a bit of humor
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Gray Loser wrote: > Stupid people are easier to please. Seat them in front of a baseball > game, give them a beer, and they’re in heaven.
Exactly. Bread and games. That was known back in Roman times 
> Smart people tend to have higher expectations of their lives, > expectations which are not always met. Hence the depression.
Prezacktly. >>>Most likely the reason your shrink mainly has wealthy clients is that the >>>poor ones can’t afford the treatment. >>Mandatory health insurance covers shrinks in this country. > How ’bout that.
You don’t want to know what health insurance costs around here though. And it IS mandatory for EVERYONE. Tho children and students usually get some 50% off. >I wish I had enough money to afford a shrink. Guess > I’ll have to wait until I get a Real Job ™.
I don’t think the shrink has done me any good so far aside of prescribing me Effexor.
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Captain Obvious wrote: > To you and me and the rest of society, they’re highly successful. To > themselves, they’re failures. Some of them are driven by unobtainable
Much like me. My stated goal is to be able to retire at age 40, preferably earlier. Now most people flat out admit that they’d see me doing but only if I don’t kill myself before it. > Some of them, despite incredible social skills at work, have > troubled marriages (amazingly common). Some of them are trying to please > the eternally-critical voices in their heads.
And the other ones like myself can handle customer interaction just fine but will shit their pants (not literally) on the mere idea of approaching a girl.
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"HumungousFungusAmongUs" <omega.po…@ntlworld.com> wrote in news:bfrr1m$i1cih$1@ID-73971.news.uni-berlin.de: > Strongsad’s dragon with the chiarascuro (?sp) shading essentially > eclipsed Strongbad’s dragon depiction in terms of artistic skill. > No-one can deny that. > OTS
I saw this boy and girl wearing homestarrunner.com t-shirts when I was on my honeymoon. I was going to ask them which charactor was their favorite, but I am too shy. Plus they were kids and their parents would probably thought I was a weirdo. My favorite charactor is strongsad because he is so pathetic. Then again, strongbad is pretty pathetic too. Anyone whose favorite one is the poopsmith is also pathetic but because of other reasons. -phy
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this is the first onion piece I’ve read that’s sort of funny.. :> "allen" <noem…@address.com> wrote in message
news:Yo1Ua.23100$vx3.6175750@kent.svc.tds.net… > From The Onion – America’s Finest News Source (http://www.theonion.com).
… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Because of their severe, profound "loserdom," realistic treatment options > for depressed losers are almost nil, the Stanford report concludes. > "The only treatment that makes any sense is loathing and rejection," > Wyler-Hustad noted. "It is only logical that stupid, fat, ugly, bed-wetting, > crybaby losers be shunned as outcasts and be treated with the hatred and > disrespect they so richly deserve."
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On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 21:27:15 +0200, i-dont-want-to-receive-any-ma…@swissonline.ch (None) wrote: > My stated goal is to be able to retire at age 40, > preferably earlier.
Whereas if I have such a goal it would probably be to *start* earning money by age 40. Ollie (35)
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"allen" <noem…@address.com> wrote in message
news:Yo1Ua.23100$vx3.6175750@kent.svc.tds.net… > From The Onion – America’s Finest News Source (http://www.theonion.com).
<snipped> That was a little funny until the part about suicide.
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None <i-dont-want-to-receive-any-ma…@swissonline.ch> wrote in news:3f218493$1@news.swissonline.ch: > Captain Obvious wrote: >> To you and me and the rest of society, they’re highly successful. To >> themselves, they’re failures. Some of them are driven by >> unobtainable > Much like me. My stated goal is to be able to retire at age 40, > preferably earlier. Now most people flat out admit that they’d see me > doing but only if I don’t kill myself before it.
What do you do? >> Some of them, despite incredible social skills at work, have >> troubled marriages (amazingly common). Some of them are trying to >> please the eternally-critical voices in their heads. > And the other ones like myself can handle customer interaction just > fine but will shit their pants (not literally) on the mere idea of > approaching a girl.
It seens to be easier to deal with people when you’re doing it for someone else–it helps dissociate you from the situation.
