These are depressing times

[Hutzpa]

Republicans destroying the work force in this country.

Tsunami in Japan.

Uprising in the Middle East.

Kadhafi killing his own people to stay in power.

No jobs, damn I could go on.

What are you depressed About?

[driver8]

1. Everything you just mentioned...

Sometimes I feel like I want to crawl into a hole and sleep for the next three or four years.

[tridim]

2. Can you name a non-depressing time in all of human history?

[City Lights]

35. My birthday.

:P

[RKP5637]

3. Reality.

[sinkingfeeling]

4. Second anniversary of losing my dog and custody case going to court next week.

[otohara]

5. Tax Loop Holes For The Rich

I'm sick, sick, sick of learning every day, there's a loop hole for every little thing their hearts desire.

Sick with worry about Japan, as we have family there.

[bobbolink]

6. Homeless people dying ignored.

[ej510]

12. Not just homeless people, but starving people all over the world and here. All of it is ignored

while a minority holds the worlds wealth.

[NightWatcher]

7. these are hopeful times.

repukes are pushing things towards a cliff.....maybe soon we'll fight back and clear out this corrupt system. People will only get so tired of suffering the billionaires. (see also: Let them eat cake)

Uprising in the Middle East...People are growing tired of dictators and are DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT. Regardless of whether they stand out in a city square for a week or two, or if their government attacks and bombs them in the streets.

When things get bad enough, change happens. People will fight back when they get pushed too far. Maybe we'll finally get pushed far enough to get people off the sofas and into the streets.

[knowbody0]

9. the great cleansing

[NightWatcher]

19. It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything

Only after disaster can we be resurrected...

In Tyler Durden We Trust

[JokerAllstar]

8. Everything you said including....

FBI harassing protesters

Marijuana still illegal

Failed War on Drugs

Bush Crime Syndicate being protected by Obama Administration

Afghanistan

Targeting of Muslims by radical Right

NAFTA/CAFTA

Civil War in Mexico (as quietly as it's kept)

....There's a lot to be depressed about.

[Renew Deal]

10. These are normal times

It's just that you're more aware of the world than you and the rest of the world used to.

[RandomThoughts]

11. I found this posted on the internet a few weeks ago.

It is pretty cool, maybe it will cheer you up.

It is a great artist story of a person.


I like Japanese Culture and art.

Mind Shift by Genki Sudo(World Order)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBRo8ErJh-M

[midnight]

13. All the lies that are being perpetrated to carry on this crap...

[Drale]

14. For once I'm not depressed

I am optimistic about the future, because all around the country republicans are putting a gun to their heads and pulling the trigger, while the citizens of this great country are rising up and taking over.

[JokerAllstar]

15. There is reason to be optmistic but we have to keep it up

I like the idea of invading political buildings and capitols though lol. Don't just stand around outside and hope they hear you...make sure they hear you while you're in THEIR house!! GO WISCONSIN!!!

[BobbyBoring]

16. Here Here!

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A WHILE, I SEE A RAY OF HOPE. I SEE A SENSE OF COMMUNITY. OK caps lock undone.
All around the world, people are rising up making their voices heard. Many are dying but death is better than a life of suppression.

I've resigned myself to the fact that some of us might die as our momentum grows in the US and if I'm one of them, so be it but I WILL NOT GO DOWN QUIETLY.

[Hutzpa]

30. Nothing wrong with being optimistic

But the fact still remains that these are tryiing times.

[Wait Wut]

17. Really?

Despite my overwhelming concern for my daughter-in-laws family in Japan, I prefer to look at the beauty of life.

My son. An amazing man, wonderful husband and perfect son.
My husband. The only one that can tolerate me on a long-term basis.
My crappy job. Underpaid, overworked and irritating clients. But, I have a job and a great boss.
My critters. A deaf and stupid dog and four annoying cats. All keep me sane.
My friends. The ones that refuse to let me stay depressed for long.
My new Mozart CD that replaces the one my son stole.
A beautiful day in Arizona regardless of the politics.
My sister. Who is freaking out along with me about my d-i-laws family.
The internet. Where I meet new people each day, some of whom don't drive me insane.

