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by Sean Hayden » Wed Sep 06, 2017 3:18 am
Gratitude Lists Are B.S. — It Was an "Ingratitude" List That Saved Me
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The next time someone tells me to look on the bright side, I'm going to tell them that I am. I'm letting my beautiful, real and sincere negativity have her day in the sun. She'd been locked in the attic for far too long.
http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/a4 ... ign=buffer
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Basically your life might really suck and that's why you feel like shit. Why are you trying to find the bright side in a truly bad situation? -duh
But really, who are these people that can cure their ills with lists! You bastards!
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by Hermit » Wed Sep 06, 2017 3:32 am
There's probably a list somewhere with 20 or more reasons why it's a bad idea to write lists. I have never felt the need to find it. That is among the many things I am grateful for.
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein’s brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops. - Stephen J. Gould
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by Brian Peacock » Wed Sep 06, 2017 3:34 am
Thanks for posting this man
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Clinton Huxley » 21 Jun 2012 » 14:10:36 GMT
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by Sean Hayden » Wed Sep 06, 2017 3:47 am
You're welcome. I appreciate the positive feedback.
I think you would have liked my little ditty just now: a sad bad wrote a list, and the world spread its legs.
The latest fad is a poverty social. Every woman must wear calico,
and every man his old clothes. In addition each is fined 25 cents if
he or she does not have a patch on his or her clothing. If these
parties become a regular thing, says an exchange, won't there be
a good chance for newspaper men to shine?
The Silver State. 1894.
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by Brian Peacock » Wed Sep 06, 2017 3:52 am
To-do list...
- write list
- add items to list
- cross items off list
- start another list
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by JimC » Wed Sep 06, 2017 4:17 am
"Gratitude is a disease of dogs"
Ladies and germs, who made that immortal quote?
A clue - 20th century...
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by pErvinalia » Wed Sep 06, 2017 6:08 am
A couple of my friends keep telling me to write 3 things I'm happy/thankful for every morning. I can't even get to three on day 1, let alone every day for how long?
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by Hermit » Wed Sep 06, 2017 6:53 am
JimC wrote:"Gratitude is a disease of dogs"
Ladies and germs, who made that immortal quote?
A clue - 20th century...
Trust
a banker/billionaire to liken gratitude to a disease, though, to be fair, he was being bitter about being ousted for the second and final time by the shareholders of a company he presided over for decades.
Dear diary. Today I start a new list of stuff I'm grateful for:
1. Internet
2. Google
3. ...
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by rainbow » Wed Sep 06, 2017 7:19 am
...but is an oral sex thank you always appropriate?
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by JimC » Wed Sep 06, 2017 7:46 am
Hermit wrote:JimC wrote:"Gratitude is a disease of dogs"
Ladies and germs, who made that immortal quote?
A clue - 20th century...
Trust
a banker/billionaire to liken gratitude to a disease, though, to be fair, he was being bitter about being ousted for the second and final time by the shareholders of a company he presided over for decades.
Dear diary. Today I start a new list of stuff I'm grateful for:
1. Internet
2. Google
3. ...
In which case, he lifted the quote from the originator, Stalin...
Nurse, where the fuck's my cardigan?
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by Brian Peacock » Wed Sep 06, 2017 8:23 am
... and Stalin got if from Jesus. FACT!!!
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by Hermit » Wed Sep 06, 2017 9:29 am
JimC wrote:Hermit wrote:JimC wrote:"Gratitude is a disease of dogs"
Ladies and germs, who made that immortal quote?
A clue - 20th century...
Trust
a banker/billionaire to liken gratitude to a disease, though, to be fair, he was being bitter about being ousted for the second and final time by the shareholders of a company he presided over for decades.
In which case, he lifted the quote from the originator, Stalin...
I did some more googling and Stalin did say something very much like that. "A year and a half later, when Stalin dismissed Zinoviev and Kamenev from power, Zinoviev, recalling this meeting of the Plenum and how he and Kamenev managed to save Stalin from falling into political oblivion, said bitterly: "Does Comrade Stalin know what gratitude is?" Comrade Stalin took the phone from his mouth and said: "Well, I know, I know very well, it's such a dog disease" (
Link). Apparently the source is
The Memoirs of former Stalin's secretary (1992) by Boris Bazhanov.
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by Tyrannical » Wed Sep 06, 2017 11:29 am
A link to a good house keeping article?
A rational skeptic should be able to discuss and debate anything, no matter how much they may personally disagree with that point of view. Discussing a subject is not agreeing with it, but understanding it.
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by Sean Hayden » Wed Sep 06, 2017 12:33 pm
pErvin wrote:A couple of my friends keep telling me to write 3 things I'm happy/thankful for every morning. I can't even get to three on day 1, let alone every day for how long?
Are your friends too negative? Here are 10 signs they may be...
-be careful perv, they may be plotting
The latest fad is a poverty social. Every woman must wear calico,
and every man his old clothes. In addition each is fined 25 cents if
he or she does not have a patch on his or her clothing. If these
parties become a regular thing, says an exchange, won't there be
a good chance for newspaper men to shine?
The Silver State. 1894.
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by Sean Hayden » Wed Sep 06, 2017 12:37 pm
Tyrannical wrote:A link to a good house keeping article?
12 Ways to Use Up That Leftover Ham
Shit, I might subscribe.
The latest fad is a poverty social. Every woman must wear calico,
and every man his old clothes. In addition each is fined 25 cents if
he or she does not have a patch on his or her clothing. If these
parties become a regular thing, says an exchange, won't there be
a good chance for newspaper men to shine?
The Silver State. 1894.
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