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How do you deal with terrible world events?

submitted on 09th Sep 2005. A part of Questions. Ask a question.

written by owen

You watch the news I know you do.

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i read as much as i can about it without overloading myself. i also try not watching tv because its depressing.

by michael_halvorsen ( Sat, 10th Sep 2005 at 9:52 am )
i like pussy.
i degrade with an overwhelming feeling of weltschmerz.

by alex13 ( Sat, 10th Sep 2005 at 1:26 pm )
about doing something
I watch the news in the exact same amount I used to. There's nothing I can do about it anyway. (no, really, there isn't, as much as people say there is, there isn't)

by Hayo ( Sun, 11th Sep 2005 at 4:58 am )
If you aren't looking for something can you miss it?
@alex nobody uses that word. weltschmerz:
A German term meaning "world pain." It describes a sense of anguish about the nature of existence, usually associated with a melancholy, pessimistic attitude. Weltschmerz was expressed in England by George Gordon, Lord Byron in his Manfred and Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, in France by Viscount de Chateaubriand, Alfred de Vigny, and Alfred de Musset, in Russia by Aleksandr Pushkin and Mikhail Lermontov, in Poland by Juliusz Slowacki, and in America by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
@hayo your confusing
@michael tv is depressing which is why I hardly ever watch local news. I finding stuff overseas more entertaining.

by owen ( Mon, 12th Sep 2005 at 9:47 am )
useless talent #32
@owen i use weltschmerz and interestingly enough, pretty often these days. It was the first thing that came to mind when i saw the question.
Note:
weltschmerz is pronounced:
VELT'-shmairtz

by alex13 ( Mon, 12th Sep 2005 at 9:59 am )
about doing something
weltschmerz is a very unhealthy attitude, methinks.

by Hayo ( Mon, 12th Sep 2005 at 10:24 am )
If you aren't looking for something can you miss it?
@hayo very unhealthy

by alex13 ( Mon, 12th Sep 2005 at 11:26 am )
about doing something