What is up with us?

This is just a random musing I've been having.
Been too busy and not pissed enough to write on blog lately.

Anyways, English creative short story..........had the wonderful occasion and honor to read many many great stories.

Just one thought: What the hell is going on with us? Not necessarily in the bad way, but it's just peculiar how quite a few stories I've read are completely based on reality, with themes like war, suffering, death, sociopaths, murder...etc.

Not all the stories are like that, I'm sure, but still.....did they beat the imagination out of us? Is the reality of the world catching up with us that quickly? Why write about suffering so close to Xmas? Has the pressure of school gotten to us? Have our brains been damaged, by overwork, or Hollywood....? Why are we so grim?

All good questions that I shall discuss with Master Yoda during our next session.
(Maybe I'm the one going wacko)