Emily’s NEW positivity and being nice to each other thread

[alohadave]

Yeah - you are probably right. Despite the mountain of contrary evidence.

Em

There is good everywhere, the thing is that people respond to salacious news and gossip, so it's what gets reported.

 

[EmilyMiller]

There is good everywhere, the thing is that people respond to salacious news and gossip, so it's what gets reported.

We are a prurient species, no doubt.

I feel we are in this awful retrograde moment in history. Then most of history is probably like that. Progress then reaction. Then progress again.

Em

 

[onehitwanda]

We are a prurient species, no doubt.

I feel we are in this awful retrograde moment in history. Then most of history is probably like that. Progress then reaction. Then progress again.

Em

Remember that we are in a time where most of us are not in danger of imminent death from disease, war or starvation. There's horrid shit going on, but it's always been going on, it's just that now it's more visible.

Media amplifies the negative. It can also amplify the positive; it's just that the negative has a positive feedback loop because people love to be outraged, and outrage generates clicks.

Whenever it gets too much I like to go "This, too, shall pass." It's trite, but it is true.

Go placidly amidst the noise and haste.

 

[StillStunned]

Here's something that shows just how doggedly optimistic and helpful humans can be in the face of all reality: JohnSm123, everyone's favourite wet blanket, has posted another thread, and people are still giving meaningful replies.

 

[EmilyMiller]

Here's something that shows just how doggedly optimistic and helpful humans can be in the face of all reality: JohnSm123, everyone's favourite wet blanket, has posted another thread, and people are still giving meaningful replies.

I miss all that fun. Have had him on ignore for a long time.

Em

 

[EmilyMiller]

Remember that we are in a time where most of us are not in danger of imminent death from disease, war or starvation. There's horrid shit going on, but it's always been going on, it's just that now it's more visible.

Media amplifies the negative. It can also amplify the positive; it's just that the negative has a positive feedback loop because people love to be outraged, and outrage generates clicks.

Whenever it gets too much I like to go "This, too, shall pass." It's trite, but it is true.

Go placidly amidst the noise and haste.

I think that most of the time. Then there is some stupid clusterfuck.

Em

 

[StillStunned]

I miss all that fun. Have had him on ignore for a long time.

I have a very low threshold for "fun". Mostly I'm surprised at how long the whole thing has been going on. Wasn't he moaning last summer how he was going to be banned from the forum for some unspecified reason? In retrospect, it would probably for depressing everyone.

 

[onehitwanda]

The occasional cute girl is OK too - I’m not that principled.

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[JaxRhapsody]

Nope, sorry. Sanity is too conditional to mean much and good intentions are at the root of many bad actions.
But at least we can still enjoy titties.

https://www.sexpin.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/young-slim-girl-shows-her-tiny-tits-and-trimmed-pussy-16071641348k4ng.gif

What titties? Where?

I pay my dues to the mean jar with one of my favorite poems for repentance. Desiderata.

Go placidly amid the noise and haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender
be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others,
even the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.

Avoid loud and aggressive persons,
they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain and bitter;
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.

Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs;
for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals;
and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself.
Especially, do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love;
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment
it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline,
be gentle with yourself.

You are a child of the universe,
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be,
and whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.

With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful.
Strive to be happy.
.

 

[Jackie.Hikaru]

Today, I need something to restore my faith in the basic sanity and general good intentions of at least a majority of humanity. Seriously doubting both.

Any offers?

Em

The other day I was taking a walk through a botanical garden and saw an elderly lady attempting to take a photo of a flower, but her hands trembled too much for her to compose a good shot. Her husband noticed her struggle and went over to her and clasped his hands around hers to help steady her phone and he patiently waited with his hands clasped over hers while she composed the shot she wanted. He didn't take the photo for her. He didn't grumble when she took too long. He just helped. It's a simple little gesture but I thought it was so beautiful.
I mean the flower was meh. There were waaaay better flowers in that garden. But that small gesture was nothing short of pure expression of love.

 

[EmilyMiller]

The other day I was taking a walk through a botanical garden and saw an elderly lady attempting to take a photo of a flower, but her hands trembled too much for her to compose a good shot. Her husband noticed her struggle and went over to her and clasped his hands around hers to help steady her phone and he patiently waited with his hands clasped over hers while she composed the shot she wanted. He didn't take the photo for her. He didn't grumble when she took too long. He just helped. It's a simple little gesture but I thought it was so beautiful.
I mean the flower was meh. There were waaaay better flowers in that garden. But that small gesture was nothing short of pure expression of love.

That’s precious.

Em

 

[HordHolm]

Today, I need something to restore my faith in the basic sanity and general good intentions of at least a majority of humanity. Seriously doubting both.

Any offers?

