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[mybudgee]

Wow Orian, we're EXTRA snarky tonight aren't we?

[Tarek]

Maybe Tarek has different values to the majority of us here? He grew up in a third world country, while most of us grew up in first world countries that haven't experienced war.

bingo

 

ur problems are pretty much a "joke" compared to my problems

 

u complain about traffic I complain about 10+ car bombs a year

 

u complain about taxes I complain that i don't have power/water most days of the week

 

u plan a trip every few years I plan shelter/provisions for war every few years

 

its no picnic but like I said it made me better, stronger, smarter AND more understanding in fact my value of life increases each time I have to deal with some horror that would put most of you in the nut house 

[Dermain]

horror that would put most of you in the nut house 

 

Who says some of us aren't already in the nut house?

[Tarek]

Being overly emotional about the "grand scheme of things" isn't restricted to children. I'm not here to tell you to connect to the scene or anything but the emotional reaction of the characters in it is not meaningless.

indeed in grey's anatomy when the soldier kisses his lost love I just sobbed like a maniac .....whats rly crazy is that after all the crap I have to put up with I still have "feelings"

 

they say hardship makes you indifferent .... but they are wrong.. it brings out the best of you (for some people its the opposite)

[mybudgee]

Who says some of us aren't already in the nut house?

the BSN is, in many ways, a "virtual nut-house"

 

        ZZZzzzzzzzzzz....

[Kaiser Arian XVII]

the BSN is, in many ways, a "virtual nut-house"

 

        ZZZzzzzzzzzzz....

 

: Psychopaths

: Pro-Mages

: Alien Theorists

: Sadists

  : -Mancers

[mybudgee]

^ You forgot TROLLS

[Tarek]

: Psychopaths

: Pro-Mages

: Alien Theorists

: Sadists

  : -Mancers

fashion police

[Tarek]

and besides I know most of you cried when u played ME3 at some point

[ME_Fan]

Watch 'I love you Phillip Morris'. Only on screen gay romance I didn't think was cringeworthy.

[Tarek]

Watch 'I love you Phillip Morris'. Only on screen gay romance I didn't think was cringeworthy.

will do

[ruggly]

bingo

 

ur problems are pretty much a "joke" compared to my problems

 

u complain about traffic I complain about 10+ car bombs a year

 

u complain about taxes I complain that i don't have power/water most days of the week

 

u plan a trip every few years I plan shelter/provisions for war every few years

 

its no picnic but like I said it made me better, stronger, smarter AND more understanding in fact my value of life increases each time I have to deal with some horror that would put most of you in the nut house 

 

Or in other words 'you're not allowed to feel sad because I have it much worse'

[Kaiser Arian XVII]

 

End of line!

[spirosz]

and why is everyone trolling me ; /

 

This a serious question though?

[mybudgee]

and besides I know most of you cried when u played ME3 at some point

[Tarek]

oh I know you did when you know who died ... that prayer scene i was sobbing like a woman

[Tarek]

 

End of line!

I remember animality too but could never do the combo in time :<

[Tarek]

Watch 'I love you Phillip Morris'. Only on screen gay romance I didn't think was cringeworthy.

wth it has Jim carry in it !!!

 

why I never heard of this movie before : /

 

oh god this country sucks

[the_last_krogan]

this still makes me sad

 

[Orian Tabris]

Wow Orian, we're EXTRA snarky tonight aren't we?

 

O, how thy Die of Fate doth rolls in mine favour...

 

Shall I talk thee of thy roundness of thy Earth? Or mayhap, thy tale of Time and Place?

 

Where art mine snark, kind sirrah?

[Orian Tabris]

So because other people have it worse than these children they should be mocked? 

 

What does it matter if someone has it worse off then the crying children? Children don't even have the mindset to even PROCESS that statement into something that makes sense. They have no concept of the world besides the one area that they are living in!

 

Just because they haven't suffered the way other people have suffered does not make their suffering obsolete. They are still suffering, and if you choose to ignore that then you're just increasing their suffering. 

 

Of course he has different values. Everyone has different values, and the causes go far beyond just living in a different country. 

 

Also, has he ever stated where he grew up?

