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Author Topic: Things that made you sad today thread.  (Read 9435836 times)

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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #49470 on: July 20, 2012, 05:19:16 pm »

Watched the book of Eli for a second time.

Well, if you've watched it the first time... No real way of explaining it without massive spoiler.

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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #49471 on: July 20, 2012, 05:50:57 pm »

Just saw the new report for the shooting...Good god.  :'(
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #49472 on: July 20, 2012, 06:51:47 pm »

Just saw the new report for the shooting...Good god.  :'(
Just be careful not to forget the vast amount of deaths happening in the present.

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« Reply #49473 on: July 20, 2012, 09:35:35 pm »

Just saw the new report for the shooting...Good god.  :'(
Just be careful not to forget the vast amount of deaths happening in the present.

This is what gets me... these things get so much attention, because violence is sensational... but many many more people die of preventable poverty-related illness and starvation every single day than in even the worst of these domestic incidents.  To me, those deaths are even more horrifying than random shootings... to slowly whither away knowing that this is happening because you've been deemed worthless by society.  There's no crazy person to blame, either.  At least insanity can be seen as somewhat like a force of nature.  Most poverty isn't because of anything so unpredictable or confusing.  It's because of wars for profit and the callous hoarding of resources by powerful people.  It's because (relatively) sane and calculating people give and follow orders without regard.

If it were up to me, we'd be memorializing tragedy every single day until that shit gets fixed.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #49474 on: July 20, 2012, 09:55:15 pm »

Perspective's a bitch, eh? Out of sight, out of mind... The only tragedies are the ones that pierce our barriers of willful ignorance and apathy.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #49475 on: July 20, 2012, 10:03:14 pm »

Just saw the new report for the shooting...Good god.  :'(
Just be careful not to forget the vast amount of deaths happening in the present.

This is what gets me... these things get so much attention, because violence is sensational... but many many more people die of preventable poverty-related illness and starvation every single day than in even the worst of these domestic incidents.  To me, those deaths are even more horrifying than random shootings... to slowly whither away knowing that this is happening because you've been deemed worthless by society.  There's no crazy person to blame, either.  At least insanity can be seen as somewhat like a force of nature.  Most poverty isn't because of anything so unpredictable or confusing.  It's because of wars for profit and the callous hoarding of resources by powerful people.  It's because (relatively) sane and calculating people give and follow orders without regard.

If it were up to me, we'd be memorializing tragedy every single day until that shit gets fixed.

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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #49476 on: July 20, 2012, 10:18:25 pm »

I'm a massive derpface. I just put in for 1 minute instead of 1hr, 1 minute for my last shift. *atomic facepalm*
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #49477 on: July 21, 2012, 01:58:03 am »

Last night we went drinking, it was quite awesome, but, once again, I managed to prove how mouch of an idiot I can be, getting a smack in the face which sent my brand new glasses (almost a month old) flying into the rocks of the beach. This chipped the right glass, it's not greatly damaged and doesn't really impair my vision in amy serious way because it's on the very edge of the glass and it isn't that big.

But I'm still dissappointed with me :c
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #49478 on: July 21, 2012, 02:47:42 am »

Leaving to the sea for four days in less then an hour *again*.
Sad because i dont really want to go.
(on the other side tough, i'd only be playing on the computer if i dont go there.)



(this means that i wont be online until Wednesday)
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #49479 on: July 21, 2012, 02:57:51 am »

Hey, the sea's a pretty cool place. Kind of like the internet, with words replaced with water and pictures of cats replaced with fish. I like the motion of a boat. With the night sky and spray of the water and all that, I'd rather be on the sea for four days than on the computer. Unless you won't be on a good ship. A good ship makes all the difference.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #49480 on: July 21, 2012, 03:00:23 am »

Yeah, but we are on the shore, i ment :P
We are kind of inbetween two villages on a camping in a caravan thats from about 1970.
There isnt really alot to do.

I like being on boats too, even tough i have only been on a boat twice or so. (and that was for an hour max)
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they wouldn't be able to tell the difference between the raving confessions of a mass murdering cannibal from a recipe to bake a pie.
Knowing Belgium, everyone will vote for themselves out of mistrust for anyone else, and some kind of weird direct democracy coalition will need to be formed from 11 million or so individuals.

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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #49481 on: July 21, 2012, 03:08:03 am »

Boats are pretty cool. I've only been on boats a few times, about an hour or less each, on an educational trip in the Florida Keys. Fun when you're dehydrated so you're feeling the boat motion when you're on land.

The shore is a pretty cool place too. Not as cool as on the water, but decent. Sand is nice; most other shore materials are okay. You should bring a book or two, if you have any. Sounds like a good time for it.

Cool breeze blowing off the water is always nice. Especially in the summer.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #49482 on: July 21, 2012, 07:02:57 am »

Goddamnit, I'm going to jail on monday as a result of things outside of my control and in direct contradiction to what I was told would happen. I'm so tired of this shit, I'm very tempted to tell the court to fuck themselves and just do my time. I'd only have to do 15% of maybe 14 years, if the judge was being a total fucking prick. So, 2.1 years in prison, then 12 years parole. Way more time that would be necessary for what I did, but if what I'm doing now keeps going like this, I'm going to end up 4 years on this bullshit program anyway. I'm so tired. I can't even cry these days. I'm burnt out.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #49483 on: July 21, 2012, 07:18:12 am »

Prison's... pretty much never the better option if there's a way to avoid it. The four years sound stressful as hell, but compared to two of outright hell followed by, what, a sixth or seventh of your entire life with the constant threat of being thrown back in? Four years sounds like a good idea. Try not to let the frustration influence your decision making, if you can. Obviously easier said than done, but...

Pretty much everything I've heard of says that avoiding prison time is just flat out the best thing you can do, even if it's causing some pretty hefty stress in the interim.

Do you have a legal advisor or something? Can you talk to them?
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #49484 on: July 21, 2012, 08:45:49 am »

I'm very tempted to tell the court to fuck themselves and just do my time.
Doesn't make the judge be any less of a prick :/
Ah well I don't know what this is so I really can't say much... Good luck.
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