One Big Pet Peeve (MyLot Exclusive #1422)

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I gotta stop hanging out with Republicans. Last night, I dreamed I received 147 subpoenas from 96 different courts. As my friend, Roger Murtaugh, once said, "I'm getting too old for this Soros-funded constipation-challenged drama." Well, that's not exactly what Roger said---His wording was a bit more concise and colorful---but the sentiment is the same and the Censor approves, so it's what we are going with. I just hope that this doesn't turn into a sneak peek of "Supernatural Saturday #1, Part II." "Supernatural Saturday #1" is the one about the dream that was very ordinary and mundane until a few days later when an object in it appeared in the waking world ((Woke World? Go Woke Go Broke World, Like Barbie And Taylor Swift? Real World?)) in a very surprising and awesome way. It'll be written and posted any day now. Speaking of Sneaking & Peeking, I want to jump into today's main topic, The Joys Of Voyeurism. Wait, before I get misquoted again by my friends in the Drive-By Media, let me rephrase that: I want to jump into today's main topic, The Joys Of Ethical Voyeurism ((Don't do it without Consent)). But---Which is the best part of Ethical Voyeurism, ironically, as you'll see in a second---I can't because the Censor vetoed Ethical Voyeurism pretty hard. So, instead, I want to briefly--- Ladies' Briefs are another big prize in the Ethical Voyeur Game. Men's Briefs, too, for some---look at a piece of really bad advice: Focus on what you can control. You control how you respond to things. It comes from an article called, "50 Short Rules for a Better Life (From the Stoics) ((Linked Below)) and it bothers me so much that I am going to call this post, "One Big Pet Peeve." I know a lot of you are saying, "Sir, what's wrong with it? It makes sense to me." That's part of the problem. On the surface, it makes a little sense. But, to make it truly useful and unharmful, you have to add so many disclaimers and exceptions that it becomes laughably useless. As well as dangerous---Just like "Live Every Day As If It's Your Last" and don't get me started on that one. Think about it. If you are the victim of anything and you aren't happy about it, it's your fault because you are in control of your own happiness. So, if you are being trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein and you don't like it, don't blame Jeff. Get a grip and be happy about it. Same thing if your boss makes you pee in a bottle because breaks cost too much and the CEO of your company who makes $40 million a year plus bonuses can't afford them---But can afford stock buybacks. And so on. There are millions of everyday examples. Spanning the entire spectrum from the mildly horrific to the wildly horrific. My view is that you don't control your own happiness---Not in the way bad Pop-Psychology Advice Mongers say you do. And it's not just that. Pretending that you're happy because everyone tells you you should is counterproductive. You have to be unhappy to get things done. To improve conditions. To put people like Mr. Epstein in jail and make others, including but not limited to CEO's, do basic things that they always should have been doing. Let's stop pretending that the systems that run the world are fine and that ordinary people are the problem---Because they can't just be happy. ************** 50 Short Rules for a Better Life (From the Stoics)