What Made you Smile/What Ticked you off Today?

[Hobie-wan]

*stuff*

Hope things pass or improve as best they can for all of the situations man.

[KalessinDB]

Thanks man. Trying to keep a positive outlook, because really? Being negative just... starts a spiral. There's absolutely nothing good that stress can do about something that you can't fix, chronic stress is 100% bad, no caveats. So I try to just stay positive as much as I can. Life is what you make of it.

[mjmjr25]

Keep pluggin', Dave. If it helps to share and type it out - please do.

Prayers yr way, homey.

[jp1]

Thanks man. Trying to keep a positive outlook, because really? Being negative just... starts a spiral. There's absolutely nothing good that stress can do about something that you can't fix, chronic stress is 100% bad, no caveats. So I try to just stay positive as much as I can. Life is what you make of it.

Good outlook, but no shame at all in talking it out. It can be a positive thing. Best wishes to you and your family in these tough times. That is a whole lot to deal with, don't bottle it up.

[Luke]

I genuinely thought the kid thing was funny. Making fun of kids is not taboo, and when done with the appropriate amount of hyperbole can be hilarious. I am sure Luke bears no ill will towards the kid and that he'd be the first to blame the parents for what the kid is shaping up to be…but nothing in comedy should be "sacred" and picking on an assholish kid for being an asshole is not a big deal.

I mean, we have movies based around the premise that kids can be assholes, right?


And one of Carlin's best bits…

"Something else I'm getting tired of is all this stupid bullshit we have to listen to all the time about children. That's all you hear in this country. Children. Help the children. What about the children? Save the children. You know what I say? I say fuck the children. Fuck 'em. They are getting entirely too much attention. And I know what you're thinking. You're saying 'Jesus he's not going to attack children is he?' Yes he is. He's going to attack children. And remember this is Mr. Conducter talking. I know what I'm talking about…

I also know all you single dads and soccer moms who think you’re such fucking heroes aren’t gonna like this, but somebody’s gotta tell you for your own good, your children are overrated and overvalued. You’ve turned them into little cult objects, you have a child fetish, and it’s not healthy! Don’t give me that weak shit “well, I love my children!” Fuck you! Everybody loves their children, doesn’t make you special. John Wayne Gacy loved his children... kept them all right out on the yard near the garage. That’s not what I’m talking about. What I’m talking about is this constant mindless yammering in the media, this neurotic fixation that somehow, everything, EVERYTHING has to be revolved around children. It’s completely out of balance.

Listen, there are a couple of things about kids that you have to remember. First of all, they’re not all cute! Okay? In fact, if you look at them close, some of them are rather unpleasant-looking. And a lot of them don’t smell too good either; the little ones in particular seem to have a kind of urine and sour milk combination or something. Stay with me on this, the sooner you face it, the better off you’re gonna be.

Second premise, not all children are smart and clever. Got that? Kids are like any other group of people; a few winners, a whole lot of losers! There are a lot of loser kids out there who simply aren’t going anywhere and you can’t save them all, you can’t save them all, you gotta let them go, you gotta cut them loose, you gotta stop overprotecting them cause you’re making them too soft. Today’s kids are way too soft. For one thing, there’s too much emphasis on safety; child-proof medicine bottles and fireproof pajamas, child restraints in car seats, and HELMETS! Bicycle, skateboard, baseball helmets! Kids have to wear helmets now for everything but jerking off! Grown-ups have taken all the fun out of being a kid just to save a few thousand lives. It’s pathetic! It’s pathetic! What’s happening is- what’s happening, you know what it is? These baby-boomers, these soft, fruity baby-boomers are raising an entire generation of soft, fruity kids who aren’t even allowed to have hazardous toys for Christ’s sakes! Hazardous toys, shit, whatever happened to natural selection? Survival of the fittest? The kid who swallows too many marbles doesn’t grow up to have kids of his own! Simple as that! Simple! Nature! Nature knows best. We’re saving entirely too many lives in this country of all ages. Nature should be allowed to do its job of killing off the weak and sickly and ignorant people without interference from airbags and batting helmets! Just think of it as passive eugenics okay?

Now here’s another example of overprotection. Did you ever notice on the TV news every time some guy with an AK-47 strolls onto a school yard and kills 3 or 4 kids and a couple of teachers, the next day, the next day, the school is overrun with counsellors and psychiatrists and grief counsellors and trauma therapists trying to help the children cope? Shit! When I was in school, someone came to our school and killed 3 or 4 of us; we went right on with our arithmetic! “35 classmates minus 4 equals 31.” We were tough... we were tough. I say if kids can handle the violence at home, they ought to be able to handle the violence in school. I’m not worried about guns in school. You know what I’m waiting for? Guns in church. That’s gonna be a lot of fun and it’ll happen, you watch, some nut will go fucking ape-shit in a church and they’ll refer to him as a “disgruntled worshipper.”

Here’s another bunch of ignorant shit... school uniforms. Bad theory; the idea that if kids wear uniforms to school, it helps keep order. Don’t these schools do enough damage making all these kids think alike? Now they’re gonna get them to look alike too? And it’s not a new idea; I first saw it in old newsreels from the 1930s, but it was hard to understand cause the narration was in German!

One more item about children and that is the superstitious nonsense that blames tobacco companies for kids who smoke. Listen, kids don’t smoke because a camel in sunglasses tells them to, they smoke for the same reasons adults do because it relieves anxiety and depression. And you’d be anxious and depressed too if you had to put up with these pathetic, insecure, striving, anal, yuppy parents who enroll you in college before you’re old enough to know which side of the playpen smells the worst! And then they fill you full of Ritalin and then drag you all over town in search of meaningless structure; little league, club scouts, swimming, soccer, karate, piano, bagpipes, water colors, witchcraft, glass blowing, and dildo practice. They even have play dates for Christ’s sakes; playing is now done by appointment! Whatever happened to “you show me your wee-wee and I’ll show you mine?” Hey, no wonder kids smoke; it helps... not as much as weed but hey, you can’t have everything. You know it’s true; parents are burning these kids out on structure. I think every day; all children should have three hours of daydreaming. Just daydreaming – you could use a little of it yourself by the way – just sit at the window, stare at the clouds, it’s good for you. If you wanna know how you can help your children, leave them the fuck alone!"

FFS I miss Carlin

Some people don't get satire even if you pound them over the head with it. Also, some people think the height of hilarity is wearing a t-shirt in showy weather.

Head up DB. Try not to dwell when possible and never forget that you still have your life to live.

[jp1]

Really? OK...

[Key-Glyph]

I always fall behind on this thread and hardly ever get to directly address anyone's heart-to-heart posts with any sort of punctuality, but rest assured I'm thinking good thoughts in all of your directions and hoping things turn out all right. Y'all know who you are. <3

[prfsnl_gmr]

Thanks, Key-Glyph. I am glad to know you are thinking about me.

[Key-Glyph]

Thanks, Key-Glyph. I am glad to know you are thinking about me.

ALWAYS.

[Luke]

Ah. Music.



If you dig Tuba solos (and who doesn't?), youtube Conerta for tuba and orchestra opus 139. It's a hoot.