That's right, the planet has become too stressful and I have a nervous tic as a direct result. This tic is an annoying left eye twitch, which I'm sure to passersby appears to be my winking insanely at them, but in reality is what amounts to a human red flashing light and klaxon. The tic, appears to be centered around reading news about America, Civil Liberties, Britain, Law, and Economics. It can also be activated by thoughts about adventure, or the suffocating nature of living in a era where every inch of the map is labeled and there is nothing to do but eat and hope your life starts at some point. This has created a slight problem as I have begun reading the "Lost City of Z", which details the adventures of Percy Fawcett, a Victorian adventurer, who was in pursuit of a hidden city in the Amazon. The problem is that when things get interesting (Percy goes looking for buried treasure in Ceylon) my eye begins to spasm and I want to flee from the couch and disappear into the woods until I find a river with gold deposits in it.
I suppose it is best for me to wait out the years until civilization collapses due to the first set of stressors and I can live out my days Mad Max style.
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