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I'm afraid to be serious. Are you?

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Well I don't know. I do, but the thing is, I don't fathom while sailing the words of ideas what seriousness is. Most of the time, whenever some windbagged somebody comes up to me and starts talking like they know something, like some of these religious-types do, I get this intense desire to poke them and see if they'll deflate, like this isn't reality but some odd twist of my imaginitive mind. Why? Well they're so serious all the time, saying stuff I think is plain silly. But then I try to imitate them, play a little to see what it's like and they mistake me for this person who thinks something so they argue and I get all confused.

What am I talking about? Something. Seriousness. Moonie, I think before one posts something serious, one has to understand what this thing you say that "really matters". Now it may be, and this seems very peculiar to me, but it just may be that all these things people post may be indeed very serious to them. Makes me want to poke them sometimes to see if they'll deflate.


Cheers ! 🙂
 
Most of the time, whenever some windbagged somebody comes up to me and starts talking like they know something, like some of these religious-types do, I get this intense desire to poke them and see if they'll deflate,....
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Deflate, or explode? 🙂

 
Originally posted by: Moonbeam
Seems people even question whether you're serious when you try to be serious. Geez, who would say something about being afraid of being serious as a joke. Seems like there's maybe some taboo even about adimtting you're afraid of being serious. I kinda thought so, which is part of why I asked.
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Maybe we aren't questioning your thread, but reacting like we can't believe you would post it in the first place.. By that I mean I have seen some very serious threads here and posted to them with equal gravitiy, as many have.. I find your basis for this post incredulous. I can't think of many topics of societal impact that haven't been brought up here. That's part of why I like it. It's when tempers get flared by the debate (if we can call it that) that most try to inject a little humor lest we take ourselves TOO seriously.. Just my opinion, I could be wrong..
 
tcsenter, am I being serious. I'm not sure. You know my grip on reality's a bit unusual. I have to be careful making sweeping generalizations.
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Sweeping generals. Generalized sweeping. Its all good.

 
Deflate, or explode?

😀


They would explode if they held it up inside, but all they seem to want to do is spout wordy profundities at me. They take their time, becoming offended sometimes if I start to snore lightly in the middle of the soliloquies without realizing I've drifted off. so the poking, from what I've been able to gather, would hasten the process since they leak anyway.


Cheers ! 🙂
 
The quality has somewhat deterioted over time, but I think you are looking too much into it.

Will somebody make fun of me or you because you or I have questions? Will I die if I get criticized? Are we in touch with our feelings and aware of what's really going on for us? What matters? Anything? Does the fear of ridicule, of being thought of as odd, different, strange, wierd, scare you off from posting stuff that really matters, or is life just a surface phenomenon without depth?
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That is going a little too deep....


Anyways, lots of the emphasis is on post count now, I mean seriously, some peopel start threads with titles saying "I made my 2000th post!". Just teh other day, we had a certain member make a number of threads with "110 different reasons that...." (ahem *grasshopper* ahem 😉). Then again, i suppos ethat is why they call it an "off topic" forum.
 
Originally posted by: Moonbeam
Well we're getting some complaints about thread quality, so I decided to explore your opinions on why that might be. Could it be that people are adverse to posting serious stuff because it's culturally unacceptable? Is being serious culturally unacceptable? You hear there's a lot of anti-intellectualism in America. Is it true? Is that related? Will somebody make fun of me or you because you or I have questions? Will I die if I get criticized? Are we in touch with our feelings and aware of what's really going on for us? What matters? Anything? Does the fear of ridicule, of being thought of as odd, different, strange, wierd, scare you off from posting stuff that really matters, or is life just a surface phenomenon without depth? Take this where you wish.
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Moonbean, I agree with your basic sentiment. I think that people who try to deeply analyze things are attacked and ridiculed. No necessarily here on ATOT more than other places, but in general.
 
