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Newbie-ess & problem
03-20-2010, 09:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Lucille
You've crystallized the problem here. Most of us see the world through our own eyes, and own experience. It's hard to step outside of ourselves but you are right, we can't dismiss something just because it is foreign to us.
But there is a secondary problem, and that is that completely apart from the way we perceive things, not everything we read is in fact true. These untrue things ought to be dismissed, and not taken at face value if they are not given at face value.
Sometimes, it's difficult to see the world the right way.
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Agreed, but that takes us back full circle. Is it true because it's familiar, or is it untrue because we don't understand...and where is the line drawn where we can say what is or is not true?
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03-20-2010, 09:26 PM
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#92
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Originally Posted by Lucille
But there is a secondary problem, and that is that completely apart from the way we perceive things, not everything we read is in fact true.
Sometimes, it's difficult to see the world the right way.
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But I AM really the Super Hero Zora!
It is just, the things she said along with the things she has 'accomplished' do not coincide with each other. If she is the things she says she is, if she experienced all the things she says she has experienced, she would have grown a lot more then she has in reasoning and understanding- not to mention intelligence. It seemed to me to be more of a cry for attention and a way for her to put value on herself (for herself via other peoples' pity) then anything logically true. She COULD be telling the truth but logic would say no. I guess I am more of a pessimist then an optimist. At least, to be so 'successful' at everything and to have 'witnessed' everything she has witnessed, wouldn't she be more open and understanding to situations outside herself? I.e. Maybe her snakes are NOT happy together, so why not separate them in consideration for what might be within the best interest of her snakes.
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03-20-2010, 10:34 PM
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#93
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Man I don't like fruitcake thank god I missed this thread,lol
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03-20-2010, 10:42 PM
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#94
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Originally Posted by danielle
Man I don't like fruitcake thank god I missed this thread,lol
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^^^-------Who wants to move this to Lucille's priceless quotes thread ?
And thanks for the distillation, Danielle.
We were getting all bogged down in over-analyzing and philosophizing.
Nothing like a lynching to produce a lifeless, still, quiet, innocuous dead body to weep and lament over. Forgetting the carnage and absurdity it visited on us while still alive.
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03-20-2010, 10:57 PM
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If the OP was really as mistreated by people as she claims, then providing us with this extreme amount of disclosure is a way for her to "prove" her belief that all people are evil, she alone is special, and only she understands herself.
She tells us her life story, embellished or not, hoping for a reaction. You may THINK she wants you to react with kindness and sympathy. That is not the case. She HOPES you react negatively, that you lash out at her behavior. This simply reaffirms her belief that humanity is bad, and she is good.
Why should she want to be normal and accepted by a group of horrible, horrible "humans".
She then attaches to and associates with animals. Therein likes the conflict. While she has attached herself to a more worthy species, she learns (the hard way) she has been caring for them improperly.
She lashes out further, and receives more negativity. This, again, reaffirms her belief that she is an outsider, and we are all bad.
Who wants to take advice from a bunch of "mean" humans? Not her! She is above us, for she recognizes her own special abilities. It isn't her fault we cannot accept her, but merely the fault of our illogical species, scared of her superior gifts. Her husbandry cannot be wrong and ours right. We are bad, bad people.
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03-20-2010, 11:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Dazzles
If the OP was really as mistreated by people as she claims, then providing us with this extreme amount of disclosure is a way for her to "prove" her belief that all people are evil, she alone is special, and only she understands herself.
She tells us her life story, embellished or not, hoping for a reaction. You may THINK she wants you to react with kindness and sympathy. That is not the case. She HOPES you react negatively, that you lash out at her behavior. This simply reaffirms her belief that humanity is bad, and she is good.
Why should she want to be normal and accepted by a group of horrible, horrible "humans".
She then attaches to and associates with animals. Therein likes the conflict. While she has attached herself to a more worthy species, she learns (the hard way) she has been caring for them improperly.
She lashes out further, and receives more negativity. This, again, reaffirms her belief that she is an outsider, and we are all bad.
Who wants to take advice from a bunch of "mean" humans? Not her! She is above us, for she recognizes her own special abilities. It isn't her fault we cannot accept her, but merely the fault of our illogical species, scared of her superior gifts. Her husbandry cannot be wrong and ours right. We are bad, bad people.
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Sounds like my Ex-husband.
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03-20-2010, 11:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Tara80
Sounds like my Ex-husband.
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Narcissistic Personality Disorder with Borderline features....is not his fault....and can be treated.
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03-20-2010, 11:11 PM
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Originally Posted by vetusvates
Narcissistic Personality Disorder with Borderline features....can be treated.
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IF they want to be treated. My ex self medicated with alcohol, all the while blaming everyone else for his own actions. The above description is a perfect representation of his personality. He told me clearly that he didn't want to be treated and that it was his decision. Thus the divorce.
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03-20-2010, 11:14 PM
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I adore you, Eric...but not so crazy with your dismissal...you don't like it, agree with it, understand it, so it should be blown off?
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03-20-2010, 11:34 PM
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Not sure how I missed this thread, but sorry I am so late to the party, for I have the solution!
OP should take a picture of her snake to use for analysis.
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