I predict a riot - day to day life gone Pete Tong

[Greenmantle]

Not Suicidal or down about it since I always keep the "Don't Let the B@stards Get You Down" mantra in my head, but why has day to day life recently become a real PITA!

Is it the governments fault or is this just the natural way things are heading?
Just getting things done these days seems to be always garnished with hassle.
Maybe I am just suffering for that terminal illness "Grumpy Old Man"!
What do others think?

[Rich Boy Spanner]

Previously, everyone thought things would on average get better with time. Each generation better than the last. Now we are told everything is doomed, and the last generation born has a lower projected lifespan than their parents. People are grumpy and they are fed up. I agree with you OP.

[Fast and Spurious]

Nope, we are very lucky to be living now, you just need to cut out all the media bolllocks and avoid negative people.

[Randy Winkman]

As a 58 year old I'd say that it's just about how older people see the world and about how we fit in. Or don't fit in. I dont think the world has gone mad, or everything's rubbish or anything like that. Part of my view comes from seeing my parents get older and really not fit in at all.

I know I've said it before on PH but when my late Dad used to say that the world had gone mad I'd remind him that he grew up when the Nazis were gassing Jews.

[Pitre]

As I get older I do feel like there's a whole swathe of society that appears entitled to say that they will do/say whatever they want and sod the rest of the world. Rules don't apply to them (unless they get caught) and no authority is accepted or respected...

[alock]

Rich Boy Spanner said:

Now we are told everything is doomed...

Stop listening to those people. Concentrate on enjoying your life. Build a satisfying career. Create a happy home. Enjoy time doing things you think are fun.

Ignore the world around you, and stop comparing what you have or don't-have with other people or other generations. It doesn't matter.

[anonymous-user]

There's a label for everything, we can't criticise anything in case you offend, no one is accountable, everyone is entitled, no one takes responsibility.

[bumskins]

Greenmantle said:

What do others think?

Not quite riot-inducing, but I can't comprehend how people have forgotten to walk since the COVID 'lockdown'.

I walk to work habitually, since COVID there are at least 2 times a day that i'll be walking down the pavement, someone walking the other way (more often than not walking 2-by-2 deeply-engrossed in whatever banal chatter they are enjoying) will end up walking straight at me, and then it's 50/50 as to whether they continue to block the pavement walking/standing 2-by-2, or if they continue on their pre-ordained path and clatter straight in to me.

fking boggles the mind, and it seems all genders/ages/races are similarly afflicted - is it the continued dumbing down of society? Has inbreeding resulted in a plethora of people unable to understand the basic concept of walking? Does being a 6 foot tall 13 stone lump result in you actually being invisible to those around you? Given how seemingly simplistic being able to walk through a town without walking in to someone else would be, no wonder the road networks are rife with c**ts that can't drive their way out of a paper bag.

[Finale]

I'm becoming more of a recluse , yesterday I spoke to the postman , with just a thank you after handing me my parcel , the first time I had spoken to anybody since July 2nd .

Day consists of tv , internet and eating ,exercise seems to have gone from the timetable .

[Blib]

Sometimes, when life gets tough, it's easy to forget that, in the whole scheme of things, we've absolutely, positively won life's lottery by living in the UK.

Hundreds of millions of people, maybe billions, have barely enough to survive, let alone thrive.

There are ways to get some balance and perspective back during these very human negative periods in life.

A simple daily exercise, taking no longer than a few minutes at the end of each day, may help.

I suggest that you write a 'Gratitude list'.

At first write down everything in your life that you are grateful for. Include people, things, activities etc. If you are thorough this may take some time.

Then, each evening, write down five to ten things that you've been grateful for that day. This can be as simple as 'having a roof over my head'.

It is entirely possible to turn one's attitude to current circumstances around. It does take a little time and some commitment. But, over time, you will reap benefits.

I do hope that this helps a little.

[Tango13]

alock said:

Rich Boy Spanner said:

Now we are told everything is doomed...

