That awkward feeling when the lady who is working with you on employment so you can get food stamps and medical care insists you just need Jesus and to be positive to fend off depression. She also does this while quietly insisting I not tell anyone.
With all due respect, I need medication and therapy.
@silentsophia said:
That awkward feeling when the lady who is working with you on employment so you can get food stamps and medical care insists you just need Jesus and to be positive to fend off depression. She also does this while quietly insisting I not tell anyone.
With all due respect, I need medication and therapy.
I have a friend like that.
"Everything can be solved with JEEZUS!"
Is Jesus gonna help me get my High School Diploma? What's his teaching credentials like? Does he have a record? Seriously.
Is he doling out jobs? Can he help me with disability? I really don't know. But it was super awkward and she's like, I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO DO THIS, BUT I REALLY WANNA HELP and I'm like, errrm...
@Cirno said:
@silentsophia said:
That awkward feeling when the lady who is working with you on employment so you can get food stamps and medical care insists you just need Jesus and to be positive to fend off depression. She also does this while quietly insisting I not tell anyone.
With all due respect, I need medication and therapy.
I have a friend like that.
"Everything can be solved with JEEZUS!"
Is Jesus gonna help me get my High School Diploma? What's his teaching credentials like? Does he have a record? Seriously.
Then when it's all over and the rest of you are ready for Dead Animal Pickup, I'm gonna go balls deep into Dahl. But only because she asked me to. Sweet-like. - Riddick (2013)
@ThatOneDude Hahahaha. I love it, but I'm a sucker for silly memes.
It just felt so awkward. Lady, I'm so mentally ill, they're OFFERING to help me with disability. That's not light grade stuff and I certainly don't think 'just praying' is gonna help someone when suicidal. If someone is suicidal and acting on it, they need to be in a hospital or supervised environment where they can be kept safe.
@Olsson said:
On the subject of literature, I currently have the pleasure of reading The Prince by Machiavelli for my History course.
Joys.
I read it for pleasure. On purpose. I was really young and the bragging rights were important. It meant I was smarter than everyone else. I'm so sorry you have to read it for a class.
@silentsophia said:
@ThatOneDude Hahahaha. I love it, but I'm a sucker for silly memes.
It just felt so awkward. Lady, I'm so mentally ill, they're OFFERING to help me with disability. That's not light grade stuff and I certainly don't think 'just praying' is gonna help someone when suicidal. If someone is suicidal and acting on it, they need to be in a hospital or supervised environment where they can be kept safe.
I would've probably started laughing at the woman and her suggestion, and inadvertently offended her. I once had a lady Jehova's Witness try to talk to me. She asked me what I thought of the Bible. It's such a neutral question, I bet everyone says something nice just out of politeness. Well I was honest. I said "It's a harmful book that has outdated, primitive ideas which actually end up hurting a lot of people. I think everyone should stay away from it." She didn't have much to say in response to that. I gotta say it's tempting to feel like THE SMARTER ONE (a condescending jerk) in such a situation, but it's also very satisfying to just be honest, just say exactly what I think about it. Politely and nicely but clearly.
To be fair to her, religion is the opiate of the masses. It can work much like a drug and group therapy if you buy into it.
However projecting your religious beliefs on others when you're a government official is wrong.
@Sundown said:
@silentsophia said:
@ThatOneDude Hahahaha. I love it, but I'm a sucker for silly memes.
It just felt so awkward. Lady, I'm so mentally ill, they're OFFERING to help me with disability. That's not light grade stuff and I certainly don't think 'just praying' is gonna help someone when suicidal. If someone is suicidal and acting on it, they need to be in a hospital or supervised environment where they can be kept safe.
I would've probably started laughing at the woman and her suggestion, and inadvertently offended her. I once had a lady Jehova's Witness try to talk to me. She asked me what I thought of the Bible. It's such a neutral question, I bet everyone says something nice just out of politeness. Well I was honest. I said "It's a harmful book that has outdated, primitive ideas which actually end up hurting a lot of people. I think everyone should stay away from it." She didn't have much to say in response to that. I gotta say it's tempting to feel like THE SMARTER ONE (a condescending jerk) in such a situation, but it's also very satisfying to just be honest, just say exactly what I think about it. Politely and nicely but clearly.
