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daleanime

(17,796 posts)
Fri Oct 31, 2014, 10:38 AM Oct 2014

You are going to fail....

yes, I'm talking to you. You are going to fail.

I don't know what you will fail at, that's one of my MANY personnel failures, but I do know it's going to happen. You'll return a library book late, leave the rent check on the desk at home, lose/not have important paperwork, or have family/loved ones who are troubled. And once you've failed, anything that happens to you is your own fault.

Let's face, the rest of us can't be expected to deal with the problems of this world just because your a failure right?






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You are going to fail.... (Original Post) daleanime Oct 2014 OP
Have a snickers Half-Century Man Oct 2014 #1
I'm on a diet.... daleanime Oct 2014 #2
Went for the joke, stepped on a punji stick. Half-Century Man Oct 2014 #6
No problem..... daleanime Oct 2014 #7
So long as you don't fail to this extent, you'll be okay. randome Oct 2014 #3
Not possible.... daleanime Oct 2014 #4
You are going to succeed as well el_bryanto Oct 2014 #5
Actually what's frustrating me.... daleanime Oct 2014 #9
Part of the reason for that, I think, is that there are too damned many of us. randome Oct 2014 #11
Very easily could be..... daleanime Oct 2014 #12
Oh, I know, I know. randome Oct 2014 #13
OK, that's not a bad idea... daleanime Oct 2014 #14
Trial and error built this modern society seveneyes Oct 2014 #8
Then why do we seem addicted... daleanime Oct 2014 #10
"just because your a failure right" should be "just because you're a failure right? snooper2 Oct 2014 #15
You want me to keep track..... daleanime Oct 2014 #16
I'd call the responses you've gotten, to be a great success for you. NM_Birder Oct 2014 #17
Really? daleanime Oct 2014 #18
what is the source of frustration ? NM_Birder Oct 2014 #19
Too many posts from "progressives" who should know better.... daleanime Oct 2014 #21
Shit Happens. Rex Oct 2014 #20
Can't control the universe.... daleanime Oct 2014 #23
OP intention fail Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2014 #22
Agreed.... daleanime Oct 2014 #24

daleanime

(17,796 posts)
2. I'm on a diet....
Fri Oct 31, 2014, 10:47 AM
Oct 2014

this fat man, another of my failing, has lose 145 pounds.


Although it is almost lunch time, todays is a home made veggie patty sandwich with romaine lettuce, horseradish and a side of refrigerate pickles.

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
3. So long as you don't fail to this extent, you'll be okay.
Fri Oct 31, 2014, 10:50 AM
Oct 2014

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Precision and concision. That's the game.[/center][/font][hr]

el_bryanto

(11,804 posts)
5. You are going to succeed as well
Fri Oct 31, 2014, 10:56 AM
Oct 2014

I guess it depends on what you decide is more meaningful, your failures or your successes.

Bryant

daleanime

(17,796 posts)
9. Actually what's frustrating me....
Fri Oct 31, 2014, 11:11 AM
Oct 2014

is how we write people off.

She shouldn't have been walking there alone.

He should have gotten a job with better benefits.

They should have keep a closer eye on their children.


It's easier to just go "oh well, personnel respondable..." then to work on the problem.


And god damn to we like easy.

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
11. Part of the reason for that, I think, is that there are too damned many of us.
Fri Oct 31, 2014, 12:21 PM
Oct 2014

Not only is it easy to get lost in the crowd, it's easier to say all those things you mentioned. We don't see the occasional tragedy as having the proportional affect on the community as it once did.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]All things in moderation, including moderation.[/center][/font][hr]

daleanime

(17,796 posts)
12. Very easily could be.....
Fri Oct 31, 2014, 01:35 PM
Oct 2014

and the increasing disconnect within our communities plays a part also. I can still list my neighbors from back in the 70's, but not a single one from the present. And I sure I'm not the only one.

But those, and other, reasons can't be used as excuses for our lack of action.



Not growling at you, just frustrated.

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
13. Oh, I know, I know.
Fri Oct 31, 2014, 01:44 PM
Oct 2014

Think of it this way: we've known we could bring about Utopia for more than 2,000 years. Yet we don't bother really trying, do we?

Maybe it's something in our genes. Something in the air, in the water. Who knows?

What it always comes down to, though, is this: HAPPY HALLOWEEN! (Instead of worrying about stuff, try to relax. Maybe we try too hard, hm?)

daleanime

(17,796 posts)
18. Really?
Fri Oct 31, 2014, 03:40 PM
Oct 2014

None of the responses address the source of frustration from the OP.



It's always nice to talk to people, but how does that make it a success?

 

NM_Birder

(1,591 posts)
19. what is the source of frustration ?
Fri Oct 31, 2014, 03:44 PM
Oct 2014

other than an expressed feeling of hopelessness, and projected failure at whatever endeavor is begun ?

daleanime

(17,796 posts)
21. Too many posts from "progressives" who should know better....
Fri Oct 31, 2014, 04:08 PM
Oct 2014

Doctors/Nurses who went to Africa on their own to help with ebola are not heroes and must be scrutinized intensely.

A Mother who lost her life to her mentally unstable son didn't take every correct action.

Etc...etc...



Add the response to this post, I though the last two sentences make it plain what I was thinking. Oh well, chalk up another fail.

daleanime

(17,796 posts)
23. Can't control the universe....
Fri Oct 31, 2014, 04:13 PM
Oct 2014

suppose to be able to control myself.





And I shouldn't expect too much from others.

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