I am deeply concerned.

[MineralMan]

I am. That is all.

[lonestarnot]

1. I just have to ask,

what good will it do you? :evilgrin:

[MineralMan]

5. Don't minimize my feelings, please.

My concern is real. It is tangible. You should share it, I'm sure.

[bobbolink]

47. Hmmm, so it doesn't feel good when people minimize your feelings, eh?

That is one sentence you have written that I hope you do some meditating on.

Several of us have been saying that, and it is never heard.

The hardness and coldness and just plain ugliness here has become a cancer. It is sad.

As I said, I hope you do meditate on that. There's a lot to learn in your sentence.

[POAS]

58. Please, this is about MineralMan's concern

Please try to respect that he is in genuine agony about his concern. I'm sure you understand.

[MineralMan]

71. Thank you for commenting on my post.

You may, however, have misconstrued my intent. That's OK, though. I'm often misconstrued, sometimes just strued, and occasionally must mised.

I do recognize, of course, that few are in a tighter spot than you, Bobbolink. But we're all in a tight spot, boys.

[bobbolink]

87. No, we are NOT "all in a tight spot", boys.

If that was true, there would be a lot less hatefulness, and a lot more simple humanity.

You found out what it's like to have your feelings minimized, and I hope you can now understand how it feels to others.

[MineralMan]

89. My dear bobbolink,

This thread was an attempt at humor, you see. My "feelings" weren't really minimized. Not every thread on DU is a serious one. Since I never even identified what I was concerned about, it should have been clear that I was simply writing a parody of all "concern" threads. I'm sorry you were confused by my thread, but the point would have been lost if I explained that it was a parody.

In many ways, however, we are in a tight spot.

I hope you enjoy the rest of your evening.

[bobbolink]

91. So, have fun laughing at others. Your hero would be proud.

The only thing that confuses me is why you have so much disdain for those you claim to NEED?

I am not your "dear" anything, so stop being so patronizing.

[Codeine]

2. I see your "concern" and raise you "perturbed." nt

[MineralMan]

6. I'm also apprehensive.

And is there ever lots to be apprehensive about, you know...

[POAS]

65. As long as you don't get in a tizzy..........n/t

[MineralMan]

72. I got in a tizzy once, but I broke it.

[Hekate]

80. That can often be fixed with a little duct tape and a hairpin.

After that it runs in circles just as intended.

[jaxx]

3. So am I.

More so each day.

[MineralMan]

7. Yes. I am justified in my concern, I'm sure.

I just hope it doesn't grow into panic or fear.

[grantcart]

4. I wasn't.

Should I be?

What am I not seeing?

What happens if I miss something important?

Is it life threatening?

Wow you are right. I am concerned too.

[MineralMan]

8. Everyone should be concerned, I think.

Something's happening.

[elocs]

9. Well, now I'm becoming aprehensive about your deep concern. n/t

[MineralMan]

10. Well, I note that some are trivializing my concern, though.

That makes me even more concerned. I can feel it growing.

[geckosfeet]

11. Tortured hand wringing - please do not forget the tortured hand wringing.

[MineralMan]

12. My arthritis prohibits me from hand-wringing.

Will brow-furrowing be enough? When will it all end? That's what I want to know.

Something's happening. There's no denying that. When will it stop?

[dionysus]

14. are you all right? i worry about you man. i am very concerned

:rofl:

[MineralMan]

18. Oh, don't be concerned about me. There are far bigger things

to be concerned about. Something is happening. Can't you feel it? I can take Advil for my arthritis, but what are we to do about the other thing? My concern is growing daily.

[dionysus]

27. oh, btw, what was that stuff you told me to get to clean the bricks... B something substitute...

BST? i forgot :(

[MineralMan]

28. TSP. Tri-Sodium Phosphate. You can't get that anymore, but

there are substitutes that work almost as well. Don't be concerned about their efficacy. Just wear good rubber gloves, or I'll be concerned about skin irritation.

[dionysus]

31. ah, tsp, thanks again man! here's a funny story for you. acorns. i have a zillion oak trees.

so i end up with a pile of acorns about 3 feet high in the driveway.

time to throw them away.

i had just bought a computer, and put the large, empty box in my my city trash bin. the empty box took up about 2/3 the space. no problem if i just top er off with some of the acorns!

well, after shoveling in the acorns, i go to move the sucker and...

it won't budge

cut to me, shoveling acorns back OUT of the bin, back onto the driveway. fun times.

