@hand-of-hecate saidGet off your high horse.
Henry Rollins once said that pain is “probably the only thing that is your own.” I see myself as a block of stone standing resolute in the chaotic river of life that swirls around me. I’ve used pain, loss and anger to chisel out a form from the uncarved block I started with. I’m left with a sturdy structure, but, one with sharp edges and just as likely to roll over and ...[text shortened]... shonest and fragile inventions. Better to be carved out of stone with a chisel honed sharp by pain.
Everyone knows that the king of pain is Sting.
@caesar-salad saidHumans lie to themselves more than anyone else. Perhaps it’s not intellectually dishonest to believe that family will always be there for you, that there’s a higher purpose in life and that God or Gods guide your path. However these things all amount to adult security blankets. Life is not all candy and rainbows. It’s sharp edges and uncertainty.
I'm not quite sure I agree with this, but it is something to think about. Emergent strategies at least, adopted by some or many to deal with the biological horrors and mental contretemps of life. Fragile, yes. Not necessarily dishonest in all cases.
@hand-of-hecate saidJesus on the cross says, "Now ya tell me!"
Humans lie to themselves more than anyone else. Perhaps it’s not intellectually dishonest to believe that family will always be there for you, that there’s a higher purpose in life and that God or Gods guide your path. However these things all amount to adult security blankets. Life is not all candy and rainbows. It’s sharp edges and uncertainty.
LOL.
24 Apr 19
@hand-of-hecate saidWhat did you do with HOH?
Henry Rollins once said that pain is “probably the only thing that is your own.” I see myself as a block of stone standing resolute in the chaotic river of life that swirls around me. I’ve used pain, loss and anger to chisel out a form from the uncarved block I started with. I’m left with a sturdy structure, but, one with sharp edges and just as likely to roll over and ...[text shortened]... shonest and fragile inventions. Better to be carved out of stone with a chisel honed sharp by pain.
-VR
@very-rusty saidI wade in deeper pools than the shallow puddles you hop around in.
What did you do with HOH?
-VR
@hand-of-hecate saidWatch out for those sink holes you could go in over your head and drown, I am sure someone would miss you!!! 😉
I wade in deeper pools than the shallow puddles you hop around in.
-VR
24 Apr 19
@very-rusty saidSpeaking of which, all I ever hear are women who say that men don't know what pain is because they have never given birth, blah, blah, blah!
Using a little Blue Pill. 😉
-VR
Ok ladies, ever caught yourself In a zipper?
@very-rusty saidUpon your death, mired in the muck of ignorance, you’ll leave a legacy of idiocy behind you. I’ll take my chances in the pool of knowledge.
Watch out for those sink holes you could go in over your head and drown, I am sure someone would miss you!!! 😉
-VR
@whodey saidA finger prick.
Speaking of which, all I ever hear are women who say that men don't know what pain is because they have never given birth, blah, blah, blah!
Ok ladies, ever caught yourself In a zipper?
Kielland's forceps - my first experience of labour!
I couldn’t sit on a chair for 4 days.
https://elearning.rcog.org.uk/easi-resource/rotational-deliveries/kiellands-forceps/kiellands-forceps-real