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General => Rants and Stuff => Topic started by: The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers on September 20, 2007, 02:03:20 PM
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I get confused, frustrated, and maybe a little angry when people go on and on about how great Robert Jordan was.
Look, I'm not happy he died. I know a lot of people are at best, disappointed, and quite a few of them genuinely grieving. Though he's probably free from pain now, and we should be glad about that.
It's that I had to *force* myself to read Eye of the World. It was derivitive, had poor prose, and made massive allusions to fantasy, literary, and religious symbolism for the sake of looking smart without actually using any of the tradition or meaning behind those symbols. The characters are utter morons with poor motivations at best.
And no, I don't even like the cover art -- the poses look false.
So, yeah, that makes me a feel look the pope of the jerks. King Jerk. Jerkarino. Because so many people feel compelled to praise his work, especially since with his death I should be more sensitive, and I'm just tired of hearing about it.
Feel free to hate me now.
Ok, so, this is like a "grumpy bear" thread with a specific focus. My opinion, whether you agree or disagree, is not up for discussion in this thread, and I will separate those posts to another thread to keep it on topic. Feel free to tell me I *am* a tool though.
In this thread you should confess what you do, consciously or otherwise, that makes you feel like a maladjusted social misanthrope. Let Mortal Kombat Begin.
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What does it mean, that you're a tool? I've never heard that phrase before.
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actually, now that I'm thinking, I should probably change the phrasing. It means, roughly "i'm an insensitive jerkwad"
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Generally speaking, Sigyn, a tool is someone who doesn't think for themselves, or is easily influenced by outside people and opinions, i.e. you are used by those around you. So yeah, I am going to agree with SE, I don't think it's what he was going for.
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Check out the current definition #20 on urban dictionary.
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I alwayse took Tool to mean "Jerk", at least that's what it ment when I was younger.
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Check out the current definition #20 on urban dictionary.
The one with the word "phallis"?
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Yes... It is the urban dictionary, after all...
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So, at this point I'm wondering if my comment from yesterday got deleted for some reason, or if I was just hallucinating that I posted on this discussion. Anyone else remember seeing something by me? I could swear... Even had a cool MK scorpion chain at the bottom...
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Okay, I found my post, and now the whole Mortal Kombat reference (in the new thread) makes me look like some random doofus. Ah well.
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I guess they wanted to separate out the terminology discussion, but it was rather jarring.
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Ok, so, this is like a "grumpy bear" thread with a specific focus. My opinion, whether you agree or disagree, is not up for discussion in this thread, and I will separate those posts to another thread to keep it on topic. Feel free to tell me I *am* a tool though.
In this thread you should confess what you do, consciously or otherwise, that makes you feel like a maladjusted social misanthrope. Let Mortal Kombat Begin.
I said it right there. This is a collection of things we do that we feel bad about. RJ discussion goes elsewhere.
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I feel like a tool because I had to put some animals down under some unspecified circumstances. What makes me feel even more like a tool is the fact that I feel like a tool in the first place.
Explanation: My greatest desire is to reverse time and prevent the Big Bang, effectively unmaking the universe. This desire stems from the fact that I think life is evil, because without life, there would be no sorrow. We'd all be better off nonexistant, right? No more suffering.
Anyhoo, I feel like I am becoming capable of guilt, and this makes me feel like a tool. If I would end all life without a thought, why do I feel so chest-heavy for killing a few vermin for a just cause?
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I don't know if this counts but.... I feel bad because I ask to much of my husband with not much return (see now I'm already feeling defensive and want to explain myself, but this is a tell-all thread so I'll bare my soul to you complete strangers)
Example being that I asked for a specific quilting frame for christmas, so a week ago the UPS guy shows up with this HUGE heavy box. A quilting frame, but a bigger and better one than what I wanted. Now what's up with that! I know he's just trying to show his unending love for me but it really gets on my nerves and then I say something and feel totally bad afterwards.
I mean I understand why he did it, but I have to criticize, I can't just say, 'wow, thanks honey.'
I also expect him to do the dishes when he gets home but I don't fold the clothes and I avoid doing the dishes during the day. This makes me feel lazy to admit. I wonder how I'd express these feelings to him... or should I?
