Post your random thoughts/feelings etc

[AtTheGates]

^ to all of the above, I think part of the problem is mankind's lust for material possessions...it turns us against each other and against the earth itself....

and paradigm shift is a good term to use..its fitting...we need a global paradigm shift.

I think a small paradigm shift happened during the counter-culture but the counter-culture's goals were muddled and emphasized a few things that I don't think were really all that necessary/important...

no, I'm talking about something more on the scale of the industrial revolution ...but instead it would be like a consciousness revolution...or something like that..idk..I haven't had any coffee yet today.

but i was watching a show on the history channel last week called "America:The story of us" and it really got me thinking.

 

[BlackPuma]

I would kill to have direct sunlight in my room.

This low light nonsense is destroying my eyes.

 

[Sarah_M]

It really irks me when I see couples arguing/fighting and they're really mean to eachother. How can you so easily forget who you're talking to and how you feel about them? Just because you're angry doesn't mean you can just say whatever. That's the funny thing about words - once it's been said you can't just take it back.

 

[S_Spartan]

Maybe some of us suffer from Low Psychic Energy and there is nothing that we can do about it. Just born that way.

And others can pick up on it and they instantly say "EWWWWWW! Stay away from me!"

Cause the vibes are bad.

 

[Ithior]

On a whim my family decided to buy my grandma a smartphone for her birthday. She already has a tablet, but the interface of the new phone is pretty different. I warned everyone about this but they said "She'll adapt". On her tablet, she's always asking me to fix the same issues over and over, and I believe the same will happen with the smartphone. I was the only one against the purchase of this phone because -I- will be the 24/7 IT guy, not them. I'd rather pay the 40 euros each of them paid than be the IT guy. I already know she won't be able to pick up phone calls for example.

 

[PugofCrydee]

^ to all of the above, I think part of the problem is mankind's lust for material possessions...it turns us against each other and against the earth.

I'm not sure it's entirely correct to say its all based on material wants.
I think its the way we've set up our whole system. Our way of thinking.

While it would be great for people to give help and items to others based purely on the act of being helpful and nice, there have always been and always will be those who abuse the system. Take take take, yet give nothing.

This breaks down trust, respect and goodwill.
People no longer want to do things out of kindness if that goodwill is abused.

Enter currency.
Enter the system we have today.

 

[PugofCrydee]

It really irks me when I see couples arguing/fighting and they're really mean to eachother. How can you so easily forget who you're talking to and how you feel about them? Just because you're angry doesn't mean you can just say whatever. That's the funny thing about words - once it's been said you can't just take it back.

I agree.
I was in a long term relationship a few years ago and she was always saying things designed to hurt me.
Each time things where said, a little bit of love was eroded away.
One day I didnt want to do it anymore. Thus ending a 20 year relationship.

So yea, if you're pee'd off at your partner, go cool off before you open your trap and damage the relationship. Or to put it simply, grow the fark up.

 

[Sarah_M]

I agree.
I was in a long term relationship a few years ago and she was always saying things designed to hurt me.
Each time things where said, a little bit of love was eroded away.
One day I didnt want to do it anymore. Thus ending a 20 year relationship.

So yea, if you're pee'd off at your partner, go cool off before you open your trap and damage the relationship. Or to put it simply, grow the fark up.

Ouch - I'm sorry to hear that. Ending a long-term relationship is never easy, but it seems like it was the right thing to do.

When I'm pissed off I just hop on the ol' shoelace express and leave. Doing anything physical (cleaning, going to the gym, going for a walk etc.) usually calms me down enough to talk about it/apologize.

 

[BlackPuma]

Can it be winter yet? I'm getting so tired of this damned heat in the night. I haven't slept right for three nights straight because I'm too uncomfortable and sticky to do so.

 

[Ithior]

Can it be winter yet? I'm getting so tired of this damned heat in the night. I haven't slept right for three nights straight because I'm too uncomfortable and sticky to do so.

