The not happy thread

Ask those same fools about the origins of the festivities for Easter, or even the beloved Christmas celebration. And a most holy symbol that was an instrument of torture and execution.

Look at the joy on children's faces as Halloween approaches. It is why Halloween is, according to some statistics, the second most loved holiday of the year.

 

Yeah, it's always been one of my favorite holidays. These people get to be pretty ridiculous. One year, we had a song on our answering machine that said "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas" (It fit better with the song) and we got a not-so-friendly message about how we were aiding the destruction of America by not saying Merry Christmas.

 

Here people whine about Halloween (not traditional celebrated in sweden) with it hyper commercial anlglosaxian tradition with no roots in our culture. And that it interferes with All hallows (a week later) celebrated as a silent memorial for the dead, with candles and silence.

 

....huh?
Without men women wouldn't have fear of being raped constantly, need to be walked home, carry, tasers, knives, pepper spray. Women wouldn't have to go to psychiatry because the constant molestation by the king of creeper mofos(and suffer months of being afraid of the dark and sleeping) and women could have their own traveling businesses and not have their work brought to them because "They are women and can be taken advantage of if they are alone fixing someones car at their house."
Boy, don't get me STARTED...
but then, in the sense that women can't reproduce without men, then yes...we couldn't live without them.......

Thats not to say I don't hate men. I have a very wonderful boyfriend, father, brother, nephew, etc.
But some men...I'm deathly afraid of and I COULD EASILY live without him!

 

Well. We can. Reproduce. In theory. At least we been able to do it in mice, creating offspring between two female mice. Artificial Meiosis and gamete production is possible, and if we gotten so far as other mammals its just a matter of time before it would be possible for humans.

Edit: Even 95% of the violent crimes are committed by males, 80% of this is done by less then 10% of the male population and often during a very short period of their life. (No estimates of statics here)

You cant blame the other 90% for the behavior of the other 10%, just because they got dangling part between their legs in common.

 

Wow. We could reproduce without a male? if we had genetic alterations or even without? Well, you learn something new everyday!

 

Thank God, I've never been raped...but I have been threatened at knifepoint by a woman--and my nephew got the knife off her.

 

Some men are <expletives> unfortunately, believing that they're far superior to women that they can do what they please.

Men who treat women like that just makes my blood boil.

 

I love men. All people do bad things, heck, I was molested and almost raped by a guy I was dating about a year and a half ago, but I still love men. I'm a semi-feminist, but I LOVE men. They're our other half, naturally and have brought me the greatest joy in my life through my brothers and father and friends.

Men aren't a bane to women, they're a gift and vice versa.

 

Why can't people just be people? Some people just suck. Some men treat women badly and some women treat men badly. Some men treat men badly and some women treat women badly.

We're all people, and we all hurt people at times. And sometimes, people treat other people really badly.

That's just my two cents on the whole matter.

Side note: That wasn't JUST directed at you, Link. It was directed at everyone in this discussion.

 

I cant understand what makes a man hate another man; help me understand. People are people so why should it be, you and I should get along so awfully?
I hate a lot of people for a lot of different reasons, but hate due to stereotyping and ignorance is really just pathetic. I dont hate you for it; I pity you, for you will never know happiness.

xx

Spoiler

I dont know what to think. My drink was spiked last night. I dont remember anything. I dont remember leaving my cup unattended. I dont even remember leaving my dorm. All I know is that I'm grateful that I have some new friends with me who (as far as I know) kept me safe. I slept for a supposed grand total of forty-five minutes before I had to rise and shine for my nine hour shift, thinking still unclear.

This entire week has just been awful-tastic.

I'm crashing at a trusted friend's place tonight. We're ordering delivery cookies. After that, I'm taking Nyquil with the intent to sleep until next Thursday.

 

Oh wow, Merc, are you okay? Do you feel any better today?

 

@Mercurial: That's horrifying. I hope you're feeling better.

I'd say I'm more disappointed than anything, but still. I went to my favourite CFL team's final home game of the season, only to see an excellent team effort thrown away by their incompetent quarterback. The Leafs haven't scored in two games. By inches, my excellent weekend has turned awful.

 

@Merc. As Agreen said, that's horrifying! Are you feeling any better? Be careful. It's such a shame that, in this age, stuff like that happens.

 

I'm not brooding on it, I'm just taken aback by the fact that this guy has literally used her in every way physically, and when she finally finds the courage to say, "Hasta La Vista!" he grovels and begs for her to stay. Men like that, who toss women around like ragdolls and then expect them to stay make me furious. But, like I stated, I'm not brooding on it. We addressed it the night she took to herself to lay all her cards on the table, and she hasn't said a peep of him since.