I've decided I'm just an ornery person and I can't imagine how my children are going to survive to adulthood without some sort of therapeutic needs.
Wow... I think I might have opened a pandora's box here....
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Did I just kill the thread? Sorry.
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well, before rat posted, the thread had already been dead for almost 3 months, so....
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Well then, it's time for a revival of sins! Let's see... ooh, here's one:
I always try to treat people with integrity, no matter if I could smash their head or if they could smash mine. But a couple of years back, a dear friend of mine (who I could easily have smashed) pissed me off, and kept doing a certain something I won't share with you. I asked him to stop, but nooooo, too much pride. So I spit in his eye. I don't think I would have been so quick to spit on a guy who could beat me.
It doesn't seem like much, but I feel like this is a big scar on my mostly courteous treatment of underlings. I haven't seen him in a while, and sometimes I wonder if he hates me now...
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I seem to do that alot! In my defense though, I go to more active sites than this one and so anything on the first page is fair game, not here though, here I get scolded ;) for posting on old threads. Not my fault! I say. :)
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Well I feel like a jerk when I read posts like this:
It's that I had to *force* myself to read Eye of the World. It was derivitive, had poor prose, and made massive allusions to fantasy, literary, and religious symbolism for the sake of looking smart without actually using any of the tradition or meaning behind those symbols. The characters are utter morons with poor motivations at best.
I feel like a jerk because I know better then to think that the writer is an illeterate, dense and not particularly bright for having these views since he could just have bad taste. :o :o
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*than
*illiterate
(Just your highly literate TWG proofreader here)
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Ironically, I don't think that I'm a jerk because I think people are morons when they they state I have bad taste.
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Okay, I think I may have one. I sort-of-not-really feel like a jerk when I get on a high horse and preach a bit at close-minded people, but I'm going to keep doing it anyways. For example...
Y'know, it's okay when someone disagrees with you - in fact, if everyone in the world agreed on everything, we may have world peace, but it'd be incredibly boring too. Debates spice up life. (You should see my newsroom at work; suffice to say it can get noisy sometimes. And it's all friendly!)
Just because someone doesn't like the same thing as you doesn't imply they're dense, illiterate, or even have bad taste. They just have different tastes. A benefit to that is if you listen to what they have to say, sometimes you can learn something or find new meaning and affirmation in your own beliefs.
There! I feel better.
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I feel like a jerk when my husbands family bugs me to the point that I wander around the house scowling at everyone and making personal notes to not come back for next Christmas. Well aware (in that little logical voice in the way far back of the head that squeeks timidly) that in a year I will have forgotten the fact that they lost the important half of my daughter's Christmas present in the wrapping paper pile that I mentioned might need to be bagged before we lost something. Or when they insist on unwrapping one present at a time between thirty people!
I feel like a jerk when I have to bully my darling of a husband into pulling over the car in our 14 hour drive home so that we can eat! (yes I'm not exaggerating... he's a car-nazi)... and then I feel like a bigger jerk (or is it jerkier? ;)) when I have spent my entire Christmas vacation being annoyed with people I ought to be happy to see and then post it online!
Thankyou *steps down off box, and places it reverently in closet*
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because I am highly literate, have perfect taste, and am not dense at all, anyone who disagrees with me must do so because they are illeterate, dense, or have no taste, or possibly disagree with me just to be jerks. ;) ;) :D ;D :-* :-*
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or, more probably, you're less literate, more dense, and have much worse taste than you think.
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I'm starting to like this CUBAREY person.
I know someone did not just say world peace would be boring *steam puffs from ears* This is a debate I often destroy while preaching my ideals to the masses. I also believe that there is a perfect opinion, but these beliefs are tedious to reexplain to the people on this site, so I'll revert to my nonreflectionist path of ignoring such fallacy.
Yet sometimes I feel like a jerk when I get carried away in my debates and take it too far. The talk becomes less about conversion and more about making the erroneous person feel like a dummy for even posing their idiotic questions about god(s) and law. That's why if I don't succeed within the first couple hours, I take a break to cool my jets.