I’m (not to toot my own horn, which is silly and also physically impossible) a pretty laid-back and “let it roll off your back” kinda guy. Insult me all you like, I care not. I’m sure that there must be SOMETHING that someone could say that woudl get me riled up, but I can’t think of what it could be. Is this a good way to be, in your opinion?
Well, if you are not passionate about anything, I would think your life would be kind of boring.
I think I’m similar to you in that way. It’s not that I’m not passionate, it’s more like, I don’t see the point in getting all pissed off about something. That’s not to say that I don’t get pissed, but it does generally take a lot of effort on the part of the other person.
Everything annoys me, Sam, so I cancel you out. Don’t you just love it when the Universe is in perfect balance?
I do. Though it does annoy me. Just a bit.
Nothing annoys ya, huh? Okay, try this:
*I know a song that’ll get on your nerves, get on your nerves, get on your nerves, I know a song that get on your nerves, get, get, get on your nerves.
I know a song that’ll get on your nerves, get on your nerves, get on your nerves, I know a song that get on your nerves, get, get, get on your nerves.
I know a song that’ll get on your nerves, get on your nerves, get on your nerves, I know a song that get on your nerves, get, get, get on your nerves.
I know a song that’ll get on your nerves, get on your nerves, get on your nerves, I know a song that get on your nerves, get, get, get on your nerves.*
Annoyed yet? No? Okay…
*I know a song that’ll get on your nerves, get on your nerves, get on your nerves, I know a song that get on your nerves, get, get, get on your nerves.
I know a song that’ll get on your nerves, get on your nerves, get on your nerves, I know a song that get on your nerves, get, get, get on your nerves…*
I’m like Winston, pretty much everything pisses me off. Hell, even when I feel quite happy I still look pissed off.
Is it a case of just being really cool about everything, or are you kind of a happy-go-lucky moron guffawing your way through life, being used and abused by others, all the while being blissfully unaware of your state? I think that would help me answer. 
Also - is it just verbal things that don’t annoy you? I mean, if I came up in and repeated kicked you in the groin, would it get a reaction?
Actually, I envy you - I have a very short temper. I’ll probably die of a heart attack after finding mustard on my burger or something.
Sam Hell,
BTW…what are you on? I would love NOT to be so annoyed by little stupid things.
Yeah right…
I’m not touching you … I’m close but I’m not touching you… Oops… almost touched you but I didn’t … I’m not touching you… I’m not touching you … I’m not touching you… I’m still not touching you…
I have an interesting problem. I don’t get annoyed with stuff, like a few of y’all, but I always look pissed off. People ask me all the time, “Jonmarzie, what’s wrong?” when actually, nothing is, and I’m feeling great!
Does this happen to anyone else.
By the way, Sam Hell, have you ever thought that it annoys you that nothing annoys you? :eek:
Yes,me:
And I’m pissed off that you missed it. 
I’m the same way. It’s almost impossible to get under my skin, but apparantly when I’m doing anything, anything at all, I get such an intense look on my face that I look enraged. But I’m just concentrating!
As for the groin-kicking and the ‘oops, almost touched you!’ ploys, I doubt that would tick me off. Rather, I’d have a nice big grin on as I maimed the particular limbs being used to try to annoy me.
Whatever all you happy calm unruffleable people are on, can I have some? It sounds a terrfiic way to be!
I’m almost the exact same way. Sure I like to gripe and complain as much as the next person (or the next 10 people), but unless I have serious cramps or something I seldom get a bee in my bonnet. My husband’s very similar and most people don’t believe me when I say we don’t fight about anything. I think the last thing he said that actually made me mad was nearly two years ago (I wrote a thread about it so I could look it up if I wanted to, lol.) It’s a waste of time and energy – why have a knock down, drag out fight when with a few minutes of debate/bargaining you can reach an agreeable compromise?
Upon reflection, Circuit City makes my blood boil, or did at the time I wrote the pit thread about them, haha. Most everyone agreed that was entirely justified though, and weighs in on the “making a huge effort to piss me off” side. But from an insult-to-my-face standpoint, nah. Someone would be hard-pressed to come up with something worse than stuff said to me in high school, and even then I’d probably shrug and say “meh!”
What am I on to feel that way? Nothing, just ask yourself if in the grand scheme of things it even matters or makes a difference. 99% of the time it doesn’t. I guess a lot of people would consider that a “zen” way to be or something; to me it’s just efficient, heh.
If getting worked up about the thing is more energy, and potentially more trouble than the thing itself, I’ve learned to shrug it off. For example, I was driving home today, and this lady pulled out of the bank into the median. She should have stopped and let me and the car in front of me pull out, but instead she just kept going, and cut off the Mustang in front of me. This obviously pissed the guy off, so after the three of us turned the corner, he made a point of tailgaiting her, then passed her on the left (bad idea, she was driving an Expedition), then purposely cut her off to “get her back,” apparently. I just thought, “wow, he went to a lot of trouble, she’s probably oblivious to what the point of that was, and it would have been his fault had an accident occured.” Easier to just let it go.
Easy life, jelly box.
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- It’s a good way towards possibly killing yourself. Not worrying about anything -particularly in the face of disaster- is often a symptom of an impending suicide attempt.
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- It’s a good way towards possibly killing yourself. Not worrying about anything -particularly in the face of disaster- is often a symptom of an impending suicide attempt.
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You know, I like your username. My fil used to start all his rants with -
What in Sam Hell…
Who in Sam Hell…
Why in Sam Hell…
Where in Same Hell…
When in Sam Hell…
Get the picture??
I used to work with a woman who always smiled.
She was always friendly.
She was never ONCE in a bad mood in the five years I worked with her.
She almost drove me crazy.
Finally, one day shortly before I left that job, I asked her what her secret was.
“I always expect things to be good. Not that they always are, but I still expect them to be.”
Blew me away.
I congratulate you on your inner peace. However, I too have to question your passion. I mean, come on…if you never get pissed off, how can you feel enthralled? Ying. Yang. I believe you need both.
Me, too!! I tell people that hubby and I never fight, and they just roll their eyes! But we really don’t fight. There are times when one of us does something really dumb, and the other will call them on it (I know that sentence is gramatically tortured. You don’t have to tell me), but in this case, the person in the wron always admits to being in the wrong, apologizes, does whatever is possible to rectify the situation, etc. We disagree about certain fundamental things, but have enough respect for one another to agree to disagree, and that’s that. We’re both pretty laid back, and I think we’re happier for it.
As to the OP, whether it’s a good way to be depends on whether you’re really angry and not showing it (burying it), or whether you just decide not to be bothered by things. In fact, my current quote on my white board is: Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional. The thought plays a pretty big role in not sweating the small stuff.
I used to embody the whole “nothing annoys me, everything’s cool” lifestlye…then alot of people starting eating, chewing gum and crunching things loudly and really close to my face…that’s when it ALL changed…ARGH
I can’t quite picture it, Kal. Do you have a sound file?