Are My Blogging Friends Just the Sane Ones?

Lately, the world feels a little strange. When the news, old media, and online voices all seem confusing, it can be hard to know whether society is changing—or whether we are the ones seeing things differently.

asn’t the world seemed a little strange lately?

When I hear about this and that, I just get fed up.

Or maybe I’m the one who is strange for thinking that.

Maybe the Asahi Shimbun, one of the old media sources I rely on, is strange.
Maybe NHK is strange.

Something must be strange somewhere, and that is probably why I feel that way.

When I read the posts written by my blogging friends, I get the feeling that perhaps I’m not the only one who feels this way.

But then again, that may simply be a matter of the circle of people I associate with online.

It all starts to feel rather confusing.

Well, as long as there are still people I can think of as sane, I suppose that is enough. 

 ・・・

sane
正気の、まともな
ここでは「世の中の空気に流されず、まともな感覚を保っている」という意味で使っています。

old media
オールドメディア、従来型メディア
新聞、テレビ、ラジオなど、インターネット以前からある報道機関を指します。

get fed up
うんざりする
不満や疲れがたまって「もうたくさんだ」と感じる表現です。

rely on
頼りにする
情報源や人などを信頼して使う、という意味です。

circle of people
付き合いのある人たち、交友範囲
ここでは「ネット上で関わっている人たちの範囲」という意味です。

confusing
混乱させる、わかりにくい
物事が複雑で、何が正しいのか分からなくなる状態を表します。