Random Rants XLIII: So Much Whinging Your Head May Explode

[Joecoolyo]

Rant: Self CFC exile is hard

 

[Borachio]

It is!

 

[shadowplay]

Too much info...


Geek triviliaties #1: A webcam is not a suitable replacement for a mirror when you want to shave.

Do NOT shave your face after slicing chili peppers.

 

[W|M]

If someone can shave, slice chilli peppers and touch himself at the same time, I'll be really impressed.

 

[salty mud]

I've got some chillis, I could give it a try?

 

[rugbyLEAGUEfan]

I assume that's the rationale behind your exploitation of the Balinese people.

Merely providing opportunities for betterment old chap.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

I'm seriously hung over.

 

[salty mud]

My ex-girlfriend just revealed to me that she is engaged to her new boyfriend. Her boyfriend who she has known 3 months, who takes drugs, treats her like dirt and has a variety of social disorders. Now I'm not one to big myself up but I can't help but feel she has downgraded.

She is suffering from depression (because of her boyfriend) and, to make matters worse, she is now upset with me because I didn't particularly approve of her current situation. Absolutely bizarre. I don't really know what to do.

 

[Borachio]

Move on. Weren't you going to ask another girl out?

 

[hobbsyoyo]

Yeah, she's not your problem anymore.

 

[salty mud]

She's not my problem, but she's still my friend. Should I let my friend make such foolish decisions?

 

[Borachio]

There's nothing you can do to stop them.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

If she is going to get upset about it, then why bother?

 

[salty mud]

I understand where you are coming from. But it is hard to just not bother when you loved this person dearly for almost 3 years. We've been apart quite a while and I would like to see her happy but the truth is she isn't at all. I hope she isn't silly enough to think a marriage will solve all her problems.

What else is playing on my mind is if she does something stupid as a result of her depression... She has confessed to hurting herself in the past, and if something happens as a result of this I'm not sure I could stop myself from taking the blame. I wasn't harsh with what I said to her, but honest, and I don't care if she didn't like it as honesty is always the best policy. Unless something awful happens as a result of being honest.

 

[CheeseWalrus]

Dear Mayor/City Council/Whoever is responsible of Kronau (Baden), Germany:

I realise that your town is a useless speck of less than 7000 people. I realise that this means you might not be able to offer all the amenities of a proper city like Karlsruhe. But could you, maybe, distribute some salt?
It is, shall we say, not pleasant to walk ~2km to the train station when a good ninety percent of the ground in-between is covered by a thin layer of ice.
It is even less pleasant to, once one has arrived at said station, nearly slip and fall off the platform less than one minute before the train arrives.
Thank you,
CheeseWalrus.

 

[JohannaK]

Karma is karma. Shikataganai. What can you do?

 

[Borachio]

I understand where you are coming from. But it is hard to just not bother when you loved this person dearly for almost 3 years. We've been apart quite a while and I would like to see her happy but the truth is she isn't at all. I hope she isn't silly enough to think a marriage will solve all her problems.

What else is playing on my mind is if she does something stupid as a result of her depression... She has confessed to hurting herself in the past, and if something happens as a result of this I'm not sure I could stop myself from taking the blame. I wasn't harsh with what I said to her, but honest, and I don't care if she didn't like it as honesty is always the best policy. Unless something awful happens as a result of being honest.

Well of course you're bothered, I'd have said. But there's not a lot you can do, apart from be friendly and offer some kind of impersonal support.

You might, if you were me, be tempted to think you could get back together. But the chances of this are vanishingly small. And with an even smaller chance of lasting if it did happen.

 

[salty mud]

No, I don't want to be back together. It didn't work out first time so it won't the second.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

I understand where you are coming from. But it is hard to just not bother when you loved this person dearly for almost 3 years. We've been apart quite a while and I would like to see her happy but the truth is she isn't at all. I hope she isn't silly enough to think a marriage will solve all her problems.

What else is playing on my mind is if she does something stupid as a result of her depression... She has confessed to hurting herself in the past, and if something happens as a result of this I'm not sure I could stop myself from taking the blame. I wasn't harsh with what I said to her, but honest, and I don't care if she didn't like it as honesty is always the best policy. Unless something awful happens as a result of being honest.

I certainly understand your feelings and I don't mean to belittle them. But there isn't much you can do and it isn't your fault.

 

[Borachio]

No, I don't want to be back together. It didn't work out first time so it won't the second.

This is practically certain! Unless at least one of you has changed substantially, or the reason you split up was trivial.