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In article <bfrr1m$i1ci…@ID-73971.news.uni-berlin.de>, "HumungousFungusAmongUs" <omega.po…@ntlworld.com> wrote: > Strongsad’s dragon with the chiarascuro (?sp) shading essentially eclipsed > Strongbad’s dragon depiction in terms of artistic skill. No-one can deny > that. > OTS
That doesn’t make up for the bedwetting, now does it? Josh — | My T.V. doesn’t listen when I give it pieces of my mind. | —
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Captain Obvious wrote: >>Much like me. My stated goal is to be able to retire at age 40, >>preferably earlier. Now most people flat out admit that they’d see me >>doing but only if I don’t kill myself before it. > What do you do?
Currently webhosting, security and some smaller network consulting. >>And the other ones like myself can handle customer interaction just >>fine but will shit their pants (not literally) on the mere idea of >>approaching a girl. > It seens to be easier to deal with people when you’re doing it for someone > else–it helps dissociate you from the situation.
Well you are bothering the people for someone elses goals so it’s probably easier…
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"Captain Obvious" wrote – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> None wrote > > Captain Obvious wrote: > >> To you and me and the rest of society, they’re highly successful. To > >> themselves, they’re failures. Some of them are driven by > >> unobtainable > > Much like me. My stated goal is to be able to retire at age 40, > > preferably earlier. Now most people flat out admit that they’d see me > > doing but only if I don’t kill myself before it. > What do you do? > >> Some of them, despite incredible social skills at work, have > >> troubled marriages (amazingly common). Some of them are trying to > >> please the eternally-critical voices in their heads. > > And the other ones like myself can handle customer interaction just > > fine but will shit their pants (not literally) on the mere idea of > > approaching a girl. > It seens to be easier to deal with people when you’re doing it for someone > else–it helps dissociate you from the situation.
And – quite obviously – when you don’t have any emotional investment (how you perceive yourself in that person’s eyes) in the outcome. – Michaela
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Why is this group called alt.SUPPORT.shyness? – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -"allen" <noem…@address.com> wrote in message <news:Yo1Ua.23100$vx3.6175750@kent.svc.tds.net>… > From The Onion – America’s Finest News Source (http://www.theonion.com). > This is actually an old article but thought it was appropriate to post > here….. > PALO ALTO, CA–According to a report released Monday by Stanford’s Institute > For Psychotherapeutic Study, depression, America’s leading mental illness, > hits losers worse than any other segment of society. Losers, sad excuses > for human beings who have no reason to feel good about themselves or their > failed, miserable lives, are approximately 25 times as likely to suffer the > emotionally crippling effects of depression as any other group researched, > the study claims. > Worse yet, the prospects for successful treatment of depression among the > loser populace are "poor at best," the study found. The reason: Most losers > are such hopeless lost causes that they can never get a life, no matter how > hard they try, and are "doomed to repeat their mistakes forever, living out > their pathetic existence as little more than human garbage." > "People who are depressed are gripped by painful feelings of shame, > hopelessness and low self-esteem," said Dr. Anne Wyler-Hustad, head of the > Stanford team. "Losers are much more likely to internalize these emotions, > as they are miserable little nothings, devoid of any value as people." > Noted therapist Eli Wasserbaum agreed. "Because they are so inherently > inferior to regular people, many losers feel–quite correctly–that their > lives are not worth living," Wasserbaum said. "Nobody cares about them, they > are alone, they can’t hold down a job, they have no money. Even their own > families hate them. Life has passed them by. What’s the point in their even > going on?" > According to the Stanford study, losers are five times more likely to suffer > from negative sexual self-images than non-losers, usually because > they are fat and ugly, and nobody in their right mind would ever want to > date them. Further, negative feelings such as despair, self-loathing and > hopelessness are three times as common among go-nowhere lowlife losers than > among normal people who are not worthless as human beings. > The study also indicates that, because nobody would miss them if they died, > losers are nine times as likely to attempt suicide as worthwhile > people. "From the true loser’s point of view, the compulsion to inflict > self-harm seems to be ‘the only way out.’ This is true," Wyler-Hustad said. > "Lord knows why they don’t just do us all a favor and blow their heads off > once and for all. I know I would if I were a loser like that." > But is there any hope for these losers? Can they get better? According to > Stanford researchers, the answer is a resounding no. "The depressed patient > suffers from severe, delusional feelings of worthlessness," the study read. > "But discovering that these negative beliefs are not true. In the case of > losers, however, such negative self-images are not delusional, but instead > reflect the truth about their lack of worth. This makes the loser’s chances > of suffering depression far more likely, and their prognosis for recovery > slim to none." > With over one million Americans on Prozac, depression remains America’s > leading mental illness. But while most patients can expect to > benefit from the drug, mental health experts agree that losers will not be > helped by prescription drug therapy or, for that matter, anything at all. > "Losers, despite their profound, constant state of despair, are hated by > others as much as they hate themselves," said Theodore Foti, director of the > famed Rochester Institute For Mental Health. "They have no friends because > they are, quite simply, too pathetic and useless for anyone to care about. > How could anyone possibly expect a little pill to cure a problem like that? > Give me a break." > Because of their severe, profound "loserdom," realistic treatment options > for depressed losers are almost nil, the Stanford report concludes. > "The only treatment that makes any sense is loathing and rejection," > Wyler-Hustad noted. "It is only logical that stupid, fat, ugly, bed-wetting, > crybaby losers be shunned as outcasts and be treated with the hatred and > disrespect they so richly deserve."
