@relentless-red saidI dunno, but there's this meme out there about crabby old men shouting at clouds. I know clouds aren't exactly inanimate, but it's about the closest thing I can come up with.
We've probably all done it.
Yet still they misbehave.
Could this mean it doesn't work?
But, what would they get up to if we didn't do it?
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@the-gravedigger saidI tried that with a rock that fell on a climbing buddy. All I managed to get was a broken toe. Once bitten, twice shy.👍
Its ridiculous to swear at inanimate objects.
Much better to give them a good kick.
@relentless-red saidIt seems to be a necessary part of a process; I think it was Johnny Rotten (although I could be wrong) who sang about anger being an energy, and getting mad at inanimate objects is certainly a waste of it, but still, for me it goes a bit like this:
We've probably all done it.
Yet still they misbehave.
Could this mean it doesn't work?
But, what would they get up to if we didn't do it?
1. Can't undo bolt.
2. Swear at bolt. (feel better in self)
4. Leave scene of bolt, fetch can of 3 in 1 oil.
5. Return to bolt, apply said oil, speak nicely to bolt.
6. Return one hour later and undo bolt in calm, Zen - like fashion.
7. Achieve closure by forgiving bolt.
Edit: There is no number 3. (Apparently)
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08 Apr 22
@indonesia-phil saidCould #3 have been…smack at bolt injuring hand, swearing at it again?
It seems to be a necessary part of a process; I think it was Johnny Rotten (although I could be wrong) who sang about anger being an energy, and getting mad at inanimate objects is certainly a waste of it, but still, for me it goes a bit like this:
1. Can't undo bolt.
2. Swear at bolt. (feel better in self)
4. Leave scene of bolt, fetch can of 3 in 1 oil.
5. Ret ...[text shortened]... n - like fashion.
7. Achieve closure by forgiving bolt.
Edit: There is no number 3. (Apparently)
08 Apr 22
@relentless-red saidconundrum
We've probably all done it.
Yet still they misbehave.
Could this mean it doesn't work?
But, what would they get up to if we didn't do it?
i'm barefoot in the pitch black night of the shack
i inadvertently kick the leg of a kitchen chair with my left pinkie toe which causes me to hop around on my right foot which then lands squarely in the puddle of vomit the dog kindly left for me to find
i slip on the gooey mixture and land on my back in the same dog's water dish
as i begin to righteously cuss, are my protests aimed at the chair? my pinkie toe? the dog vomit? or my now agonized lower back muscles?
this is merely rhetorical, of course, i am the sole cause of all this mayhem as the light switch is conveniently located where i could have easily turned on illumination and thus achieved enlightenment without any suffering whatsoever
i apologise for the ramble
@rookie54 saidThe inanimate objects always get the last laugh. Maybe you didn't switch the light on because deep down you just knew they'd find some other way. Maybe it was a serious error of judgement. I won't judge. Are dogs in league with inanimate objects? Well, that's a whole other thread.
conundrum
i'm barefoot in the pitch black night of the shack
i inadvertently kick the leg of a kitchen chair with my left pinkie toe which causes me to hop around on my right foot which then lands squarely in the puddle of vomit the dog kindly left for me to find
i slip on the gooey mixture and land on my back in the same dog's water dish
as i begin to righteously cu ...[text shortened]... ation and thus achieved enlightenment without any suffering whatsoever
i apologise for the ramble
08 Apr 22
@relentless-red saidnot always
The inanimate objects always get the last laugh.
sometimes, when i am irrationally angry
i will disconnect random computer peripherals without properly shutting them down
the squeals of machine terror are music to my ears
08 Apr 22
@great-big-stees saidWe each of us find our own way....
Could #3 have been…smack at bolt injuring hand, swearing at it again?
08 Apr 22
@relentless-red saidDogs, who mentioned dogs...? I have two, Goldies, and I do swear at them sometimes although I do love them to bits and it doesn't seem to make any difference; they just look at me with those doggie eyes and I feel guilty. I know that you already know this, R R, but for the rest of the world, we now have 7, two week old puppies wobbling about the place trying to see things through new eyes. They are all black; a romantic encounter between Bodie and a village dog, but my point is that I now have to watch my language around them, so as not to corrupt their young and still forming sensibilities, and get them into bad habits so young.
The inanimate objects always get the last laugh. Maybe you didn't switch the light on because deep down you just knew they'd find some other way. Maybe it was a serious error of judgement. I won't judge. Are dogs in league with inanimate objects? Well, that's a whole other thread.