Adsolution wrote:Well, given the right context, no joke is distasteful. There definitely is a such thing as overdoing a joke to the point where it seems like the teller is either insensitive and/or extremely uncreative, but every kind of joke has its fair share of laughs if executed correctly.
Kinda agree with Ad here. Humour is incredibly subjective, and as such anything can be funny if delivered in the correct way.
Though yes, rape "jokes", whatever the context can still be insensitive. And simply replacing words with "rape" ends up trivialising the word, which is something I don't think it's particularly right, rape is a real thing, and is quite a serious offence, etc, etc, blah blah etc.
Us Brits had a similar incident when the Jimmy Saville scandal first broke, every other sentence at my school from a student was something about another child being a paedophile. And usually in completely unrelated circumstances at that.
I do appear to be rambling, forgive me. Continue.
What a nice topic... I don't think I should talk about my problems online (since I always feel ashamed and afraid of that for some unconcious reasons), but now I want to talk with people who don't know me. Don't know why.
Anyway. Have somebody felt 'empty', especially for a long time, not few weeks or months? Like having no interest in almostly anything than happens in real life... and not only real life too. Like having no motivation to do even those things which were the real pleasure to do in past (hobbies, etc). Or even like feeling 'broken' and, as a result, 'empty'.
I just have no idea what to do or what else. I feel like 'falling' down for years, but I had power and will to handle it somehow. Unfortunately, the most horrible things in my life happened in that life period when I started feeling seriously upset till middle of 2012. And they have strongly influenced to my state. I can even say that some things just broke up something inside me.
And I have stopped to see sense in anything surrounding me. Especially, the things which were the most dear and valuable for me, which always were my personal senses of my own life and which helped me to survive the most horrible period for me. But now i think they are... senseless, cheap and empty. And I am afraid of that.
Uhhmm, there are a lot of my 'own meanings' of such words like 'sense of life', 'inspiration', 'art' and so on, but I can say that they all are... like nothing to me anymore. I feel like some kind of 'child' dead inside me. Or something like that... Sometimes I feel that emptiness with some painful undertones. Everyday I'm just lying somewhere and looking at the wall. And have no will or motivation to do something else. If I have to do something, I am doing it 'automatically' with no interest.
Despite of a lot sad/painful/depressive things and thoughts in my life, I always was rather optimistic and romantic. I could always feel happy of simple or obvious things, but now I feel like there is... nothing around me. Just nothing. Except my future husband, my soulmate and other half, but I feel guilty that I make him worry about me. Yet, I can do nothing with myself. I can't play happy or 'soulful', I can't hide my emotions/thoughts, not mentioning the fact that he would feel if I start hiding something. I feel guilty that people who love me, even if there are just few of them, are worrying so much about me.
Of course, with long-term sadness I should visit psychologist instead of posting something in the Internet, but since I have no money for that plus I don't trust that kind of doctors, I'm just... sharing this somewhere. I am not actually waiting for the answer (because I don't think I even wrote properly all what I wanted to say), but thank you for reading this. :/
My whole family suffered a great loss today. Our chihuahua-cocker spaniel mix, Buddy, was 16 and a half years old when we discovered just yesterday that he had a massive tumor growing in his abdomen. He had been showing signs of slowing down for quite a few months and we were all concerned for him. But we never realized the real problem he'd been having all along. Despite the pain he was going through, Buddy still had a will to live and continued to love us unconditionally. Today we had no choice but to put him to sleep. The only other options we had were to either let the tumor take him naturally or surgery. Both options would have lead to him suffering a lot more than he needed to. All of us, my sister and I especially, grew up with Buddy. And ever since I heard the news of his condition yesterday I haven't been able to find a reason to be happy. I have been crying on and off since yesterday. I've never had to experience loss like this before and I am absolutely a wreck right now. Buddy has taught us all so much about ourselves. He taught my mom how to love absolutely like you would any member of your family. For the last five years of his life, Buddy shared a companionship with our younger dog named Kody. And now every time I look at Kody I am forever reminded of the big black void Buddy's passing has left behind.
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Animals tend to lead much more tragic lives than us humans, don't they?
The passing of a lifelong companion like a cat or a dog is a thing all on its own really. It's like losing a little guardian angel that always holds infinite respect and unconditional love for the simple things you do to please it out of the good of your heart. The very simple, principallic connection someone shares with their pet rids the world of its fabricated complexity and reminds you how important you actually are. Simply providing a daily bowl of food and water for a pet determines the outcome of its life. They do have shorter lives than us though, so their passing before you know it is an inevitability. To a dog though, I'm sure that every minute of those sixteen years were absolutely wonderful with all of you there to bring him joy, and for him to do the same in return.
Since this is probably going to be a rough time for Kody just as well as yourself, see if you can spend as much time with him as possible to not have him - or yourself for the matter - feeling lonely. I'm sure it'll do you both well.
I do want to give Kody as much love as possible. And my sister has him under her name, so she'll definitely give him the kind of attention he needs. Just that void... it's so hard to ignore.
Again, with the "why don't you have a job" speech. Yada yada yada. I'm trying to redefine myself here. (Such as getting those treehouse vids and stuff)
I kind of want to just be on top, and be able to say "Thanks for not believing in me" or something. Or "Am I lazy now?"
What I really want is to have a part-time job, live in an apartment with a friend who would understand my situation. (while studying)
And i'm working on it. Sigh. I just want to live life in peace.
my mom gets paid on friday but this week is so loNG holy shit
and it's kind of worse because usually we can borrow a fiver from my nan but she's kind of dead so my grandad is p much broke as well (her disability stuff has stopped as well)
mlee sighs because we only have two days until we are unbroke but this has been the longest week ever holy hell
What bothers me is when someone ignores me. Sometimes I get paranoid early but I try to tell myself they might have just not noticed me. But once it goes on and on and on I go fuck you and just forget about them. It pisses me off. A good friend of mine (well I thought he was) just up and ignored me while I thought we were frickin bro's. I was holding out as long as possible but still nothing for a LONG period of time. I deleted him. I never understood what his prob was.
Yep, I completely agree, that's annoying since its not just an enemy but betrayal, and you don't even know why. This kind of thing has happened to me as well, not nice...
But what bothers me daily is whether religion is true or not, and if so then which one? Not trying to start a massive argument but that truly is what used to bother me, until I came to the conclusion that the problem only exists because of the human mind, I mean insects just live life how they do, some don't even have brains but just live on instinct, but sinc our brains are so complex these questions arise, I decided I'd just live how I do and never mind everything else, if one of them were true and I go to hell, so be it, I am doomed, hopefully not though
