Do you worry about things that you have no control over?

Page 2 - Seeking answers? Join the AnandTech community: where nearly half-a-million members share solutions and discuss the latest tech.

Ronstang

Lifer
Jul 8, 2000
12,493
18
81
Originally posted by: datalink7
Originally posted by: Ronstang
Originally posted by: datalink7
Of cource. Everybody does.

It isn't so much a question of "do you worry?" but rather "to what degree do you worry?".

I don't worry very much.
I'm sorry, but you are incorrect. Some people don't worry about this kind of stuff at all....even when the news is showing the pictures. Reacting accordingly to a situation does not necessarily idicate some level of worry or fear, just common sense. I personally do not worry one damn bit about the things I can't control.

I am pretty sure that if a asteroid was the size of the moon was about to hit the earth and obliterate it from the face of the universe, you'd be swetting it a tiny bit. ;)
Nope.....I'd be having sex from the minute I found out until......BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

 

Zebo

Elite Member
Jul 29, 2001
39,398
19
81
Originally posted by: HappyPuppy
Volcanos, earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, heatwaves, freezes, automobile accidents, diseases, killer bees, man eating moths, rabid dogs, horny goats, rampaging elephants (horny elephants?) or anything else?

I'm not.:D

I noticed you don't post over in P&N much:)

Heck why bother, not only do you not have control over the political agenda, you normally are talking to a brick wall since everyones already made up thier mind:)

What a waste of bandwitdh.
 

Siddhartha

Lifer
Oct 17, 1999
12,505
3
81
Originally posted by: HappyPuppy
Volcanos, earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, heatwaves, freezes, automobile accidents, diseases, killer bees, man eating moths, rabid dogs, horny goats, rampaging elephants (horny elephants?) or anything else?

I'm not.:D

Nope
 

Walleye

Banned
Dec 1, 2002
7,939
0
0
Originally posted by: HappyPuppy
Volcanos, earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, heatwaves, freezes, automobile accidents, diseases, killer bees, man eating moths, rabid dogs, horny goats, rampaging elephants (horny elephants?) or anything else?

I'm not.:D

i worry that the universe is saddle shaped. in which case, there is no hope for life as we know it, all of it will eventually fade, and every world in the cosmos will be a barren rock devoid of life and heat.
 

skace

Lifer
Jan 23, 2001
14,488
7
81
I don't even watch the news or read the newspaper. Hows that for not-worrying? :)
 

Zebo

Elite Member
Jul 29, 2001
39,398
19
81
Originally posted by: skace
I don't even watch the news or read the newspaper. Hows that for not-worrying? :)

Pure genius. And I'm being serious.
 

jjones

Lifer
Oct 9, 2001
15,424
2
0
I don't even worry about things I do have control over. Why worry? It doesn't accomplish anything.
 

FatJackSprat

Senior member
May 16, 2003
431
0
76
I worry about people that look like they couldn't be reasoned with because you have no chance of controlling how they act towards you. The kind of people that look like they would punch you in face or shoot you for looking at them in a way they didn't like.

You feel like the avg. person is smart enough to weigh the prospect of jail against the act of shooting you, especially over nothing. But then you turn on the tv and see another person got shot at a bar or even just beaten up. Some people are just plain stupid and are more of an uncontrollable threat than earthquakes, etc.