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[Dildo Argentino]

Hippie is not a world-view, hippie
is not a philosophy: first and foremost, hippie is a style
of emotional self-regulation. A way of managing emotions,
responses to problems, tensions. A style of affect. It involves
the ability to chill and the realisation that, strictly for the hippie
himself/herself, spending a greater than strictly necessary
amount of time in arousal of any sort, particularly
fear, anger, indignation, doubt, aggression is counter-productive.
I mean if one's intended product is The Good Life
aka Getting The Most Out Of It.

The level of defense you go to of this argues with the notion that it applies to you, but the implication seems to be that it does indeed apply to you.

just sayin', you defend a little too intently for this to be all that good of a fit.

Fair comment, that. There are two reasons, basically.

One: I'm learning to deal better with rejection here, so this is a practice session (you may or may not believe this, whatever). The practice involves attempting to speak my mind as clearly as possible about stuff, not getting upset when I'm told that I'm full of shit, but trying to find how I could make my point even clearer for the particular audience and then, if it doesn't work out, not worrying too much about being misunderstood by strangers.

Two (and this cuts much deeper): having started a rather intense therapy back in September, I can now see that I am not as much of a hippie as I used to think I was, that even the benign dependency that I have enjoyed with weed is an obstacle to freedom, and that if I wish to get rid of the regularly recurring bouts of sub-clinical but extremely unpleasant depression that I seem to go through once every 12 to 18 months, I will have to stir up and properly lay to rest a great deal of dirty ol' business, which will hurt. Is hurting already.

Additionally: I'm pretty sure that I'm not getting some of the more arcane in-jokes. But that's the nature of in-jokes: if you're "out" rather than "in", you don't get them. So I've stopped worrying about those.

[Dildo Argentino]

I know precisely who I'm describing because I'm surrounded by them here.

My second and third questions, then? No answers? 

[insideout]

Fair comment, that. There are two reasons, basically.

One: I'm learning to deal better with rejection here, so this is a practice session (you may or may not believe this, whatever). The practice involves attempting to speak my mind as clearly as possible about stuff, not getting upset when I'm told that I'm full of shit, but trying to find how I could make my point even clearer for the particular audience and then, if it doesn't work out, not worrying too much about being misunderstood by strangers.

Two (and this cuts much deeper): having started a rather intense therapy back in September, I can now see that I am not as much of a hippie as I used to think I was, that even the benign dependency that I have enjoyed with weed is an obstacle to freedom, and that if I wish to get rid of the regularly recurring bouts of sub-clinical but extremely unpleasant depression that I seem to go through once every 12 to 18 months, I will have to stir up and properly lay to rest a great deal of dirty ol' business, which will hurt. Is hurting already.

Additionally: I'm pretty sure that I'm not getting some of the more arcane in-jokes. But that's the nature of in-jokes: if you're "out" rather than "in", you don't get them. So I've stopped worrying about those.

fair enough.

and yeah, giving up on the in-jokes is a good thing.  sometimes I don't even get in-jokes when i was the one that started them, much less ones that have become part of the culture.

[AFK]

I know precisely who I'm describing because I'm surrounded by them here.

My second and third questions, then? No answers? 

Being superior actually makes me fairly frustrated on a regular basis. 
Third question:  It's a snow day, I'm bored, the end.

[P3nT4gR4m]

Oh, yeah, and no fucking sense of humour. Totally forgot that criterion. Remember kids, having bare feet and stinking like a fucking yak is serious bizness   

Don't go getting all het up. Deep inside (I mean, not THAT deep inside, but let's say inside), you would like to slaughter people who have sinned against you by not agreeing with everything you say, not wearing shoes and smelling bad. Oh, and they go on about peace and love and shit. What's the big deal? Happens to the best of us.

To be honest, I'm happy enough taking the piss out of them on the internet or IRL .Internet is preferable on account of the smell and the strong urge to slap the idiot grin off their face, tho.

[Cain]

Why are you guys still attempting to communicate with the Homeopathic Assburger?

[P3nT4gR4m]

Boredom + Alcohol + THC + irresistible compulsion to win the internet

[AFK]

Boredom + Fuckton of snow + no shits to give

[insideout]

Why are you guys still attempting to communicate with the Homeopathic Assburger?

Pic forms in my mind of gigantic warts hanging off of someones asshole, strangely shaped like hamburger patties, caused by addiction to homeopathic medicine.

[Anna Mae Bollocks]

Why are you guys still attempting to communicate with the Homeopathic Assburger?

So much THIS.

[Dildo Argentino]

Being superior actually makes me fairly frustrated on a regular basis. 

I suspect that it isn't being superior but feeling superior that makes you frustrated on a regular basis. Thing is though, it is a well-known fact of psychology that if a person does something regularly of their own volition, there is a gain for them in it. Even if they think or pretend otherwise.

What is the gain you get from feeling superior that is worth the frustration? Or, possibly, what is it that you gain from being frustrated itself?

Because, you know... you could stop. Either feeling superior, or feeling frustrated, or both. Not trivial, but doable. 

[Dildo Argentino]

The lakes are melting out. That's crap for skating but looks great in sunlight.

[Dildo Argentino]

Great OP. (And it's not a rant, either, congratulations!)

Stopped right there. 

I don't think you did.

Who cares what you think?  If you have to slip a back-handed insult into each post, if you are truly compelled to do so, and you seem to be, then I have no interest in reading anything else you have to say.

Actually, I don't slip back-handed insults into each post. Also, the thing you refer to as a "passive-aggressive back-handed insult" was just a little joke. I realise it wasn't reverent enough, but hey. Also... you seem to care what I think. 

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Great OP. (And it's not a rant, either, congratulations!)

Stopped right there. 

I don't think you did.

Who cares what you think?  If you have to slip a back-handed insult into each post, if you are truly compelled to do so, and you seem to be, then I have no interest in reading anything else you have to say.

Actually, I don't slip back-handed insults into each post. Also, the thing you refer to as a "passive-aggressive back-handed insult" was just a little joke. I realise it wasn't reverent enough, but hey. Also... you seem to care what I think. 

No, actually, I just hate you, so it's fun to holler at you.

[Dildo Argentino]

Thanks for sharing that.

So this leads me to conclude two things. You like to holler at people you hate (I tend to avoid them). And you have convinced yourself you can holler by typing. Which is kind of weird.