No you're not...

Post #65,676 by Yendor 11/29/02 4:06:02 AM Reply	No you're not... I said... Speaking as a general rule, people who are sick do what they can to get better. For that definition of "sick," you are decidedly not. Why do I say this? Because you are not trying to get better. Here is life as I see it. Take it for what you will, but it's been working well for me for 28-plus years: You're born. Shit happens. You do what is in your power to deal with (2). Corollary:Sometimes the wise choice is to simply walk away from what is bothering you. Especially when what it is that is bothering you has very little meaning in the Grand Scheme Of Things. You die. My suggestion (and I'm sure I'm not the only one here who thinks this) is that you follow the corollary to (3) above. I don't think anyone here will deny that you've got issues. But you are not doing anything about them. For reasons completely unrelated to anything to do with this, I was reading [link\|http://www.tuxedo.org/%7Eesr/faqs/smart-questions.html\|ESR's FAQ on How To Ask Questions The Smart Way]. Towards the bottom, I came across [link\|http://www.tuxedo.org/%7Eesr/faqs/smart-questions.html#not_losing\|How To Not Act Like A Loser]. To wit: On Not Reacting Like A Loser Odds are you'll screw up a few times on hacker community forums \ufffd in ways detailed in this article, or similar. And you'll be told exactly how you screwed up, possibly with colourful asides. In public. When this happens, the worst thing you can do is whine about the experience, claim to have been verbally assaulted, demand apologies, scream, hold your breath, threaten lawsuits, complain to people's employers, leave the toilet seat up, etc. The suggested resolution? Get over it. It's normal. Think about your actions, both here and on [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|K5], and how they relate to what it is suggested you not do in hacker fora (of which this is definitely one.) And that, my dear Norman King, is what we all (if I may be so bold as to speak for a large part of the group here) want you to do. GET OVER IT. -YendorMike [link\|http://www.hope-ride.org/\|http://www.hope-ride.org/]
Post #65,711 by Andrew Grygus 11/29/02 12:15:18 PM Reply	But he IS doing something about them. He's working very hard and very successfully to build an ever bigger and stinkier cesspool to wallow in. He's getting a perverse pleasure out of all this, so there's no way he's going to change his behavior. Every statement he makes and every action he takes is carefully crafted to make things worse, because that's what he enjoys. When reality doesn't suffice, he invents enemies out of whatever scraps he can find - the more enemies the better - real enemies (in short supply), fabricated enemies or imaginary enemies are all good so long as he can whine about them. Threats of suicide are just a cheap trick to get attention, as is suicide itself. Preferably you survive (lots of attention), but if you don't, you go out enjoying the remourse you imagine the world will have for not having treated you better. The cure for suicide is the realization the world isn't going to have one molecule of remorse - it's just going to be slightly annoyed that you left it with the bother of disposing of the remains of a moron who wallowed in his own stink. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #65,715 by orion 11/29/02 1:44:01 PM Reply	I am doing smething about it Ignore the crap Andy is spounting out. I have seen a Doctor, I am taking my medication, I have been to a hospital, and like it or not I am getting better a little bit at a time. I do not invent up enemies, nor do I live a fantasy life. Anyone who says those things are lying as they obviously do not know me. *My God is not cruel, sorry about yours.*

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GET OVER IT.