Old and angry

Please use this thread to talk about the character type, or about how old and/ or angry you are.

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I'm not really angry. Wasted energy. I prefer to chill: less wrinkles.

I have an anger problem that I hate, in that when I get angry I tend to get real angry, and do and say stupid stuff that I regret. But it does not happen often, so I wouldn't call myself "angry". I am old though.

The only value I can see in anger is if it gives you the energy and motivation to change the situation that is angering you. Getting angry about what is beyond your control and you cannot change is an exercise in futility that merely raises the level of your frustration to intolerable levels.

Old and angry people are usually caught in that feedback loop of anger-futility-frustration followed by more anger, etc. They are very unhappy people and have zero awareness of how to remedy that. Instead they try to wreck things and sometimes they succeed. It doesn't help.

One percenters wearing carhartt ironically: fuck you

what if they're wearing carhartt WIP unironically

Last week I wrote an email to my county councilmember's assistant because the new streetlights are too bright.

omg I write so many letters in my mind. to large corporations, celebrities. and every one contains the disclaimer, "I am not the kind of person who writes complaint letters to companies" lol. but it's true, I never have.*

I did write a STRONGLY worded email to the transit system of a town I lived in once, because the buses were (literally) never on time. I did get a thoughtful response from the director with an invitation to meet face to face. I wish I had accepted but lol no

Aimless otm. I like to make a distinction between rage, which is related to that feedback loop he is talking about, and other, more productive types of anger.

This seems relevant to the thread:

https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2019/02/15/the-power-of-andrea-dworkins-rage/

I just witnessed (old) manager and (old) colleague having a fight in the shop. Lol. It was uncomfortable to say the least.

Getting old lowers your serotonin. Prolonged use of ecstasy lowers your serotonin. Are we due a wave of grumpy rave grandads?

Just had a nice chat with a gentleman in a cafe who must have been close to 90. He wasn't angry in the slightest. Maybe there's a point where you stop being angry

or maybe he was one of the people who was never all that angry!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsR1h1w-N1g

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Hello, I'm old and angry.

generally choose sadness over anger, it's more productive for me

We're not getting a screamcore album then

im less angry every year idk can u tell by my ilxing but

As I get older I get angrier and mellower at the same time. I've always been pretty happy. Probably happier since I don't have to dither about as much.

going by the old people i've met, it looks like the older they get, the less angry they become, which is cool

old and angry people make me sad

my job/health lifecrash hasn't helped

generally choose sadness over anger, it's more productive for me

generally choose sadness over anger, it's more productive for me

― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8L74fe3U29Q

i have a shitty sixties pre-prog song for every occasion

I should get angrier. Mainly bec I was raised to never be angry. I think releasing anger can be a good thing. To stifle (?) those feelings and turn them inwards: RONG. And harmful.