There are many decisions in life that some consider brave, such as skydiving, rock climbing, or bungee jumping, but I personally believe that the bravest decision a human being can make in life is marriage. Here are some reasons why I respect any soul who jumps into the “I do” situation:
1. Divorce rates seem to be approaching the 50% mark these days, so you’re truly living on the edge with this gamble.
2. All of the people I’ve met in life (including friends and family) are divorced or were divorced at some point…OR come from a divorced family. Think about it.
3. I can barely take care of myself, so I can’t imagine taking care of someone else for the next few decades….. (Well at least I admit it)
4. People getting married realize that they will lose all sense of fashion or even get dressed by their spouse.
5. Getting married means you often start shopping at places you would not regularly be seen dead in and you say really stupid stuff like “oh, that’s our favorite restaurant”.
6. You now have to answer to someone else when you want to go anywhere or see your friends or do anything at all. WHAT IS THAT?
7. You have another routine on top of the normal routine that you have worked all your pointless life to master.
8. Forever is a long time. (Use your imagination on this one)
In Summary: Good luck. But seriously kids, as sarcastic as it comes across, I do wish you the best. You are the bravest person on the planet if you get married, so never forget that.
So you bought another luxury car, congratulations! But may I ask why anyone should be obligated to give you kudos on your newly purchased toy as if you had anything to with the labor that went into making it. Many of my colleagues and neighbors drive around in these super flashy rides and expect the typical compliment of “Nice Car” when they drive up within shouting distance of someone. The worst thing about this is that they always respond with, “thanks”, as if they did anything beyond giving money to a car dealership and picking out a color. (Of course if you refurbished the car, that’s a different story)
I understand celebrating your first car on your 17th birthday or something, but we’re not kids anymore. We seem to have this false idea that tells us that if we pay currency for something, it somehow translates into meaning that we deserve admiration or respect for that action. Well to put it lightly, this is all a bunch of rubbish and silly ceremony. I admit that I’ve been guilty of humoring these hotshots, but I’m still confused as to what I’ve ever congratulated them for? Besides, I don’t remember the last time that I complimented my friends on their lawn mower or power drill. Why not take credit for these gadgets as well?
What I’m trying to say is that choosing a car is not as difficult as it may seem, so why do we make it appear as if it is such an amazing skill?
I feel that it is necessary to give compliments to those who deserve it in life. This would include the hard workers, innovators, and inventors that make things happen.
Vanity is defined at Wikipedia.com as: “The excessive belief in one’s own abilities or attractiveness to others“. We usually think that this negative quality would only apply to super models or shallow minds, but unfortunately this description often summarizes many of the people that we meet every day.
The world around us constantly conditions our minds to worry about what other people think of us. As a result, we often change the way we look, act, and even view ourselves, which causes us to eventually agree with opinions and philosophies we do not necessarily agree with. I have personally struggled with this self conscious sickness for all of my life, but can only blame one person for buying into this lie, and that would be ME. I do give some credit to the infamous think tank known as “society”, but peer pressure is no excuse for accepting falsehoods.
I’m feeling well today, but I am really sick of this nonsense! Why do we care so much about what people perceive as our style, fashion, and appearance? Why do we spend so much of our time obtaining clothing and possessions that are ultimately meaningless? It racks my brain as to why we spend so much of our lives obsessing over minute details, and so little of our lives finding real meaning in our actions. We spend our paychecks to buy things we don’t really need, and for what? We need the bigger house, the bigger car, the bigger wardrobe, but why? To impress other people that we barely know? Who are we trying to impress and why? When you take away all of the toys, money, and fashion, you will find that each of us is the same. A simple human being in need of help who cannot truly do anything on their own. We get some notoriety, money, and kudos, then we think that we are infallible and extra-ordinary people, but we are not. We’re starting to look and sound more like a bunch of robots that portray the stereotype of what others think we should act like.
I say stop the madness. Be happy with who you are and not what other people want you to be. Besides, I know I’m not even close to being perfect, so what?
I’ve officially found my favorite video of the year (so far). Have you seen this “worst Spider-man ever” video? Somewhere in South America this dude is dressed up as Spider-man for a kids birthday party and everything is going just great until he exceeds his acrobatic skill level with some circus style wall climbing. Pay close attention to his bootleg, leotard outfit and the real smooth comeback he makes from the fall as he tries to pretend he doesn’t have a concussion from hitting his head. This is flat out hilarious, but I should not make fun of the guy as I doubt I’d be able to pull of even one of these stunts.
Hi everyone. I try to be as transparent and honest in everything I say and do, but I wanted to post this with my deepest sincerity to say that I’m very sick and tired of always having to go through the motions in life, in order to “fit-in” or “appease” the normal majority of people. We all have expectations from each other to communicate in certain ways, or want to relate to everyone on a broad level, but the truth is, I really don’t want or need to relate to everybody (not to mention there are simply too many people to relate to). Besides, I find it refreshing to meet people who are completely different than me and who don’t use the exact boring social styles that I use. I think we as individuals act fake for too much of our lives and that we should be as honest as possible with ourselves and others, even if it means being unpopular for your actions or opinions. I personally would rather have someone be honest with me and be themselves, rather than being phony and talk to me on what they perceive as “my level” in order to hold down a conversation. I notice this happens a lot with strangers and people in managerial positions who are uncomfortable interacting outside of their “social” or “financial” class. They try to talk to you about sports or something basic as if that is the only thing a common man knows how to discuss. Then you sit there and are expected to smile and thank them for patronizing you, instead of telling them that you are not as stupid as you look. And furthermore, I’m sick of editing my words in person and on paper. Why do I always have to finely tune the things I say so that everyone will think I’m a straight shooting individual? I would rather be myself. That is why this post is possibly my strangest yet, because I’m just saying whatever comes to my head and not editing a damn thing. I think we’re expected to go through motions in life and act fake, but I despise this lie. I would rather answer someone honestly when they ask “how are you doing?”, instead of always nodding my stupid head and giving the token answer of “good thanks”. Sick of editing. Sick of iedint. sick off eeditingg. sickk offf eDitING.
