Cowboys are the new Pirates, or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Shitty Economy

So I was gonna write a post about movies and how cowboys have replaced pirates as the go-to models for cinema and media, but I decided it just wasn't interesting enough.  So instead, we're gonna get slightly serious.

It's no secret that the economy is suck right now.  I don't know about you folks, but I spent literally months basically completely unemployed, vigorously looking for a job before I found one.  Over the past two years, I've read studies about how unemployment, depression, suicide, and divorce rates have all hit all-time highs, then gone up, up, and up some more.  Some people have been unemployed for over a year and a half at this point, and for the first time in American history, more than half of all marriages are ending in divorce, and adultery is on the rise.

When stressed, we tend to go into a very selfish survival mode.  Psychologically speaking, when people are under this stress, the body produces the hormone cortisol to help better manage it.  However, prolonged exposure to cortisol has an interesting side effect: increased irrational fear and anxiety.  So people are losing their jobs, their places to live, and their relationships are failing because of it all.

So I have a little bit of a theory about how to correct this.  I know we're all broke right now and a lot of us don't have jobs and even more of us are single.  So what??  That doesn't mean we should sit around freaking out all bored, lonely, and depressed.  Flirt.  Go on a picnic in the park.  Split a six pack and watch a dvd together.  A cheap date can still be fun and romantic, and studies have shown that people with healthy sex lives are happier in their day to day.  And let's all be a little more civil to one another too, while we're at it.  You're gonna feel better for doing something nice and they're going to feel better because you weren't a jerk.  Just think of it like it's the zombie apocalypse.  I know you want to think of yourself and put your own needs first, but the only way out of this in one piece is if we all work together.

And if getting laid and having a little companionship doesn't make you feel better, then just got to Cute Overload or something.  If that doesn't put you in a good mood, then you have no soul and you hate fun.

The End.