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Hell IMHO
Hell is other people. Jean-Paul Sartre Why People Are Like That Today: Hell is repetition and peoples behaviour is repetitive. Doubt is the tough guys fear and everybody is so engaged in one-upmanship that very few stop and breath long enough to recognize that more likely than not, we have all been here before and…
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God IMHO
I sometimes think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability. Oscar Wilde Why People Are Like That Today: The world has no unified will. I, for the most part, am grateful it does not. Man is very often a willfully misguided creature. They imagine there is some grandious supreme human intelligence floating in…
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Hypocrisy IMHO
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. Douglas Adams Why People Are Like That Today: People give a great deal of thought to what other people do. They create either complex criticism, or impassioned rants,…
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Wrong IMHO
The world is made up for the most part of morons and natural tyrants, sure of themselves, strong in their own opinions, never doubting anything. Clarence Darrow Why People Are Like That Today: There is a disease that characterizes the “thinking” species on this planet. For all the peace we supposedly crave in this world,…
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Thoughts IMHO
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former. Albert Einstein Why People Are Like That Today: There are countless ways to think about a thing. There are some views that are absurd enough that most people recognize them as foolish. They say familiarity breeds contempt, and…
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The Obvious IMHO
Many people would sooner die than think. In fact, they do. Bertrand Russell Why People Are Like That Today: What is obvious? To my view, the obvious is a very popular lie, that if you don’t subscribe to, you are thought a fool. People love their packaging, so much so, that they will poison various…
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Such Is The Human Race IMHO
Such is the human race. Often it does seem such a pity that Noah … didn‘t miss the boat. Mark Twain Why People Are Like That Today: People take a strange pleasure in mentally debasing not only those parts of reality they reject, but also those parts they esteem. They will rant about the sanctity…
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Breaking Glass IMHO
And isn’t your life extremely flat with nothing whatever to grumble at! W.S.Gilbert Why People Are Like That Today: Life is other people. Everyone wants something different. Problems exist only in the human mind and that’s all it takes to make life “interesting”. People have very clear notions of what’s personal and what’s “sacred” in their…
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Presence Of Life IMHO
We must, however, acknowledge, as it seems to me, that man with all his noble qualities … still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin. Charles Darwin Why People Are Like That Today: People are entranced by their “issues”. The events of what they call real life seem to be…
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Human Effort IMHO
The more humanity advances, the more it is degraded. Gustave Flaubert Why People Are Like That Today: People seem eager to hoist themselves up by their own bootstraps, but they aren‘t clear on which way up actually is. People are often not entirely honest about their motives, either. They want to have their cake and…
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Sanity Dysfunction
Sanity is a cozy lie. Susan Sontag Why I Am Dysfunctional Today: We all look for clarity in our lives. Each of us is motivated to varying degrees of intensity. To me, life seems both amazingly intense and to an equal degree abstract, at the same time. I find myself chronically at a loss to…
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Distortion Dysfunction
I know I’m paranoid; I’ve made a career out of it. Thom Yorke Why I Am Dysfunctional Today: I would like to say that I perceive reality clearly. I would like to say that I have learned something useful from every one of my mistakes. I can not honestly say these things. I am intimately…
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Absorption Dysfunction
The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray. Oscar Wilde Why I Am Dysfunctional Today: I sometimes become intensely absorbed in some random train of thought. This isn’t daydreaming. While I’m immersed in whatever mental tangent I am on, I lose touch with whatever my current reality is to the point that…
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Story in Subtext IMHO
Since I no longer expect anything from mankind except madness, meanness, and mendacity; egotism, cowardice, and self-delusion, I have stopped being a misanthrope. Irving Layton Why People Are Like That Today: Perhaps context is everything. We decry every human failing and very often in words much less clear and well organized than those that expressed…
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Avoidance Dysfunction
I found my inner bitch and ran with her. Courtney Love Why I Am Dysfunctional Today: Most of what we try to avoid is also what has the most meaning for us. People generally think that things have the meaning they decide it has. This is just another in a large collection of commonly held…
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Live Our Lives IMHO
The world is populated in the main by people who should not exist. George Bernard Shaw Why People Are Like That Today: What’s the point? People ask that question frequently and with varying degrees of bitterness. The answer, of course, is simple. There is no point. There are no exceptions. There really is no point. That…
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Illness Dysfunction
The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they’re okay, then it’s you. Rita Mae Brown Why I Am Dysfunctional Today: Illness… How many people really feel well these days? Everyone seems to have something to…
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My Two Cents IMHO
I only go out to get me a fresh appetite for being alone. Lord Byron Why People Are Like That Today: Sense. Make sense, people say. We live in a world dominated by sense. The sense of this, a sense of that. A sense of worth and a sense of place. Hell, even a sense…
Category: Humble Opinion
In My Humble Opinion. A journal to vent about why people are like that and why all the stupid things they do are so obvious to me.
My Dysfunctions. A journal for chronicling my immeasurable fascinating dysfunctions.
It’s Gonna Be Okay. A journal to reassure myself when I’m overwhelmed by the creeping sense of impending disaster and the all-encompassing fears both specific and vague that colonize my mind, body, and soul.
“Almost any difficulty will move in the face of honesty. When I am honest I never feel stupid. And when I am honest I am automatically humble.” Hugh Prather
“We must always think about things, and we must think about things as they are, not as they are said to be.” George Bernard Shaw (Irish literary Critic, Playwright and Essayist, 1856-1950)