 

I never said anything about mocking children. Anyway, I'm not saying children better off than others don't have real reasons to cry, I'm simply saying that those that cry of trivial things like having their toys taken away by their parents, have no understanding of things that are truly worth crying over. I was obviously saying suggesting that such children are only aware of their surroundings

 

You completely missed my point that people have different values, yet there are those whose values are opposing, where different circumstances change what matters and what doesn't matter.

 

In a third world country, a child whose one good thing in their life is playing with their favourite doll is truly valuable, while in a first world country, that same child - if living in a happy home -  cries about the same thing, they're "crying over spilt milk". A child in a third world country crying about the loss of their father means more than a child in a first world country. Sure, it's sad that the kid lost their father, but at least they likely still have a lot of good things to be happy about, while the third world kid likely doesn't.

 

And no, I don't remember Tarek stating where he grew up. I know it's in the Middle East or at least nearby.

[Orian Tabris]

 : Psychopaths

 : Pro-Mages

 : Alien Theorists

 : Sadists

 : -Mancers

 

: General populace?

  : Trolls?

: Love birds? I know of one particular couple of people clearly in love, hence their constant liking each other's posts.

: Lurkers?

: Joke butts/buds? (Like Cullen fans?)

  : Jokers?

  : Procrastinators? (Like those who revel in This or That? and other off-topic threads?)

: Grammar/spelling Nazis?

[Orian Tabris]

 : General populace?

 : Trolls?

 : Love birds? I know of one particular couple of people clearly in love, hence their constant liking each other's posts.

 : Lurkers?

 : Joke butts/buds? (Like Cullen fans?)

 : Jokers?

 : Procrastinators? (Like those who revel in This or That? and other off-topic threads?)

 : Grammar/spelling Nazis?

 

I'm sure I'm and .

[Dermain]

I never said anything about mocking children. Anyway, I'm not saying children better off than others don't have real reasons to cry, I'm simply saying that those that cry of trivial things like having their toys taken away by their parents, have no understanding of things that are truly worth crying over. I was obviously saying suggesting that such children are only aware of their surroundings.

 

Well ya, that''s kind of why they're CHILDREN. Contrary to popular belief, children are NOT "small adults". Their brains work differently (it's still forming), and until a certain age (I don't recall when) they are not able to picture a world outside of their surroundings. 

 

You are also overlooking all of the different reasons such children would be crying over something so "trivial" as having their favorite toy taken away. You could be right in that they're just being silly, but what other factors are responsible for them having the toy taken away?

 

If they're being punished for doing something wrong, then yes it is trivial, but if it's being taken away because one of their parents is being vindictive and can't stand to see other people being happy when they are not (shockingly, that actually happens). 

 

What if the child got a C on their report card, and to punish that child the parents decide to take away the toys? That is another valid reason to cry because how does taking away toys cause them to magically improve their grades? What if the child needed help with that subject, but they were unable to receive it (for a number of reaosons) from their parents (yes, this happens too). 

 

In both cases the crying child is the victim of emotional abuse which (shockingly) can be as bad, if not worse, than physical abuse.

 

Am I putting way too much thought into this? 

 

Of course. 

You completely missed my point that people have different values, yet there are those whose values are opposing, where different circumstances change what matters and what doesn't matter.

 

Yes...I totally missed that...

 

Of course he has different values. Everyone has different values, and the causes go far beyond just living in a different country. 

 

Or not...

 

In a third world country, a child whose one good thing in their life is playing with their favourite doll is truly valuable, while in a first world country, that same child - if living in a happy home -  cries about the same thing, they're "crying over spilt milk". A child in a third world country crying about the loss of their father means more than a child in a first world country. Sure, it's sad that the kid lost their father, but at least they likely still have a lot of good things to be happy about, while the third world kid likely doesn't.

 

If you want me to expand on that then it's inconsequential to the first world child that someone has it worse off than them in a third world country. 

 

I will never understand the idea that because "someone has it worse off than you" that you should not be upset that your father is dead. Oh sure, you may have more things to be happy about than someone else, but you're father is still ****** dead. Depending on how attached the child was to their father their emotional reaction can vary, but generally they're still going to be extremely upset.

 

This child isn't going to suddenly go "Oh well, my father's dead, but I have all these great toys to play with! There's no reason for me to be sad!". The Western world doesn't work like that.

 

 

: Lurkers?

 

I would prefer to still be a lurker. 

 

I'm just waiting for the community to go full toxic after DAI comes out so I can take a break again.