Yes, please refrain from political issues (all politicians are as bad as each other anyway... ), and keep in mind that this is a venting thread, for people to get some release for what is bugging them right now. So don't derail it by pointing out the more significant problems of others - there is always someone worse off than yourself in some way.
We are a community of friends and 'fellow fans of a particular materialistic interest'... we should be able to count on the people here to help share our own 'smaller' issues privately here in this unknown corner of the net-universe, so that we can be more willing and able to deal with the larger issues of others in the real world, without our 'petty' problems getting in the way.
After all, if people can't vent about our personal issues in some restrained, civilised manner out of sight here, they might unload their pent-up frustrations on others in the public domain.