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Post by laughter on Jul 22, 2022 21:59:13 GMT -5
The geese are so well-mannered compared with the peeps .. taking up so little room on the street in a line. Shame on us!  Maybe but the picture here doesn't support that. Go walk around Midtown Manhattan at rush hour or the Upper East Side any Saturday mid-morning and get back to me afterward.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2022 3:10:14 GMT -5
I'm not a medical professional so it would be quite irresponsible for me to diagnose anything. Though in the context of an internet forum, no I don't think that you're scared of suffering, at all. I t appears from the content of your posts that it's one of your primary interests. Perhaps it's even become, the only motivator that you have left.Are you saying that my only reason for living is to set mankind unconditionally free? This sounds altruistic. I am selfish. I want to set myself free of suffering. Yes, suffering is my only motivator and the need to wipe it off the face of the earth has hounded me all my life.
It is not that I care for other people's pain. It's just that their miseries bother me. My life, personally, is great, always has been, and that makes it a whole lot worse. It's holiday weekend here in the US, July 4. It wasn't pleasant coming upon a homeless guy on my way out of the parking lot of a store, loaded with fine foods and wines in my car. Did I feel guilty because I have and he has not? No. I felt pissed off. Why are our politicians squandering billions on humanitarian aid abroad without dealing with that homeless guy first? The memory of a woman on a sidewalk still remains with me. I was on the way home from the golf club when I saw her standing there as I drove by. It was getting dark, and there she was with her stuff - a mattress and other things - on the ground. Evicted. Where would she go? Would anyone be helping her out? Why do I have to see miseries like that in the greatest country on earth?
What the heck. I am going to open a bottle of chianti and fix a nice dinner. I hope you live as well as me, abscissa. Don't bring me down.
Right, but you're not suffering. You suffer on 'behalf of' people that you meet. But you are not suffering.. and you can't escape what isn't actually happening. You intuitively understand that there is an element in 'suffering' that is essential to the breaking open process. So you have this artificial suffering going on, where you think complaining about others is sufficient. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2022 4:52:14 GMT -5
Maybe but the picture here doesn't support that. Go walk around Midtown Manhattan at rush hour or the Upper East Side any Saturday mid-morning and get back to me afterward. Not a fair example, those places are unnatural, 6.2 people per square foot is too excessive to maintain control. Oh, and I pulled that number out of a hat, it may not be accurate, but close enough for Grand Central  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2022 5:11:28 GMT -5
Maybe but the picture here doesn't support that. Go walk around Midtown Manhattan at rush hour or the Upper East Side any Saturday mid-morning and get back to me afterward. Oh, I see that two of our 2 posts conversations were moved to the oddly named "pettioggery" thread. Any idea why? Off topic? No, that can't be it, it was talk about a picture. Violation of the common decency clause? Nope, definitely not that since it was all just friends joking around and having fun. Hey Sharon, you started the Pictures (Talk) thread... did you have any expectations for where the talk should go? Any "no go" zones that you would look to report? Forget freedom of expression when a man with a stick is hovering over you |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2022 6:03:08 GMT -5
Go walk around Midtown Manhattan at rush hour or the Upper East Side any Saturday mid-morning and get back to me afterward. Oh, I see that two of our 2 posts conversations were moved to the oddly named "pettioggery" thread. Any idea why? Off topic? No, that can't be it, it was talk about a picture. Violation of the common decency clause? Nope, definitely not that since it was just friends all joking around and having fun. Hey Sharon, you started the Pictures (Talk) thread... did you have any expectations for where the talk should go? Any "no go" zones that you would look to report?
Forget freedom of expression when a man with a stick is hovering over you I just hoped that we'd all be able to say anything picture related. Not talking about a picture, would probably be better off in another thread. But talking about a picture then Hell yeah.. put it in the Pictures (Talk) thread by all means. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2022 6:09:48 GMT -5
interacting with the words alone.. oblivious to the person behind the words.. strikes me as incredibly sad
and that's coming from someone not usually described as a 'people person'
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2022 6:12:57 GMT -5
I just hoped that we'd all be able to say anything picture related. Not talking about a picture, would probably be better off in another thread. But talking about a picture then Hell yeah.. put it in the Pictures (Talk) thread by all means. sorry, I didn't need to bring you into this |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2022 6:14:08 GMT -5
I just hoped that we'd all be able to say anything picture related. Not talking about a picture, would probably be better off in another thread. But talking about a picture then Hell yeah.. put it in the Pictures (Talk) thread by all means. sorry, I didn't need to bring you into this S'alright. I'm here now. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2022 6:16:16 GMT -5
interacting with the words alone.. oblivious to the person behind the words.. makes me incredibly sad and that's coming from someone not usually described as a 'people person' Not even Gopal was oblivious to the person behind the words. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2022 6:35:57 GMT -5
sorry, I didn't need to bring you into this S'alright. I'm here now. and good to have you.. have a seat, take a load off, care for some iced tea? it must be hot by now |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2022 6:42:22 GMT -5
boo hoo if only we'd listened to Ike someone you love might hold stock in one of these.. don't hate on 'em, that's how the world works for the time being  Now, you guys are talking spirituality for real. I'll meet you here on this point if you'd like you like your money yeah? have enough? any extra ever to share, how do you decide? and I guess for good reason you keep it in a vault? |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2022 7:11:33 GMT -5
and good to have you.. have a seat, take a load off, care for some iced tea? it must be hot by now Merci, merci. Yes I might for a moment, thank you. I don't usually drink iced tea so that would make a pleasant change.. it's keeping cool really.. there's some cloud cover which is preventing the heat from building up. It got hot yesterday, though thankfully again the cloud built up in the afternoon.  Do you still grow your vegetables? |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2022 7:12:33 GMT -5
and good to have you.. have a seat, take a load off, care for some iced tea? it must be hot by now Merci, merci. Yes I might for a moment, thank you. I don't usually drink iced tea so that would make a pleasant change.. it's keeping cool really.. there's some cloud cover which is preventing the heat from building up. It got hot yesterday, though thankfully again the cloud built up in the afternoon. Do you still grow your vegetables? tomatoes, zinnias, and pot  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2022 7:13:16 GMT -5
Now, you guys are talking spirituality for real. I'll meet you here on this point if you'd like you like your money yeah? have enough? I guess for good reason you keep it in a vault? I read an article that said to live comfortably in New York you would need at least $5 Million dollars. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2022 7:14:09 GMT -5
I'll meet you here on this point if you'd like you like your money yeah? have enough? I guess for good reason you keep it in a vault? I read an article that said to live comfortably in New York you would need at least $5 Million dollars. define comfortably |
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