Premature Articulation: I am sometimes a hothead. I say sometimes because I do sleep every night and there are occasions in nearly everyday where I simply enjoy breathing or the good...

fiatlux

I am sometimes a hothead. I say sometimes because I do sleep every night and there are occasions in nearly everyday where I simply enjoy breathing or the good company of family and friends (especially nieces, which I love to pieces). But hothead works, generally speaking. The term "impassioned free-speaker," though, could work. For me.

Somehow I had it in my head that the people who loved me loved me for my, as I describe it, "quick honesty." Ginny, my best friend since grade school, said that was hardly it. This characteristic, she patiently explained, was merely tolerated. "Then what?" I exploded. She smiled and said, "Your patience." A beat, and then we burst out with a belly-laugh. But I was feeling heat, knowing a hard t***h was coming. Ginny's face changed. "Moe, you hurt people. I don't know how you can change and still be the person I care for deeply, but you have to make, er, some adjustments."

Bro 4, the closest to me in age and how I call him (the others properly numbered by age), said, "Your biggest asset is your biggest defect. Your easy compassion and commitment is a wonder I enjoy. But the enemy is not those who might endanger those you love and the policies or ideals you favor: it is your self-sanctified opposition." Ouch!

I could go on at much length about my "defect" but I am here to try and gain some check on my premature articulations. I will apologize for the probable failures as they occur.

Coos Bay Tom Loc: coos bay oregon

fiatlux wrote:

I am sometimes a hothead. I say sometimes because ... (show quote)

No apologys needed here. I like the way you talk.

:thumbup:

fiatlux

Coos Bay Tom wrote:

No apologys needed here. I like the way you talk.

:thumbup:

You are way too kind...and I like it.

Yankee Clipper

fiatlux wrote:

I am sometimes a hothead. I say sometimes because ... (show quote)

Some people's feelings get hurt easier than others, and some like it that way. Myself, I don't really care what most people say or think about me. I rarely tuck my tail and run. You just need to be more politically correct. Instead of calling someone an "asshole", perhaps calling them an "organic poop chute" would suffice don't you think?

moldyoldy

fiatlux wrote:

I am sometimes a hothead. I say sometimes because ... (show quote)

This is a viper pit of opinionated people. I think after a few hours here, you will be glad for a nice friendly family fight. So choose where to be aggressive. You seem to be pretty mild here.

fiatlux

Yankee Clipper wrote:

Some people's feelings get hurt easier than others, and some like it that way. Myself, I don't really care what most people say or think about me. I rarely tuck my tail and run. You just need to be more politically correct. Instead of calling someone an "asshole", perhaps calling them an "organic poop chute" would suffice don't you think?

Lol, like that. Worth considering. If most people weren't such, er, human.

fiatlux

moldyoldy wrote:

This is a viper pit of opinionated people. I think after a few hours here, you will be glad for a nice friendly family fight. So choose where to be aggressive. You seem to be pretty mild here.

Ah, c'mon, give me a chance, lol, but thank you.

lindajoy Loc: right here with you....

If you changed based on everyone else's opinion you would never be You..

Be whom you are and leave it right there..."Self"improvement is just that...Based on what YOU believe needs change, not what others may think~~~ :wink: :wink:

We are as "perfect" as our imperfections teach us~~ :wink:

Searching Loc: Rural Southwest VA

lindajoy wrote:

If you changed based on everyone else's opinion you would never be You..

Be whom you are and leave it right there..."Self"improvement is just that...Based on what YOU believe needs change, not what others may think~~~ :wink: :wink:

:thumbup: I tried to wear for a while what you speak of in your first sentence. I found out it doesn't work so well. It took me a long time to find myself again. :lol: That's a beautiful heart, by the way, in more ways than one.

lindajoy Loc: right here with you....

Searching wrote:

:thumbup: I tried to wear for a while what you speak of in your first sentence. I found out it doesn't work so well. It took me a long time to find myself again. :lol:

Perfect example of why staying true to you is the only answer...
Sometimes it just takes us a while figuring that out~~ :wink:

no propaganda please Loc: moon orbiting the third rock from the sun

Yankee Clipper wrote:

Some people's feelings get hurt easier than others, and some like it that way. Myself, I don't really care what most people say or think about me. I rarely tuck my tail and run. You just need to be more politically correct. Instead of calling someone an "asshole", perhaps calling them an "organic poop chute" would suffice don't you think?

That might be a good idea. I prefer politically incorrect people, even if I don't agree with them. You are good about not tiptoeing around what you think, and that works for me.

Workinman Loc: Bayou Pigeon

fiatlux wrote:

I am sometimes a hothead. I say sometimes because ... (show quote)

Wisdom seasoned with salt....seems like the older I get the less I get excited...I do know some things aren't important enough to get excited about and I just let them roll off mt back.

Yankee Clipper

fiatlux wrote:

Lol, like that. Worth considering. If most people weren't such, er, human.

A lot of what is said on this site is just plain BS splattered all over every topic and respondent just to see what sticks or arouses rancor. I venture to say most on here would be very civil if they were having these conversations face to face rather than pushing for an altercation. It's easy to hide behind the computer screen and be obnoxious and we all do that here to varying degrees.

I find it amusing to read the stupid obnoxious comments made by most of the Marxist/democrats on this site. However those on the reactionary right are many times just as bad if not worse. I sometimes go over the top just to further agitate the situation even further just for the fun of it. I know others on here that do the same. I do however try to be honest with my facts which is more than I can say about the l*****t on this site.

Searching Loc: Rural Southwest VA

fiatlux wrote:

You are way too kind...and I like it.

No, he's not way too kind, not too kind at all. You pose thought-evoking questions and I don't think I have "ever" seen you be derogatory "ever" to another. You might dismiss their answers, but "so?" You are expressing your opinion.

Speaking for myself, :oops: I have to take care and remember that just because someone disagrees with me, doesn't mean a negative. It is a time for reflecting on the merits of what another has said. Because of "my" formative years, going back even further than that 9-year-old Alicia alluded to in another thread, years that I was continually told I was "stupid" and "didn't know anything", I have to fight, sometimes, to look at what another says in response to something I've said, in an objective fashion. OPP, a great training ground to either reinforce or tweak....wh**ever you think ails you!!

As the song goes...."express yourself." :wink:

no propaganda please Loc: moon orbiting the third rock from the sun

Searching wrote:

No, he's not way too kind, not too kind at all. Y... (show quote)

I understand that feeling. all through my childhood, until I left home right out of high school,I was told I was a stupid, worthless little gimp that would never amount to more than a pile of dog s**t. Seems like I I am still trying to prove my father wrong. Oh well, I am 71 so hopefully i still have time to work on it further.