The Most Important Thing Ever
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#1 - That Jesus Christ died for all our sins and will forgive anybody if they confess their sins.
Give a man fire, and he'll be warm for the night. Light a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
Thespeckledkiwi
Vice Admiral
Every breathing thing has a soul, treat it as such.
In no particular order, some silly and some serious...
Tattoos are forever. Give it a second thought. Maybe even think three times. I got a tattoo of a battleship on my ass. It was a rowboat, back 20 years and 80 pounds ago...
Don't make your parents grandparents in their late 30s/early 40s.
The drunken pictures you put up in Facebook will haunt you when applying for a job.
Pick up after yourselves. Whoever you're living with, spouse or parents or roommates, don't want to be your maid.
People with facial piercings, if you're working fast food, take all the crap out of your face while you're on the clock. No one wants to see that shit when ordering their lunch. And if you're wearing a tongue stud, please, PLEASE, don't work the drive-through. You're hard enough to understand through the speaker. And put some fresh fries down; I'm hungry and I'm tired of the stale lukewarm fries. No, I said fresh, not just reheating the crap from the fry bin! Jeezus H. Christ.
Use protection when having sex. A pill and/or condom and/or spermicidal gel is much less invasive and resource-consuming than having to deal with the thorny issue of abortion, or unplanned parenthood, and rushed conversations about such with either a girlfriend or the skank you took home last night. Never take her word for it that she's on the pill, and never take his word for it that he'll pull out. And never, ever, underestimate the safest sex, self-gratification.
Don't let your blood alcohol exceed your GPA...at least not consistently.
If you're really trying to lose weight, lay off the diet pop (well, all pop). Every fat person I know, including myself, drinks diet pop. Drink a lot of water instead. And don't bogart all the goddamn cookies.
If you have little brothers and/or sisters, spend some time with them doing whatever they want you to do, no matter how silly or childish. They will remember it forever. And don't think you can always make it up to them later...they'll be out doing their own thing, and won't have time for you then. Plus, it will make your parents happy, and if nothing else you may need to trade in on that at some future point, if you want to take the cynical view.
Don't sweat the petty things, and don't pet the sweaty things.
Life is too short to spend it with completely negative people who whine all of the time about the little shit. Life is patently unfair; get over it and move on. Find people whose glasses are always half-full, not half-empty.
The boss is always right, if you want to stay gainfully employed, or at least happily invisible. And while you may want to challenge power on a point of principle, remember this principle...the nail that sticks up gets hammered down. Keep your head down, your ass up, and your shoulder to the wheel when on the Man's time.
You may think your parents are/were fucked, but you'll feel differently when you have kids of your own and they get into shit. Hope they're still around to give you some good advice, or at least just listen. And if you're still underage, at some point you will reach the age of majority, and they can put you out on the street on your birthday, having at that point fulfilled their legal and moral and financial obligations to you. Waiting until the day before to not be a complete lazy shit to them won't do you any good.
No one really gives a crap about your blog; they're just looking for something to poke fun at so they feel better about their own sad and pathetic life. Or they're looking for something to use against you at a time of their choosing. And there are people looking to do you harm, even if they don't know you, so don't give them ammunition.
Eat your fruits and vegetables.
Unexpectedly help out your mom or dad, with no expectation of reward and no agenda in mind. Ask no favors when helping. Guarantee you, you'll notice a marked difference in your relationship with them, and at some point your help will be unexpectedly returned tenfold and your cup will overfloweth.
When reading the newspaper, end with the funny pages, not the editorial pages...you'll be happier.
Stay in school, do your best while there, and don't be a pain in the ass to underpaid, overworked teachers and administrators...were it legal, they'd cheerfully take you out to be shot, but don't tempt them towards mayhem. You're really only one bad day away from school shootings committed by teachers. You think I'm bullshittin', take a closer and informed look around at your teachers when someone's acting the fool, then realize just how close to the edge some of them are and how easy it is to obtain a handgun.
Life frequently sucks, but that's largely a side-effect of how you deal with the daily iniquities of life that affect everyone. And don't do shit that just makes it harder on yourself. Life is hard enough without self-sabotage.
Get, and keep, a job. And do your best while there. Your parents had to put up with you when you were a slacker at home, but in this challenging global economy, we're all as easily replaced as Number-2 pencils, so mind your attitude.
Be patient with everybody. Notice I said patient, not nice. Becaues there are some people who will mistake nice for weakness, and seek to take advantage of you. But everyone has their own set of challenges, and a little patience goes a long way, especially when it is time for you to need some patience from them. At the same time, limit said patience when dealing with time-wasting morons, to paraphrase Dilbert.
And finally, a special message to teenagers...move out of your parents' houses now, while you still know everything!
That's all I got..for now.
Tattoos are forever. Give it a second thought. Maybe even think three times. I got a tattoo of a battleship on my ass. It was a rowboat, back 20 years and 80 pounds ago...
Don't make your parents grandparents in their late 30s/early 40s.
The drunken pictures you put up in Facebook will haunt you when applying for a job.
Pick up after yourselves. Whoever you're living with, spouse or parents or roommates, don't want to be your maid.
