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Well,SD. I'm at a loss for words. I didn't know you cared that much. When I blog,I put on the worst satanic devil music I can find on the net and let my fingers do the walkin'. I'm in my own world for an hour or so struggling with some heavy emotions. I'll put it to you this way,take cre0 for example....I've read her blogs. I sympathize WITH her because I've been homeless. The only reason I don't say anything is because you other guys have already said what I would've said. Redundency irks me so I let it be. Do I care about cre0 as another human struggling to survive? Sure. I'd be a cold-hearted bastard if I didn't. Do I REALLY care about what happens to her? No. It would be foolish to wrap myself up emotionally in the life of another that I'll probably never meet. THAT'S reality. We all want to be the knight in shining armor but reality and intelligence regarding matters of the heart tell us"Hey,dickhead? Are you stupid or something?" As for people caring or commenting on my blogs,I'm nuetral. If you care about me as a person,cool. I'll think of you more as a person in return. If you don't comment,I'm not pissed in the least bit. You say I don't want criticism and you're to a certain degree. Nobody wants criticism but I'd like to believe I can handle my lion's share of it. You're right. I don't want sympathy. I don't want empathy. The only thing I want is to say what I'm going to say without some bitchy catfight. Even when you and I have our moments,SD,I'm not following you around harrassing you. I pretty much let it be. You guys think that I sit here all scrunch faced and mean mug the monitor when we're going at it. I smile the whole time. I like debate because we've become a nation of ignorant,backwoods hillbillies. If you say tomato and I say,no,it's tomahto and here's why,anyone that comes along can look at two opposing points of view and use his or her God-given brain to decide for themselves. Think of me as a ninja informer. I can't think of the word right now so I'll use ninja. As for what I think about most people's lives compared to mine,YES! YES! YES! YES! And here's why. If CuddleFish had been through a tenth of the pain and raw emotion I've either witness or experienced in my life,she wouldn't be so damn quick to judge other people or be offended by the God awfulest stupid s*** this side of the Mississippi. I laugh at life with a satanic venegaence and a gleam in my eye. If my mother were to drop dead tomorrow,I'd laugh. I'd look at the heavens above and laugh my balls off. I'd think to myself,"Is that all you got old man? Pssshaw!". Life is pretty gravy until you purposedly rock the boat like CuddleFish and most Americans do. We've got it so easy in this country it ain't funny. Entire families are being slaughtered in Iraq as I type this but poor CuddleFish is offended because I called her a wetback. AWWWWWWWWW! Here's a box of Kleenex and a Hallmark card.— October 30, 2009 2:04 a.m.
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You're so right it's scary,refried. The only that pisses me off is when she overuses that intelligence of hers. I'm not as refined as she is so I really have to strain at what she says. It gives me a headache. Knowing when to use laymen's language is a part of that intelligence. I'm a common man yet she writes things that to me,sound like I'm eatin' f***in' cheese and lookin' at fine art. I feel like I'm at the clubhouse in Caddyshack.— October 30, 2009 1:44 a.m.
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She's teasing you out of guilt because she knows she done ya wrong and she's afraid of letting her weaknesses and flaws be shown to the rest of the hive.— October 30, 2009 1:39 a.m.
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Very true,rickey. I will agree with that even if I end up as a Darwin Award winner. :-D Why are all our posts numbered as 1?— October 30, 2009 1:35 a.m.
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Russl asked me what type of work I was looking for.— October 30, 2009 1:33 a.m.
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I'd like you to find that thread where I said that you were crazy for thinking you had swine flu. You can't because you know damn well I never said such a thing.— October 30, 2009 1:33 a.m.
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Anything at this point,russl. Normal people don't expect other normal people to censor themselves. God gave me a brain with a mouth. I use them both. Like I've said before,if I say something offensive,tell me and we'll discuss it like rational human beings. If I'm wrong,I'll apologize and life will continue. If I feel I'm not wrong,I'll tell you flat out,get over it or f*** off and die. That's reality. That's exactly how humans should interact with each other. I don't know about you but I for one,am tired of being nice when I don't really mean it. If magics didn't say something because she was just being nice,that was on her but I don't think that was the case because she knows what type of person I am. She knows I'm a big boy that can handle himself. I'm not saying you don't exist. That would be insane. I'm not talking to another computer,right? Exactly. I'm not. EVERYONE knows that there is a lot less accountability online. It's human nature. When I blog about my experiences as a teenager,do you really give a flying f***? I would hope you wouldn't because I'm not documenting any of that for your benefit. That's me getting certain things off my chest that are weighing me down. I'm trying to be as human as I can be but you have to remember,I don't even know what you look like and you don't even know what I look like. How can there be any kind of normal human connection. I used to shun the computer like the Amish shuns water. The only reason I'm really online anymore is because the rectangle box next to me is my passport to a better education. You guys say I'm selfish and arrogant and egotistical and sociopathic. You'd be right to a certain extent because ever since I could remember,I KNEW that life sucked and it was survival of the fittest. I'm certainly not going to kick someone out of my way on purpose to get ahead but I'll be damned if I'm going to give two s***s about stupid things in life either. I don't have time to save the Eastern Sudan of Africa Adoptees or the environment or even whales for that matter. It's all about me because I'm the one that wiull get s*** on by life sooner or later if I don't watch out for myself. Don't twist my words either,SD. I know you're good at the art of manipulation. After the wildfires,I pretty much quit a job I had almost two years to help people move and clean up. I'm not just out for myself but I'll be damned if I'm going to sacrifice too much of anything to end up like the person I'm helping. Been there. Won't do that again.— October 30, 2009 1:27 a.m.
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#1-You are only guessing that I'm offended. I only get offended by two things in life-child porn and snuff films. #2-You are only guressing that I'm angry. You'd be wrong on the first two guesses. I never said you were trying to censor my speech but for you to get your panties in an uproar because I'm not there holding your hand is pretty ridiculous. Should I be offended and angry that you never said"Gee Pete. Thanks for the understanding of my situation and predicament"? I could see where you could get pissed but my intention wasn't to lecture you. You're booksmart but I'm smart as well. I've been doing my research on the H1N1 as well and I don't believe most of what is force fed down our throats from an uninformed media. If I didn't think of you all as mmy own dysfunctional family,I wouldn't even be here. I have to find work soon. The great Wall Street experiment was good while it lasted but I'm losing everything that I've made in the last year or so when I started this venture.— October 30, 2009 12:59 a.m.
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I view people afraid of the swine flu as weaklings. I saw some woman in Rite-Aid the other day with a mask. I heard her ask the pharmacist if they had any flu shots. I laughed. The swine flu is like any other sickness. You're either going to get it or you're not. If you're that afraid of life,do everyone a favor that's around you and kill yourself already.— October 30, 2009 12:51 a.m.
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I'm not getting a shot because I don't trust my government. Plain as day. There's mercury in those shots. I do enough damage to my body with the nanny state getting involved. I love my country but the government can suck my big ole woman pleaser.— October 30, 2009 12:45 a.m.