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From The Onion – America’s Finest News Source (http://www.theonion.com). This is actually an old article but thought it was appropriate to post here….. PALO ALTO, CA–According to a report released Monday by Stanford’s Institute For Psychotherapeutic Study, depression, America’s leading mental illness, hits losers worse than any other segment of society. Losers, sad excuses for human beings who have no reason to feel good about themselves or their failed, miserable lives, are approximately 25 times as likely to suffer the emotionally crippling effects of depression as any other group researched, the study claims. Worse yet, the prospects for successful treatment of depression among the loser populace are "poor at best," the study found. The reason: Most losers are such hopeless lost causes that they can never get a life, no matter how hard they try, and are "doomed to repeat their mistakes forever, living out their pathetic existence as little more than human garbage." "People who are depressed are gripped by painful feelings of shame, hopelessness and low self-esteem," said Dr. Anne Wyler-Hustad, head of the Stanford team. "Losers are much more likely to internalize these emotions, as they are miserable little nothings, devoid of any value as people." Noted therapist Eli Wasserbaum agreed. "Because they are so inherently inferior to regular people, many losers feel–quite correctly–that their lives are not worth living," Wasserbaum said. "Nobody cares about them, they are alone, they can’t hold down a job, they have no money. Even their own families hate them. Life has passed them by. What’s the point in their even going on?" According to the Stanford study, losers are five times more likely to suffer from negative sexual self-images than non-losers, usually because they are fat and ugly, and nobody in their right mind would ever want to date them. Further, negative feelings such as despair, self-loathing and hopelessness are three times as common among go-nowhere lowlife losers than among normal people who are not worthless as human beings. The study also indicates that, because nobody would miss them if they died, losers are nine times as likely to attempt suicide as worthwhile people. "From the true loser’s point of view, the compulsion to inflict self-harm seems to be ‘the only way out.’ This is true," Wyler-Hustad said. "Lord knows why they don’t just do us all a favor and blow their heads off once and for all. I know I would if I were a loser like that." But is there any hope for these losers? Can they get better? According to Stanford researchers, the answer is a resounding no. "The depressed patient suffers from severe, delusional feelings of worthlessness," the study read. "But discovering that these negative beliefs are not true. In the case of losers, however, such negative self-images are not delusional, but instead reflect the truth about their lack of worth. This makes the loser’s chances of suffering depression far more likely, and their prognosis for recovery slim to none." With over one million Americans on Prozac, depression remains America’s leading mental illness. But while most patients can expect to benefit from the drug, mental health experts agree that losers will not be helped by prescription drug therapy or, for that matter, anything at all. "Losers, despite their profound, constant state of despair, are hated by others as much as they hate themselves," said Theodore Foti, director of the famed Rochester Institute For Mental Health. "They have no friends because they are, quite simply, too pathetic and useless for anyone to care about. How could anyone possibly expect a little pill to cure a problem like that? Give me a break." Because of their severe, profound "loserdom," realistic treatment options for depressed losers are almost nil, the Stanford report concludes. "The only treatment that makes any sense is loathing and rejection," Wyler-Hustad noted. "It is only logical that stupid, fat, ugly, bed-wetting, crybaby losers be shunned as outcasts and be treated with the hatred and disrespect they so richly deserve."
