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Topic: [BOAT] Is something wrong with me?

Lately I've been having weird and disturbing thoughts. Stuff that is a little frightening and uncomfortable to talk about, but I know this forum is the place to be free and open.

It's optimism.

That's right. I'm sometimes having this feeling that things--you know: THINGS--are getting better. Just a little bit here and there, but definitely BETTER. I mean like friendlier and more tolerant, cooler and more--I don't know--awesome.

Is something wrong with me?

I keep seeing news about how US violent crime is way down, marijuana is being decriminalized, gay people are being accepted, clean energy might be feasible, and so on. I know there is unrest in Africa, some economic hardship still in the US, and voices of intolerance all over, but more and more those seem to be the exceptions, and we're on a track toward a brighter future.

How weird is that? Is there medication or something for it?

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  • Dave
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Re: [BOAT] Is something wrong with me?

Come to Australia, it's all gone to hell here.

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Re: [BOAT] Is something wrong with me?

I put Prozac in your corn flakes.

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Re: [BOAT] Is something wrong with me?

It's nothing reading a few YouTube comments threads can't fix, Zarban. Your faith in humankind should drop to normal OMFG levels in no time.

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Re: [BOAT] Is something wrong with me?

You jinxed us, man.

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Re: [BOAT] Is something wrong with me?

Naw. If you have to make a law against it, it means you are terrified that it will become normal. This is one train that is on the express route.

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Re: [BOAT] Is something wrong with me?

Seriously: today I felt so cheerful that it was like I knew what Zooey Deschanel feels like every day.

Think of this: if you had predicted in 1984 that by 2014 there would be a gigantic worldwide network of supercomputers accessible to nearly everyone and it would be CHOCK-FULL of free porn and adorable animals, people would have said you were living in a crazy fantasy world.

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Re: [BOAT] Is something wrong with me?

Gotta stay focused: That dude in Florida didn't get convicted of murder for shooting at teenagers with loud music (but will do time on lesser charges). The Syrian government doesn't want to negotiate how they will be thrown out so the civil war can end and a democratic government can be formed. The Venezuelan people might have to throw out their terrible government by force. North Korea remains a starving hermit state run by a lunatic. The Central African Republic has become a powder keg. Somalia remains a pirate state. And Taylor Swift still roams free.

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Re: [BOAT] Is something wrong with me?

Also, Keanu Reeves didn't get nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Man of Tai Chi.

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