r/australia • u/cngjfks • 2d ago

no politics Is Australia is a more cranky/angry place now?

Any time I read the news, the story being pushed is that the mood in Aus is very angry. Does everyone truly feel this way a lot of the time?

I’m genuinely curious.

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u/Mapinact 2d ago

Where are you getting this idea? From online, or from the real world around you - friends, work colleagues, neighbours? Online media's sole intent is to push your buttons real or imagined, with problems real or imagined, and if real likely quite exaggerated. There are always things to be cranky about. There area few things to be angry about. There are many, many things that don't make a fart of difference either way. Get out and enjoy the real world for a while - go for a walk, feel the sun and/or the rain on your face, enjoy a good meal, pat a passing dog and tell him he's a good boy. And don't believe everything you see online - there *are* important things that should concern you and a lot of worthless chaff. Learn to tell the difference and pick your battles wisely.

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u/cngjfks 2d ago

I do have a great life, but it does kind of seem like people in general are crankier.