This isn’t the post I originally wanted to write. The other one was written from a place of rage and would have ended up being a two thousand word rant about my hatred of a certain group of people. Don’t worry, it was aimed at a demographic, not a race or anything. Sounds like fun, I know. But I don’t want this blog to be a sounding board for every whining whim that strikes my fancy. There are already hints of that in most posts as they are based on my opinions and thoughts, not grounded in any kind of reality. It’s not the kind of page you visit to learn how to fix your computer server or how to get girls. For what it’s worth, my answers on those topics are a) I have no idea, try using google and b) have a sense of humour and don’t use the suggestions from google, they are weird and scary and will probably get you arrested.
When I was a child my mom always told me that hate was too strong of a word. Come to think of it, she still tells me that. I was to use the phrase, “I don’t like this” in regards to whatever it was that I claimed to hate. Jenny also tries to get me to do the same thing, although the phrasing is, “I don’t love this”. It comes from the idea that your brain breaks things down into simpler ideas and doesn’t recognize the “don’t” part of it. To say you hate something reinforces your hatred. To say you don’t love something means your brain only recognizes the love part and tries to keep you in a positive state of mind. At least that’s my dime store psychology take on it. It makes sense I suppose. Continue reading
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