Two of the six chickens died, and the barn and some of the greenhouses are severely damaged due to flooding, but insurance will cover most of the damage so those folks will be okay I believe. Miraculously, the house sustained very little damage – even the internet works there.
I think we all have a little bit of Just World Fallacy going on. Just like one ought not believe that one could never become a victim because one’s so strong, one ought not to believe that one could never fall into the trap of JWF because one’s so rational (I’m not contradicting anyone in the thread with this, I just thought it needed saying explicitly).
YES.
I found myself struggling with how unfair life was feeling, how much I felt like I was being treated badly… when I’ve known all along that it isn’t fair, and there was no anthropomorphic force targeting me, there’s just stuff going on.
But it’s seductive. We want to believe. Because if we do, then things might be okay. I just have to have the right formula for life.
Hey, I have a personal QUESTION to all insane people on this board: Do you have normal pain sensations? Or can you hurt yourself and not notice?
I’ve never formally tested it, but I do seem to handle pain a little differently than others. However, I’m a dissociative and the system pain sink, so it requires a bit of my attention to block pain.
grumpycatisagirl
11 years ago
Yet another gun massacre in America. This is super depressing. I would send out Jedi hugs to everyone, but I need to ask for them first.
Unimaginative
11 years ago
ALL THE HUGS! What a craptastic day in the world today.
grumpycatisagirl
11 years ago
Thank you for the hugs, Unimaginative. I’m glad there are spaces like this where compassionate people like you can be found. Hugs back.
I’m just going to leave a big barrel of hugs in the middle of the floor, plenty to go around, anyone who wants one step right up and check in with my captain of hug distribution.
Dvärghundspossen, I’ve found it easier to deal with pain I cause myself than pain that’s done to me? Not quite the same thing though. Although I do have the same issue with bruises, I don’t even know I have them until I see them or someone else points them out to me and then I notice actually yea, they kinda hurt… but they didn’t until I noticed them. It’s a pretty common thing afaik, and it’s somewhat related to the fact that a lot of pain is perception/mental and not physical damage to nerves.
thanks for the advice, though I’m afraid some of it flew straight over my head. 🙂
@ally
My family members over in Colorado are safe once again. And in other good news, I managed to make a C program that isn’t completely useless and clunky. Yay! Now, onto tackling the beast known as Java…seriously, that language is scary.
yay that your family members are safe 🙂 Also, java the computer programming language? (don’t judge me I’m uneducated :P) Cuz if so my brother hates it too.
@LBT
I haven’t been able to give advice to Marie, because frankly, our parents took ‘not getting involved’ to its logical, horrifying conclusion, and I only got out of that by torching bridges and cutting contact. Which does the job but is pretty extreme.
yay that your family members are safe 🙂 Also, java the computer programming language? (don’t judge me I’m uneducated 😛 ) Cuz if so my brother hates it too.
Yeah, the programming language. It’s very clunky and overly complicated.
Speaking of programming, I might be getting a raise for my current programming job. Currently, I get paid at $10 an hour (the minimum wage here in San Jose), but my wages were determined when I still worked alongside my cousin, who also got the minimum wage. Now that he’s too busy with school to work with me, I can start earning double the amount – $20 an hour. Yay! I hope things work out.
Marie
11 years ago
@Ally
Yay for potential raise 😀
And just curious about java cuz my brother’s been complaining about it recently 😛
Also, since this is open thread, I did two (out of five) parts of the GED. I am now done with math for.ev.er.
I’ve been looking for my first job, and I’m hoping I get this job that I applied for. It’s a community service officer job at the university I attend, and it pays decently well.
I have to go to this orientation on the 23rd, so I’m crossing my fingers. I need the money to pay for food, rent, and a new laptop battery because my current one went bonk.
We Hunted The Mammoth
@Falconer
Two of the six chickens died, and the barn and some of the greenhouses are severely damaged due to flooding, but insurance will cover most of the damage so those folks will be okay I believe. Miraculously, the house sustained very little damage – even the internet works there.