I have to admit, she's handling this in a much more mature way than I did with any of my break-ups. Haha... sigh.

Good gracious, Merc! Please, I hope everything is okay. That is any person's worst nightmare; losing a chunk of time where anything could have happened. I have faith your friends didn't let you do anything terrible, or have anything terrible happen to you, though.




I, -fume- am so angry. My cousin and I dressed for Halloween today for work, since today was a local children's parade through the hallways. Merchants are encouraged to give out treats to the kids, offer small advertisements, etc etc. Three weeks ago I asked my grandfather about working up a flyer to give to the parents of the children, promoting certain items for the upcoming shopping dates like Black Friday, and holidays like Christmas. His answer was, "I'll think about it." Guess who never got back to me?

But, in my vengeful little spite way, since he also hates celebrating anything, my cousin and I came dressed in our gear (me and my homemade Ravenclaw robe and full outfit underneath, my cousin as a 'vampire ballerina') I bought several bags of candy, borrowed a bucket from the local peanut store next to us, and cheerfully gave out the treats to the kids, lacking the flyer I originally wanted to make to see if it would boost sales, but since he never 'got back to me on it' I didn't care to spend my paycheck on trying to boost the store.

I figured the night would have gone over better when my cousin and I went to T.G.I. Friday's for their little costume contest that was supposed to start at 9pm, but we had to leave at 10:50pm since my cousin was driving home, and guess what? They hadn't even started the judging. So, my favorite holiday ever, ruined because I didn't go to any parties, no trick or treating (Dad's words: "You're too old! Get the hell out.") and after busting my butt on a costume I was so proud of, the overall response?

"Why not Gryffindor? You know, Harry Potter's house?"

/steaming

 

My woes are barely on the radar compared to some of the others, but basically...

I have the hiccups. DX It was somewhat noticeable before so I just held my breath to stop it, but it just made it worse.

 

Jeez Link that's tough!. Hate to see your hiccups trumped!. Maybe if you held your breath longer??.

Tweedledee-Dee-Dee-Dumb,- I'm outta this bunny hole, barely touched my Kleenex!.
Give my regards to the Hatter, tell him the O-long green is better, and tell Katz I'm sorry her boyfriend called her a pussy, and I'll check her dimmer switch on my next pass.

 

Dude, I can't stand hiccups! I get them all the time, and sometimes they're so bad that I almost throw up. Urg. Hiccups.

Want me to scare you? That usually makes mine go away.

 

Omg, a police man rushed up the stairs to my uni flat just now and started banging really furiously on the door, and when I answered he asked if I knew the people next door and what they look like. He had a woman with him, and when they eventually answered the door they said something like: "She said she wasn't feeling well..." and all that. There were paramedics outside too.

Nothing came of it and they went away, but I reckon she'd threatened to kill herself, or someone thought she was going to. The police had come in a van, the kind they use for violent people, and there was a big ambulance too.

The older woman next door (there's like 5 of them living there, including a little boy who I feel sorry for) has some psychological problems I think, because we often hear her shouting. We've also had abuse off her ourselves. I think she drinks. She must've been on record on suicide watch or down as violent or something, because the police officer was thumping on doors. The big police van also suggests that.

I wonder if she'd been on the phone to someone, telling them bad things, and they took it upon themselves to ring for an ambulance and police? Who knows.

I was sh!t scared.

 

Holy cow, Ashleigh!! I would have freaked out.

 

Tell me about it! I hope she doesn't do anything stupid, because A) That'd be tragic, no matter how weird she is, and B) The last thing I need, when It's just me and Matt here, on Halloween, is the ghost of the crazy woman next door hoverring about. D:

 

^True story. I hope everything settles down over there!

 

EVIL SATAN VIRUS RETURNS!!

DIE YOU STUPID VIRUS DIE!!

Can anyone help me?

 

I'm sure it was because you decided to celebrate Halloween, you sinner!

Lol, kidding. Nah, I'm afraid I know nothing of that stuff...

 

I'm a bit feverish and nauseous today. The latter part is a problem.

I'm hungry, but I feel to sick to eat. So I sit online looking at recipes instead. And that is making me more hungry. So I look at more recipes. And that makes me more hungry. Repeat every 15 minutes.

Hopefully some sautéed reindeer will cheer me up when its time to try eating.