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Submitted by netimportant (View user info) at 2007-10-30 22:30:51 EDT
Have you ever felt trapped by words?
There are times when I feel something strongly and need to express it, but I can't even move my mouth the right way, because I am afraid of the power of my own words. Sometimes you only get one chance to say the right thing, and if you screw up your words, you screw up an opportunity. You might lose your chance at love, a job, a one-night stand—all because you failed to transform your thoughts into speech.
No one knows for sure what you're thinking until you can put into words. You are alone in your head, and words are the little windows that allow other people to see inside. Peeking through those windows is the closest anyone can ever get to completely understanding your thoughts. Their perception of you is limited to what you can convey to them.
If you can't find the right words to express a feeling, that feeling is trapped inside you. It claws at the walls of your mind, searching for a window to the outside world. It can drive you nuts. I think this is why some people paint or make music—they are looking for ways other than words to communicate intangible feelings.
I guess having language is better than grunting at each other like cavemen, but being bound by the limits of words when you are trying to show another person how you feel is frustrating.
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Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2007-11-07 06:12:11 EST (#)
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I missed this post.
THinking about the constraints of language makes me wonder a bit. It's a layer of insulation between me and everyone else, as well as a communication tool. If I was wide open all the time, if people could get my unvarnished thoughts all the time then that'd be kind of scary. We'd all wear our weaknesses on our sleeve and we'd be divided up by how hard we were prepared to stomp on other people's insecurities.
My own terror of all other people aside, we'd all be a lot more involved in other people's lives either for better or worse. I think the introversion, the calmness and the individual creativity that would be lost from 'breaking down the barriers' would be pretty serious losses in deed. Whether that'd be balanced out by the benefits, I don't know.
Maybe it'd be a world where nobody felt lonely 'cause people would always know how they felt and they wouldn't get locked inside their own heads, but maybe people would go crazy because it'd be that much harder to hide. Personally I think the latter, but then I'm crazy.
Submitted by FlakMonkey (user info) at 2007-11-02 09:56:59 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2007-10-31 15:56:34 EDT (#)
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K. METHOD NO FEAR DICK-ASS. METHOD NO HAVE BABBIES. METHOD STINK LIKE MEAT CONE.
haha
~Brdn_Nkd
Submitted by Method (user info) at 2007-11-01 16:15:46 EDT (#)
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no thats fine, opposites attract
Submitted by netimportant (user info) at 2007-11-01 15:55:52 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Method (user info) at 2007-10-31 10:27:53 EDT (#)
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I AM NEITHER HAIRY NOR OILY, GODAMMIT, I'M QUITE SMOOTH & SILKY
I'm hairy AND oily, is that going to be a problem for you?
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2007-10-31 17:14:47 EDT (#)
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POO!
Submitted by beat_raven (user info) at 2007-10-31 16:50:17 EDT (#)
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well.
I think I just got twice the daily recommended dose of bile, all in one post!
Submitted by Danger_Ranger (user info) at 2007-10-31 16:39:37 EDT (#)
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wait valerie's a girl?
Submitted by JulsInsane (user info) at 2007-10-31 16:34:02 EDT (#)
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lots of words. I no like thinky late in afternoon. brain hurts.
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2007-10-31 16:32:28 EDT (#)
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nuh-uh! i saw him actually retract a penis comment once and say he knew you were a girl, but just an ugly one.
that is surely nicer than andro, isn't it?
either way, he only does that pigtail pulling flirt thing because he thinks you are a man. once he KNOWS you have a vajay, he'll leave you alone forever.
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2007-10-31 16:06:50 EDT (#)
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Aw, andro? That's the nicest thing you've ever said to me <3
Submitted by Method (user info) at 2007-10-31 16:03:34 EDT (#)
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That's better, thank you very much. I assume that I struck a nerve with you when I said something in a derisive manner about your andro-friend down there?
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2007-10-31 15:56:34 EDT (#)
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K. METHOD NO FEAR DICK-ASS. METHOD NO HAVE BABBIES. METHOD STINK LIKE MEAT CONE.
Submitted by Method (user info) at 2007-10-31 15:54:44 EDT (#)
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Hey could you do me a favor and reword that in a manner that even a neanderthal such as myself could understand? K thanks
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2007-10-31 15:47:41 EDT (#)
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Holy wow, it's Method. Hi Method. I'm sure you know a lot of people and you think they tell you true, but this is nonsense. I will be the one to shoot straight with you, pain me though it might. Someone's got to, after all. Ok, here goes.
