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Outrage fatigue?

I'm trying to summon up outrage in order to write about it, but there are so many potential topics that I can't decide which one irks me most.

I think I'll just grumble about our weather not producing enough sunny days recently to fully heat the water flowing through our solar panel's pipes. Shaving with cold water reminds me of the Navy, specifically boot camp. That was the most unpleasant nine weeks of my life, not so much because it was physically demanding, but because I had had three years of living on my own before I went there, unlike my fellow-sufferers, and so it all seemed a little silly. March just so! Hold that (unloaded) rifle this way! Fold those boxer shorts in quarters! Place those clothes into your locker in this order!

The whole goal of boot camp is to break down individuality and build the concept of a group working as a unit. Maybe it succeeded in that goal professionally, but as far as personally goes, I've never spoken to any of the forty people in my company again and have no desire to do so. I don't even think about them, except when my shower's cold.