Most of all...hope.
Hope for the people of Japan that they will recover quickly. Incredibly strong people.
Hope for the citizens in the ME. That they will overcome tyrrany and welcome democracy and peace.
Hope that Kadhafi is destroyed along with his sons.
Hope for the economy so that my unemployed friends, both real and virtual, can find jobs.

Yes, there are things in my life that depress me. It's Friday. I don't need to dwell on them. They will all pass one way or another. So, do yourselves a favor, go listen to some good (uplifting) music, laugh with some friends and hug a family member.

You can make the day shine.

[Blue_Tires]

28. excellent points, and welcome to the site!

[Wait Wut]

29. Thank you!

Have a wonderful weekend!

[Hutzpa]

32. Why not

Be greatful for the lowly paid jobs while gas price and food prices are skyrocketing out
of control. No health care for families that are underpaid, Arizona passing the suppression
of minority bill, Wisconsin taking away collective bargaining rights from workers, I don't know
but there are people out there who are not so lucky as you.

[Swede]

18. Try 1944,or 1968.

The world turns and we have to live in it,and try to improve the things we can.

[abelenkpe]

20. Saudis are also working to repress protests

Any news on Iraq? Seems odd that media is focused on Libya when the entire region is seeing protests.

But yeah depressing times indeed. Well prolly add many more to the unemployment lines too if the federal budget nonsense goes the way house republicans hope too.

[The Backlash Cometh]

21. I knew things had to get worse before they got better.

We'll begin to see people using reasoning and logic when they run out of bad ideas.

[Bonhomme Richard]

22. The upside is that I am beginning to see, at least, some reaction to what is going on...

here in this country. We still have a long, long way to go but the optimist in me is a little encouraged.

[reggie the dog]

23. these times are said to try mens souls

or so metallica told me when i was a teen


depressed that they can throw me in jail for smoking the flowers that help me deal with the depression better for a few hours


depressed by the shit state of the world


depressed that my 3 year old we inherit a shit world...

[Gregorian]

24. How people are not changing their lifestyles to avoid global warming.

People all care, but almost none are actually doing (that is actually "not doing) things to avoid it. It's all about personal responsibility. Yet almost everyone will argue against that because it threatens ones ability to do most of what they like doing. Like traveling. Having children. Driving and shopping.

It's a big deal. Bigger than any other issue.

[tridim]

37. Actually people are passively adapting and changing..

Try to buy a car today without a catalytic converter, for instance. That wont stop some people from buying SUV's, and it's far from perfect, but it's still better than nothing.

Thanks to government regulation cars are significantly cleaner today than they were in the 70's. It has been 20 years since I've heard anyone complain about required catalytic converters.

[Gregorian]

40. Peanuts.

I remember Los Angeles in 1960. You couldn't see the signs on the highway from a 1/4 mile away. That is still puny in comparison to the difference I'm trying to convey.

I'm tired of explaining it. I find it difficult to explain. In a nutshell, we need a magnitude change, not even what appear as significant improvements in efficiency. That translates to changes made that exclude technological ones. Just ingesting a tiny amount of nuclear material isn't an answer. An answer is not ingesting any nuclear material. A car is still a car. It doesn't matter how efficient it is, essentially. In fact, if we improved our mileage by 100%, and then created 1 billion new cars (which is happening now) we will have accomplished nothing, with respect to the planet.

The answer is "not doing". The answer is counter to everything we stand for. And as such, I'm wasting my time even typing since it's not going to happen.

I forgot one important point. If each person breaks the habit, and avoids every other trip in a car, they have already effectively improved their mileage by 100%. This is how we make the big changes. By curbing our use.

[stuntcat]

25. the oceans

we've used them like garbage dumps for centuries. Now we're causing dead zones and bleaching coral reefs and driving the biggest predators to extinction and building an enormous island of trash in the Pacific. Add to this mountaintop removal and deforestation and factory farming and the fact that billions of people don't have water and 40,000 starve to DEATH each day while we drive around enjoying our delicious tacos and talking about Charlie Sheen.. Now start to imagine my shame in Humanity.

[Hutzpa]

26. As if Charlie Sheen is the best thing since sliced bread.

Our media is finding new ways to keep us stupid on a daily bases.

[Kablooie]

27. And 2012 hasn't even started yet. Hold on to your hats.

[pinboy3niner]

31. All the more reason to be reminded of THIS...

ALDONZA: Why do you do these things?
DON QUIXOTE
What things?