People with facial piercings, if you're working fast food, take all the crap out of your face while you're on the clock. No one wants to see that shit when ordering their lunch. And if you're wearing a tongue stud, please, PLEASE, don't work the drive-through. You're hard enough to understand through the speaker. And put some fresh fries down; I'm hungry and I'm tired of the stale lukewarm fries. No, I said fresh, not just reheating the crap from the fry bin! Jeezus H. Christ.
Use protection when having sex. A pill and/or condom and/or spermicidal gel is much less invasive and resource-consuming than having to deal with the thorny issue of abortion, or unplanned parenthood, and rushed conversations about such with either a girlfriend or the skank you took home last night. Never take her word for it that she's on the pill, and never take his word for it that he'll pull out. And never, ever, underestimate the safest sex, self-gratification.
Don't let your blood alcohol exceed your GPA...at least not consistently.
If you're really trying to lose weight, lay off the diet pop (well, all pop). Every fat person I know, including myself, drinks diet pop. Drink a lot of water instead. And don't bogart all the goddamn cookies.
If you have little brothers and/or sisters, spend some time with them doing whatever they want you to do, no matter how silly or childish. They will remember it forever. And don't think you can always make it up to them later...they'll be out doing their own thing, and won't have time for you then. Plus, it will make your parents happy, and if nothing else you may need to trade in on that at some future point, if you want to take the cynical view.
Don't sweat the petty things, and don't pet the sweaty things.
Life is too short to spend it with completely negative people who whine all of the time about the little shit. Life is patently unfair; get over it and move on. Find people whose glasses are always half-full, not half-empty.
The boss is always right, if you want to stay gainfully employed, or at least happily invisible. And while you may want to challenge power on a point of principle, remember this principle...the nail that sticks up gets hammered down. Keep your head down, your ass up, and your shoulder to the wheel when on the Man's time.
You may think your parents are/were fucked, but you'll feel differently when you have kids of your own and they get into shit. Hope they're still around to give you some good advice, or at least just listen. And if you're still underage, at some point you will reach the age of majority, and they can put you out on the street on your birthday, having at that point fulfilled their legal and moral and financial obligations to you. Waiting until the day before to not be a complete lazy shit to them won't do you any good.
No one really gives a crap about your blog; they're just looking for something to poke fun at so they feel better about their own sad and pathetic life. Or they're looking for something to use against you at a time of their choosing. And there are people looking to do you harm, even if they don't know you, so don't give them ammunition.
Eat your fruits and vegetables.
Unexpectedly help out your mom or dad, with no expectation of reward and no agenda in mind. Ask no favors when helping. Guarantee you, you'll notice a marked difference in your relationship with them, and at some point your help will be unexpectedly returned tenfold and your cup will overfloweth.
When reading the newspaper, end with the funny pages, not the editorial pages...you'll be happier.
Stay in school, do your best while there, and don't be a pain in the ass to underpaid, overworked teachers and administrators...were it legal, they'd cheerfully take you out to be shot, but don't tempt them towards mayhem. You're really only one bad day away from school shootings committed by teachers. You think I'm bullshittin', take a closer and informed look around at your teachers when someone's acting the fool, then realize just how close to the edge some of them are and how easy it is to obtain a handgun.
Life frequently sucks, but that's largely a side-effect of how you deal with the daily iniquities of life that affect everyone. And don't do shit that just makes it harder on yourself. Life is hard enough without self-sabotage.
Get, and keep, a job. And do your best while there. Your parents had to put up with you when you were a slacker at home, but in this challenging global economy, we're all as easily replaced as Number-2 pencils, so mind your attitude.
Be patient with everybody. Notice I said patient, not nice. Becaues there are some people who will mistake nice for weakness, and seek to take advantage of you. But everyone has their own set of challenges, and a little patience goes a long way, especially when it is time for you to need some patience from them. At the same time, limit said patience when dealing with time-wasting morons, to paraphrase Dilbert.
And finally, a special message to teenagers...move out of your parents' houses now, while you still know everything!
That's all I got..for now.
Lord of the Flies reference.
Heard an older colleague use it recently in reverse ("the conch is mine") to get a well-educated but psychotic patient to stop talking and let them get a word in edgeways. Thought it was a wonderfully snotty but very useful little phrase, so have adopted it myself.
End on the crossword. That way at least you'll finish up reading by thinking for yourself again.
“Suffering produces endurance, endurance produces character, character produces hope.”
It's been a long weekend, so I went with the grim one with slight ray of sunshine.
It's been a long weekend, so I went with the grim one with slight ray of sunshine.
"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt." --Abraham Lincoln
I am almost letting this be directed at my foolish thoughts that the quote would have me think but should I say something that Mr. Lincoln would have me regret, maybe?
What the importance of correct grammar is such and because why?
Importance is meaningless to life and life is unimportant without meaning, but why.
It's all to do with understanding. Improved understanding of each other helps prevent conflict and resolve existing ones. In the context of the BBS, misinterpretations of each other's posts sadly only lead to flames, frustration, and the formation of barriers to communication and resolution, even though the intentions of each poster may have been entirely innocent.
Back on topic: personally, I feel that people who would wish to see the world decay and take the bad elements of Humanity with it, only wish to seek easy ways out in life, and thus are themselves not in control of their own destiny and lack the willpower to do something about their own lives to make the world a better place. Doing something to improve your lives, even if it is something small, will make you feel better.
