Seeking Wit, Intelligence, and some Transatlantic Tension

[Amatorculist]

Self correction just takes so much time, you have to acknowledge the flaw, lie about the flaw to yourself, lie about it to others, pretend it isn't a flaw. Lie about going to therapy for the flaw. Pretend the flaw is gone to make people buy that you are going to therapy. Move. Start a new life. Realize you dont have the skills to start a new life. Move back. Probably actually go to therapy at this point.

Who has time for all of that. I certainly don't.

Ugh. Yeah, personal improvement is the *worst* when it’s all obviously just optics.
I’m happy you managed to dodge that absolute dumpster fire of a time waster.
That’s great personal management.

 

[Him15]

Ugh. Yeah, personal improvement is the *worst* when it’s all obviously just optics.
I’m happy you managed to dodge that absolute dumpster fire of a time waster.
That’s great personal management.

Thank you. Everyone always compliments people on their personal growth but no one ever compliments us who choose to stay the same on how clever we are to do so.

 

[Amatorculist]

Thank you. Everyone always compliments people on their personal growth but no one ever compliments us who choose to stay the same on how clever we are to do so.

Well then, you must be a visionary. It takes real foresight to commit to staying unwaveringly the same.

 

[Him15]

Nah more a tad lazy, though i never said unwavering

 

[TheWorldBuilder]

Yes, it's more by inertia than choice.

 

[Amatorculist]

Nah more a tad lazy, though i never said unwavering

Ah, so not unwavering, just selectively inflexible.
Sounds suspiciously like boundary work to me…

 

[Amatorculist]

Yes, it's more by inertia than choice.

Hey, coasting required some kind of force applied at some point…

 

[Him15]

Hey, coasting required some kind of force applied at some point…

Yeah but then we get into the whole aristatilian unmoved mover stuff and now I'm being told I can't be in this class as I dont speak ancient Greek and its just a whole thinf.

 

[Farrell30]

Saw the title and had to have a look.
Irish fella here.
But then maybe it’s a whole other altogether…!

 

[TheWorldBuilder]

Hey, coasting required some kind of force applied at some point.

There wasn't any of this 'special needs' stuff in school back then; so I was allowed to just cruise along in the top set, winning a prize every summer, instead of being pushed harder.

 

[Amatorculist]

I’m so confused and entertained by what’s happening in my personal ad.
I think it’s been derailed.

 

[TheWorldBuilder]

Oh, that often happens when people open up a little and it turns into a general chat thread. Sorry.

 

[Him15]

Lol my bad, I like to do that its super fun for me

 

[Amatorculist]

Oh, that often happens when people open up a little and it turns into a general chat thread. Sorry.

I’m not mad about it.
In fact I’m highly entertained.

 

[TheWorldBuilder]

Well in post 5 you opened it up to all of NW Europe.

 

[Him15]

Oh good, I consider that my speciality

 

[Him15]

Oh good, I consider that my speciality

Well that and random knowledge that serves very little real purpose

 

[TheWorldBuilder]

Nice re-edit, but I think it's still the same fan club here at present.

 

[Amatorculist]

Nice re-edit, but I think it's still the same fan club here at present.

If you took a peek into my DMs you’d understand the edit.

 

[TheWorldBuilder]

A Lit lady I was once close to gave me that insight. I was shocked (and that doesn't happen often) and immediately told her to report the three worst correspondents to Laurel.

 

[Amatorculist]

A Lit lady I was once close to gave me that insight. I was shocked (and that doesn't happen often) and immediately told her to report the three worst correspondents to Laurel.

Thankfully it’s not been at the point of reporting, but the edits were with the hopes of preventing the need to.
I’ve heard of stories like your friend’s — I’m sorry for what she went through. Those experiences should never happen.
It’s sadly the leading reason I choose not to engage in the public forums.

 

[TheWorldBuilder]

Well it's good that you engage with us in this one.