I don’t think so but you’ve given me a great idea…
Huh. What’s up with the search feature? I can’t find the thread I started on this topic a few months back.
You aren’t thinking hard enough.
And if you guess wrong, you have to wait 86 thousand seconds until your next guess.
If you want it badly enough, the thread will reveal itself to to you. You must not really want to find it, or believe you can find it. You’re obviosly not trying hard enough.
It’s human nature to blame externals for our shortcomings, like this so-called “search feature.” It’s not about the search feature, lissener, it’s about you. The sooner you accept that and try to change whatever it is that’s inside you that prevents you from finding that thread, the sooner you will be on the road to health, wealth, and instantaneous thread recall.
Aah. I *am *the hamsters.
Exactly. Just get out of your own way, and life will be golden. That’s what I tell my mom when she’s in chemo. She hasn’t thanked me yet, but I’m sure she will! :rolleyes:
There is a way to reverse this.
| V[sub]7[/sub] | I | IV | V | I[sub]7[/sub] | I | IV[sub]7[/sub] | IV | I[sub]7[/sub] | I | I | I |
Play with care 
Si
I really love the way it makes every disaster and illness the fault of the sufferer- if you (the people of Rwanda, anyone with cancer or ebola or in Sarajevo or the Holocaust) weren’t so negative, and didn’t will these bad things, then the bad things wouldn’t happen to you.
I hate the book with fiery wrath.
I also hate Esther Hicks Ask and it is Given, because it’s the same basic idea. And The Master Key, and anything else that sells the same ‘the universe wants to make you selfishly happy and if you’re miserable it’s your own fault’ crap.
Yeah, he might get his house, dog, wife and truck back, but he’ll lose Jesus.
That guy (“Philosopher”? um, okay) looks somewhat like, and feels exactly like, Kevin Trudeau.
Naturally, this has to be a remarkable coincidence.
This is so asinine we really need a new word to express how asinine it is, but I can see how it appeals to people.
I mean, wouldn’t it be great if you really could get more money just by acting like you have more money, and get to skip the boring part where you work hard and do without some things to get the money? You get to skip the boring part and do the fun part of buying fancy cars and vacations.
Another appealing feature- it’s simple. Lots of people seem to really want to believe that there is some simple solution to any problem.
It’s appealing to be able to blame people for their own misfortunes too, because if people are to blame for bad things happening to them, that means there’s a way to prevent bad things from happening to you. It gives them a way to feel like they are in control of something even though they really aren’t, just like superstitions like carrying around a rabbit’s foot for good luck. Also, it means you don’t even have to feel sorry for people who have bad lives, because it is their own fault. And if you get an excuse to avoid people whose lives are not going well- even better! Spending time with those people is depressing, after all.
Goo goo g’joob.
Not too long ago I realized one reason I was totally burned out was that I had one too many part time jobs (Now I just have two & a full time job). Anyway, since quitting work at the bookstore there’s a lot of things I miss - the nice customers (there were some), first grab at new books & mags, the discount, the paycheck.
BUT it is all worthwhile because now I don’t have to smile & be polite while selling Ann Coulter books or “The Secret”!!!
yeah, we sold a ton of em. and a little bit of me was dying every time. I so wanted to tell the customer “you know this is crap, don’t you?”…
[Tyler Durden] You are not your fucking hamsters! [/TD]
[Keanu]There is no hamster[/Keanu]
Whoa.
The Secret recently helped end a relationship I was in.
We were eating dinner making conversation when she brought up this “new fantastic video” she’d watched. I thought, “terrific, I’m in the film industry, this is a conversation I can contribute to.” Then she mentioned that it was The Secret. I have very little patience for things like this so I gave myself a grace period of about a week and broke up with her using some BS ‘growing apart’ excuse.
I know I’m a jerk, when it comes to relationships I’m Seinfeld to the nth degree.
[Gere]For God’s sake, get that hamster outta my ass![/Gere]*
*Overheard from a friend of a friend, so it must be true