Have you ever noticed that people are rarely so happy as when they can call someone else sick - as though it proffers a particularly pleasurable form of self-satisfaction (akin, perhaps, to the satisfaction some get from watching horror or slasher/murder movies?.
Ambrose2007: Have you ever noticed that people are rarely so happy as when they can call someone else sick - as though it proffers a particularly pleasurable form of self-satisfaction (akin, perhaps, to the satisfaction some get from watching horror or slasher/murder movies?.
Maybe it reassures the rest of us that we're normal. :dunn: Btw, I don't watch those types of movies...I get no thrill out of them, and no pleasure. I have a very visual memory and have nightmares for years if I see such a scene or movie.
druidess6308: Maybe it reassures the rest of us that we're normal. :dunn: Btw, I don't watch those types of movies...I get no thrill out of them, and no pleasure. I have a very visual memory and have nightmares for years if I see such a scene or movie.
Right, D - they are different things. But yes, I think the nature of the self-satisfaction is as you say ("reassures...us that we're normal") - sort of the reverse of "Through appreciation we make the virtues of others are own" (Voltaire). In this case, it might be: "Through naming the moral inferiority of others, we seek to highlight are own moral virtue."
I've noticed for some time that while I do take some cathartic satisfaction in condemning certain others and/or their actions, I've never used the word "sick" for some reason. I'm actually more apt to critique people for accepting stupidity in their lives (e.g., I would be more likely to criticize people for accepting the blood/money-thirsty former U.S. administration than I would be in condemning Bush et al personally).
Ambrose2007: Right, D - they are different things. But yes, I think the nature of the self-satisfaction is as you say ("reassures...us that we're normal") - sort of the reverse of "Through appreciation we make the virtues of others are own" (Voltaire). In this case, it might be: "Through naming the moral inferiority of others, we seek to highlight are own moral virtue."
I've noticed for some time that while I do take some cathartic satisfaction in condemning certain others and/or their actions, I've never used the word "sick" for some reason. I'm actually more apt to critique people for accepting stupidity in their lives (e.g., I would be more likely to criticize people for accepting the blood/money-thirsty former U.S. administration than I would be in condemning Bush et al personally).
Ambrose...you have a very intersting mind. Honestly. But sometimes, I think you think too much.
Ambrose2007: Right, D - they are different things. But yes, I think the nature of the self-satisfaction is as you say ("reassures...us that we're normal") - sort of the reverse of "Through appreciation we make the virtues of others are own" (Voltaire). In this case, it might be: "Through naming the moral inferiority of others, we seek to highlight are own moral virtue."
I've noticed for some time that while I do take some cathartic satisfaction in condemning certain others and/or their actions, I've never used the word "sick" for some reason. I'm actually more apt to critique people for accepting stupidity in their lives (e.g., I would be more likely to criticize people for accepting the blood/money-thirsty former U.S. administration than I would be in condemning Bush et al personally).
But the word sick has taken on a newer meaning in the last 10 years or so, its used in everyday speech to describe someone whose action or thought is well below that standard put in place by moral and social code. Its not raising ones own standard above others, but rather to show that that individual has low standards. This is self assuming that most people wish to have some level of moral standard
rizlared: But the word sick has taken on a newer meaning in the last 10 years or so, its used in everyday speech to describe someone whose action or thought is well below that standard put in place by moral and social code. Its not raising ones own standard above others, but rather to show that that individual has low standards. This is self assuming that most people wish to have some level of moral standard
People view a thread, read the first couple of posts and if the topic grabs them they post as well, if the op has said or inferred something which is like the op on this thread then that provokes an interest, so more posters, when one of those posters then compounds the op so more will add their opinion about being "sick" not because of being attracted to sad individuals, more akin to a numbers game, more posts=more of the same comment because the OP was a Sick post (The context not the poster)
Dis any of that make sense? well I know what I mean
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