Em

I have something small that might help - yesterday I took my daughter to a Halloween/birthday party on the other side of the city. We've had to put a new costume together for her as she's outgrown the last one we botched up, but she still has the old one (she's just turning 7, an age at which throwing anything away is tantamount to betrayal, 'because I might need it/still love it/still use it (not been used in a year), etc'). Anyhoo... one of the other girls going to the party is a year younger and the daughter of an only mother who, I am reliably informed, is just about keeping the wolf from the door. My daughter has only met this girl a couple of times, but they've bonded. So, my daughter insisted that we take her old costume because she was (rightly) pretty sure that the other girl's mother wouldn't have been able to get one for her.

Of course, it actually meant I had to lug the costume (and my daughter's, and all the presents and extra candy, and... you get the picture), but I'm very pleased that she considered it at all.

 

[onehitwanda]

I have something small that might help - yesterday I took my daughter to a Halloween/birthday party on the other side of the city. We've had to put a new costume together for her as she's outgrown the last one we botched up, but she still has the old one (she's just turning 7, an age at which throwing anything away is tantamount to betrayal, 'because I might need it/still love it/still use it (not been used in a year), etc'). Anyhoo... one of the other girls going to the party is a year younger and the daughter of an only mother who, I am reliably informed, is just about keeping the wolf from the door. My daughter has only met this girl a couple of times, but they've bonded. So, my daughter insisted that we take her old costume because she was (rightly) pretty sure that the other girl's mother wouldn't have been able to get one for her.

Of course, it actually meant I had to lug the costume (and my daughter's, and all the presents and extra candy, and... you get the picture), but I'm very pleased that she considered it at all.

oh my god this is unbearably precious. I hope you hugged your little girl until she squeaked.

 

[Jackie.Hikaru]

I have something small that might help - yesterday I took my daughter to a Halloween/birthday party on the other side of the city. We've had to put a new costume together for her as she's outgrown the last one we botched up, but she still has the old one (she's just turning 7, an age at which throwing anything away is tantamount to betrayal, 'because I might need it/still love it/still use it (not been used in a year), etc'). Anyhoo... one of the other girls going to the party is a year younger and the daughter of an only mother who, I am reliably informed, is just about keeping the wolf from the door. My daughter has only met this girl a couple of times, but they've bonded. So, my daughter insisted that we take her old costume because she was (rightly) pretty sure that the other girl's mother wouldn't have been able to get one for her.

Of course, it actually meant I had to lug the costume (and my daughter's, and all the presents and extra candy, and... you get the picture), but I'm very pleased that she considered it at all.

You're raising a wonderful girl.

 

[HordHolm]

oh my god this is unbearably precious. I hope you hugged your little girl until she squeaked.

Not quite... I turned a blind eye to the extra candy she wolfed down yesterday evening. I think she preferred that

 

[HordHolm]

You're raising a wonderful girl.

Thank you, but it's all her.

 

[MillieDynamite]

I should've said BRUSH. I don't actually have a bush because I have an Epilady.

o la la

 

[theWollstonecraftWoman]

I should've said BRUSH. I don't actually have a bush because I have an Epilady.

Could've, would've, should've but ya didn't.

 

[lavendersilk]

“If you’re not angry, you’re either a stone, or you’re too sick to be angry. You should be angry. You must not be bitter. Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. It doesn’t do anything to the object of its displeasure. So use that anger, yes. You write it. You paint it. You dance it. You march it. You vote it. You do everything about it. You talk it. Never stop talking it.” _Maya Angelou

 

[MrPixel]

...because I have an Epilady.

C calls hers a “Lady Weedwhacker”.

 

[theWollstonecraftWoman]

Could've, would've, should've but ya didn't.

C calls hers a “Lady Weedwhacker”.

Super personal shit, you guys.

 

[stickygirl]

Remember that we are in a time where most of us are not in danger of imminent death from disease, war or starvation. There's horrid shit going on, but it's always been going on, it's just that now it's more visible.

Media amplifies the negative. It can also amplify the positive; it's just that the negative has a positive feedback loop because people love to be outraged, and outrage generates clicks.

Whenever it gets too much I like to go "This, too, shall pass." It's trite, but it is true.

Go placidly amidst the noise and haste.

If you start from the base of 'well we're all going to die sometime' then things start to look up. If an older person is shitty to me, I can reflect that I will outlive them, but if it's a shitty young people then can carry on being shitty long after I'm gone and I won't care.
ETA I don't always hold to this fatalistic optimism but I've had a tiring day and asdfghjkl;

 

[lavendersilk]

If you start from the base of 'well we're all going to die sometime' then things start to look up. If an older person is shitty to me, I can reflect that I will outlive them, but if it's a shitty young people then can carry on being shitty long after I'm gone and I won't care.
ETA I don't always hold to this fatalistic optimism but I've had a tiring day and asdfghjkl;

I would offer you some American half-price chocolate but... it is... inferior to European chocolate.

 

[MillieDynamite]

Young people, what a group of entitled little bitches. Isn't this what every generation says about the next? Yes and no. But really, those born in this century are really the dregs.

 

[onehitwanda]

asdfghjkl;

qwrqwsa?!