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  • dunkman wrote:
    about 3 posts back i said this



    that means minority
    Hmm... I woulda thought 'an exception to the norm' means 'abnormal' not the minority.
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    Hmm... I woulda thought 'an exception to the norm' means 'abnormal' not the minority.


    really? well then you'd be wrong, but as usual you'll skip this corrective note and try and catch me out on some other minutiae... normal and abnormal are a whole different thing.


    Main Entry: norm
    Pronunciation: 'no(&)rm
    Function: noun
    : an established standard or average: as a : a set standard of development or achievement usually derived from the average or median achievement of a large group b : a pattern or trait taken to be typical in the behavior of a social group



    1. a standard, model, or pattern.
    2. general level or average: Two cars per family is the norm in most suburban communities.
    3. Education.
    a. a designated standard of average performance of people of a given age, background, etc.
    b. a standard based on the past average performance of a given individual.
    4. Mathematics.
    a. a real-valued, nonnegative function whose domain is a vector space, with properties such that the function of a vector is zero only when the vector is zero, the function of a scalar times a vector is equal to the absolute value of the scalar times the function of the vector, and the function of the sum of two vectors is less than or equal to the sum of the functional values of each vector. The norm of a real number is its absolute value.
    b. the greatest difference between two successive points of a given partition.
    [Origin: 1815–25; < L norma carpenter's square, rule, pattern]
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • whatever... I'm not getting into definitions with ya. You are destroying what was a nice thread though about singles being happy... and telling them pretty much that they've nothing to be happy about cos EVERYONE wants someone... well they don't. And I find it sad that some people can't be genuinely happy on their own but that's not my problem
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    dunkman wrote:
    if someone goes through a spell of many weeks and never once thinks of sex or once thinks of a man/woman being cute/attractive whatever then i think there is something wrong with them.. end of fucking story.

    chill out willl you dunk, i think im agreeing with you. :) actually no im not ...tis just some people are more sexual than others... end of story. :p:D
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
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  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    whatever... I'm not getting into definitions with ya.

    apology accepted.. :)

    i'm not destroying any thread... you said something i didnt agree with and we had a debate about it... my opinion versus yours... isnt that what always happens on here? do you want me to list the 19375 posts of yours that are argumentative and 'destroy' threads??!?!

    and i never said these single people were unhappy.. i never said they need someone.... i said that they have something wrong with them if they dont think about sex and/or how attractive someone is for a prolonged period... and by something wrong i explained that DIDNT mean bipolar or narcissism or some other mental disease... i meant maybe they were unhappy, bored, depressed, stressed,... something that makes them NOT think of sex/attractiveness of others...
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • you gave an opinion relating to me personally, suggesting that I was lazy and stupid and making assumptions about the medical history of someone you've never met. that, is an opinion you are not allowed to give. Also, you have not answered my question of what taking the pill is an excuse for. I would certainly like to know since you know everything about me.

    You read what you want to read. If I wanted to say that you are lazy and stupid, trust me, I would have just typed it. I'm also quite aware of the rules here, therefore, even if that is what I think, I'm not allowed to type it, so just calm yourself. For someone who seems to think they know everything, perhaps you should simply trying READING words and understanding them, instead of twisting them around in your own little world.

    IN MY OPINION, your lack of interest in men due to the fact that you take birth control is another excuse for you to not go out and date, meet people, etc. You have a record of having an excuse for pretty much everything in life. NOW....if you are going to put every aspect of your life on here (which I myself have made the mistake of in the past) don't get pissy when people comment on it. Suuuuure, you can say how much they "don't know you", IT DOESN'T MATTER. You are still putting all your buisness out there.

    *cue Forrest Gump*

    That's all I have to say about that.
    Opinions are like assholes, everyones got one.

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    10/27/06
  • dunkman wrote:
    and i never said these single people were unhappy.. i never said they need someone.... i said that they have something wrong with them if they dont think about sex and/or how attractive someone is for a prolonged period... and by something wrong i explained that DIDNT mean bipolar or narcissism or some other mental disease... i meant maybe they were unhappy, bored, depressed, stressed,... something that makes them NOT think of sex/attractiveness of others...

