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TALES FROM THE CRIP
a patient's perspective
By Peter Jay
APATHY IS CONTAGIOUS Somebody once asked me which is worse, ignorance or apathy. My response? I don’t know and I don’t care. HA! See what I did there? Apathy is the bubonic plague of modern times. I will be the first to state that there are so many things in life that I could not possibly care less about.
I still have no intention whatsoever of getting involved in politics in general and tormenting my Facebook friends with my opinion.
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Just for an example, let us discuss my current personal view on the upcoming presidential election. Total honesty: I couldn't care less. I have been around long enough to know that it really doesn’t matter WHO is in office. My life is going to continue, pretty much as it has done for the last 50 years, regardless of who lives in the White House. Do you envy me my devil-may care-attitude regarding one of the biggest institutions in this country, mainly the political system? I read social media posts on the daily, and the level of hostility and rancor established and demonstrated by so many of my friends on this subject makes me shake my head a little bit. An old friend of mine has a life philosophy that I try to emulate whenever possible: slide and glide. You can interpret this saying as you will, but, to me? Life is a minefield, filled with piles of dog shit of varying sizes wherever you go. It has been my experience that the less dog shit that I step in, the happier I tend to be. This concept has saved me from a world of hurt on multiple occasions, because why get involved in matters where my opinion is irrelevant? Have you ever managed to change somebody’s opinion on a belief about which they are just ridiculously passionate? I have not. Why bother? People who believe that the Earth is flat is a prime example of this type of thinking. Forget the images from Space that show that the planet is indeed round; forget the fact that if Earth was indeed flat, cats would have pushed everything off of the edge long ago. In fact, let’s just disregard the entire foundation of physical science and have done with it! It’s all a conspiracy anyways, established by The Man to keep humanity down. All power to the people! However, as long as we are being honest with each other and all, sometimes I envy those “truly dedicated to the cause” types. Not so much their beliefs, mind you, but their complete willingness to cling to their beliefs regardless of how ridiculous said beliefs may be perceived by others. I certainly neither admire nor respect extremists of any caliber, but I guess that I must give a chin-jut to anybody so
