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My thoughts on 2017
9 years ago
As we say goodbye to 2016, its not uncommon to hear "fuck this year" or "worse, year, ever!" followed up by some fluffy dreams of how 2017 is gonna be the year that set everything right in the world. Ahh yes!
But wait.. doesn't 2017 has the same cast of 7billion humans has 2016 did? Same for 2015..and 14.... oh fuck, its even got more pre-staged insanity!
Before ya'll run off for the hills or *gag* safe spaces, listen up! Yes there are some things out of our control in this world, Trump being President, a shitty Canadian dollar, the ever socially regressive march of the "feelings before facts" groups/ SJW furries *dies inside*. But you know what you can control? Your own slice of the world.
Yes, you got the ability to go out, meet new people, try new things, improve upon your various skills and hobbies. Hey you can even go around and have all the crazy, furry sex you like! Or if you are not as outgoing and like to sit in your cave most of the day as I do, maybe make a new years promise to spend less time in online areas that only stress you out and piss you off... aaand jerk off a bit more creatively. The point is that 2017 will only ever be as great as you try and make it and the less you try, the more of a "2016 part 2" you may have and from what I can tell about the world today no one wants more of that, I think?
Wingfire out!
But wait.. doesn't 2017 has the same cast of 7billion humans has 2016 did? Same for 2015..and 14.... oh fuck, its even got more pre-staged insanity!
Before ya'll run off for the hills or *gag* safe spaces, listen up! Yes there are some things out of our control in this world, Trump being President, a shitty Canadian dollar, the ever socially regressive march of the "feelings before facts" groups/ SJW furries *dies inside*. But you know what you can control? Your own slice of the world.
Yes, you got the ability to go out, meet new people, try new things, improve upon your various skills and hobbies. Hey you can even go around and have all the crazy, furry sex you like! Or if you are not as outgoing and like to sit in your cave most of the day as I do, maybe make a new years promise to spend less time in online areas that only stress you out and piss you off... aaand jerk off a bit more creatively. The point is that 2017 will only ever be as great as you try and make it and the less you try, the more of a "2016 part 2" you may have and from what I can tell about the world today no one wants more of that, I think?
Wingfire out!
The problem still is that nobody agrees on what "better" means. We still have the same old scapegoats and enemies and nobody wants to listen to the other guy, especially while Fox News, (or Global), keeps telling them to fear and hate The Other Guy, (on a variety of pretexts wider than my waistline.)
Good luck for 2017, Wingfire. Good luck to us all.
2. How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Money - basically, from my Economics 101 Class, the "weaker" the currency, the better it is for exports, and attracting investors and industry, until the economy picks up. This is exactly what happened to the US in that strange Twilight Zone time the Canadian Dollar was worth more than the US Dollar. It's pretty self-regulating. It'll probably be better (for your side of the border) in a couple years?
Be well, and stay safe!