No, it can't be winter yet. It's very nice here, the temperatures have been like 10ºC below what they usually are and it's great. Some days I even need a light jacket. It's the perfect temperature.
Winter is always very cold no matter how many layers of clothes I have.

 

[Merel]

Found a very compatible match (99% match/0% enemy too!) on okcupid who I've wanted to message for a few weeks now but have been extremely reluctant about putting any pictures up, when I finally get the courage to do so, his profile has vanished

(ノಥ益ಥ)ノ彡┻━┻

Here's why I shouldn't get attached to profiles of people on the Internet

I haven't been on here in a while. Im super pumped because he came back to okcupid 3-4 weeks ago.... and now we're official. We spent 12 hours together on our first date I'm starting grad school, started dating a wonderful man, things feel like they're falling into place now in comparison to the past year.

 

[FountainandFairfax]

Apparently I hadn't signed-in to one of my old email addresses in so long that it was closed, and then the name was claimed by someone else. When I tried to retrieve my password, the censored backup email address of someone else showed up.

Sniff... that was a good name, I hope that person appreciates that they don't have to add any extra numbers or anything in the address, and how impressive it looks to have it. I bet their mind was blown when they saw the name was available. It had to be twenty years old, and I could've sworn that I signed-in to it at least a couple of years ago.

Oh well, j****k****@****.edu, you better look after that email address, or so help me God I will swoop down like an eagle someday and reclaim it.

 

[Ithior]

Some required readings for some of my classes next semester don't make any sense. There's one that requires the book "Dynamic Programming and Optimal Control" but its table of contents is very different from the class programme. However, the same author has a book called "Stochastic Optimal Control" whose table of contents matches the class programme much better.

 

[BlackPuma]

No, it can't be winter yet. It's very nice here, the temperatures have been like 10ºC below what they usually are and it's great. Some days I even need a light jacket. It's the perfect temperature.
Winter is always very cold no matter how many layers of clothes I have.

Send me a box of that sweet, sweet chill. I'm in dire need. :X

 

[Marshmallow]

God I suck.

 

[Odo]

It really irks me when I see couples arguing/fighting and they're really mean to each other. How can you so easily forget who you're talking to and how you feel about them? Just because you're angry doesn't mean you can just say whatever. That's the funny thing about words - once it's been said you can't just take it back.

After a while you don't hold back as much as you would with someone you're less comfortable with. You also know how to push each other's buttons.

Ideally a relationship would be positive all the time but people really can drive each other insane in ways that even they don't always understand, and it's a lot easier to see the problems from the outside than it is from the inside... mostly because you haven't invested the time and energy that they have.

 

[anomicdeer]

Seriously? How does someone just sit on FB and argue with someone that's making them cry...
Wow...

 

[FountainandFairfax]

That's the funny thing about words - once it's been said you can't just take it back.

Exactamundo.

Arguing is one thing, every couple argues, but it's the name calling and insults that you have to avoid.

Disagreements fade, yelling is chalked up to passion, but insults are like the indigestible pits of a fight, they're personal. Swallowing too many will make you sick, and it will eventually ruin the relationship.

 

[anomicdeer]

Some girl posted something on FB and a guy got offended and decided to argue for hours through messenger about the post. She started asking what's wrong with him, he's out of line, she can post what she wants, then she started saying she doesnt care and that she has an opinion and he'a just trying to fight and make her look stupid whe shes still responding to the name calling and started crying for posted what she wanted to post. I don't understand how he was able to do that to her. I know exactly what kind of person she was and I knew she'd keep arguing. They kept sayibg bye but couldnt shut up and I bet they're still friends on FB. That's just sad... Letting a guy do that. Or anyone do that to yourself. Poor little girl. Next time she'll actually meet him in public and get it worse. Just wait. I've never let myself get that bad...

 

[MollyBeGood]

I have positioned myself very good. Time is now on my side again.