    I disagree with this...I don't ever really think about sex anymore but I don't think there's something wrong with me except that it is possibly the medications I'm on. But I don't think I'd be thinking about it much anyway. Some people just don't like sex that much, period. Nobody likes to admit, mostly because someone like you comes along and says there must be something wrong with them. I recently mentioned to my friends that I don't like it that much and they all jumped down my throat, "you're not doing it with the right person" etc (and god, talk about a condescending piece of shit thing to say)...anyway, some people just don't care. and I really like being one of these people better than when I did care, it opens up a lot more of life to think about. some people really like to eat sweets and some people could take or leave them and some people don't like them at all. why should sex be any different than that?
  • I disagree with this...I don't ever really think about sex anymore but I don't think there's something wrong with me except that it is possibly the medications I'm on. But I don't think I'd be thinking about it much anyway. Some people just don't like sex that much, period. Nobody likes to admit, mostly because someone like you comes along and says there must be something wrong with them. I recently mentioned to my friends that I don't like it that much and they all jumped down my throat, "you're not doing it with the right person" etc (and god, talk about a condescending piece of shit thing to say)...anyway, some people just don't care. and I really like being one of these people better than when I did care, it opens up a lot more of life to think about. some people really like to eat sweets and some people could take or leave them and some people don't like them at all. why should sex be any different than that?


    i actually have to agree with this. :) i've never personally felt this way, but i certainly believe it's possible...and i also don't think it means there is something *wrong* with the person. quite honestly, i see it all as part of the *big picture*...part of nature. i think lack of interest/sex drive can mean something is wrong with someone...but i also think it can simply be another *control* in nature, re: population. i truly believe people such as this, homosexuals, people who cannot bear/produce children.....ALL part of built in 'limits' as it were, to controlling the world's population, for all species really.


    that said, i have a much older cousin, never married...and quite honestly while i am not 100% sure..i would guess she has never had sex, nor a BF or GF. i also don't think there is anything physically wrong with her health, nor mentally, and her entire life she has seemd quite happy/content. not once have i heard her mention feeling like she 'missed out' on anything. so while sure, not the norm.....it IS possible....and while unusual, certainly nothing *wrong* with someone like that. again too, i don't think such people need/deserve pity if it's a choice and they are happy. that said, i'd NOT like to be like that, am quite happy with how i am....but yea.....nothing *wrong* necessarily.


    i WILL say though, for MANY people who don't *enjoy* sex...it IS because they haven't had the right/good partner....and/or have not done enough self-exploration to know what they want/like/desire....etc. however, i fully agree that some people simply may be disinterested, not enjoy it as much, whatever. takes all kinds to make up the world. :)

    and hey...anyone who feels like that should enjoy VD solo all the more...b/c who needs anything else? :p so i still think.......desperately trying to stay on topic ;)....ALL can enjoy VD as much or as little as they so choose...it's a day of LOVE...for everyone!
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    Let's just breathe...


    I am myself like you somehow


  • Ms. HaikuMs. Haiku Posts: 7,265
    dunkman wrote:
    oh i knew you'd agree :D





    but why? surely its a nice thing to think about rather than death, religion and death caused by religion... oh and rancid squirrels... and goats who do that weird noise thing and then pee on electric fences... etc etc
    Ohmygawd! Your posts on this thread are making me laugh laugh laugh :D
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  • libragirllibragirl Posts: 4,632
    Valentine's Day is a corporate bullshit holiday created in order to increase the sale of chocolate during the down time of the year.

    Yep....and for the greeting card industry.
    These cuts are leaving creases. Trace the scars to fit the pieces, to tell the story, you don't need to say a word.
  • libragirl wrote:
    Yep....and for the greeting card industry.

    for all industries really. haven't you noticed that in the past several years commercials really try to suggest that CELL PHONES are the perfect romantic gift?

    It's just to boost retail sales across the economy when no one's really buying much.
  • Ms. HaikuMs. Haiku Posts: 7,265
    libragirl wrote:
    Yep....and for the greeting card industry.
    I LOVE to receive cards in the mail! Maybe I should start dating so I can receive more cards in the mail. I would send more cards in the mail if I was dating. Hmmmm, maybe this VD is all about a compassionate person's strategy to spread good cheer through the postal service.

    Imagine a Santa Clausy/Mrs. Santa Clausy postal worker. Already he/she is wearing red, eh? Here he/she is after the end-of-the-year holidays, and all he/she sees are bills/tax returns. Eureka! He/she decides to create a holiday to spread cheer through the postal service. The idea catches like wildfire, and all of a sudden the world is full of love as it was just a few months ago. Pretty cool if you have the imagination to think of it.
    There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous
    The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
  • Ms. Haiku wrote:
    I LOVE to receive cards in the mail! Maybe I should start dating so I can receive more cards in the mail. I would send more cards in the mail if I was dating. Hmmmm, maybe this VD is all about a compassionate person's strategy to spread good cheer through the postal service.

    Imagine a Santa Clausy/Mrs. Santa Clausy postal worker. Already he/she is wearing red, eh? Here he/she is after the end-of-the-year holidays, and all he/she sees are bills/tax returns. Eureka! He/she decides to create a holiday to spread cheer through the postal service. The idea catches like wildfire, and all of a sudden the world is full of love as it was just a few months ago. Pretty cool if you have the imagination to think of it.

