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Tuesday, 03-Dec-13 10:26:42 UTC from Choqok
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Tuesday, 03-Dec-13 11:06:46 UTC from web
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@broniebrown Did not laugh.
Tuesday, 03-Dec-13 11:09:41 UTC from web -
@snowcone well, i had soem pretty dumb ideas in my childhood too
Tuesday, 03-Dec-13 11:12:55 UTC from web -
@snowcone I- You li- Ugh. I really don't like it when people joke about these kind of things. heres why. http://ur1.ca/g4zlm
Tuesday, 03-Dec-13 11:13:38 UTC from web -
@snowcone i used to think blood was not importent because t didnt go inside the cells
Tuesday, 03-Dec-13 11:16:17 UTC from web -
I cry almost every time I watch that video. Honest truth. So when people use the subject matter of bullying/being bullied it really ticks me off. I try to bite my tongue and show only mild disapproval whenever someone does, but it's really difficult to.
Tuesday, 03-Dec-13 11:20:28 UTC from web -
@snowcone I usually have a sense of humor. But there are two topics that I find simply unfunny. Bullying and "your mom" jokes. They are both absolutely disgusting to me. Again, I always try to bite my tongue and remind myself that they aren't being serious. But the issue is that they aren't being serious about something that is serious.
Tuesday, 03-Dec-13 11:24:43 UTC from web-
@dropsterdash your mom's so dumb that she taught you "your mom" jokes aren't funny
Tuesday, 03-Dec-13 11:25:22 UTC from web-
@rarity Do you really have to do these kind of things? Do you really find it enjoyable to do things I literally just described as "Absolutely disgusting"? Please ignore me if the only other thing you can do is bully me.
Tuesday, 03-Dec-13 11:28:05 UTC from web-
@dropsterdash I'm sorry for my disgusting actions, my bad.
Tuesday, 03-Dec-13 11:28:35 UTC from web-
Tuesday, 03-Dec-13 11:29:28 UTC from web
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@dropsterdash I find that when others make light of sensitive topics it's a good opportunity to share information that I find interesting about those topics in an effort to hopefully educate them. I often do this in a joking manner as well if I'm feeling witty enough, like, "x% of cases of cyber bullying lead to suicide according to y study, and z% of cases lead to SO'S YOUR FACE!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88ZDo3-m_KQ
Oh see what I did here? #inceptionTuesday, 03-Dec-13 11:44:32 UTC from web-
@pony I wish I could do that. But if i try and say much of anything other than "this really isn't funny." I will go on a rant a good 95% of the time, which leads to unnecessary drama, me typing angry, and other things that are generally not pleasant.
Tuesday, 03-Dec-13 11:50:41 UTC from web-
@dropsterdash It takes a lot of effort to learn how do do it well. What helps me is to look at the problem separate from myself and other people, to see it as something that others are suffering through at some level just like I am. This way, at least for me, I become their ally rather than their opponent in working through the issue, and they often pick up on my attitude, and thus the fire of friendship lives in our hearts. As long as it burns we cannot drift apart. Though quarrels arise, their numbers are few. Laughter and singing will see us through. We are a circle of pony friends. A circle of friends we'll be to the very end.
Tuesday, 03-Dec-13 11:57:25 UTC from web-
@pony I would absolutely love to do that kind of thing... but I have issues with feeling anything happy, peaceful, calm, or good, just in general. Something about the darker emotions being stronger, or me being emotionally scarred by my father's death. Anyways, when it comes to offensive jokes. I usually have to either just give them a gentle chastise, or a full-on rebuke and/or hateful rant about how insensitive they're being. It's like I have a dam of dark emotions inside me, and I either have to emote just a tiny bit of it, or completely break the dam and suffer the consequences. Anyways, I realize it's a problem that I have, not that is caused by the offensive joker. And as such, I do my best to never break the dam... but some people make it really hard not to.
Tuesday, 03-Dec-13 12:09:49 UTC from web-
@dropsterdash You can develop "patience in suffering." It requires extreme force of will, but everyone is capable of it if you let yourself slowly learn how by enduring bit by bit. You can essentially learn how to have your emotions and not be overwhelmed by them. You have every right to feel what you feel after all whether it's pain from past sorrow or anger toward the insensitivity of others. Blocking it all up will only make things easier short tern. There are some books I'd recommend if you're into reading about how do do it. Anyway, I hope that you intentionally let yourself feel the bad sometimes so that you'll also be free to feel the good. I also hope I'm not boring or offensive right now. :) Feel free to tell me to shut my face hole.
Tuesday, 03-Dec-13 12:23:24 UTC from web-
@pony Is that a standing offer?
Tuesday, 03-Dec-13 12:26:45 UTC from web-
@ceruleanspark For you, Princess, I'd shut my face hole, but my heart will be hurt a little.
Tuesday, 03-Dec-13 12:28:33 UTC from web-
@pony I just love telling people to close their orifices
Tuesday, 03-Dec-13 12:29:39 UTC from web-
@ceruleanspark :D :3
Tuesday, 03-Dec-13 12:30:48 UTC from web
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@pony I kind of want you to stop acting like I need to be fixed. I have my flaws. I am content to keep them, as I would not be the same person without them. If that means I over-dramatic, or even ranting-raving furious at times, so be it. No one is flawless. Why should I expect to be?
Tuesday, 03-Dec-13 12:27:51 UTC from web-
@dropsterdash If you're asking seriously I'll answer, but it sounds more like you'd rather I shut my face hole.
Tuesday, 03-Dec-13 12:29:16 UTC from web-
@pony @pony Yeah... I don't mean to say striving for flawlessness is bad, per se, but if I did it, I would be insane, as according to the definition of insanity. I have learned to simply accept my flaws as part of being human. I don't like being treated as if I have problems. I have struggles, but the struggles are a direct result of who I am. To reject them is to reject myself. And lord knows there are enough people in this world rejecting me. I don't need to become one of them.
