Please Provide Me With a Recipe For Apathy

[lavender]

I want to learn to become apathetic. Part of me wishes I could just be a "yes" person. I wish I could just blindlessly place a rubber stamp upon everything I have to deal with and that opinions didn't form.

I wish I could sit idly by and never deal with argumentation or confrontation. I wish I could just let things pass me with a grain of salt, and simply not care the outcome.

So, please provide this recipe, or a lesson on how to become apathetic. I think it would make me a healthier, happier person.

 

[scrymettet]

lobotomy

 

[Guest]

 

[busybody..]

 

[sexy-girl]

lobotomy

i think thats a good reply actually

lavender you have brains and a heart its a tough combination sometimes

 

[Guest]

 

[Pseudomoniker]

Expose yourself to an endless stream of pain and people who really could give a shit about you. (i.e. work in retail)

And stop watching Lifetime and Oxygen. Hang around with guys more so you don't get brainwashed by all those foo-foo emotional responses.

 

[MissTaken]

I have been trying to remember when I learned that some things weren't worth getting riled over. I am trying to remember when I learned to let some things roll off my back and only take up the causes that seemed to have relevance in the context of my life.

I am not sure if it was when I started my career, when I had my children or if it was a slow metamorphasis.

But, you must know, I am not apathetic.
I simply am selective about what battles I will engage in.


When I was in college, I always had a battle or cause.
Whether it was what brand of meat they served in the deli, gay/lesbian rights, rape victim advocacy, child advocacy, the drinking age (which was raised when I was in college), support of the space program after the Challenger blew up, women's rights, the hours that the practice rooms with the Stienway pianos were open, correcting the stigma attached to children from "broken homes", ......

Well, these were just a few of the issues I spoke out for or against.

Now, many, not all of these issues don't meet with apathy on my part. They just don't make my list of priorities.

 

[James G 5]

I agree

Since you have neither, Hanns, you must be all sorts of happy

 

[Guest]

 

[Olivianna]

Become a pothead.

 

[scrymettet]

i think thats a good reply actually

lavender you have brains and a heart its a tough combination sometimes

Just what I mean.

 

[Gaucho]

I don't know and I don't care.

 

[Guest]

 

[Never]

lavender:
"So, please provide this recipe, or a lesson on how to become apathetic. I think it would make me a healthier, happier person."


Lesson One:

1. Realize that your opinion is just that.
2. Realize that others' opinions are just as 'right' as your own.
3. Realize that most people are not interested in changing their opinions.
4. Realize that you cannot change a person's opinions unless they want to change them.

Mix and serve tepid.

 

[MissTaken]

Originally intended to be posted by Hanns_Schmidt
The sooner everyone realises what a shower of effluent I produce when I open my gob, the sooner you can start on the clean up operation.

Thank you, Hanns.

It was about time you said something I agreed with!

 

[patient1]

Become a pothead.

I was going to say achieve clinical depression, but her way at least you'll be laughing instead of crying.

 

[Guest]

I was going to say achieve clinical depression, but her way at least you'll be laughing instead of crying.

LOL!

 

[glamorilla]

I want to learn to become apathetic. Part of me wishes I could just be a "yes" person. I wish I could just blindlessly place a rubber stamp upon everything I have to deal with and that opinions didn't form.

I wish I could sit idly by and never deal with argumentation or confrontation. I wish I could just let things pass me with a grain of salt, and simply not care the outcome.

So, please provide this recipe, or a lesson on how to become apathetic. I think it would make me a healthier, happier person.

no you wouldn't.

ten seconds of agreeing with morons and your head will spin off and explode.

 

[Never]

Oh, and what does apathy have to do with being a "yes" person?

 

[acitore_vuli]

.

 

[Gaucho]

Thank you, Hanns.

It was about time you said something I agreed with!

I thought we were talking apathy, not ignorance.

 

[patient1]

Oh, and what does apathy have to do with being a "yes" person?

I don't know, & I don't care. Whatever you say.

 

[Never]

patient1:
"I don't know, & I don't care. Whatever you say."

That's so different from being a 'yes' man.

Scenario 1:
Parent - I think we should go to the mall.
Teenager - Great idea.
Parent - And I can help pick out some clothing for you.
Teenager - That would be fun.
Parent - We can go to your aunt's place afterwards.
Teenager - I can't wait!
*The duo happily go out the door*

Scenario 2:
Parent - I think we should go to the mall.
Teenager – Whatever.
Parent - And I can help pick out some clothing for you.
Teenager – Whatever.
Parent - We can go to your aunt's place afterwards.
Teenager – Whatever.
*sound of parent smacking back-talking teenager*

 

[patient1]

Speculating, or speaking from experience?

When I saw the beginning of the post , i thought you meant you wanted me to take you shopping while I was agreeable.

Funny, I was like that teenager, but now I'm more sincere. When I use the phrase "whatever you say" it means "I agree to do it your way."