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American Digest: And I like this from "The Blog That Nobody Reads", because it is -- mostly -- about me. What can I say? I'm on an ego trip today. It won't last.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: We were following a trackback and thinking "hmmm... this is a bloody excellent post!", and then we realized that it was just part III of, well, three...Damn. I wish I'd written those.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: ...I just remembered that I found a new blog a short while ago, House of Eratosthenes, that I really like. I like his common sense approach and his curiosity when it comes to why people believe what they believe rather than just what they believe.
Brutally Honest: Morgan Freeberg is brilliant.
Dr. Melissa Clouthier: Morgan Freeberg at House of Eratosthenes (pftthats a mouthful) honors big boned women in skimpy clothing. The picture there is priceless--keep scrolling down.
Exile in Portales: Via Gerard: Morgan Freeberg, a guy with a lot to say. And he speaks The Truth...and it's fascinating stuff. Worth a read, or three. Or six.
Just Muttering: Two nice pieces at House of Eratosthenes, one about a perhaps unintended effect of the Enron mess, and one on the Gore-y environ-movie.
Mein Blogovault: Make "the Blog that No One Reads" one of your daily reads.
The Virginian: I know this post will offend some people, but the author makes some good points.
Poetic Justice: Cletus! Ah gots a laiv one fer yew...
Me, in correspondence, off-line…
It’s everywhere: People saying “not enough!” which, if they’re saying it in good faith, you should be able to count on the ideas that 1) some definition of “enough” exists, 2) there also exists some way to objectively measure what was parceled out, or done, or given, 3) the standard exceeds the provision, which creates a deficit, and 4) should this established and measurable standard be met, the caterwauling will stop. That’s a very silly list to make, but it seems to me our whole society is paying a price for nobody having taken the time to make it.
We have made i[t] an acceptable behavior to cry “not enough” in bad faith. The four items in the paragraph previous, are no longer part of the implied contract. “Not enough” now seems to mean nothing more than “I receive material reward, or I have a potential of receiving material reward, when I yell ‘not enough’ and, well, here I am.” That and nothing more.
Too many people yelling “not enough”; not enough numbers. Not enough rebuttals in the form of “Would {n} much more make you shut up?”
Our cultural expectations have slid so far here, that we now consider it normal that complaints of not-enough entirely lack any numeric reasoning behind them; it has become surprising and unexpected that there should ever be any. It’s become a sort of audible sound, like the screeching of a baby bird in a nest, meaning so-and-so wants more. Shrill complaints communicated from those who do not actually measure things, to others who do not actually measure things, to be resolved by some quick grabbing and taking and distributing and giving, but — again — not actually measuring anything.
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The “Tool” song “Stinkfist” encapsulates your post perfectly. In part ” …not enough, I need more, nothing seems to satisfy – I don’t want it -I just need it, to breath, to feel, to know I’m alive.”
- Open other end | 02/13/2014 @ 07:35Not Enough?
- CaptDMO | 02/16/2014 @ 06:40Hmmm…let’s see here…..Oh yes!
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