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RE: Labels
July 1, 2016 at 4:46 pm
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Clearly, I made a mistake somewhere if you just suddenly decided to block me during both a PM discussion and one taking place in a thread.
That is the price of asking questions, I suppose. If only Socrates, that greatest of fools, learned that lesson in time. 
Anyone else care to take a shot at the dilemma of label-fearing people?
P.S. Clearly, I was wrong though, there is nothing irrational about it, huh? 
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RE: Labels
July 1, 2016 at 4:54 pm
(July 1, 2016 at 4:42 pm)Spirian Wrote: (July 1, 2016 at 4:36 pm)Excited Penguin Wrote: ...I am not saying you have a phobia, I may think or suspect you have one, but I'm not going to accuse you of such until it becomes my business what and how you think. Instead, I'm merely interested in talking about it, and I think you may even know more about it than me. I may be wrong about that, of course, but we won't know until we hear what you have to say about it, do we?
You don't want to "talk" about anything. Your presumptions are obvious and thinly veiled.
I've told you plainly - you refuse to allow my responses. Your above quote is quite telling, and signals the end of my input into your narcissistic feeding frenzy.
Ah, good. I see you've met EP.
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RE: Labels
July 1, 2016 at 5:54 pm
I think this is a good question. I had to think about it for a bit. When I was Christian and racist I didn't fear these labels. Now that I'm not a dumbass hateful sheep I fear the labels and the person I used to be. I don't fear the label atheist but I tend to be hesitant in telling people when I am not in the mood to get lectured. I don't know what other labels I could fit under other than crazy and that my friends I embrace.
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RE: Labels
July 1, 2016 at 6:07 pm
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"Stay at Home Dad"
I avoided this one like the plague for awhile. I told people I was between jobs. Turned out I wasn't....I'd just made a career switch for longer hours and lower pay. In the end it worked out, because it helped me discover (and then facilitated) what I really should have been doing my whole life. I actually joined these boards..on a related note, to fill time in my life, just antsy and nothing else to do, no reason to sleep. Rudderless, at first.
The trick, now, is to put my wife permanently "between jobs".
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RE: Labels
July 1, 2016 at 6:18 pm
Bisexual. IRL I try to evade it when possible. People have the wrong idea about it. I recently started using "pansexual" instead when asked. It fits me, too, anyway. I think bisexual fits better, but I hate what people assume. My friends say I'm lesbian. Not my fault. I never said that. I would lie if I said I'm not glad they think it, though. I know. It sounds bad of me. I just don't like the looks I get.
Everyone knows I'm atheist. I'm proud of it.
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RE: Labels
July 1, 2016 at 6:19 pm
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You want what you want, other people label that. I say own it and revel in it. There have been a few pretty young things™ that didn't know how they ended up under me.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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RE: Labels
July 1, 2016 at 7:33 pm
I hear plenty of them but don't fear them. They cause more laughter than anger.
It's an easy way for people to pigeon hole others. Simplifies things for them/me.
EP, you are "arrogant offensive cyclothymic". (based on your participation patterns here) Like your hole?
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental.
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RE: Labels
July 1, 2016 at 7:35 pm
Quote:Have you ever feared a label, at any point in your life?
I have labels. No I don't fear them.
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RE: Labels
July 1, 2016 at 7:42 pm
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(July 1, 2016 at 6:18 pm)Mamacita Wrote: Bisexual. IRL I try to evade it when possible. People have the wrong idea about it. I recently started using "pansexual" instead when asked. It fits me, too, anyway. I think bisexual fits better, but I hate what people assume. My friends say I'm lesbian. Not my fault. I never said that. I would lie if I said I'm not glad they think it, though. I know. It sounds bad of me. I just don't like the looks I get.
Everyone knows I'm atheist. I'm proud of it.
I have heard what some people assume about bisexuality, and I'm totally baffled as to why they would assume it.
Seriously, I don't get it. If I find out someone is bisexual, I assume nothing more than what that means by definition. I guess some people can't function without ridiculous stereotypes and projection.
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RE: Labels
July 1, 2016 at 8:01 pm
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(July 1, 2016 at 7:33 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: I hear plenty of them but don't fear them. They cause more laughter than anger.
It's an easy way for people to pigeon hole others. Simplifies things for them/me.
EP, you are "arrogant offensive cyclothymic". (based on your participation patterns here) Like your hole?
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