Is there anything original that people can ask me on Monday mornings other than “what did you do this weekend?” It’s wearing thin on my nerves, especially since I go through these shenanigans every Friday and Monday without a break. On Friday afternoon I get the classic “So what ya’ doing this weekend?” And of course on Monday mornings (like clockwork) it’s the ever popular “so what DID you do this weekend?”. This wouldn’t bother me so much if the people asking me had anything else to say, but they never do!
My new answer is, please just shut up. Firstly, why do you care? Secondly, why ask me on Friday if you are just going to ask me again on Monday? Do you simply need a reason for me to ask what you did over the weekend or do you just have nothing better to ask? And by the way, why is the weekend any different than every other day of the week when it comes to “doing” something? I’m always doing something, so why is it so important all of the sudden to hear the details of my actions on any given weekend. If I already work with you every damn day, you probably know too much about me, so why is it necessary for you to know what I do on my days off?
Not to sound super negative, but I really, REALLY don’t care what anyone did over the weekend (unless it involves the revelation that it is pointless to keep asking about my weekend).
I’m about substance and constantly getting to know people, but sick of using this repetitious nonsense and fluff conversation to fill up space. Life is too short people. Ask me some real questions for f***s sake.
I’m guilty of this one big time. I always find myself telling other people what I do and what I am working on, as if it is the utmost importance or relevant data. To be honest, I’m sick of everyone telling me what they do and as equally sick of telling people what I “do”. Does anyone else notice that this topic gets injected into the vast majority of our conversations in life. It is like clockwork when you meet someone, they are going to lay on you the big line “so what do you do”? And I never questioned this nasty habit until now and I must ask myself: WHY DO I HAVE TO DO ANYTHING for you to talk to me? Or for the conversation to be interesting. I mean, I understand you want to get to know me better, but honestly I do not think you can summarize the majority of people by hearing a quick blurb of what they “do”. Does anyone realize that usually we cut out all the most embarrassing and lame parts of our lives when meeting people for the first time, and we end up making our lives seem like some action film, instead of telling people how our lives actually are. (not so ground breaking or amazing)
It is good to learn more about people, but can we find some creative ways to network? I mean can you ask someone what they dreamt of the night before or something off the wall like that. Why not? Is that too personal of a question?
Imay have a cynical idea on professions, routine, and accepted trends, but I do know that there is a big difference between what people say that they do vs. what they ACTUALLY do. For that matter, there is even a bigger difference between those things and what they really want to do. The truth is that many of us work particular jobs because they where available and worked out, not because we really want to do those things for the next 80 years.
I propose that instead of asking people what they do, we ask each other what they WANT to be doing. Who knows, it might make for a more interesting conversation.
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So you bought another luxury car, congratulations! But may I ask why anyone should be obligated to give you kudos on your newly purchased toy as if you had anything to with the labor that went into making it. Many of my colleagues and neighbors drive around in these super flashy rides and expect the typical compliment of “Nice Car” when they drive up within shouting distance of someone. The worst thing about this is that they always respond with, “thanks”, as if they did anything beyond giving money to a car dealership and picking out a color. (Of course if you refurbished the car, that’s a different story)
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March 9, 2008Hi everyone. I try to be as transparent and honest in everything I say and do, but I wanted to post this with my deepest sincerity to say that I’m very sick and tired of always having to go through the motions in life, in order to “fit-in” or “appease” the normal majority of people. We all have expectations from each other to communicate in certain ways, or want to relate to everyone on a broad level, but the truth is, I really don’t want or need to relate to everybody (not to mention there are simply too many people to relate to). Besides, I find it refreshing to meet people who are completely different than me and who don’t use the exact boring social styles that I use. I think we as individuals act fake for too much of our lives and that we should be as honest as possible with ourselves and others, even if it means being unpopular for your actions or opinions. I personally would rather have someone be honest with me and be themselves, rather than being phony and talk to me on what they perceive as “my level” in order to hold down a conversation. I notice this happens a lot with strangers and people in managerial positions who are uncomfortable interacting outside of their “social” or “financial” class. They try to talk to you about sports or something basic as if that is the only thing a common man knows how to discuss. Then you sit there and are expected to smile and thank them for patronizing you, instead of telling them that you are not as stupid as you look. And furthermore, I’m sick of editing my words in person and on paper. Why do I always have to finely tune the things I say so that everyone will think I’m a straight shooting individual? I would rather be myself. That is why this post is possibly my strangest yet, because I’m just saying whatever comes to my head and not editing a damn thing. I think we’re expected to go through motions in life and act fake, but I despise this lie. I would rather answer someone honestly when they ask “how are you doing?”, instead of always nodding my stupid head and giving the token answer of “good thanks”. Sick of editing. Sick of iedint. sick off eeditingg. sickk offf eDitING.