(September 5, 2017 at 3:19 pm)mlmooney89 Wrote: Am I being childish to be so upset over this?Always a loaded question, but I'll wade in: yes.
Of course ... everyone gets to feel what they feel. No argument there.
But some feelings are counterproductive and/or overdetermined.
What you do with asswipes like that is you write them off and move on. They're not worth the adrenaline you waste on them.
I am always mindful, of course, that the opposite of love isn't anger, it's indifference. You can't be angry at these guys if you don't care. And as someone who has run aground repeatedly in my life over caring too much and trying to hard, I'm here to tell you, no one -- or at least, no total stranger on the Internet -- is worth caring that much about. Save your caring for your loved ones.
There's also the issue of life being too short to be upset all the time, and if you are angry enough to ask us to talk you down over simple observed stupidity -- even from people you expect better of -- then you need to start avoiding people and situations that you can't handle.
Not that we don't all vent from time to time, but impotent rage always does more to harm you than whatever it may do to make you feel like you've somehow balanced the scales of justice with your wrath. If you're angry, and it's not actionable, then let it go.
