Spoiled

Being away for a week spoiled me.

I didn’t have to keep up with various and sundry news sites, commentary sites, outrages over what [fill in the party, ideology, candidate, or his/her associates/supporters/ex-employees] did. I just spent time with family and friends, ate and drank well, and enjoyed myself.

Coming back, I have Jaeger over in the corner flashing at me all the things I haven’t read, all the screeds and editorials and flag-waving and jumping-up-and-down and bile and bitterness and utterly dedicated belief in what is Truth, Righteous, and Holy.

And I’m sick of it already.

Which means it’s time for yet another disavowal of political posting around here, which usually leads to a huge spate of it. But I can’t even bring myself to open up some of the posts I’m seeing headlined, which is a pretty bad sign, if you ask me.

That is not to say I don’t have opinions. I’m just tired of finding them either dismissed, attacked, or stoked with fiery outrage.

Looking at the Jaeger, it’s probably not surprising that the only sites I want to open are ones about people, about writing, about gaming, about gizmos. And even on many of those, I still find myself fuming every few posts or so.

No real point here, just venting. And I don’t think that living in ignorance or not knowing what’s going on is an answer, even short-term. It just irks me that I feel so many people are trying to sell me a message, not provide me with information.