# I'm feeling really, really depressed. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 17, 2005, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-feeling-really-really-depressed/304234 "2005-05-17T13:48:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-feeling-really-really-depressed/304234/21 "2005-05-17T15:54:55Z")
> [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#): > > Personally, I didn’t think you were being offensive at all, whether you were quoting, joking, or serious. I’m doing all three. To quote National Lampoon’s Radio Dinner: “You are a fluke of the Universe. You have no right to be here and whether you can hear it or not The Universe Is laughing behind your back.” Kinda puts things into perspective for me. ---
**Author:** ![Guy\_Incognito\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed655f/32.png) [@Guy\_Incognito\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guy_Incognito_1)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-feeling-really-really-depressed/304234/22 "2005-05-17T16:07:45Z")
Run for your local city council. Or school board. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-feeling-really-really-depressed/304234/23 "2005-05-17T16:23:15Z")
Jimmy Buffet wrote these as the moral to his short story about Freddy and the Fishsticks in _Tales From Margaritaville_. I’m the eternal optimist (and Parrothead), so I give them here, wiith full credit where due. \*\*Jimmy Buffet’s Margaritaville Lessons of Life Lesson One:\*\* Never forget – they are always the enemy. **Lesson Two:** Just remember, assholes are born that way, and they usually don’t change. **Lesson Three:** You do not want to go to jail. **Lesson Four:** When you take this job seriously, you’re in trouble. **Lesson Five:** It takes no more time to see the good side of life than it takes to see the bad. **Lesson Six:** If you decide to run with the ball, count on fumbling and getting the shit knocked out of you; but never forget how much fun it is just to be able to run with the ball. ---
**Author:** ![RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/53a042/32.png) [@RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RancidYakButterTeaParty)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-feeling-really-really-depressed/304234/24 "2005-05-17T16:23:54Z")
mustcheerup **Bosda!** ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-feeling-really-really-depressed/304234/25 "2005-05-17T16:47:46Z")
Reasons to be happy [ul] [li]Human rights are spreading more rapidly than ever before[/li][li]Roughly half the world’s governments are liberal democracies[/li][li]more and more people are getting educated worldwide[/li][li]many avoidable diseases and diseases in general are being treated[/li][li]Even though the US is becoming a haven for fanatics, the rest of western civilization is not[/li][li]You can always go to the store and buy some gum (George Carlin reference)[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-feeling-really-really-depressed/304234/26 "2005-05-17T17:17:20Z")
In all seriousness, Bosda, even if you can’t improve the state of the world, try encouraging positive change in your neck of the woods: Tell someone that you care about them. Re-initiate an old friendship. Commit a charitable act, and not necessarily an anonymous one. Wanting recognition for good deeds is acceptable, even if expecting re-payment isn’t. Plant something that will bloom, and that you will see every day. Perennials are best; a tree is even better. And if all seems black still, square your shoulders, plant your feet firmly on the ground, grit your teeth and get back into the ring. If you’re going to go down, go down swinging. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-feeling-really-really-depressed/304234/27 "2005-05-17T17:44:17Z")
I feel better. [ol] [li]Got some sunshine.[/li][li]Drank a lot of water (I was _very_ dehydrated)[/li][li]Ate a meal (low blood sugar = The Blues)[/li][li]Reflected on the kind/wise words of the SDMB Crew. :)[/li][li]Took a little Saint John’s.[/li][li]And, for _schadenfreude_ value, watched a Shrieky Real Estate Lady On A Cellphone slop red sauce all over herself at my favorite Italian buffet. At’l teach her not to hold up the lunch line so she can take a call.[/li][/ol] 😃 Thank you. You are all kind. 🙂🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-feeling-really-really-depressed/304234/28 "2005-05-17T17:53:51Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > I need cheering up, in the face of the horrible. You have **US**! 😃 (Wait, did I just make things worse?) ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-feeling-really-really-depressed/304234/29 "2005-05-17T18:17:32Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > You have **US!** 😃 _watches **Bosda** flee screaming into the distance_ Huh… Can you spread some of that sunshine to me? I am understandably feeling pretty low right now. ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-feeling-really-really-depressed/304234/30 "2005-05-17T18:21:21Z")
Kythereia, unless you give us the reason why you are unhappy, I don’t see how we can, save for the fact that [The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow.](http://www.moviethemes.org/midis/midisp-z/tomorro.mid) P.S. Lady of the Lake, thanks for the kind words. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-feeling-really-really-depressed/304234/31 "2005-05-17T18:26:42Z")
See the thread “I got laid off” for reference. _snogs **Scott** for good measure_ ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-feeling-really-really-depressed/304234/32 "2005-05-17T18:29:01Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > See the thread “I got laid off” for reference. _snogs **Scott** for good measure_ Many sorrys, **K** , & a hug. {{{}}} Did I do the hug thing right? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![WeRSauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f19dbf/32.png) [@WeRSauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WeRSauron)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-feeling-really-really-depressed/304234/33 "2005-05-17T18:31:02Z")
Awwwwwwwwwwwwww. You’re one of my favorite dopers! You can’t be depressed! Just ignore the world at large and focus on what matters most: your own life. If you go examining the world, you will find a billion issues that need attention but for which you can do nothing effective. Improve your life, improve the lives of others, and you would have been a great human being. Simple! WRS ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-feeling-really-really-depressed/304234/34 "2005-05-17T18:34:21Z")
Thanks, **Bosda**. _snogs and hugs tightly_ I will now stop hijacking your thread and give you [some](http://www.agr.state.tx.us/producer_info/marketnews/images/chicks4.jpg) [very](http://www.poplargrove.com/newsletter/baby%20ducks.jpg) [hot](http://www.topgunaviationphoto.com/Baby-geese-4.JPG) [chicks](http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/images/baby%20cedar%20waxwing.jpg) to cheer you up. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-feeling-really-really-depressed/304234/35 "2005-05-17T18:35:33Z")
_snogs and smooches **WeRSauron** , too_ Shhh, I’m trying not to hijack **Bosda** ’s thread anymore… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-feeling-really-really-depressed/304234/36 "2005-05-17T19:12:48Z")
Here’s [four](http://movies.crooksandliars.com/msnbc_uk_galloway_blisters_us_on_iraq_050517-01.rm.ram)minutes that gave me hope. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-feeling-really-really-depressed/304234/37 "2005-05-17T19:13:56Z")
**Kythereia** needs to learn the difference between chicks and ducklings! ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-feeling-really-really-depressed/304234/38 "2005-05-17T19:29:37Z")
Damnit, **Nurse**! When I see a porno, I damn well want to see the money shot! That didn’t contain the least shot of the senator’s face, or (his lack of a) responce. Will you please provide contextural background for this? ---
**Author:** ![Stark\_Raven\_Mad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Stark\_Raven\_Mad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stark_Raven_Mad)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-feeling-really-really-depressed/304234/39 "2005-05-17T19:46:37Z")
You have Zoidberg. You all have Zoidberg! Cheer up, man. The statistical likelihood of a good thing happening is increasing even as bad things keep coming. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-feeling-really-really-depressed/304234/40 "2005-05-17T19:49:42Z")
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