@silentsophia At least you're seeking help while you can. I'm sorry someone did that to you. It's not an excuse but it semi helps that they mean well. That's how I would look at it before I was too weird and awful to be saved. No one ever offers to pray for me, I think most must think I'm beyond prayer! Haha
I get told 'God bless you' and 'I'll pray for you' daily. Multiple times a day. But I live in the bible belt so... it's to be expected. Sometimes I get frustrated and respond with 'Praise Allah'.
I live in Texas but in a major city with weird hair so I don't get it much at all except from sweet old black ladies. You just can't be mad at being told 'lord bless you honey' while being patted on the arm. And that's from me, I don't like being touched or talked to by strangers.
My pet peeve of the day is the Apple Watch. The next person to say apple tard on my friends list gets blocked. It's an expensive piece of bullshit, yes. It doesn't make me better than you, no. You're not any better than me though for 'refusing to buy into materialism/hype/popular thing' because of supposed elitist reasons. Being an android fan doesn't make you better or worse, so shut up about it.
Fun? What is this fun thou speakest of?
@Luna said:
I live in Texas but in a major city with weird hair so I don't get it much at all except from sweet old black ladies. You just can't be mad at being told 'lord bless you honey' while being patted on the arm. And that's from me, I don't like being touched or talked to by strangers.
My pet peeve of the day is the Apple Watch. The next person to say apple tard on my friends list gets blocked. It's an expensive piece of bullshit, yes. It doesn't make me better than you, no. You're not any better than me though for 'refusing to buy into materialism/hype/popular thing' because of supposed elitist reasons. Being an android fan doesn't make you better or worse, so shut up about it.
And furthermore... Dat battery life!
Then when it's all over and the rest of you are ready for Dead Animal Pickup, I'm gonna go balls deep into Dahl. But only because she asked me to. Sweet-like. - Riddick (2013)
@ThatOneDude Yes! Track all the steps and the heart rates and the alerts...all the things!!
Since no one $350 loves me though I'm going to have to get one for my cat so I can do the 'send things to other apple watches' stuff. I KNOW SHE WANTS ME TO DEAW HEARTS AT HER. For real. She does. She'll love it. She loves all my white girl ways. You should see the look of sheer joy on her face at a container store bag. She's sleeping in one right now!
It doesn't make me better than you, no.
You could always write apple and ask them to undo years of marketing that shoves PEOPLE WHO USE APPLE PRODUCTS ARE BETTER THAN YOU IN EVERY WAY down everyone else's throat. That might be the only way.
@HelloRaptor The marketing has nothing on the crazy that the super fanboy fan base started. But like Samsungs ads that ran for awhile, Android fanboys come out with a total 'I'm smarter than you' smug superiority. So I guess it's the war of style vs smarts. It's just electronics. Damn.
I will say that an odd thing happened after I got my 6 Plus...people stopped me A LOT and asked about the phone. So if you're antisocial, don't get the newest shiniest piece of tech released.
Honestly, unless you have it budgeted, most people are fine with phones that aren't bleeding edge.
@Luna said:
I live in Texas but in a major city with weird hair so I don't get it much at all except from sweet old black ladies. You just can't be mad at being told 'lord bless you honey' while being patted on the arm. And that's from me, I don't like being touched or talked to by strangers.
My pet peeve of the day is the Apple Watch. The next person to say apple tard on my friends list gets blocked. It's an expensive piece of bullshit, yes. It doesn't make me better than you, no. You're not any better than me though for 'refusing to buy into materialism/hype/popular thing' because of supposed elitist reasons. Being an android fan doesn't make you better or worse, so shut up about it.
My preferred term is 'Oh no, you drank the Apple juice!'
Peeve for the month/year: Utah.
Just.....Utah.
@ThatOneDude Yes! Track all the steps and the heart rates and the alerts...all the things!!
Since no one $350 loves me though I'm going to have to get one for my cat so I can do the 'send things to other apple watches' stuff. I KNOW SHE WANTS ME TO DEAW HEARTS AT HER. For real. She does. She'll love it. She loves all my white girl ways. You should see the look of sheer joy on her face at a container store bag. She's sleeping in one right now!
