There's a huge difference between thinking you're a nifty person when you are a nifty person or trying to be one, and thinking you're a nifty person when you actively destructive to other people and thinking you are nifty allows you to dismiss anyone's concerns about your behavior. I think of a friend's Ex who asserted that the fact that he shoved her into a wall and punched her in the stomach was okay because after all, they were arguing and he "didn't hit her in the face". He thought he was so nifty that the problem was totally hers and not his.
Mal: Cut it out. Job's not done until we're back on Serenity. Zoe: Sorry, sir. Didn't mean to enjoy the moment.
'Ariel'
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Scrappy - Feb 08, 2010 9:29:18 am PST #9516 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Jessica - Feb 08, 2010 9:33:31 am PST #9517 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
There's also a difference between thinking "I deserve love" in a general not-being-suicidal sense and thinking "I deserve a date right now at this stage in my life because hey, the last time I exchanged sex for cocaine was, like, over a week ago."
smonster - Feb 08, 2010 10:09:23 am PST #9518 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
There was nothing nifty about this dude, nor did I sense any kind of ambition to become nifty. Just a lot of, "gee all these things have *happened* to me and I don't know *why*?" After the drugs for sex revelation, he didn't even say, "...but I don't do that anymore," which would strike me as a good first step.
Steph L. - Feb 08, 2010 10:34:00 am PST #9519 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I think of a friend's Ex who asserted that the fact that he shoved her into a wall and punched her in the stomach was okay because after all, they were arguing and he "didn't hit her in the face".
Awww, what a good guy! He sounds like the guys who think they deserve some feminist-of-the-year award since they don't go around raping women.
Gudanov - Feb 08, 2010 10:36:37 am PST #9520 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
I think of a friend's Ex who asserted that the fact that he shoved her into a wall and punched her in the stomach was okay because after all, they were arguing and he "didn't hit her in the face".
Yikes, I'm glad for your friend that the word 'Ex' is in there.
Trudy Booth - Feb 08, 2010 11:24:08 am PST #9521 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Being high on cocaine can do wonders for one's self-confidence, I hear.
Hmm... and Leif does have a lot of energy...
(Sorry, Gud. I'm just amused at the thought of second or third graders using hard drugs).
tommyrot - Feb 08, 2010 11:25:45 am PST #9522 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I'm just amused at the thought of second or third graders using hard drugs
My friend Miriam is a pediatric nurse. She often posts on message boards that she "gives drugs to small children."
Trudy Booth - Feb 08, 2010 11:29:09 am PST #9523 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
When I worked for a pharmacy I delighted in saying I delivered drugs for a living.
Laura - Feb 08, 2010 11:38:56 am PST #9524 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
My kids never fail to be amused when I tell them to take drugs. It would likely not be as funny if they did.
beth b - Feb 08, 2010 12:15:04 pm PST #9525 of 30000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I had a friend who had to very carefully say medicine, not drugs or she would get lectures from her kids