• Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
    13·
    2 months ago

    I would be mad that everyone ELSE got a balloon and not me.

    Then I’d be mad that I’m 41, and mad about a balloon.

    Then I’d be mad at realizing I probably have anger management issues.

        • OpenStars@startrek.websiteEnglish
          2·
          2 months ago

          *I* do not, and if there’s one, then surely there’s more like me? :-P

          Moreover, I think it’s impressive that you have dedicated so much of your efforts to improving people’s experiences here on the Fediverse. Even if people disagree with you on some point - which for myself I am aware of nothing but even if there were - that would still be true. You probably don’t get thanked often, so I offer it, and I hope that you will accept.

          But also, I hope that you find a way to show kindness to yourself too:-). Our families may have royally fucked us up for life, but we can do different, for ourselves! Or at least, I very much (desperately) hope that can be true.

          • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOP
            2·
            2 months ago

            I try to show kindness through my volunteer work, although I’ve done less of it in the past year since my illness leave me with very little energy and I have to use that to take care of my daughter.

            Also, thank you!

            • OpenStars@startrek.websiteEnglish
              2·
              2 months ago

              Indeed, I find that if we don’t take care of ourselves, we become a burden to others and can’t help anyone, so that’s so important to remember (that if we want to help “others”, it has to start with ourselves).

      • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
        3·
        2 months ago

        I mean…yes? That does seem like a reasonable solution to a non-problem. The real problem is the group of people who think they have a need and a right to control everybody else.

        It’s not a new concept. People trying to control other people is a tale as old as time. I maybe agree with the rat, but I think the solution to the problem may be the Everette True way.

        If you’ve never heard of Everette True, he’s a comic strip character from 100 years ago.

        His comics all follow a very simple formula.

        Panel 1 Everette incures a problem or issue

        Then…

        Panel 2 Everette beats the shit out of everybody.

        Works for me! People want to ban books? Punch them! Or hit them in the head with a book! These are life lessions we need to teach our children!

        • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOP
          1·
          2 months ago

          You are talking to the right person since I’m a huge fan of classic comics. I do know The Outbursts of Everett True, but my favorite one is one of the few where he doesn’t lose his temper:

          Coincidentally, even though I’ve known about this for years, this specific strip and the comic as a whole came back into my consciousness a few days ago when I saw it posted elsewhere.

    • ouRKaoS@lemmy.today
      1·
      2 months ago

      My daughter had to give a guy in Walmart a sticker once, cause he “looked sad.”

      We saw him elsewhere in the store about 10 min later, he still had a purple stegosaurus on his forehead and didn’t look sad anymore.

      I’m sorry you didn’t get a balloon, let me find you a sticker…