeah, I pay no mind... ...priorities are fucked for me, I'd say. |
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| Author: | Spaulding [ Wed May 09, 2012 8:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Philosophical question about "worry" |
My_name_1s_MUD wrote: The quality of my life concerns me. I worry about so many things. And then I step back... and then I worry about the fact that I'm worrying too much. Vicious circle. Acknowledge the worry, but focus on the joy. Get caught up in that. |
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| Author: | Phil McCracken [ Wed May 09, 2012 9:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Philosophical question about "worry" |
W_Z wrote: "A towel, it says, is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have. Partly it has great practical value - you can wrap it around you for warmth as you bound across the cold moons of Jaglan Beta; you can lie on it on the brilliant marble-sanded beaches of Santraginus V, inhaling the heady sea vapours; you can sleep under it beneath the stars which shine so redly on the desert world of Kakrafoon; use it to sail a mini raft down the slow heavy river Moth; wet it for use in hand-to- hand-combat; wrap it round your head to ward off noxious fumes or to avoid the gaze of the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal (a mindboggingly stupid animal, it assumes that if you can't see it, it can't see you - daft as a bush, but very ravenous); you can wave your towel in emergencies as a distress signal, and of course dry yourself off with it if it still seems to be clean enough. More importantly, a towel has immense psychological value. For some reason, if a strag (strag: non-hitch hiker) discovers that a hitch hiker has his towel with him, he will automatically assume that he is also in possession of a toothbrush, face flannel, soap, tin of biscuits, flask, compass, map, ball of string, gnat spray, wet weather gear, space suit etc., etc. Furthermore, the strag will then happily lend the hitch hiker any of these or a dozen other items that the hitch hiker might accidentally have "lost". What the strag will think is that any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still knows where his towel is is clearly a man to be reckoned with." |
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| Author: | W_Z [ Wed May 09, 2012 9:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Philosophical question about "worry" |
Towel Day - May 25th. i got mine ready. |
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| Author: | Dewskie [ Wed May 09, 2012 11:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Philosophical question about "worry" |
Don't forget to bring a towel! |
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| Author: | Darkside [ Wed May 09, 2012 11:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Philosophical question about "worry" |
Don Tiny wrote: Darkside wrote: No worries, no hurries are my wise words... rise above, feel no fear, speed safely and persevere Thanks, John Cena. Oh you're fucking welcome, bub, but... I don't get it... 
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| Author: | RFDC [ Wed May 09, 2012 11:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Philosophical question about "worry" |
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| Author: | Darkside [ Wed May 09, 2012 11:23 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Philosophical question about "worry" |
 wrestling. Isn't there enough homo talk on this board tonight already? |
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| Author: | RFDC [ Wed May 09, 2012 11:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Philosophical question about "worry" |
Darkside wrote: :? wrestling. Isn't there enough homo talk on this board tonight already? As homo as you are I am surprised you are not a wrestling guy |
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| Author: | Darkside [ Wed May 09, 2012 11:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Philosophical question about "worry" |
RFDC wrote: Darkside wrote: :? wrestling. Isn't there enough homo talk on this board tonight already? As homo as you are I am surprised you are not a wrestling guy I don't get it. I stopped watching maybe around '96 or so, right around that time that prick was just sitting in the corner of the ring for 20 minutes bitching what about raven or whatever. It just sucks. When there is action it's just silly. The scripts are silly. I know guys that walk around talking like they're on RAW or whatever and they sound like complete fucking idiots. I've been to a couple of these, and the people in the crowd were all bizarre and frightening. Makes me want to shake my fist at a cloud. |
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| Author: | Terry's Peeps [ Wed May 09, 2012 11:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Philosophical question about "worry" |
Darkside wrote: RFDC wrote: Darkside wrote: :? wrestling. Isn't there enough homo talk on this board tonight already? As homo as you are I am surprised you are not a wrestling guy I don't get it. I stopped watching maybe around '96 or so, right around that time that prick was just sitting in the corner of the ring for 20 minutes bitching what about raven or whatever. It just sucks. When there is action it's just silly. The scripts are silly. I know guys that walk around talking like they're on RAW or whatever and they sound like complete fucking idiots. I've been to a couple of these, and the people in the crowd were all bizarre and frightening. Makes me want to shake my fist at a cloud. What about guys who write their own matches featuring message board cretins, moat of whom he's never met. Those guys are ok, right? RIGHT??!! |
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| Author: | Darkside [ Wed May 09, 2012 11:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Philosophical question about "worry" |
Terry's Peeps wrote: What about guys who write their own matches featuring message board cretins, moat of whom he's never met. Those guys are ok, right? RIGHT??!! Yeah man, yeah, they're mint. |
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| Author: | Terry's Peeps [ Wed May 09, 2012 11:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Philosophical question about "worry" |
Whew. Thanks fella. |
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