ALDONZA
These ridiculous... the things you do!

DON QUIXOTE
I hope to add some measure of grace to the world.

ALDONZA
The world's a dung heap and we are maggots that crawl on it!

DON QUIXOTE
My Lady knows better in her heart.

ALDONZA
What's in my heart will get me halfway to hell.
And you, Señor Don Quixote-you're going to take
such a beating!

DON QUIXOTE
Whether I win or lose does not matter.

ALDONZA
What does?

DON QUIXOTE
Only that I follow the quest.

ALDONZA
(spits)
That for your Quest!
(turns, marches away; stops, turns bock
and asks, awkwardly)
What does that mean... quest?

DON QUIXOTE
It is the mission of each true knight...
His duty... nay, his privilege!
To dream the impossible dream,
To fight the unbeatable foe,
To bear with unbearable sorrow
To run where the brave dare not go;
To right the unrightable wrong.

To love, pure and chaste, from afar,
To try, when your arms are too weary,
To reach the unreachable star!

This is my Quest to follow that star,
No matter how hopeless, no matter how far,
To fight for the right
Without question or pause,
To be willing to march into hell
For a heavenly cause!

And I know, if I'll only be true
To this glorious Quest,
That my heart will lie peaceful and calm
When I'm laid to my rest.

And the world will be better for this,
That one man, scorned and covered with scars,
Still strove, with his last ounce of courage,
To reach the unreachable stars!

[Blue_Tires]

33. If it's nice out, go for a walk

talk to a friend or loved one...watch one of your favorite funny movies (laughter is important)...

There have always been problems in the world (mostly things we have no control over), and it is critical to mentally disconnect our brains from burning so much mental enery over them...

Take a break for yourself for awile -- Trust me, the world's issues will still be here and you can worry about them then...:hi:

[BillStein]

34. High speed rail projects voted down

Or blocked by repug governers like scott... while I drive to my work, since public transportation doesn't go there, my Sentra surrounded by monster SUV's....

[stuntcat]

38. +1

.

[Yavin4]

36. As Bad As It Is, This Is Nothing Compared to the 1930s. NOTHING.

In the 30s, we were in a much more severe economic depression. The Nazis had taken over Germany and began invading other European countries. WWII was inevitable.

In America, Jim Crow laws ruled the South, and the nation was segregated according to race.

Women had no rights whatsoever. Workers had very little rights.

I could go on and on, but today is nothing compared to the 1930s.

Our problem is because too many of us love to feel sorry for ourselves instead of taking action. We want Obama to solve all of our problems like he's some kind of superhero. Waiting for any politician to solve our problems is a huge, massive mistake.

Nah, today aint nothing like the 1930s.

[yesphan]

39. Just a little something (warnning: positive message)

Answers never clear again
This turning of the page
This turning look away

There I took a left turn
Before I came of age
I agreed to let it out
I agreed to let it go
I agreed to turn around
I agreed to turn my face away

Danger is the most important
Fear you'll ever know
The transporting of refugees
The silent night is cold

And all the time
We looked around
As we were never told

But we agreed to let it out
We agreed to let it go
We agreed to turn our backs
We agreed to turn our face away, away

Thousands to the million
Sisters, grandmothers and more
It's not the feast we throw away
It's the way we close the door

Their silence deafens every sound
We try just to ignore
To waste their future freedom
We'll regret forever more

I believe in
I believe in
These are the days that we will talk about
I believe in
I believe in
One understanding what is real

If we are one
Then we are refugees
We are the prisoners of our own design
If we are one
Seen through the eyes of a child
We will perpetuate this song of love
If we are one
Seen through the eyes of a child
We will perpetuate this song of love
If we are one
Seen through the eyes of a child
We will perpetuate this song
Perpetuate this song of love

Now we build the bridges
That we walk upon together
At the last count many lonely souls
The sadness always kills

Each breaking point is waiting
For the promise to fulfill

When we agree to turn the page
When we agree to help them free
When we agree to let it out
When we agree to let it shine
When we agree to let it run
When we agree to let it change our lives

I believe in, our lives
I believe in, our lives
These are the days we will talk about

When we are one
Seen through the eyes of child
We will perpetuate this song of love

When we are one
Seen through the eyes of child
We will perpetuate this song of love
Song of love

Yes (2001)