the monster says, "did i really just say that?"

Sunday, March 29, 2009

latest doomsday scenario: bankrupted by our own idiocy

There's this guy that I like, and I feel like he's judging me too harshly, but all I can seem to think of to say is, "You don't know me! You don't know what I've been through!" Like, wtf, am I living my life like I'm on Jerry Springer, or what?

I've decided that the "cool" game is super lame, and I look for genuine people, and I try to be as genuine as possible. I'm not into playing games. I don't like lying, I don't like being lied to, and if I can't trust a guy, I'm wasting my time talking to him in the first place.

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OK, so there are some companies who are totally jumping on that "we're in a recession and I need to save all my money" zeitgeist in the US, all, "hey, you can save money by buying our product!"

I'm really curious to find out if the "save money by buying our product" will manage to replace the "buy everything! who cares if you don't have money, use your credit card!" zeitgeist, or if we are truly in a modal change. I wonder if people realise what this will mean for our country. When people are stingy in a macro sense, it means that everyone on the other side will have to work that much harder to make ends meet. Are we clever/productive/adaptable enough, as a nation, to accommodate that?

I sure hope so.

Monday, March 02, 2009

Inquire within

I have always been a big fan of people who will call me on my bullshit. I'm not sure how much pseudo-psychology literature you waste *your* time reading, but we humans have this thing in our brains that keeps us from recognizing when we're full of shit.

It's called an *ego*.

Some people have larger egos, some smaller. Mine is rather large, and intimidates the weak-of-heart. Sorry about that. The other problem with trying to call someone on their bullshit is that sometimes you inadvertently engage the ego itself. Fighting anyone's ego, including your own, is a futile exercise: egos don't play fair.

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There's just something so tragic about how people sometimes reject help when they finally receive it, just because they had to wait too long. Here's hoping you're better at taking hold of the outstretched hand than I.