I'm still sick. And I didn't get much sleep. And I have to work tonight. I'm fifty percent certain that I'll be dead by morning.
Last night: - made burritos - did creative writing - fell asleep texting the person I have a crush on This morning: - went to work - came back - ate some food - about to work out and then go to class
I went to go look at an apartment this morning. It was... interesting. Based on the ad and the personal site of the landlord, I was expecting an old hippie. I would have been happy to rent from an old hippie. Old hippies are some of the coolest people you'll ever meet. Instead, I found out that the landlords were a gay hipster couple in that looked to be in their mid-twenties. I'm not sure if I want to rent from hipsters, and I'm definitely hesitant about renting from a young couple. Hipsters are notoriously unreliable. They may get bored and decide to sell the property, or raise the rent, or any other random BS that fills their odd little minds. Young couples rarely stay together, and young gay men even more so. I don't want to get caught up in property drama should they split up a few months down the road. I've got a few days to decide. I'm really not sure what to do.
I'm gonna have to go out on a limb and say that getting a new car just as my work hours get cut probably isn't the wisest thing I've ever done.
I was with you up until that last bit. I'm not sure there's any way to conclusively prove that gay couples are any more likely to split up. Actually, I have just as many gay acquaintances in serious long-term relationships as I do straight acquaintances in serious long-term relationships. This equation gets more complicated when you factor in the fact that these people could be bisexual or pansexual or anything else, but might just be dating a person of the same sex coincidentally. However, I can understand your anxiety when renting. I need to get back to a landlord about my apartment for the next year, which my roommate has taken only limited initiative in acquiring. He brought me a piece of paper with a phone number on it and then procrastinated, making excuses about when he wanted to call and why. I finally undercut him and called, telling the landlord that I would like to get back to him and set up an appointment within the next couple of days.
Please cite your sources if you're gonna spout statistics about relationships. It's not kind to assume one group is more successful to the other. Quite offensive as well as it applies a stigma that I'm more likely to **** up a relationship.
I'm going by my own personal observations here. Most straight people that I know have more success with long-term relationships than most gay people that I know. Since I haven't exactly seen any studies on this sort of thing, I can only go with what I've seen firsthand. Of course it's not scientific, but I've learned to trust my gut in situations like this. I wasn't trying to offend anybody, but... Actually, you know what? I just spent five minutes trying to figure out how to end that sentence, and I realized something. I don't honestly care if I offended you. I've got more important things to worry about than sparing the feelings of hypersensitive people. Don't get me wrong. I like most of my fellow EP members, but there I times that I get sick of walking on eggshells and trying not to offend anybody. I don't think I'm gonna do that anymore. As of this moment, the filter is off.
To be honest, I don't care either. I think I can safely say that I probably won't be offended, and if I am, I'll be able to get over it. After all, there are more important things in life than getting all triggered by some jerk's opinion. (No offense, Rid, I think you're a cool guy. ;3)
Whatever was going on in this thread is now irrelevant because I have girl scout cookies. But in the spirit of keeping things controversial, I think thin mints are overrated.
A friend of mine had a hernia, and he had to get surgery to get it removed. Needless to say, I feel sorry for him.
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I've done this to most of my friends here on EP. <_< I always feel a bit rude after waking up and realizing I pretty much abandoned the person I was texting without so much as a goodbye.
You didn't. You were quite rational in your comments, and probably know a whole lot more about the topic than I do.. That was really aimed more at Curtail. Victim complexes kinda rub me the wrong way. In hindsight, I'm not even sure I'd call it a victim complex.
Okay; just thought I'd let you know that I wasn't really personally offended by what you said (I mean, you know the internet, I've heard so many worse things) but at the same time I didn't really understand it. Did you follow up on the apartment as of yet, or are you still thinking about it? Yeah, I'm always super embarrassed when I do that.
Turns out the guy they showed it to before me put in an application. It was one of those 'first come, first served' deals, so I basically missed it by a half hour.
Pretty much describes my own personality to a tee. I'm not someone who generally aims to cause offense to people (as I'm sure you're not as well), but if a blunt opinion of mine causes some incidental offense to someone...well, that's just life. I don't owe anybody anything, and if someone truly objects to what I say then they should either try to change my mind with compelling evidence that tears my position down, or they should agree to disagree and go about their merry way. No nation can guarantee its citizens the "right" to never be offended and claim to value free speech at the same time. Some will try to penalize "fighting words" or "hate speech" or "terroristic threats" etc., but what qualifies as such can be highly subjective. In a world where even the most innocuous thing can cause grievous offense to someone, I should say the costs of coddling every 'hurt feel' far exceed the costs of suggesting that the easily offended grow a thicker skin.
