The Omega Man

[Nay]

4. OMG! That's me, too! My first thought about such movies (or books) is: "Peace and quiet

at last! Peace and quiet at last!"

Like you, I recognize the need of having at least SOME people around, if only to preserve a modicum of civilization so that the things I love can continue (books, classes, art museums, restaurants, national parks) but my immediate first reaction is that, if I were to be the protagonist, I would have not to deal with people....every.goddamn.day.

As a recent retiree, I have most enjoyed the fact that I can almost totally manage my people contact. No longer do I have to tolerate the RW co-worker with his whack ideas; the boss who calls up to ask where such-and-such a document is, when it has been sitting on his desk (with a big red note on it) for the three days since he asked for it LAST time; the gratuitously nasty co-worker with the shitty home life; the asshole who cut me off on the way to work; etc.

Not dealing with the work world has done wonders for my mental health!