Hmmm.. good question! I do tend to come here for fun,trust me if I want a rasher of crap I can get plenty of it in real time for free! I do sometimes enjoy a serious discussion but that is usually reserved for phone,email or pm,I joke a lot but it's generally pretty superfical,I tend to not trust a lot of people and my real thoughts and feelings get shared with very few people.
 
Most of the time I will post on topics that interest me. I tend to think that on a message board different people will have different answers to dfferent questions. These answers might not seem "right" or be "right" as far as I can see them, but I have to take into account that different people can have different answers and for them it is the right answer. Who am I to say what is wrong? All I can do is tell them what I think and if it were me, what I would do about any given situation. I have seen people do things that I would never have done and in some cases what they did worked out for them, better sometimes than what i would have done.

To be honest I really can't get very serious about some of the stuff that is posted here. In the grand scheme of things individuals are just tiny grains of sand. Things happen that are good and things happen that are bad sometimes. It is nice to have another opinion or to ask if something is thought out all the way, but change has to come from within. Anyway I wouldn't post to serious a topic here or anywhere else on the net. I like making my own decisions and living by them the best I can.

As far as quality posts go, well what is there to talk about that hasn't already been discussed? The past few days have been slow news days or maybe I have just been tuned out to all the news. Maybe with the economy going down the drain people are worrying more about themselves or something.

Will
 
Jeez...a topic on the art of being serious, started by a person who thinks ALGORE was elected, rather than rejected. Heh.
 
Originally posted by: LordSegan
Originally posted by: Moonbeam
Well we're getting some complaints about thread quality, so I decided to explore your opinions on why that might be. Could it be that people are adverse to posting serious stuff because it's culturally unacceptable? Is being serious culturally unacceptable? You hear there's a lot of anti-intellectualism in America. Is it true? Is that related? Will somebody make fun of me or you because you or I have questions? Will I die if I get criticized? Are we in touch with our feelings and aware of what's really going on for us? What matters? Anything? Does the fear of ridicule, of being thought of as odd, different, strange, wierd, scare you off from posting stuff that really matters, or is life just a surface phenomenon without depth? Take this where you wish.
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Moonbean, I agree with your basic sentiment. I think that people who try to deeply analyze things are attacked and ridiculed. No necessarily here on ATOT more than other places, but in general.
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Not to mention that thinking too hard tends to bring on another fit of depression 🙁
 
I'm afraid to be serious. Are you?
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Not quite. You see, I say almost everything I want in these forums, but I have to use spellcheck and take care of my vocabluary. Too bad there's no spellcheck installed at work. I've probably made some mistakes already.
 
Originally posted by: PlatinumGold
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Originally posted by: PlatinumGold
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if your serious too much, ur known as a geek.
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you are?
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i've noticed that most people in casual conversation really don't care about the subject they are discussing, so if anyone discusses the subject w/ any real opinions or thoughts then they are shunned. most people want to have casual opinions w/ no support or thought.
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That's true here and in real life.😉

To become informed has the unfortunate offshoot of having to make choices and judgements based on reasoning and concious. The typical US citizen has it so easy that they just want not to be bothered with the details. And of course the people wanting to control them and their life are counting on this willful ignorance.

Speaking for myself, I'm too serious for most people and know it. Rarely do I express my opinion unless asked. If you listen close to other conversations going on around you, sheer ignorance reigns supreme. It is viewed as being rude to correct anyone in a conservation about anything no matter how wrong or utterly stupid their statements may be.

I find many are afraid to express themselves because it leads to a baring of ones self. You risk something. Few are prepared to be wrong and they are the same people that rarely talk about anything of substance.

So to answer the question, yes I am afraid to be serious......sometimes!😉
 
Lots and lots of very interesting and thoughtful replies. Hopefully I can speak to some of them when I'n not pressed for time. Maybe we're to busy to be serious. Humm?
 
