Jun 18, 2008 11:34
I'm sick and tired of people. I'm tired of the games that they play. I'm just about done with the lot of them, and I'm not even joking. I hope they all get hit by cars, because guess what, then I could dance around and tell them it was their fault!
I hate everyone. I told my friend Brett that I got hit by a car, and he said I need to start calling 911 when it happens. I carefully explain to him why this isn't a good idea (I didn't get the license plate number because I was flying through the air, I wold have to wait around for the cops, file a report, be late for work, and it wouldn't do any good...I did it before, it doesn't help, without the license plate number you are stuck, and don't make me go through why I can't get the license plate number after flying through the air). I thought this was the end of the conversation and he'd change the subject. Instead, he said "Well I would be more careful around cars if I were you. I don't trust cars." Bitch, how do you know I'm NOT being careful around cars? You weren't there! I know you feel like you have to say something, and advice is the first thing that springs to mind, but first, I didn't ask for advice which means I don't need it, second, your advice is worthless because it isn't even helpful like 99% of advice which is why I don't like it, and third, you're blaming the victim, trying to tell me it's my fault for getting hit by not being more careful, when it's the fault of the person who flies out of nowhere and hits me, not my fault.
I'm fucking sick and tired of people. I don't pull this shit on them. At any given time if I wanted to be a pompous ass I could find ten things to point out that my friends could have done better and differently to improve their lives, but I don't do it because I understand that I'm not walking in their shoes and I can't judge and what sounds so good inside my head probably doesn't play out that way when you're actually living the experience, so I keep my fool mouth shut. Why can't people give me the same courtesy? What the fuck is wrong with people?
Drowning happens even to those who wear life jackets! It does! You can get hit in the head by a wave, knocked out, and drown right there with your face under the water even when your body is suspended up in the water. It's fucking rare, but it can happen. What are you going to do if that happens to someone you know? Dig him up and explain to him how he should have learned how to swim, he should have been more careful, he should have worn another life jacket over his face to avoid this? What the fuck, do people only cry at funerals because it means the person is dead and therefore we can't corner them and explain all the ways this is their fault? I don't understand the propensity of people to hand out advice instead of just listening to someone. I see people do things I think are stupid all the time, I see things happen and people say they've "tried everything" and I, too, have trouble believing it and want to encourage them, but you know what? Saying "you haven't tried everything I'm sure, keep your chin up and try THIS" isn't going to help. I know that. They might have already tried that and neglected to mention it, they might be allergic to that, there are any number of reasons why that person hasn't done what I think he or she should do, so unless I'm asked, I back the fuck off. I'm not perfect at it though, I want to spew verbal diarrhea as much as the next person and say "helpful" things, but I hold back as much as I can for horror of hurting someone the way they hurt me with their insensitivity. People who would never kick a person while he or she was physically down wouldn't hesitate to kick that person while he or she was feeling mentally down. Why do we do that? Why do we feel the need to bestow our "help" on people? Does it help us feel morally superior for "knowing the answer"? I try to think the best of people. It might not look like it, but I do. I've tried for years to see people as saying these things because they hate to see their friends in pain and they actually want to help, but now, I'm not so sure. Not sure at all, actually.
lj,
advice,
friends,
communication