Ally: I hope the flood is finally over for good this time. What an awful time for you and your family.
YES.
I found myself struggling with how unfair life was feeling, how much I felt like I was being treated badly… when I’ve known all along that it isn’t fair, and there was no anthropomorphic force targeting me, there’s just stuff going on.
But it’s seductive. We want to believe. Because if we do, then things might be okay. I just have to have the right formula for life.
Thinking that things might not be okay is scary.
Oh my god, Ally, that’s so much better than what I was dreading would happen.
I’m sorry about the chickens and the barn and the greenhouses, but at least the house survived. I’m amazed it still has power.
I hope the flood’s all over now.
Hi, Viscaria! ::waves::
RE: Dvarghundspossen
Hey, I have a personal QUESTION to all insane people on this board: Do you have normal pain sensations? Or can you hurt yourself and not notice?
I’ve never formally tested it, but I do seem to handle pain a little differently than others. However, I’m a dissociative and the system pain sink, so it requires a bit of my attention to block pain.
Yet another gun massacre in America. This is super depressing. I would send out Jedi hugs to everyone, but I need to ask for them first.
ALL THE HUGS! What a craptastic day in the world today.
Thank you for the hugs, Unimaginative. I’m glad there are spaces like this where compassionate people like you can be found. Hugs back.
I’m just going to leave a big barrel of hugs in the middle of the floor, plenty to go around, anyone who wants one step right up and check in with my captain of hug distribution.
Or if you’d prefer, you can simply collect a personal hamster from my magical self-refilling ceramic cat’s head.
I also have a raccoon standing by to say “There, there, it’s going to be fine” in a very reassuring way.
And soon, you’ll be feeling like this cat.
The Furrinati, ruling by teh power of cute!
Thank you for all the fur babies, Cloudiah.
Dvärghundspossen, I’ve found it easier to deal with pain I cause myself than pain that’s done to me? Not quite the same thing though. Although I do have the same issue with bruises, I don’t even know I have them until I see them or someone else points them out to me and then I notice actually yea, they kinda hurt… but they didn’t until I noticed them. It’s a pretty common thing afaik, and it’s somewhat related to the fact that a lot of pain is perception/mental and not physical damage to nerves.
Hugs to all who need them.
http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/2c/97/46/2c97465e69fdcd4954468a6a6df80e6b.jpg
OHHHH I hope those two have a proper forever home together!
And that whoever dumped them or hurt them steps on every red-hot lego ever.
oh my god that is so sweet, neuroticbeagle.
@mildlymagnificent
thanks for the advice, though I’m afraid some of it flew straight over my head. 🙂
@ally
yay that your family members are safe 🙂 Also, java the computer programming language? (don’t judge me I’m uneducated :P) Cuz if so my brother hates it too.
@LBT
that sucks 🙁 Jedi hugs if you want them.
Yeah, the programming language. It’s very clunky and overly complicated.
Speaking of programming, I might be getting a raise for my current programming job. Currently, I get paid at $10 an hour (the minimum wage here in San Jose), but my wages were determined when I still worked alongside my cousin, who also got the minimum wage. Now that he’s too busy with school to work with me, I can start earning double the amount – $20 an hour. Yay! I hope things work out.
@Ally
Yay for potential raise 😀
And just curious about java cuz my brother’s been complaining about it recently 😛
Also, since this is open thread, I did two (out of five) parts of the GED. I am now done with math for.ev.er.
“Also, since this is open thread, I did two (out of five) parts of the GED. I am now done with math for.ev.er.”
You hope! 😉
I’ve been looking for my first job, and I’m hoping I get this job that I applied for. It’s a community service officer job at the university I attend, and it pays decently well.
I have to go to this orientation on the 23rd, so I’m crossing my fingers. I need the money to pay for food, rent, and a new laptop battery because my current one went bonk.
Fingers crossed, Alice!