So I just got back from a business trip and I start reading these damn threads again (when I should be working). And I’m thinking, What is it that makes some of these people feel good about themselves? What could it possibly be?
Making others feel like shit.
I hate this one, especially since I’m sometimes guilty of it myself. When someone acts like an ass, sometimes I jump on him or her. I wish I didn’t and I usually feel guilty about it afterwards. But I see some people appear to get real satisfaction out of this – and I really don’t know why. Could their own lives be so bad that their only joy comes from shitting on others? Please, enlighten. Cause I wonder how the fuck people could be so different – some feel guilty while others seem to dance around in glee.
Blowing smoke up their asses (i.e., I KNOW EVERYTHING!)
This is another really annoying one. People who appear to genuinely believe they know everything are the saddest of them all. Of course, anyone who has two cents rattling around upstairs knows that the first step to knowledge is understanding how ignorant we all truly are. Not a difficult concept and it goes way, way back – so I just don’t get why some people are so foolish as to strut around professing omniscience. Does this really make one feel good? Are they fooling anyone, particularly themselves?
Spreading praise all around.
I like this one most of the time, since it involves altruism (or at least well disguised altruism). It’s nice to praise others, makes them feel good, makes you feel good. But then sometimes people use it as exclusionism, creating a clique in order to make only those in the group feel good – fuck the rest of y’all. But mostly it seems people use it to make their friends feel better - and who can argue with that? As long as it isn’t at the expense of others.
Kids.
I wish I had ‘em. I hear people talk about them often here, and I see that this may be one of the only pure sources of joy – something completely devoid of any underlining malevolence, any angry self-important bullshit. Like I said, I wish I had ‘em – I can’t wait till I do. Rather envious, I am, of all the wonders these little people must bring to Moms and Dads everywhere (yes, I know, it’s not all picnics and cupcakes, but still…would you give it up for anything?)
BTW, this silly little list is not an all-inclusive statement on what makes YOU feel better about yourself. It’s just that here, on these boards, where I often find wonderful, insightful people, there is so much of the aforementioned bullshit. And unfortunately, those who use points 1 and 2 regularly make more noise than those who use 3 and 4. Or maybe they just bug the shit out of me more. I dunno. I just wish they would ask themselves –
What makes YOU feel better and WHY?
(NB: Though it may appear to be, this is not an attack on any particular poster, but rather a question for a whole mess of you who think and act in such a fashion. Tanks.)
Personally I’m fond of raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens- but that’s just me. Occasionally I also enjoy gouging out eyes with a melonballer. If you haven’t tried that, you should. What a great stress reliever!
SPOOFE, you ignorant slut. leander, in my professional opinion (I have a degree, you know), masturbating doesn’t give you hairy palms. I know everything there is to know about it. I even know how often everyone on the board does it, and what their choice of lube and toys are. Zette, that’s the best post I’ve ever read. You should frame it and hang it on a wall or something.
Hey, you’re right, leander. I DO feel better. Not exactly dancing with glee, but my foot is kinda tapping.
(Note for the irony impaired: this was not a real post. If this had been a real post, there wouldn’t be a disclaimer after it. And Zette, I really did like your post.)
I like hot chocolate, kittens, and shooting barroom brawlers in the back of the head at random.
Well, they were interrupting my drinking! That’s why for the last.
Kittens are cute and they purr - very sweet. Hot chocolate tastes good and makes me warm all through. That’s why for the first two.
