The FPC to me is not an apology. It is a way to acknowledge I'm posting about a problem on a smaller scale than other problems discussed here. By invoking FPC, I'm avoiding the need to apologize. And if you are in better mental health in that area than I am and don't need to invoke the FPC clause go you! But it is really helpful to me.
Yeah, for me it's a way to say without having to spell it out, "Look, I am aware that in the global scheme of things, this is is just a duck nibble, but fuck it, this particular duck nibble has worked my last nerve, and I'm going to flip like a mammal now."
(I actually find the FPC less grating than the diamond shoes are too tight disclaimer, honestly.)
No you are not insensitive. Again the need for an FPC is not something I defend rationally. It just is a way around a mental health issue for me. I will just say I failed to complain about a lot of stuff on bitches over the years because we did not have it. The invention of the FPC let me start bitching on bitches again. If invocation of FPC bothers people that much I won't invoke it again. And next time I have a nosebleed or am worn out because everything I like to do in the world hurts due to various minor medical conditions I just won't mention it.
(I actually find the FPC less grating than the diamond shoes are too tight disclaimer, honestly.)
Yep, me too. I also prefer it over "first world problems".
Maybe I've missed it but I don't think anyone has invoked the clause while talking abut cancer? I could be wrong but I would think I'd notice something like that. And just from my perspective, invoking it is not diminishing the problems of one's self or other's.
Part of it, for me, is that my usual support network has been having an extra-shittastic time of it the last several months, and as a lot of them are HERE, I like the freedom of saying, "FPC. IF YOU FEEL GUILTY BECAUSE YOU HAVE YOUR OWN SHIT GOING ON, I WILL HOGTIE YOU AND DRAG YOU TO A GUILT-REMOVAL FACTORY, OH YES!"
So it's multiuse. I mean, I'm of the age now, and my extended family is of the age, where there are going to be duck nibbles daily. And I want to vent, or primal scream, without people feeling like they need to do much more than agree that, yep, that duck bite was NOT what I needed on a Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday/Whateverday.
And next time I have a nosebleed or am worn out because everything I like to do in the world hurts due to various minor medical conditions I just won't mention it.
I think this is pretty obviously the opposite of what we all want. The point people are making, as I see it, is that it would be great if we could talk about our problems without feeling the need to apologize for them or to compare them to others. Our problems are our problems, and they are legit and worth talking about, no matter how big or small.
I have nowhere near enough energy to figure out any kind of opinion on the FPC.
I heard back from another doctor who's covering for my doctor, and she wants me to come in tomorrow for a chest x-ray.
"FPC. IF YOU FEEL GUILTY BECAUSE YOU HAVE YOUR OWN SHIT GOING ON, I WILL HOGTIE YOU AND DRAG YOU TO A GUILT-REMOVAL FACTORY, OH YES!"
I have no idea who you might be talking about. Nope.
someone is right on the intenet and it's us, about you.
I love you people.
Oh, and Dad said to say hi to the invisible Buffista people.
Jilli, I'm willing to have duck for Christmas this year if it helps any.