[MineralMan]

35. LOL!

Around here, the squirrels would have hauled them all away and stored them somewhere inside my garage, I'm sure. I found about 100 black walnuts yesterday in the bottom drawer of my roll-away tool chest. I left the drawer open about 2", due to a hammer handle that I was too lazy to stuff back in the drawer.

Brownies, anyone?

[dionysus]

36. ugh.. black walnuts. i get some from a friend every year. i need to use my bench vise and a hammer

to open em....

i make chocolate bars with mine.

[petronius]

77. I wasn't concerned much, but to see you two go off on this tangent has deepened my trepidation

If even the people who are concerned are so easily distracted by triviality, how can we not be doomed? Doomed!

[Number23]

57. Ha!

:rofl:

Breast-beating and wailing are pretty good options too!

[Pathwalker]

13. You should be very worried.

I know I am.

[MineralMan]

15. Well, I haven't quite reached the worrying stage, but

I may be close.

[hfojvt]

16. thanks for your concern

:P

[MineralMan]

19. Well, you're welcome, but I can't understand why everyone

isn't as concerned as I am.

[pintobean]

17. Is this about the unrec feature?

:)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9K4BKkLaCI

[MineralMan]

20. No, no...that's trivial. Something is happening here, and

everyone should be as concerned as I am about it, even if it ain't exactly clear. It doesn't just affect me, you know.

[madinmaryland]

22. President Palin or is Palin taking over DU??

:scared:

[MineralMan]

24. Oh, something is happening, but it's way bigger than DU.

I'm not concerned about DU at all. It's a great site.

[treestar]

25. Something is happening here, and what it is ain't exactly clear

Now I'm really concerned.

[MineralMan]

29. Precisely. Everybody should look at what's goin' down.

[Catshrink]

66. Is there a man with a gun over there?

Telling you you've got to beware?

[Caliman73]

69. Wow...We better stop...children...

Hey, what's that sound? Everybody look...What's going down?

[dixiegrrrrl]

82. it starts when your always afraid step out of line the man come and take you away

Can't say you were not warned.

[tjwash]

21. I am not really concerned. I am however old and fat and bald.

Does that count for anything nowadays?

[pintobean]

23. I sure hope so!

[MineralMan]

26. It counts for a great deal, indeed. Were it not for fat old bald

people, where would we be? I'm certainly not concerned with that.

[humpty dumpty]

30. I'm not concerned because

I'm not concerned because I am praying and asking God to help our country.

[MineralMan]

34. OK. You let me know what your deity says about that.

[pinboy3niner]

32. Some lucky batards manage to never get concerned...

BTW, that wasn't a typo...

[MineralMan]

61. Mais vous n'avez pas un circonflex au-dessus de la "a."

Est-il que vous ne parlent pas français?

[pinboy3niner]

64. Seems that, once again, I'm hoist on my own batard... :)

Oops! Damn, did it again! Make that 'bâtard'.

What are you, some kind of French diacritic Nazi? :)

My bad! Here ya go: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Please accept that as a down payment on my future lapses.

:hi:

[L0oniX]

33. Your concern is deeply disconcerning.

[DemocracyInaction]

37. Will you stop it with the damn "ant"

...now that concerns me every time I see it..and then I waste 10 minutes trying to kill the goddamn thing. Oh, and what the poster might be concerned about is the fact that the Koch bros are probably going to end up being the Prez of China just as soon as China buys our government in a couple weeks....jesus, is that going to upset all the bigots who can't stand a Black guy much less a whole bunch of people with yellow skin and slanted eyes.......gasp, and then the bigots will start getting "concerned". I smell WWIII comin' round the bend............

[L0oniX]

38. Gee ...and all this time I thought he was concerned about peak oil.

[DemocracyInaction]

43. There goes another damn 10 minutes

good thing it ain't a cockroach or a bedbug 'cause then they would have to take me out of here in one of those funny jackets........

[L0oniX]

52. bzz Bzzzzz BZZZZZZZZZ bzz Bzzzzz

[DemocracyInaction]

54. I ain't stupid

I know that fly is waaaay too big to be real....but there was something in the house the other day that was like a B-52 taking off. Never caught it. Never found it........now my skin is crawling.....

