I don't have to tell you things are bad...

[lumberjack_jeff]

15. Whatever we're afraid of: there's someone out there to validate your fear.

Maybe it's the human condition to believe that your generation invented adversity.

You hear it in conversation; Person a) talking about a perceived symptom of social collapse, with person b) talking about an entirely different perception, also a symptom of imminent social destruction. Their pet issues may be entirely dissimilar, may be entirely false, and in fact may be mutually exclusive, their only point of agreement may be anxiety... but it's enough.

Slightly off-topic, but something I've noticed from conservatives is a fixation on hypothetical catastrophes (OMG! We need to do something about Iran!!!) as a proxy for actually worrying about current, ongoing catastrophes.