    I don't think I've received a card in the mail from anyone I've dated...or from anyone male for that matter...on christmas, valentines, birthday, whathaveyou. I don't think dating and cards are correlated :).

    you know I've never gotten flowers either? the only flowers I've ever received were from my dad when I got into college...
  • libragirllibragirl Posts: 4,632
    I love receiving them too...but I don't get too many.
    Ms. Haiku wrote:
    I LOVE to receive cards in the mail! Maybe I should start dating so I can receive more cards in the mail. I would send more cards in the mail if I was dating. Hmmmm, maybe this VD is all about a compassionate person's strategy to spread good cheer through the postal service.

    Imagine a Santa Clausy/Mrs. Santa Clausy postal worker. Already he/she is wearing red, eh? Here he/she is after the end-of-the-year holidays, and all he/she sees are bills/tax returns. Eureka! He/she decides to create a holiday to spread cheer through the postal service. The idea catches like wildfire, and all of a sudden the world is full of love as it was just a few months ago. Pretty cool if you have the imagination to think of it.
    These cuts are leaving creases. Trace the scars to fit the pieces, to tell the story, you don't need to say a word.
  • libragirllibragirl Posts: 4,632
    oh yeah...all the red cell phones....everything is game :)

    for all industries really. haven't you noticed that in the past several years commercials really try to suggest that CELL PHONES are the perfect romantic gift?

    It's just to boost retail sales across the economy when no one's really buying much.
    These cuts are leaving creases. Trace the scars to fit the pieces, to tell the story, you don't need to say a word.
  • pearljamjenpearljamjen Posts: 13,578
    Oh geez...I just found out that not only are we having a Valentine's potluck at work but there will be a MAILBOX decorating contest...I was happy I missed the holiday decorating cubicle contest but I will be around for the VD one. And EVERYONE participates so if I don't, I will look the Scrooge that I am! :p
  • Oh geez...I just found out that not only are we having a Valentine's potluck at work but there will be a MAILBOX decorating contest...I was happy I missed the holiday decorating cubicle contest but I will be around for the VD one. And EVERYONE participates so if I don't, I will look the Scrooge that I am! :p



    hahahahahahahahahha....OMG....are you serious?! wtf kinda company do you work for? :p i don't care what anyone's feelings are on any of the holidays, but that is just toooooo FAR imho. it shouldn't be at WORK...unless you work in an elementary or nursery school! :D and believe me....from halloween trhu easter......i know it all TOO well from an art room perspective! yikes! that is just laaaammmmmmmmeeee from a work environment perspective. yikes, i'd not want to do ANY of that either...and i'm no scrooge! :p
    Stay with me...
    Let's just breathe...


    I am myself like you somehow


  • Oh geez...I just found out that not only are we having a Valentine's potluck at work but there will be a MAILBOX decorating contest...I was happy I missed the holiday decorating cubicle contest but I will be around for the VD one. And EVERYONE participates so if I don't, I will look the Scrooge that I am! :p

    that's terrible! I hated doing that stuff when I was a kid! (well I liked the mailbox decorating, but I hated doing the cards.) you should give your coworkers cards that say "I choo choo choose you."
  • PJPixiePJPixie Posts: 3,026
    I freaking love this thread!! You are all over the place and it rules!!
    You guys Rule!!
    The best use of Life is Love.
    The best expression of Love is Time.
    The best time to Love is Now.


    I'm never as good as when you're there.........
  • PJPixiePJPixie Posts: 3,026
    Ms. Haiku wrote:
    I LOVE to receive cards in the mail! Maybe I should start dating so I can receive more cards in the mail. I would send more cards in the mail if I was dating. Hmmmm, maybe this VD is all about a compassionate person's strategy to spread good cheer through the postal service.

    Imagine a Santa Clausy/Mrs. Santa Clausy postal worker. Already he/she is wearing red, eh? Here he/she is after the end-of-the-year holidays, and all he/she sees are bills/tax returns. Eureka! He/she decides to create a holiday to spread cheer through the postal service. The idea catches like wildfire, and all of a sudden the world is full of love as it was just a few months ago. Pretty cool if you have the imagination to think of it.

    You are just AWESOME and I wanna hang out with you!!!
    The best use of Life is Love.
    The best expression of Love is Time.
    The best time to Love is Now.


