Comments | safetypup: Isn't Kinda Sad?

safetypup

Isn't Kinda Sad?

Mar 20, 2006 16:44

Isn't strange how much less there is too talk about when things are going great? Like - when things are miserable and crappy, we have like 8 million things to say - this sucks, and that sucks - and man did he ever piss me off - and I am worried about that other thing. But when things are going great, we got nuthin ( Read more... )

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ammitnox March 20 2006, 21:54:58 UTC

So, what you're saying is, it sucks that people only post when it sucks? ;)

safetypup March 20 2006, 21:57:13 UTC

Uhm - yeah - kinda - including me. I am happier then I have been in a pretty long while - and my posting has been sparse as crap lately.

Also almost seems like you are entitled to post or yap when you are down - but no one wants to hear it when you are up - like you should be embarassed or something.

Isn't there a Morrissey song about that?

God I hate Morrissey.

While I'm no authority sailormom March 21 2006, 12:49:51 UTC

and admittedly don't have them all, I went through my cd's and could not find a Morrisey song about LJ :p

theantichrist March 20 2006, 22:33:33 UTC

Heheh I totally knew that look was from when Simon asked her of she was Miranda.

wendelina2 March 20 2006, 22:00:42 UTC

Oddly enough, through the wonder of LJ tags, I notice I have actually antiranted in my LJ more than I have ranted.

Then again, I consciously don't want to be one of those whiners who only angsts and is stupid in their LJ :)

It was good meeting you the other weekend! Take care of my girlie, 'kay?

safetypup March 20 2006, 22:03:18 UTC

*salute*

Yes - ma'am - certainly aim to do my best. And twas good meeting you, too. So far I have liked almost all of the girlie's friends - which is not so surprising, cause friends say a lot about someone.

;-)

ammitnox March 20 2006, 23:08:21 UTC

I also think it depends on the person. Some people need/want sympathy. Some people are private, and keep the crappy stuff to themselves and their close, in person friends.

I think it's more that, when things are going great, you're busy doing great things, there's not less to talk about.

syntart March 20 2006, 23:49:14 UTC

Exactly. I'm too busy doing those great things! ;)

sailormom March 21 2006, 12:55:51 UTC

Me too! If by great, you mean laundry ;)

leesalogic March 20 2006, 23:12:02 UTC

When I was in my teens/late teens/early 20s, I used to write a lot of poetry. It was that usual angst-ridden stuff too. I read it now and I think "god, what a pathetic whiner." There are times I wonder why I don't write any more and I remember it's because I'm too busy actually busy living life instead of sitting at home bemoaning my unrequited love. :)

Heck, browsing my Netflix Queue is more entertaining than the thought of composing love-sick poetry these days. But as far as posting happy poetry, I can't imagine how everyone would appreciate a "lalala yes I still have a headache that makes me want to poke my eyes out but I still love to play makeup and dressup and giggle about ninjas and pirates and teleportation and eat good food with friends and get back tickles from nice husbands yay lalalala" type poem. ::snicker:: If only I were clever enough to think of haikus like jakethras and disoculated!

Though I'm with wendelina2 (<3), I try not to angst and whine in my LJ more than I post regular news or happy stuff too ( ... )

leesalogic March 20 2006, 23:13:38 UTC

Doh! I shall write jakethrash 100 times! 20 lashes for misspelling my husband's LJ user name!

wendelina2 March 20 2006, 23:36:26 UTC

Good news is definitely _always_ appreciated, especially when I'm on the opposite coast, and don't get to hear about the day-to-day happiness quotient of people.

If all I did was go by some of my friends' LJ's, I'd probably be flying ot make sure they were okay.

And, yeah, leesalogic, going out and living is way better than whining (be it in LJ or poetry or any manner of ways) about how no one loves you.

Because, duh, that's so untrue. Everyone loves you!

::hugs::

braunian March 21 2006, 04:21:04 UTC

I've analyzed this myself, and my theory is that the state of no-suck is a base state of comfort. When suck is achieved then the rantings of suck are actually tools to bring suck back to non-suck, through various psychological techniques and social manipulations... for instance, if I whine about a TV show being cancelled, it shows my support for the TV show. Other people might comment saying "yeah that sucked". The plan fails when no one comments. This is a model that was used to rally allies in primitive skirmishes when one's dominance was threatened. Supposedly, if a bunch of people got together and said "THIS SUCKS" AT the source of the suckage, then there would be a good probability that the source would be scared into changing ( ... )

"if snow were a person..." sailormom March 21 2006, 12:54:35 UTC

Hey Pup, let's keep this one away from Sunshine...

Re: "if snow were a person..." safetypup March 21 2006, 15:14:35 UTC

ROFL