You can lie to yourself and others and say that the birth control pills are for your blemishes. I'm sure oily skin is a bitch to deal with, and the uncontrollable sweating probably doesn't help any. But let's be real. Both you and I know they're not responsible for you not getting knocked up. You aren't getting pregnant because you're a dude, and dudes don't have eggs in their asses. At least not the kind you can grow children from. So throw the things away and just relax. Bang out anonymous men who think your lamb and goat cheese stink is adorable. You're barren, and you're ok.
Submitted by Method (user info) at 2007-10-31 15:34:10 EDT (#)
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Sacrilicious, shame on you, didn't anyone ever teach you not to fight with girls? It's very un-gentlemanly like
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2007-10-31 15:34:08 EDT (#)
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so, no oil then?
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2007-10-31 15:09:07 EDT (#)
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Submitted by kaos-king (user info) at 2007-10-31 14:45:34 EDT (#)
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Submitted by netimportant (user info) at 2007-10-31 12:45:02 EDT (#)
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I'm no model, what with my black girl nose and fivehead. Still, I doubt it's a coincidence that the chicks who don't like me look like overweight trannies or teenage boys.
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OR, in a shocking turn of events, it may have absolutely nothing to do with physical appearances...
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I don't even know you to dislike you. And best I can tell, you're either "Lisa," the woman who claimed she was ASHAMED to be associated with ubersite and was NEVER COMING BACK and is now posting photo collages of herself, or you're posing as her, which is more than a little bit stalky and lame.
If "I've seen better" is so harsh a criticism on a post that sounds like it was written by a 16 year old emo girl that it leads you to imply I'm somehow jealous of an internet stranger, then by all means, I hope your delusions bring you comfort you poor thing. Here, have a +2. All better.
Submitted by kaos-king (user info) at 2007-10-31 14:45:34 EDT (#)
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Submitted by netimportant (user info) at 2007-10-31 12:45:02 EDT (#)
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I'm no model, what with my black girl nose and fivehead. Still, I doubt it's a coincidence that the chicks who don't like me look like overweight trannies or teenage boys.
___________________________
OR, in a shocking turn of events, it may have absolutely nothing to do with physical appearances...
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2007-10-31 14:42:23 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Respek (user info) at 2007-10-31 14:29:32 EDT (#)
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learn more vocab.
like so:
Reading your posts is a balefully lugubrious endeavor, likened to succling on the teat of a wildebeast.
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'suckling'
and
'wildebeest'
Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2007-10-31 14:31:29 EDT (#)
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overweight trannies and teenaged boys? Names please? Because all I'm coming up with is Divine and a teenaged boy.
Submitted by Respek (user info) at 2007-10-31 14:29:32 EDT (#)
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learn more vocab.
like so:
Reading your posts is a balefully lugubrious endeavor, likened to succling on the teat of a wildebeast.
Submitted by maiorano84 (user info) at 2007-10-31 14:03:25 EDT (#)
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Didn't say you were ugly by any means.
It's just that smile in that picture looks WAY too forced.
Submitted by rorrim (user info) at 2007-10-31 13:37:52 EDT (#)
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Verbal communication has a low and unreliable transfer rate.
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2007-10-31 13:29:19 EDT (#)
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please do, below
Submitted by MudWhistle (user info) at 2007-10-31 13:15:51 EDT (#)
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Submitted by netimportant (user info) at 2007-10-31 12:45:02 EDT (#)
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I'm no model, what with my black girl nose and fivehead. Still, I doubt it's a coincidence that the chicks who don't like me look like overweight trannies or teenage boys.
V
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2007-10-31 12:09:21 EDT (#)
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Deeeeeeeep.
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Damn ladies....should I get the oil?
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2007-10-31 13:04:08 EDT (#)
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As long as Shlongy digs you, does anyone else's opinion really fucking matter?
Submitted by netimportant (user info) at 2007-10-31 12:45:02 EDT (#)
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I'm no model, what with my black girl nose and fivehead. Still, I doubt it's a coincidence that the chicks who don't like me look like overweight trannies or teenage boys.
V
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2007-10-31 12:09:21 EDT (#)
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Deeeeeeeep.
