In Which I Do Not Read Something

[dr_tectonic]

Wading through my inbox this morning, I found a long, long thread on a mailing list I'm on titled "government craziness".

And I thought, you know what? That's just going to make me ill-tempered and crazy if I read it.

I checked a couple replies from people whose positions I can rely on to not make me batty, just to be sure that the discussion hadn't veered off into interesting-tangent land, and when I verified that it had not, I deleted the whole damn thread, completely unread.

And I'm feeling pretty decent tonight. So I think that was the right choice.

Comments

[nehrlich.livejournal.com]

You are SO SMART! Why am I not this smart?!

At this point, such threads just make me vaguely sad rather than actively upset, but I think this is more because I have learned that I don't seek to make the world better but instead adapt my expectations to the world. Which says something about me that I'm still trying to figure out.

[joebehrsandiego.livejournal.com]

Like the rants about political this-and-that on Facebook, stuff like this is IMHO best dealt with in the manner you chose.

[jennsteele.livejournal.com]

Brilliant choice. Truly brilliant. I only skimmed it myself, which led to much less stress overall.

[ocschwar.livejournal.com]

I fail.

[dr-tectonic.livejournal.com]

At avoidance, or at tangenting?

[arcticturtle.livejournal.com]

You let a precious morsel of eit go unread? Gasp!