Okay guys we need some happiness.
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You think THIS is bad? Ha! The bubonic plague wiped out most of Europe. If you lived back then, chances are at least one person you knew died. Or what about the Indians? Forced to leave the land they had lived on since time began to trudge miles and miles, dying in the snow, to be put on a reservation so that the white man could have it.EBonhawk09 said:
You think these times are bad? No, they aren't ... they're just more televised. I remember Roger Waters saying in the commentary of "The Wall" that he had read that there actually weren't any more pedophiles now than there were many years ago (back when he was growing up), it's just that, thanks to the media, we're more aware of them.
Same thing here.
Life doesn't suck, it is all butterflies and stuff...mostly.The Virgo said:
My dad just missed possible conscription and a trip to Vietnam, and grew up in a world where a sudden dose on Soviet instant sunrise was a very real possibility.
My grandfather fought to protect my nation from the Japanese[footnote]It's now known they weren't planning an actual invasion, "merely" going to occupy parts further north and blockading and bombing further south[/footnote].
Several members of the generation before that didn't have to put up with the Great Depression or flu epidemic due to being killed in the trenches.
Me? Well, sometimes my laptop is a bit slow, and that's really annoying.
Really? I had a great uncle who fought against Japan. He was captured and castrated. Yeah, that's right, CASTRATED. As in, they cut his nuts off. And while he was there, he contracted malaria. He died before he was forty.thaluikhain said:
Trust me on this one, he would have given anything to have been in your grandfather's "invasion".
Okay, if this video doesn't cheer you up there's something wrong with you.
And a few more just for good measure.
and finally, just for the d'aww factor:
And a few more just for good measure.
and finally, just for the d'aww factor:
If that's the case, and times aren't that bad, then what's with the pseudo-Nietzche persona?The Virgo said:
OT: Figure this is as good a place as any to shamelessly plug my blog, which, ironically enough, is called "Waiting for the Apocalypse".
Example post:
http://waitingfortheapocalypse.blogspot.com/2011/07/im-going-to-call-this-one-net-gain.html
I think it's funny. Statistically speaking, there's probably somebody else on Earth who shares this opinion. You could click on that link right now and find out if that's you, or you could spend the next thirty seconds wondering, "Maybe that gibbering idiot was on to something." Your choice.
I love how one person can turn half the thread into an argument.
OT: This always gives me goosebumps.
OT: This always gives me goosebumps.
Interesting how you refer to yourself as a realist, and yet you say that life was never meant to be a happy, cheerful experience; implying that it does indeed have a meaning, even if that meaning sucks balls. The reality of the situation is that life has no inherent meaning, only a subjective meaning, one which you've got to either find for yourself, or do without.The Virgo said:If that's what they call realists who have their head on straight, then you can call me that. At least I understand that everything sucks and that life was never meant to be a happy, cheerful experience ... something you guys choose to ignore.Jodah said:Congrats sir, you have won!The Virgo said:
And for everyone else who doesn't have a pointy stick up their behind...
You seem to have chosen to ascribe to the idea that life is shit; which means that you, like anyone else, are constantly on the search for anything to bolster your opinion; which means that you are biased in this regard; which means that your head is not on straight, it's tilted in order to make you a negative nancy; which means that nobody here is obligated to accept the truth as you've filtered it; which means that you should probably dismount that high horse you rode in on, because you aren't better than anyone here simply because you're determined to be unhappy; you don't have some brilliant way of thinking that transcends that of everybody else (the plebeian fools, am I right? ohohoho), you're just painting everything black and calling people ignorant for not agreeing with you.
Nobody is ignoring the issues in the world-- a great deal of them were even detailed in the OP. What we are doing, however, is trying to put ourselves in a better mood in spite of it, as opposed to simply succumbing to it and going, "Oh, well that sucks."
TL;DR:
Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwww
Edit: Ah, on topic, Dave Chappelle. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJ3dk6KAvQM]
This makes me pretty happy - it's who I share my bed with when my Husband is at work at night.
Also, this is always hilarious,..ALLLLWWWWWWAYS:
Also, this is always hilarious,..ALLLLWWWWWWAYS:
All I can say is "Don't watch Charlie Brooker." I think he's one of the funniest comedians in the UK, but he will make you lose whatever faith you still have in humanity.
UK comedy is great for the blues though. Check Youtube for....
*League of Gentlemen.
*Absolutely Fabulous.
*Blackadder (season 1 is usually everyone's least favorite).
*Monty Python.
*Benny Hill.
*Father Ted.
*Psychoville.
*Twin Town.
*The Mighty Boosh.
UK comedy is great for the blues though. Check Youtube for....
*League of Gentlemen.
*Absolutely Fabulous.
*Blackadder (season 1 is usually everyone's least favorite).
*Monty Python.
*Benny Hill.
*Father Ted.
*Psychoville.
*Twin Town.
*The Mighty Boosh.
