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You are a grounded realist so you see these things happening from the outside. That makes it crystal clear. Tramp is doing things she knows are self destructive so she uses escapism (drugs, drink, etc) in an endless cycle like a snake swallowing its own tail. As Jen said, leave the girl to her own self destruction because a relationship like that can't last much longer.
Jen gives great advice and yoda of Mizahar, she is!
Hahaha, never watched star wars but I know who Yoda was! Well I kinda felt like I was being a jackass, but I'm glad to see that someone else sees it from my perspective... I guess I made sense afterall. Thanks, Lisa. I appreciate it.
It’s all fun and games until someone gets hurt… Then it’s hilarious!
Okay, so maybe not. But I realized something today that I wanted to share. I don’t usually watch TV but one thing my dad used to do with my sister and I all the time was watch AFV (America’s Funniest Videos.) There’s something about seeing a guy who thinks he’s hot shit trying to grind a rail, and instead winds up grinding his package and crying like a little girl. It’s hilarious! It can happen a million different ways, all different kinds of possibilities. Sometimes they land it, and yet even the pros can mess up. It happens to all of us.
Now, like I said, I don’t watch a lot of TV, but I’m babysitting for my parents right now. Not babies, but their three little dogs. They’re in the mountains for the weekend. And there is virtually NOTHING for me to do right now, so I’m watching television. D: Haha, in any case, last night I watched Bo Burnham’s Words Words Words stand up, and it was amazing. Very intellectual comedy. You really gotta follow it to understand it. Anyway, when I turned on the TV today, it was on MTV. I’m not really an MTV fan, at all. There’s some stupid stuff on TV these days. Like, Bevis and Butthead. It’s dumb. But right now, I’m watching MTV. There’s a rather new show on, called Rob Dyrdek’s Ridiculousness. It’s like an insane version of AFV.
I’m laughing as I type this. I’m watching these people hurt themselves, and you know what? It’s side-splitting-ly hilarious! I just watched a guy run and do a front flip off a little dock into the beach sand. The guy behind him was RIGHT behind him, and as the first flipper was raising up, the second landed and straddled the back of his head. Double whammy, by way of a power nut to the back of this guy’s head. I’m laughing harder than I have in weeks, and why? Why is this funny? Because I can guarantee you, if my buddy jumped off a platform and landed on my head, or if I slammed my junk on the back of someone’s head, I would NOT be happy. You couldn’t pay me enough to break a bone, face plant the cement, light myself on fire, get kicked in the face by a horse, get hit by a car, fall out of a tree, etc. and laugh at it. Just… no!
So what makes it so funny when we see it happen to others, especially when we know good and well it could happen to us? It’s still funny…. Right?
There is just something about other peoples pain that make our own a little bit more bearable, as horrible as that sounds. People are going to scoff when they read that or disagree but everyone has had a moment where they have laughed at someone else whether it was in person or on tv or a youtube clip. I know what you are talking about because I have watched Rob Dyrdek (Or however you spell his name) on his TV series and I think hes an idiot...but it's funny.
Now, I personally can't watch those bloopers where the skateboarder falls on the rail instead of grinding it because it just makes me cringe and I have a rather weak stomach when it comes to injuries like that. However, I can watch cat videos all day long and laugh and laugh and laugh...
I don't think it's a bad thing, but the fact that it is on TV or the internet is what makes it funny. If you were there when it all happened, it wouldn't have been as funny. I think it's because if it's posted online we have to assume that the person didn't die...you watch someone face plant into cement in real time and you're going OMG WTF ARE THEY ALIVE?!
...I might have just missed the whole point of your scrap. Lol.
Hahaha, no no, there was no REAL serious point. I'm not criticizing anything or whatever, I just thought it was funny that I was sitting here watching people injure themselves and laughing, though I know I have done some of these things and I definitely wasn't laughing when it happened to me. Ha, I guess it's just ironic, isn't it?
Ps, I've never heard of anyone having a weak stomach to something like that!
Forgive and Forget But the Hardest Part is Forgetting…
This is “The End” featuring Lights, by Silverstein. It has recently become one of my favorite songs. It’s a sad one, but we all have those sad moments in life that we can relate to a particular song. This is one of my own. I’ve discovered through all the “forgive and forget” situations I’ve been in, forgiving someone is the easiest part. Sometimes, no matter how angry you are at someone, no matter what they did, all you have to do is open your mind and heart and just say, “You know what? I’m over it.” And really just BE OVER IT. It’s harder for some of us, but it’s the best way to wash away confrontation from the bowels of your mind. If you put the effort forth to just know in your mind and heart that the person did something wrong, and that you will NEVER be able to change it, then you can let it go. And honestly, it’s the best thing for you. To just be able to let it go. And yet…
It will always still linger. Yeah, you can forgive someone for the awful things they’ve done or said to or about you, but sometimes it’s just a heavy burden to bear, and the memory just sits on the edge of your consciousness, dangling its miserable clawed feet into the thoughts of your everyday life. It’s always there, and you know it, but it feels impossible to just shove it away and leave it alone. I am honestly the world’s worst at dwelling on things. I can get into an argument with one of my friends, and we can say hurtful things back and forth, but then all of a sudden, we’re okay. We make up our minds to just let it go, and continue with our friendship. But it STILL bothers me. I’ll think about it and think about it and think about it.
In any case, that’s kinda what this song is about. It’s about a failing love, and yet in the end, he says, “But I’ll ask you this: Will you still miss me? Do you still love me?” And in the verse, the girl echoes back, “Yes, I’ll miss you… Yes I love you.” After explaining earlier in the song, you know, “You were the sun, I was the one who worshipped you.” And “You broke my heart, you promised me the moon and stars. I fell for your dreams, I fell for your lies. There was no other way, you know I tried.” …. It just goes to show that people can do shitty things to each other and then still love each other. You can forgive, but sometimes it’s just too much to forgive.