[Amaril]

78. You've obviously never been to Assateague Island (MD)

That fly would be to scale with the horseflies there. Those things can deflesh a human in about 10 minutes.

[JerseygirlCT]

39. Me too, MineralMan. nt

[Ikonoklast]

40. The amount of concern you display concerns me.

On a scale of one to ten, that just hit eleven.

[MineralMan]

42. Well, it's a deep concern, for sure.

[Ikonoklast]

56. Hmmm. I think I might 'harrumph' a little, to show the level of my concern.

Harrumph.

I am getting very concerned, indeed.















Harrumph.

[K8-EEE]

41. Those NOT freaking out obviously have their head

in the sand.... :sarcasm:

Can you believe there are some optimists out loose walking around here? THIS CONCERNS ME....DEEPLY!

[azmouse]

44. Read my sig line and weep.

[Rex]

45. I'm a little skeptical.

[CTyankee]

46. Escape to the middle of the 14th century. No kidding. That's what I do.

I am concerned so I cannot sleep at night. Benedryl makes me feel funny in the morning so I'm stuck.

Happily, there is a public library! I order books and here are the titles of 2 that I am reading now: "Painting In Florence and Siena after the Black Death" and "European Art of the Fourteenth Century." Deeply engaged in the cultural and religious effects of the cult of the Madonna of Humility now, so I hafta get back to it. Too exciting for words...no time for my concerns...

[Umbral]

48. I was despondent, now, I'm just indifferent. nt

[DevonRex]

49. I'm extremely concerned. And I'm concerned that you're concerned. nt

[AtomicKitten]

50. Concerned? Make it work!

[AlabamaLibrul]

51. Your concern is duly noted, and will be reported to those who have cause to be concerned about it.

eom

[MineralMan]

73. You're too kind by far.

[Sabriel]

53. Are you going to the Keep Concern Alive rally?

It's a little more low-key than that other rally.

[strawberryfield]

55. What if it is much worse than we think

I am optimistic that if we all work hard and get a good turnout on Election Day that the losses can be contained. But sometimes I wake up at 3am and think what if it is the worst case. I am not sure I even know what the worst case looks like. But I am seeing a lot of Democrats running like they are scared in supposedly safe districts, and I wonder if things could end up much worse than we thought possible. That thought is what keeps working for my local candidates,

[MineralMan]

59. Hmm...elections? Those are the least of my concerns.

Think about 2012. Consider the children. There is so much about which to be concerned. Elections are just transcendental concerns for the truly concerned. Of course, we're all working on the elections. There's always a chance our concerns won't turn out to be real issues. But, concerned we are, and concerned we shall be.

Hell! Handbaskets! Those are the real concerns, you see...

[dixiegrrrrl]

83. I can see it is time to clench my jaw and furrow my brow.

In solidarity.

[JohnnyLib2]

60. Too late for concern, I'm afraid.

"the die is cast......"

Sorry. :pals:

[tabasco]

62. .

CALL CONGRESS RIGHT FUCKING NOW!

[Capn Sunshine]

63. I share your concern

It's a growing sense of concern, which we share. I'm concerned that it's growing.
And that we share it.

[Hekate]

67. I've moved to despondency, but not yet despair

Still, I will share the location of my thistle patch with you

Hekate

[MineralMan]

74. Do I have to pass through the "Slough of Despond" to get there?

If so, I think I'll pass. But thanks all the same.

[mstinamotorcity]

68. Concern is a good thing

It means you care. Because if you didn't you wouldn't give some things a second thought.Its okay

[ismnotwasm]

70. I'm scared to death

Jesus.

[Angry Dragon]

75. Just sit back and relax

we have been told "it will get better"
nothing to worry about

[Bluenorthwest]

76. Look up 'passive aggression' and meditate on the definition

Or not.

[Hekate]

79. ommmmmmmm. Nope, nuthin' yet.

[Tsiyu]

84. Thank you

cheap bids for attention are a staple for some posters....

[dan_87]

81. concerned = active mind

It is good that you are concerned.

[madinmaryland]

85. I am deeply constipated. I am not asking for medical advice.

[lpbk2713]

86. QVID?

ME ANXIVM?

[apocalypsehow]

88. Moss to the Vikings?

:evilfrown:

[MineralMan]

90. Moss does not grow on a rolling stone, but if he doesn't catch

some passes tonight, who knows what Brett Favre will pull out next?