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allen <noem…@address.com> wrote in message
news:Yo1Ua.23100$vx3.6175750@kent.svc.tds.net… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> From The Onion – America’s Finest News Source (http://www.theonion.com). > This is actually an old article but thought it was appropriate to post > here….. > PALO ALTO, CA–According to a report released Monday by Stanford’s Institute > For Psychotherapeutic Study, depression, America’s leading mental illness, > hits losers worse than any other segment of society. Losers, sad excuses > for human beings who have no reason to feel good about themselves or their > failed, miserable lives, are approximately 25 times as likely to suffer the > emotionally crippling effects of depression as any other group researched, > the study claims. > Worse yet, the prospects for successful treatment of depression among the > loser populace are "poor at best," the study found. The reason: Most losers > are such hopeless lost causes that they can never get a life, no matter how > hard they try, and are "doomed to repeat their mistakes forever, living out > their pathetic existence as little more than human garbage." > "People who are depressed are gripped by painful feelings of shame, > hopelessness and low self-esteem," said Dr. Anne Wyler-Hustad, head of the > Stanford team. "Losers are much more likely to internalize these emotions, > as they are miserable little nothings, devoid of any value as people." > Noted therapist Eli Wasserbaum agreed. "Because they are so inherently > inferior to regular people, many losers feel–quite correctly–that their > lives are not worth living," Wasserbaum said. "Nobody cares about them, they > are alone, they can’t hold down a job, they have no money. Even their own > families hate them. Life has passed them by. What’s the point in their even > going on?" > According to the Stanford study, losers are five times more likely to suffer > from negative sexual self-images than non-losers, usually because > they are fat and ugly, and nobody in their right mind would ever want to > date them. Further, negative feelings such as despair, self-loathing and > hopelessness are three times as common among go-nowhere lowlife losers than > among normal people who are not worthless as human beings. > The study also indicates that, because nobody would miss them if they died, > losers are nine times as likely to attempt suicide as worthwhile > people. "From the true loser’s point of view, the compulsion to inflict > self-harm seems to be ‘the only way out.’ This is true," Wyler-Hustad said. > "Lord knows why they don’t just do us all a favor and blow their heads off > once and for all. I know I would if I were a loser like that." > But is there any hope for these losers? Can they get better? According to > Stanford researchers, the answer is a resounding no. "The depressed patient > suffers from severe, delusional feelings of worthlessness," the study read. > "But discovering that these negative beliefs are not true. In the case of > losers, however, such negative self-images are not delusional, but instead > reflect the truth about their lack of worth. This makes the loser’s chances > of suffering depression far more likely, and their prognosis for recovery > slim to none." > With over one million Americans on Prozac, depression remains America’s > leading mental illness. But while most patients can expect to > benefit from the drug, mental health experts agree that losers will not be > helped by prescription drug therapy or, for that matter, anything at all. > "Losers, despite their profound, constant state of despair, are hated by > others as much as they hate themselves," said Theodore Foti, director of the > famed Rochester Institute For Mental Health. "They have no friends because > they are, quite simply, too pathetic and useless for anyone to care about. > How could anyone possibly expect a little pill to cure a problem like that? > Give me a break." > Because of their severe, profound "loserdom," realistic treatment options > for depressed losers are almost nil, the Stanford report concludes. > "The only treatment that makes any sense is loathing and rejection," > Wyler-Hustad noted. "It is only logical that stupid, fat, ugly, bed-wetting, > crybaby losers be shunned as outcasts and be treated with the hatred and > disrespect they so richly deserve."
Extremely harsh and politicaly uncorrect and extremely true.
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somedude said >Why is this group called alt.SUPPORT.shyness?
So it can have a cool acronym. Although, I like the onion too. http://www.whoseflorida.com/misc_pages/zoloft.htm <–swipe of the article on a bad background. It feels really true to me, too. I like that cute rock on the commerical, but I really don’t think it’s apporpiate to pop pills everytime we feel like there is a little cute animated rain cloud over our heads. — http://animeg.blogspot.com/ <–yet another shitty blog. http://members.fortunecity.com/animeg3282/ <—Fancy Lala Club! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fancy_lala <mailing list for Lala fans
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Animeg3282 wrote: > bad background. It feels really true to me, too. I like that cute rock on the > commerical, but I really don’t think it’s apporpiate to pop pills everytime we > feel like there is a little cute animated rain cloud over our heads.
Zoloft as every other SSRI is for people who live in a hurricane for months….
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None said >Zoloft as every other SSRI is for people who live in a hurricane for >months….
