Are YOU taking yourself too seriously? You may well be. 'HOW CAN I TELL?' you ask! Here's a list of symptoms:
1. You think that you're not.
That's it!
Now, I'd like to remind my fellow man that in one hundred years time we'll all be dead. Heard that before? Perhaps you haven't understood it, because what that means is that EVERYTHING YOU DO IS FUNNY. Become an artist? That's funny. Run for president? That's funny. (George Bush is a great example, but by no means the only). Give a damn what a LITTLE WOMAN thinks of you -- that's hilarious!!
This site is funny! You guys -- obsessing over -- what? At the same time, who the hell am I to say that?
You want to be confident? It's easy! JUST LAUGH! You don't need to force it -- laugh because the world IS funny. Laugh at yourself and others in equal measure. Then you'll see things in perspective.
So, gentlemen, let us take it in turns to imagine, JUST IMAGINE that we're not quite perfect yet. I'll go first.
EDIT [I wrote this in a later post, but for people who just read the first post before replyingI wanted to have this here]:
Guys... I recognise that it's uncomfortable and all. It was a struggle to start this thread: you see, laughing at myself is my current biggest problem. But it's necessary.
Forgive me: but listen up.
Who is going to be BRAVE enough to take this opportunity to laugh at themselves?
Tell your story, tell a CONCRETE thing that you can laugh at. It's scary isn't it? But that's how to become confident. A harsh, harsh reality that'll never become less harsh if we ignore it.
Also. I figure that I may be the only one who's willing to do this (I mean the laughing at yourself thing)... but anyone else who wants to participate in this crazy idea... I had another thought.
How about... we mock each other too! Just make your post laughing at yourself, then, for additional bonus points, write this at the end:
PLEASE LAUGH AT ME!
We will laugh at you anyway
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I've been working for three years on finding out the meaning of life for myself -- and the answer was that I was lonely! I withdrew from people and obessed over a question... and I kept on getting worse and worse and making the most absurd theories. I became higher and higher in my ivory tower and better and better at seperating myself from others. I repeatedly thought I'd changed and wrote long manifestos listing all that I'd "discovered"... and even when I intellectually understood everything, I just found subtler and subtler ways of hiding from myself.
FU'CKING ABSURD!:crackup:
Also, I've just noticed that this whole post I've not been totally honest with myself: I've tried to say all these things but not mean it. And I want to say that I mean it now... but I think just to be sure I'll say that I don't mean it at all. The joke's on me
***********
PLEASE LAUGH AT ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1. You think that you're not.
That's it!
Now, I'd like to remind my fellow man that in one hundred years time we'll all be dead. Heard that before? Perhaps you haven't understood it, because what that means is that EVERYTHING YOU DO IS FUNNY. Become an artist? That's funny. Run for president? That's funny. (George Bush is a great example, but by no means the only). Give a damn what a LITTLE WOMAN thinks of you -- that's hilarious!!
This site is funny! You guys -- obsessing over -- what? At the same time, who the hell am I to say that?
You want to be confident? It's easy! JUST LAUGH! You don't need to force it -- laugh because the world IS funny. Laugh at yourself and others in equal measure. Then you'll see things in perspective.
So, gentlemen, let us take it in turns to imagine, JUST IMAGINE that we're not quite perfect yet. I'll go first.
EDIT [I wrote this in a later post, but for people who just read the first post before replyingI wanted to have this here]:
Guys... I recognise that it's uncomfortable and all. It was a struggle to start this thread: you see, laughing at myself is my current biggest problem. But it's necessary.
Forgive me: but listen up.
Who is going to be BRAVE enough to take this opportunity to laugh at themselves?
Tell your story, tell a CONCRETE thing that you can laugh at. It's scary isn't it? But that's how to become confident. A harsh, harsh reality that'll never become less harsh if we ignore it.
Also. I figure that I may be the only one who's willing to do this (I mean the laughing at yourself thing)... but anyone else who wants to participate in this crazy idea... I had another thought.
How about... we mock each other too! Just make your post laughing at yourself, then, for additional bonus points, write this at the end:
PLEASE LAUGH AT ME!
We will laugh at you anyway
*************
I've been working for three years on finding out the meaning of life for myself -- and the answer was that I was lonely! I withdrew from people and obessed over a question... and I kept on getting worse and worse and making the most absurd theories. I became higher and higher in my ivory tower and better and better at seperating myself from others. I repeatedly thought I'd changed and wrote long manifestos listing all that I'd "discovered"... and even when I intellectually understood everything, I just found subtler and subtler ways of hiding from myself.
FU'CKING ABSURD!:crackup:
Also, I've just noticed that this whole post I've not been totally honest with myself: I've tried to say all these things but not mean it. And I want to say that I mean it now... but I think just to be sure I'll say that I don't mean it at all. The joke's on me
***********
PLEASE LAUGH AT ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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