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Author Topic: Things that made you sad today thread.  (Read 9714124 times)

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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #37320 on: September 24, 2011, 03:15:00 pm »

In related news, I wish I were reading or watching Watchmen.  Or Dragonball (mostly on the reading part, definitely not with the watching).  Guess it's just one of those days when you're stuck with Plaaaaaaatoooooooooo.

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There is something wrong with you when your writing is so convoluted that I would rather be reading in a foreign language.

Seriously!
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« Reply #37321 on: September 24, 2011, 03:58:32 pm »

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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #37322 on: September 24, 2011, 05:54:33 pm »

Talking to a girl on a dating site. She is cute, available, has a job and at least some education, we have a lot in common. She also quotes Ayn Rand.
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« Reply #37323 on: September 24, 2011, 06:14:31 pm »

Talking to a girl on a dating site. She is cute, available, has a job and at least some education, we have a lot in common. She also quotes Ayn Rand.
That shouldn't make you sad. It sounds like you have a real chance with her, go for it!

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« Reply #37324 on: September 24, 2011, 06:21:07 pm »

But this is the Internet. There is always the chance that it's a guy yanking your chain.
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« Reply #37325 on: September 24, 2011, 06:23:50 pm »

And, of course,

She also quotes Ayn Rand.

If I know Nadaka, I'm pretty sure that the problem here is that he disagrees strongly with objectivism, and that whether or not it's a valid philosophy is rather irrelevant so please let's not argue over it and just have some empathy for the dude.
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« Reply #37326 on: September 24, 2011, 06:25:43 pm »

She could also just be culturally literate and joking around, you know.  I've been known to say "Where is John Galt?" with some frequency.  It's often difficult to register tone online and so on.  Might try to discuss Rand with her in order to find out how deep the rabbit hole she's swallowed is.


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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #37328 on: September 24, 2011, 07:22:21 pm »

And, of course,

She also quotes Ayn Rand.

If I know Nadaka, I'm pretty sure that the problem here is that he disagrees strongly with objectivism, and that whether or not it's a valid philosophy is rather irrelevant so please let's not argue over it and just have some empathy for the dude.

Pretty much, someone using Rand as the basis of their political agenda is not someone that I could be with in the long run.
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« Reply #37329 on: September 24, 2011, 07:29:43 pm »

She also quotes Ayn Rand.

Just be careful. Some of the more fanatical ones are interesting. I lost a brother to this stuff. He made our brother walk 12 miles to a hospital with a broken foot after his garage door broke it. Then, he divorced two very nice wives because, "he was carrying them." Now, after getting a ton of free labor out of me in college, he's trying to hit me up for money. [meh]. Self reliance is a good idea, but going overboard isn't.

She could be perfectly ok, and I hope she is. I've had bad luck with this stuff.
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« Reply #37330 on: September 24, 2011, 07:44:26 pm »

She also quotes Ayn Rand.

Just be careful. Some of the more fanatical ones are interesting. I lost a brother to this stuff. He made our brother walk 12 miles to a hospital with a broken foot after his garage door broke it. Then, he divorced two very nice wives because, "he was carrying them." Now, after getting a ton of free labor out of me in college, he's trying to hit me up for money. [meh]. Self reliance is a good idea, but going overboard isn't.

She could be perfectly ok, and I hope she is. I've had bad luck with this stuff.

I might be ok... She said the Tea Party were too extreme for her, so there is hope. LOL. I kinda miss being young and shortsighted when I didn't have to worry about politics when looking for a date.
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« Reply #37331 on: September 24, 2011, 09:25:16 pm »

I get adrenaline shakes when I get into arguments on the internet, still.

That's kind of pathetic.
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« Reply #37332 on: September 24, 2011, 09:38:36 pm »

I get adrenaline shakes when I get into arguments on the internet, still.

That's kind of pathetic.

Nah, it's a natural response when you get really heated, if you read something that makes you super angry.  You can't get angry at a book or whatever, but on the Internet you can respond, and then you sit there shaking waiting for a response to come back, because there's no fear like fear of the unknown.

I think it's more pathetic that I get adrenaline shakes when I watch fight scenes or arguments in movies, and I can see some guy losing who has no reason to.  I can't watch Clerks because I just want to reach into the screen and smack the stupid out of everybody.
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« Reply #37333 on: September 24, 2011, 09:41:36 pm »

Been feeling depressed and sick today. Lost a huge amount of motivation and am wondering if I'm slipping back into old habits of non-stop procrastination and lack of drive.
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« Reply #37334 on: September 24, 2011, 09:56:31 pm »

I get adrenaline shakes when I get into arguments on the internet, still.

That's kind of pathetic.

Nah, it's a natural response when you get really heated, if you read something that makes you super angry.  You can't get angry at a book or whatever, but on the Internet you can respond, and then you sit there shaking waiting for a response to come back, because there's no fear like fear of the unknown.

I think it's more pathetic that I get adrenaline shakes when I watch fight scenes or arguments in movies, and I can see some guy losing who has no reason to.  I can't watch Clerks because I just want to reach into the screen and smack the stupid out of everybody.

Hell, I can't watch The Office, because it reminds me that these people exist.

Also, Chrome doesn't recognise 'reminds' as a word. What.
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