Stop listening to those people. Concentrate on enjoying your life. Build a satisfying career. Create a happy home. Enjoy time doing things you think are fun.

Ignore the world around you, and stop comparing what you have or don't-have with other people or other generations. It doesn't matter.

/\ This, this and thrice this!

I'd say the vast majority of MSM is toxic and has an agenda to either depress or divide and conquer the populace, ignore MSM for a happier life

[Kwackersaki]

Blib said:

Sometimes, when life gets tough, it's easy to forget that, in the whole scheme of things, we've absolutely, positively won life's lottery by living in the UK.

Hundreds of millions of people, maybe billions, have barely enough to survive, let alone thrive.

There are ways to get some balance and perspective back during these very human negative periods in life.

A simple daily exercise, taking no longer than a few minutes at the end of each day, may help.

I suggest that you write a 'Gratitude list'.

At first write down everything in your life that you are grateful for. Include people, things, activities etc. If you are thorough this may take some time.

Then, each evening, write down five to ten things that you've been grateful for that day. This can be as simple as 'having a roof over my head'.

It is entirely possible to turn one's attitude to current circumstances around. It does take a little time and some commitment. But, over time, you will reap benefits.

I do hope that this helps a little.

I agree.

It does wind me up when people complain how “crap” the Uk is and how the countries in a mess. I sometimes the think their travel experience is limited to a package tour to Benidorm.

I’ve been lucky/un-lucky enough to travel to countries where poverty and hardship was at another level and my jaw genuinely dropped seeing how some people live their daily lives.

The UK overall is not perfect by any means but where is and I’m grateful i live here.

[Douglas Quaid]

Kwackersaki said:

Blib said:

Sometimes, when life gets tough, it's easy to forget that, in the whole scheme of things, we've absolutely, positively won life's lottery by living in the UK.

Hundreds of millions of people, maybe billions, have barely enough to survive, let alone thrive.

There are ways to get some balance and perspective back during these very human negative periods in life.

A simple daily exercise, taking no longer than a few minutes at the end of each day, may help.

I suggest that you write a 'Gratitude list'.

At first write down everything in your life that you are grateful for. Include people, things, activities etc. If you are thorough this may take some time.

Then, each evening, write down five to ten things that you've been grateful for that day. This can be as simple as 'having a roof over my head'.

It is entirely possible to turn one's attitude to current circumstances around. It does take a little time and some commitment. But, over time, you will reap benefits.

I do hope that this helps a little.

I agree.

It does wind me up when people complain how “crap” the Uk is and how the countries in a mess. I sometimes the think their travel experience is limited to a package tour to Benidorm.

I’ve been lucky/un-lucky enough to travel to countries where poverty and hardship was at another level and my jaw genuinely dropped seeing how some people live their daily lives.

The UK overall is not perfect by any means but where is and I’m grateful i live here.

I know someone who’s never been abroad and does exactly this. Of course this person is on the dole and all they do is complain the free money they get isn’t enough despite never having contributed a penny.

I’m not really into that viewpoint. I’ve travelled and seen real poverty too. Certainly made me very grateful to live in England.

[Tango13]

Douglas Quaid said:

Kwackersaki said:

Blib said:

Sometimes, when life gets tough, it's easy to forget that, in the whole scheme of things, we've absolutely, positively won life's lottery by living in the UK.

Hundreds of millions of people, maybe billions, have barely enough to survive, let alone thrive.

There are ways to get some balance and perspective back during these very human negative periods in life.

A simple daily exercise, taking no longer than a few minutes at the end of each day, may help.

I suggest that you write a 'Gratitude list'.

At first write down everything in your life that you are grateful for. Include people, things, activities etc. If you are thorough this may take some time.

Then, each evening, write down five to ten things that you've been grateful for that day. This can be as simple as 'having a roof over my head'.

It is entirely possible to turn one's attitude to current circumstances around. It does take a little time and some commitment. But, over time, you will reap benefits.

I do hope that this helps a little.