Submitted by Method (user info) at 2007-10-31 10:27:53 EDT (#)
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I AM NEITHER HAIRY NOR OILY, GODAMMIT, I'M QUITE SMOOTH & SILKY
Submitted by Yozz (user info) at 2007-10-31 09:40:16 EDT (#)
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Yoo sho doo rite with pritty werds.
Submitted by BubbaEarl (user info) at 2007-10-31 08:45:23 EDT (#)
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there's something about you...
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2007-10-31 08:33:15 EDT (#)
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All Together Now!!
Nice to see you, to see you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NICE!!!!!!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/395000/images/_399237_bruce_forsyth300.jpg
Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2007-10-31 08:31:16 EDT (#)
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I've always wanted telepathy.
That way when some over-testosteroned dude in a huge SUV or H2 cuts me off in rush hour traffic (then slows down), I can effectively call him a douchebag.
But even though it's telepathy, I'd still have to use words unless I can send images to people.
In which case I'd send said douchebag an image of a prolapsed rectum.
Submitted by corn_nugget (user info) at 2007-10-31 08:02:45 EDT (#)
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Submitted by maiorano84 (user info) at 2007-10-31 04:09:18 EDT (#)
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Wow, that smile makes your face look like a foot.
I'm sure you can do better than that, sweet cheeks.
***
You would never talk like that to her, in person. Sweet cheeks.
Submitted by orphelia (user info) at 2007-10-31 06:31:54 EDT (#)
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Ok.
And please stop posting pictures of Bonnie Langford.
Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2007-10-31 06:16:17 EDT (#)
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You look like someone I'd fuck just for sport...you know to say, hey "I fucked this girl with a weird shaped face one time."
Submitted by BranDo (user info) at 2007-10-31 06:08:54 EDT (#)
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Nope never been trapped by words, been trapped in jail though where I wished I'd kept my big mouth shut. So in a way I do have been trapped by words.......damn!
Submitted by odin (user info) at 2007-10-31 05:49:50 EDT (#)
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Submitted by ChaosJester (user info) at 2007-10-31 05:16:03 EDT (#)
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Grunt
Grunt...
Submitted by AsshOly (user info) at 2007-10-31 05:08:45 EDT (#)
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ditto!
Submitted by SkinnyKenny (user info) at 2007-10-31 04:21:12 EDT (#)
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I like the way you write.
I believe that when you meet someone you are truly akin to, words more or less fuction as elaboration on the communion/communication that is happening on a much more subtle and indescribable level. Often trying to verbalize seems to trivialize.
Submitted by maiorano84 (user info) at 2007-10-31 04:09:18 EDT (#)
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Wow, that smile makes your face look like a foot.
I'm sure you can do better than that, sweet cheeks.
Submitted by Danger_Ranger (user info) at 2007-10-31 00:13:16 EDT (#)
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you're starting to look more like al pacino.
Submitted by Danger_Ranger (user info) at 2007-10-31 00:12:08 EDT (#)
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gross.
anyway I was kidding.
Submitted by netimportant (user info) at 2007-10-31 00:03:07 EDT (#)
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:'(
I don't need your approval to be happy. All I really need is Method's sweet, hairy, oily Greek love.
Submitted by BeforeEmily (user info) at 2007-10-30 23:43:10 EDT (#)
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ugly skank
Submitted by Wildman (user info) at 2007-10-30 23:22:08 EDT (#)
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edger allen po be-lo
Submitted by Danger_Ranger (user info) at 2007-10-30 23:20:48 EDT (#)
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you are starting to look like michael jackson. Have. you. had. work.
Submitted by Ballare (user info) at 2007-10-30 23:02:34 EDT (#)
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NICE TEEFS
Submitted by HadToBeDone (user info) at 2007-10-30 22:58:43 EDT (#)
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Nice blog entry. I love insight into the shallow end of the gene pool.
Submitted by TheUniter (user info) at 2007-10-30 22:52:47 EDT (#)
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STAY AWAY FROM THE BROWN ACID
Submitted by ghola (user info) at 2007-10-30 22:35:57 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2007-10-30 22:35:22 EDT (#)
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May I please offer a quick hole tickle to you?
Submitted by Method (user info) at 2007-10-30 22:34:35 EDT (#)
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As long as you always wear white so that you match the stove and refrigerator, you'll be ok toots