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Aug 4, 2017 07:57 PM
Today I found out...
SS Wrote:'I’ve always regretted hurting you. You didn’t deserve that.' Actually I hadn't thought about it for more than thirty ytears. Until now. The bulldozers couldn't quite destroy my Shangri-La but SS has managed to turn it into a radioactive wasteland.
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(Aug 4, 2017 07:57 PM)confused2 Wrote: Today I found out...
SS Wrote:'I’ve always regretted hurting you. You didn’t deserve that.' Actually I hadn't thought about it for more than thirty ytears. Until now. The bulldozers couldn't quite destroy my Shangri-La but SS has managed to turn it into a radioactive wasteland.
Well, you always speak in riddles. I was just guessing. There wasn’t any current interaction, or an electrical charge, and the field was empty. So, I thought there had to be some type of explosion. Either an attraction or repulsion. Fifty years is a long time.
Sorry, C2. Don’t mind me. Carrying on with your happy thoughts.
(Aug 4, 2017 06:49 PM)Syne Wrote: She says without any self-awareness...
Damn it, Syne, that was just between you and me.
Remember, I told you as far as everyone else knows—I’m nice and normal.
Big mouth!
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Aug 4, 2017 10:57 PM
(Aug 4, 2017 02:29 AM)Secular Sanity Wrote: [...] Do you know what I learned the other day? The moon cutout on outhouses were there to let light in. I took my nieces on a hike last week and we spotted an old outhouse. They’re very inquisitive, but I must admit, I had to look it up.
I'm just glad the bucket of corncobs was long gone as a fixture by the time I came across one. The type that only had a single shared one hanging from a string would have especially sent chills down a youngster's spine. (Well, probably not. As kids we could swap pop-bottle spit with a flu afflicted neighbor kid and never think twice about it.)
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Aug 4, 2017 11:10 PM
NA Wrote:Sorry, C2. Don’t mind me. Carrying on with your happy thoughts. No apology is appropriate. You did a good thing. Thank you.
-C2.
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(Aug 4, 2017 10:57 PM)C C Wrote: I'm just glad the bucket of corncobs was long gone as a fixture by the time I came across one. The type that only had a single shared one hanging from a string would have especially sent chills down a youngster's spine. (Well, probably not. As kids we could swap pop-bottle spit with a flu afflicted neighbor kid and never think twice about it.)
I have two boys. One loves to hunt and he always comes back with his shirt sleeves torn off. I’m like—what the hell? He uses them to wipe his ass. I don’t think I could even pull that off, much less a corncob.
I went to a wine tasting event. It was one of the best ones that I've ever attended—held in a botanical garden with art, crafts, food, and music.
My friends are always trying to get me to attend this women’s study group—a religious one. They said that I’d learn more about myself through Christ and quoted this scripture.
"If your first concern is to look after yourself, you’ll never find yourself. But if you forget about yourself and look to me, you’ll find both yourself and me."—Matthew 10:39
I said, no. It actually says…"Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it." You’d know that if you read the bible as much as you claim to, and I’m pretty confident that not one of you would lay their lives down for me, but if you’re just talking about helping me, you can start by holding my wine glass while I use the restroom.
We continued on our walk—they laughed, and said that they needed to sprinkle me with holy water, but it’d probably sizzle. I get that a lot. I said that would be like spitting in my face. That shit is contaminated with bacteria. I’ll tell you what, let’s walk back to the bathroom, and I’ll dip my fingers in the toilet water, flick some in your face, and we’ll see how you like it.
I didn’t think I was going to get another invite after that remark, but they know that I love to hike, and suggested that I go for a walk with them. You know that they’re just wanting their little dose of helper’s high, which is fine by me, but it is starting to hurt my feelings a little bit.
Plan A: I’m thinking about explaining the difference between pity and empathy. I want to tell them that if they’re just inviting me out of pity, and not because they enjoy my company, to no longer include me.
(Aug 2, 2017 10:55 PM)confused2 Wrote: If anyone sees either a serious flaw in the plan A or a better plan I'd like to know of it soon enough to start work on a Plan B.
Ditto.
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Aug 6, 2017 07:36 PM
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(Aug 6, 2017 07:36 PM)confused2 Wrote: Plan B?
http://dilbert.com/strip/2017-07-25
That’s hilarious, C2!
Thanks!
I asked someone else about this and they said to think of it this way. They said, you know how you love the forest, and how you’re always wanting to take people there to show them how beautiful it is? Well, that’s what they’re trying to do. They think that they have something beautiful to share with you.
I said, well, my thoughts on that might be a little more snarky than plan A. I would say…at least I’m showing you a waterfall that you can actually see. You’re pointing to something that doesn’t even exist and expecting me to say, "Oh, wow, how beautiful!"
Fucking idiots! <— I’d keep this last remark to myself, of course.
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Aug 7, 2017 02:54 AM
(Aug 6, 2017 05:30 PM)Secular Sanity Wrote: My friends are always trying to get me to attend this women’s study group—a religious one. They said that I’d learn more about myself through Christ and quoted this scripture.
"If your first concern is to look after yourself, you’ll never find yourself. But if you forget about yourself and look to me, you’ll find both yourself and me."—Matthew 10:39
I said, no. It actually says…"Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it." You’d know that if you read the bible as much as you claim to, and I’m pretty confident that not one of you would lay their lives down for me, but if you’re just talking about helping me, you can start by holding my wine glass while I use the restroom.
We continued on our walk—they laughed, and said that they needed to sprinkle me with holy water, but it’d probably sizzle. I get that a lot. I said that would be like spitting in my face. That shit is contaminated with bacteria. I’ll tell you what, let’s walk back to the bathroom, and I’ll dip my fingers in the toilet water, flick some in your face, and we’ll see how you like it.
I didn’t think I was going to get another invite after that remark, but they know that I love to hike, and suggested that I go for a walk with them. You know that they’re just wanting their little dose of helper’s high, which is fine by me, but it is starting to hurt my feelings a little bit.
Plan A: I’m thinking about explaining the difference between pity and empathy. I want to tell them that if they’re just inviting me out of pity, and not because they enjoy my company, to no longer include me.
Wow. If you feel that way about your "friends", I can't even imagine how you feel about your enemies.
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(Aug 7, 2017 02:54 AM)Syne Wrote: Wow. If you feel that way about your "friends", I can't even imagine how you feel about your enemies.
Enemies? Hmm…don’t know if I have any. Not from my perspective at least, but then again, it could be my lack of self-awareness. It’s not that I don’t like them. I like them a lot. I just don’t like them thinking that they’re more righteous or better than me. You know, like you do.
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Aug 7, 2017 04:03 AM
(Aug 7, 2017 03:31 AM)Secular Sanity Wrote: (Aug 7, 2017 02:54 AM)Syne Wrote: Wow. If you feel that way about your "friends", I can't even imagine how you feel about your enemies.
Enemies? Hmm…don’t know if I have any. Not from my perspective at least, but then again, it could be my lack of self-awareness. It’s not that I don’t like them. I like them a lot. I just don’t like them thinking that they’re more righteous or better than me. You know, like you do.
You sound pretty blase about the distinction.
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