(March 16, 2018 at 12:33 am)Rev. Rye Wrote: I make cracks about mental illness, and I actually have the triple threat of OCD, depression, and an autism spectrum disorder. Maybe it's the fact that I know what I'm talking about (something TVTropes calls "N-word Privileges") and maybe it's because I've lived a messed-up life and I've come to see that life is a joke and its punchline is The Aristocrats, and all you can realistically expect to do to make it better is just laugh at it all (as the little paraphrase of Scaramouche in my signature might have clued you in on).
I guess people handle difficulties in life in different ways. Personally for myself, I don't joke about the difficult/tramatic issue I've been faced with, and am pretty easily triggered by it. But if someone else went through a similar thing and deals with it by being light hearted and humorous about it, that's their right and I'm glad they've found a way to cope that works for them.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