Tuesday, 03-Dec-13 12:35:55 UTC from web-
@dropsterdash I like the part implied about accepting yourself :)
Tuesday, 03-Dec-13 12:37:02 UTC from web-
@pony Why thank you. I have also found that accepting my own flaws has also made it somewhat easier to accept other's flaws (except when my own get in the way).
Tuesday, 03-Dec-13 12:39:52 UTC from web-
@dropsterdash I mean more accepting one's self as one continues to try an improve. I'm on the same page as Snowcone I think.
Tuesday, 03-Dec-13 12:55:25 UTC from web
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Tuesday, 03-Dec-13 11:36:47 UTC from web
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Tuesday, 03-Dec-13 11:38:45 UTC from web
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Tuesday, 03-Dec-13 11:44:13 UTC from web
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Tuesday, 03-Dec-13 11:49:29 UTC from web
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@snowcone never microwave a pizza
Tuesday, 03-Dec-13 11:53:59 UTC from web -
@vt3c only the cool kids can pizza a microwave
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Tuesday, 03-Dec-13 12:34:49 UTC from web
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@snowcone You don't have to. But I will give you an analogy: turquoise is a beautiful stone, but without the extra veins of other minerals running through the cracks in it, it would be ridiculously monotonous, and utterly un-unique. The "flaws" in the stone are a large part of what makes it beautiful. http://ur1.ca/g501q
Tuesday, 03-Dec-13 12:48:50 UTC from web -
@snowcone Well... I suppose it depends on the human... and the flaws... i.e. a tendency toward violence and/or murder would be a flaw you would not want to accept as part of you...
Tuesday, 03-Dec-13 12:53:41 UTC from web -
Tuesday, 03-Dec-13 12:59:28 UTC from web
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@snowcone I get what you are both saying. I am always trying to improve myself. The flaws I am talking about are things like: I stick to my ideals, so I have a tendency to argue, and I have ADD, but that makes me very creative. And I have asthma, but that has merely made me even more determined to work myself until I can run faster and farther than someone who doesn't. The kind of flaws that are directly connected to my identity, and vice-versa. To reject asthma, ADD, or arguing would be to reject my identity. To refuse to be myself.
Tuesday, 03-Dec-13 13:02:03 UTC from web-
@dropsterdash Setting priorities. knowing personal limitations, and, for that matter, clearly understanding what kinds of "flaws" can be overcome is all important. I think we're not too far apart that in our opinion on the subject.
Tuesday, 03-Dec-13 13:07:11 UTC from web-
Tuesday, 03-Dec-13 13:07:35 UTC from web
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@pony It would appear so. I am glad someone else agrees. Even if it isn't to the same extent as I do.
Tuesday, 03-Dec-13 13:10:30 UTC from web
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@snowcone Handle my ADD? I do handle my ADD. But that doesn't mean it doesn't cause trouble. Or run rampant when I don't want it to. It's not like I have a switch in my brain. But even with the problems it causes, I wouldn't want to get rid of it, even if I could. That would be rejecting one of the greatest driving forces behind my creativity, ingenuity, and surprisingly enough, productivity. Do you understand?
Tuesday, 03-Dec-13 13:08:42 UTC from web-
@dropsterdash I get that feeling about my sexuality honestly. I think some things that we or society lable as flaws aren't necessarily flaws and simply need to be harnessed through exercise and creativity, etc.
Tuesday, 03-Dec-13 13:11:41 UTC from web-
@pony Right. *analogy incoming* Many people try to extinguish fire, because it makes smoke. But only after it's gone, do they realize that the heat and light is gone too. I'm not willing to let a bit of smoke get me down.
Tuesday, 03-Dec-13 13:17:43 UTC from web-
@dropsterdash any power, like fire, can be used for abuse or to serve others and ourselves.
Tuesday, 03-Dec-13 13:20:27 UTC from web-
@pony Exactly! And almost any power like fire will have some downsides. Some flaws. But, when the upsides outweigh the downsides, you may just have to accept them.
Tuesday, 03-Dec-13 13:22:15 UTC from web-
@dropsterdash I don't see power in itself as flawed, but I suspect you may be using a different definition of flaw.
Tuesday, 03-Dec-13 13:29:56 UTC from web-
@pony I mean the downsides of the things that are very much a part of my identity. As said, my ADD, my asthma, my idealism, e.t.c. Many people consider these thing to be flaws, and encourage me to suppress, hide, and ultimately try and get rid of them. I absolutely refuse to. To give these up would be blasphemy to me. Unacceptable. They are the driving forces behind my sou.l To be rid of them would be horrible.
Tuesday, 03-Dec-13 13:35:35 UTC from web-
@dropsterdash How about those Giraffes eh?
Tuesday, 03-Dec-13 13:41:18 UTC from web-
Tuesday, 03-Dec-13 13:42:30 UTC from web
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@dropsterdash I should be a better listener probably. xD
Tuesday, 03-Dec-13 13:46:04 UTC from web
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@dropsterdash power/fire whichever.
Tuesday, 03-Dec-13 13:30:20 UTC from web
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@snowcone Continuous improvement is something I practice. And it is actually a product of one of my flaws... I am never content with anything I've made/done until it is perfect. This leads to much stress, fretting, dissatisfaction and other bad feelings, but it also leads to high-quality, and constantly improved... products, for lack of a better word.
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Tuesday, 03-Dec-13 13:45:34 UTC from web
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Tuesday, 03-Dec-13 13:46:55 UTC from web
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@snowcone Yes, It is illegal to hunt giraffes in the US, as that would imply that you are killing a zoo animal.
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