I had an epiphany of sorts tonight.
As much as I have been anticipating the debate between President Biden and Donald Trump, I will not be watching even one minute of it tonight.
Oh, I’ll read about it tomorrow morning and watch clips of it on the Internet, but that why I get to decide how much of Trump to inflict on myself. Call it the ultimate muting.
It might be different — in fact it would be different — if I were younger and still working. I would probably feel the need to be informed for water cooler discussions. Even though I have never worked anywhere that actually had water coolers.
Water fountains, sure.
But if I wait till tomorrow to check out what happened tonight, I don’t have to watch two men who are even older than I am going back and forth.
Especially Trump. I can’t think of any presidential candidate in my lifetime who had more of a “fingernails on the chalkboard” effect as he does.
So enjoy the debate if you want.
I’ll find out what happened tomorrow.