    I'm never as good as when you're there.........
  • pearljamjenpearljamjen Posts: 13,578
    hahahahahahahahahha....OMG....are you serious?! wtf kinda company do you work for? :p i don't care what anyone's feelings are on any of the holidays, but that is just toooooo FAR imho. it shouldn't be at WORK...unless you work in an elementary or nursery school! :D and believe me....from halloween trhu easter......i know it all TOO well from an art room perspective! yikes! that is just laaaammmmmmmmeeee from a work environment perspective. yikes, i'd not want to do ANY of that either...and i'm no scrooge! :p

    Well, you should have been around before Christmas. On Monday 12/10, there was a cubicle decorating contest; Tuesday was bring your favorite traditional holiday food; Weds was "craft-making" during lunch; Thurs was judging of the cubicles and hot chocolate in the afternoon and dinner in the evening; Friday was a potluck during lunch and Secret "angel" buddy (how that is more "pc" than Santa I don't know). I mean some of those things can be fun but it got to the point where it was excessive and I'm sorry I don't want to spend my lunch hour making gingerbread houses with my coworkers. (That day I left haha and people looked at me like I was crazy). Fortunately I was getting ready to go out of the country so I used that as an excuse why I missed most of the activities, but still, everyone couldn't believe why I didn't want to participate in EVERYTHING. :rolleyes:
  • pearljamjenpearljamjen Posts: 13,578
    that's terrible! I hated doing that stuff when I was a kid! (well I liked the mailbox decorating, but I hated doing the cards.) you should give your coworkers cards that say "I choo choo choose you."

    Haha, good one. Or maybe some cards with that angry bunny :p
  • Well, you should have been around before Christmas. On Monday 12/10, there was a cubicle decorating contest; Tuesday was bring your favorite traditional holiday food; Weds was "craft-making" during lunch; Thurs was judging of the cubicles and hot chocolate in the afternoon and dinner in the evening; Friday was a potluck during lunch and Secret "angel" buddy (how that is more "pc" than Santa I don't know). I mean some of those things can be fun but it got to the point where it was excessive and I'm sorry I don't want to spend my lunch hour making gingerbread houses with my coworkers. (That day I left haha and people looked at me like I was crazy). Fortunately I was getting ready to go out of the country so I used that as an excuse why I missed most of the activities, but still, everyone couldn't believe why I didn't want to participate in EVERYTHING. :rolleyes:




    :eek:
    your company sounds like HELL! the really scary kind...whereas it looks all shiny and happy...but is filled with evil! it's got to be a cover for some underhand sextrade or sumthin'. what aren't you telling us? :p


    seriously..i just think there are *degrees* of company-sharing appropriateness, and your place sounds WAY over! yikes!


    i hope at the very least you all get some good chocolate! :D
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  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    I disagree with this...I don't ever really think about sex anymore but I don't think there's something wrong with me except that it is possibly the medications I'm on.


    you just kind of answered my point :)

    as mammalian beings, we are mentally attuned to thinking about sex... its what mammals do... pandas are really hairy nuns, so we dont count them... but human beings should be thinking about sex quite often... if they dont then something in their life isnt as good as it should be.. and thats the 'wrong with them' bit i was discussing :)
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • PJPixiePJPixie Posts: 3,026
    *ding ding ding* ROUND II Ladies and Gentleman.

    I like this thread :D
    The best use of Life is Love.
    The best expression of Love is Time.
    The best time to Love is Now.


    I'm never as good as when you're there.........
  • dunkman wrote:
    you just kind of answered my point :)

    as mammalian beings, we are mentally attuned to thinking about sex... its what mammals do... pandas are really hairy nuns, so we dont count them... but human beings should be thinking about sex quite often... if they dont then something in their life isnt as good as it should be.. and thats the 'wrong with them' bit i was discussing :)

    no, I mean I'm not sure I'd care otherwise and I know other people who I think don't care.
  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    no, I mean I'm not sure I'd care otherwise and I know other people who I think don't care.

    thats utterly subjective... think think think..

    it doesnt stand up in court so it wont here.. hee hee... i said 'stand up'

    i'm not suggesting it should be thought about every 6 seconds... but if someone goes 3 months not thinking about sex or not seeing someone they think is hot then ... well ... you know :)
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • dunkman wrote:
    thats utterly subjective... think think think..

    it doesnt stand up in court so it wont here.. hee hee... i said 'stand up'

    i'm not suggesting it should be thought about every 6 seconds... but if someone goes 3 months not thinking about sex or not seeing someone they think is hot then ... well ... you know :)

    what if you just don't come across any hot people??
  • JamalJamal Posts: 2,115
    genie wrote:
    finding love is like applying for jobs ( which is what i'm doing right now ) to get somekind of a job you've got to apply everywhere and even apply for vacancies that you think you won't get. and you've got to apply everyday!! and maybe after good 3 months you'll get what you're looking for.

    being fed up with sex???!!! what's that? i completely don't understand you
    Well, not being fed up with sex ... (never had it :o, I'm the 20 yr old virgin :o) but being fed up with all the complications it implies

    And good luck jobhunting, I'm starting my internship within two weeks, so I know about applying :D
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  • what if you just don't come across any hot people??

    Then fine. Everyone is attracted to someone in one form of another though. If not, there's something wrong. it's human nature. :)
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