Yea, isn’t it really insulting for people who have been through a hurricane to have someone who just got a sprinkle of rain on their house to be running for the federal aid? — http://animeg.blogspot.com/ <–yet another shitty blog. http://members.fortunecity.com/animeg3282/ <—Fancy Lala Club! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fancy_lala <mailing list for Lala fans
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Animeg3282 wrote: >>Zoloft as every other SSRI is for people who live in a hurricane for >>months…. > Yea, isn’t it really insulting for people who have been through a hurricane to > have someone who just got a sprinkle of rain on their house to be running for > the federal aid?
You didn’t get my analogy.
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none said >You didn’t get my analogy.
No, it’s called extending it. Don’t be rude just because you don’t like me. — http://animeg.blogspot.com/ <–yet another shitty blog. http://members.fortunecity.com/animeg3282/ <—Fancy Lala Club! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fancy_lala <mailing list for Lala fans
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None <i-dont-want-to-receive-any-ma…@swissonline.ch> wrote in message <news:3f212c19$1@news.swissonline.ch>… > phy wrote: > >>Not so true. My shrink says most of his patients are in the uppermost > >>quartile job and intelligence wise. Stupid people (real losers) usually > >>don’t figure out just how bad their life is and thus don’t get depressed > >>either.
Stupid people are easier to please. Seat them in front of a baseball game, give them a beer, and they’re in heaven. Smart people tend to have higher expectations of their lives, expectations which are not always met. Hence the depression. > > Most likely the reason your shrink mainly has wealthy clients is that the > > poor ones can’t afford the treatment. > Mandatory health insurance covers shrinks in this country.
How ’bout that. I wish I had enough money to afford a shrink. Guess I’ll have to wait until I get a Real Job ™.
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Strongsad’s dragon with the chiarascuro (?sp) shading essentially eclipsed Strongbad’s dragon depiction in terms of artistic skill. No-one can deny that. OTS "Joshua Moore" <onshallow…@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:onshallowsea-79B7BC.06122325072003@newsgroups.bellsouth.net… > In article <Yo1Ua.23100$vx3.6175…@kent.svc.tds.net>, > "allen" <noem…@address.com> wrote: > … > Ouch. > — > | My T.V. doesn’t listen when I give it pieces of my mind. | > —
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None <i-dont-want-to-receive-any-ma…@swissonline.ch> wrote in news:3f21196b$1@news.swissonline.ch: > allen wrote: >> From The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
(http://www.theonion.com). >> This is actually an old article but thought it was appropriate to post >> here….. > Not so true. My shrink says most of his patients are in the uppermost > quartile job and intelligence wise.
To you and me and the rest of society, they’re highly successful. To themselves, they’re failures. Some of them are driven by unobtainable goals. Some of them have reached seemingly unobtainable goals–goals that were supposed to drive them for a lifetime–and now live without purpose. Some of them, despite incredible social skills at work, have troubled marriages (amazingly common). Some of them are trying to please the eternally-critical voices in their heads. We each decide for ourselves under what conditions we’ll be happy. > Stupid people (real losers) usually > don’t figure out just how bad their life is and thus don’t get depressed > either.
There are plenty of stupid depressed people.
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phy wrote: >>Not so true. My shrink says most of his patients are in the uppermost >>quartile job and intelligence wise. Stupid people (real losers) usually >>don’t figure out just how bad their life is and thus don’t get depressed >>either. > Most likely the reason your shrink mainly has wealthy clients is that the > poor ones can’t afford the treatment.
Mandatory health insurance covers shrinks in this country.
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allen wrote: > From The Onion – America’s Finest News Source (http://www.theonion.com). > This is actually an old article but thought it was appropriate to post > here…..
Not so true. My shrink says most of his patients are in the uppermost quartile job and intelligence wise. Stupid people (real losers) usually don’t figure out just how bad their life is and thus don’t get depressed either.
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None <i-dont-want-to-receive-any-ma…@swissonline.ch> wrote in news:3f21196b$1@news.swissonline.ch: > Not so true. My shrink says most of his patients are in the uppermost > quartile job and intelligence wise. Stupid people (real losers) usually > don’t figure out just how bad their life is and thus don’t get depressed > either.
Most likely the reason your shrink mainly has wealthy clients is that the poor ones can’t afford the treatment. -phy
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In article <Yo1Ua.23100$vx3.6175…@kent.svc.tds.net>, "allen" <noem…@address.com> wrote:
… Ouch. — | My T.V. doesn’t listen when I give it pieces of my mind. | —