I agree.

It does wind me up when people complain how “crap” the Uk is and how the countries in a mess. I sometimes the think their travel experience is limited to a package tour to Benidorm.

I’ve been lucky/un-lucky enough to travel to countries where poverty and hardship was at another level and my jaw genuinely dropped seeing how some people live their daily lives.

The UK overall is not perfect by any means but where is and I’m grateful i live here.

I know someone who’s never been abroad and does exactly this. Of course this person is on the dole and all they do is complain the free money they get isn’t enough despite never having contributed a penny.

I’m not really into that viewpoint. I’ve travelled and seen real poverty too. Certainly made me very grateful to live in England.

Years back, long before I was born my grandfather was working in Czechoslovakia or Yugoslavia at the height of the cold war. After Christmas and New year's was all done and dusted there was the ubiquitous Dundee cake left over so he decided to take it back for his interpreter. The interpreter actually took the cake round to their neighbours to show them what a fruit cake looked like!!

[Greenmantle]

Thanks for all the wonderful replies!

[Spare tyre]

My outlaws spend their days watching BBC news all day long, they literally depress themselves, it’s tragic

If they just watched the news once a day or read reports they’d be a lot happier

Edited by Spare tyre on Monday 31st July 12:34

[Skyedriver]

Spare tyre said:

My outlaws spend their days watching BBC news all day long, they literally depress themselves, it’s tragic

If they just watched the news once a day or read reports they’d be a lot happier

Edited by Spare tyre on Monday 31st July 12:34

Same here, news all day long, during Covid, their main topic of conversation was the number of deaths etc each day/week. Or was until my MiL died of Cancer last year...

[Tom8]

Ban rolling news, it is bad for your health. They have to make it as watchable and interesting as they can so anything then becomes as sensationalised as possible like a tabloid paper otherwise no one would bother.

I try and avoid the news now, banned myself from listening to radio 4 and binned twitter. Feel much better for it especially when I catch bits like "global boiling"

[Cloudy147]

Tango13 said:

alock said:

Rich Boy Spanner said:

Now we are told everything is doomed...

Stop listening to those people. Concentrate on enjoying your life. Build a satisfying career. Create a happy home. Enjoy time doing things you think are fun.

Ignore the world around you, and stop comparing what you have or don't-have with other people or other generations. It doesn't matter.

/\ This, this and thrice this!

I'd say the vast majority of MSM is toxic and has an agenda to either depress or divide and conquer the populace, ignore MSM for a happier life

Agree with this too.

Avoid the news, it’s designed to make you think the world is getting worse. You’ll find out what you need to find out if it’s important enough by other means.

Avoid social media, it’s designed to make you believe you are doing worse at life than everyone else.

Do what makes you happy. Surround yourself with positive people, limit time spent with negative ones - you’ll feel all the better for it!

[Roofless Toothless]

Kwackersaki said:

I agree.

It does wind me up when people complain how “crap” the Uk is and how the countries in a mess. I sometimes the think their travel experience is limited to a package tour to Benidorm.

I’ve been lucky/un-lucky enough to travel to countries where poverty and hardship was at another level and my jaw genuinely dropped seeing how some people live their daily lives.

The UK overall is not perfect by any means but where is and I’m grateful i live here.

Same here. My first job, after University, was as a well site geologist and this took me to Maracaibo in Venezuela for a year long contract. There are plenty of ways to have an accident on an oil rig. One day in town I saw a guy sitting on the pavement who I took to be an 'obrero' (or roustabout in American parlance) at least judged on him wearing a hard hat. Only he didn't have any hands. Both arms ended short of the wrist.

There is little in the way of social security, as we know it, in countries like this. So he was sitting there with a tin can on a loop of wire dangling on one his stumps, begging for some money.

It shook me to the core. Fresh out of college I knew nothing about the world. Ever since then I've tried to be content with what I've got and appreciative of what we have achieved in this country by way of the simple decency of having systems in place to support the less fortunate.