I'm frightened to death of being serious. I find that being serious would reveal my true self, so I hide behind sarcasm. This front of sarcasm obscures the fact that I actually hate myself.

I think this probably holds true for all people everywhere. Nobody can be serious, because everybody holds onto their self-hatred.
 
i come here to relax...if people don't like it, screw 'em. I dunno if anybody takes me seriously or as an ass-clown. I post what's relevant to me.

-=bmacd=-
 
Originally posted by: BoberFett
I'm frightened to death of being serious. I find that being serious would reveal my true self, so I hide behind sarcasm. This front of sarcasm obscures the fact that I actually hate myself.

I think this probably holds true for all people everywhere. Nobody can be serious, because everybody holds onto their self-hatred.
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Wow.. that's depressing..
 
I think a lot of it has to do with upping post count. Some of it has to do with a relaxing atmosphere. If all posts were serious all the time, we'd probably all end up depressed. Then perspective comes into play. YAGT thread might be very serious to the poster, yet some might not take it that way.

Another play on perspective is this, a topic might be entirely serious, yet because it's so serious those involved choose to view it with humor, just to avoid too much seriousness. Would the topic still be serious? Sound wacky? Welcome to my world. 😛



 
I am glad you posted this!
I do tend to agree with you. I am somewhat hesitant to post something serious or very thoughful or thought provoking because I am afraid to be made fun of, or riduculed. Now, I have been here for a bit now, and I enjoy every minute. There is comedy, action, drama, anything and everything one could think of talking about. That being said, i feel my post count is still quite low. I am not going to make threads just to raise it, nor am i going to post just to nef. Usually, what i post i take care in because eventhough this is a nameless, faceless board, there is still an actual person behind the writing. I get afraid to post in ultraserious threads because i am occasionally worry i will be thought of as "dumb" or not knowing what i am talking about. Because i am not as smart as someone else.
If you think about it...this board is a world in itself. There are those that will be sure tomake themselves known and those that just read and occasionally post and there are the rest of us that kind of blend in hoping that we will somewhat make a small difference somehow
 
Originally posted by: Geekbabe
Lol,welcome to the Birdhouse of my soul🙂
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I'm your only friend
I'm not your only friend
But I'm a little glowing friend
But really I'm not actually your friend
But I am

Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch
Who watches over you
Make a little birdhouse in your soul
Not to put too fine a point on it
Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet
Make a little birdhouse in your soul

I have a secret to tell
From my electrical well
It's a simple message and I'm leaving out the whistles and bells
So the room must listen to me
Filibuster vigilantly
My name is blue canary one note spelled l-i-t-e
My story's infinite
Like the Longines Symphonette it doesn't rest

Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch
Who watches over you
Make a little birdhouse in your soul
Not to put too fine a point on it
Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet
Make a little birdhouse in your soul

I'm your only friend
I'm not your only friend
But I'm a little glowing friend
But really I'm not actually your friend
But I am

There's a picture opposite me
Of my primitive ancestry
Which stood on rocky shores and kept the beaches shipwreck free
Though I respect that a lot
I'd be fired if that were my job
After killing Jason off and countless screaming Argonauts
Bluebird of friendliness
Like guardian angels its always near

Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch
Who watches over you
Make a little birdhouse in your soul
Not to put too fine a point on it
Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet
Make a little birdhouse in your soul

(and while you're at it
Keep the nightlight on inside the
Birdhouse in your soul)

Not to put too fine a point on it
Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet
Make a little birdhouse in your soul

Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch (and while you're at it)
Who watches over you (keep the nightlight on inside the)
Make a little birdhouse in your soul (birdhouse in your soul)

Not to put too fine a point on it
Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet
Make a little birdhouse in your soul

Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch (and while you're at it)
Who watches over you (keep the nightlight on inside the)
Make a little birdhouse in your soul (birdhouse in your soul)

Not to put too fine a point on it
Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet
Make a little birdhouse in your soul
 
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