tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post828397152552416168..comments2024-03-28T07:49:04.960+00:00Comments on nickhereandnow: Way out of linenickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10472673041193755894noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-30401879790549278132014-12-15T07:33:55.564+00:002014-12-15T07:33:55.564+00:00Agent: True, a lot of people have agreed with you ...Agent: True, a lot of people have agreed with you - we tend to overlook all the similarities between us.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-33577449354905940852014-12-15T01:12:39.812+00:002014-12-15T01:12:39.812+00:00So I came back to check, as I always do, and had t...So I came back to check, as I always do, and had the lovely experience of seeing people on board with me. In Meeting we say when that happens, "Friend speaks my mind."Secret Agent Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07564690116156754219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-67908538868622531282014-12-11T14:37:28.484+00:002014-12-11T14:37:28.484+00:00Ramana: How right she is!Ramana: How right she is!Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-55315999892797716472014-12-11T13:09:20.543+00:002014-12-11T13:09:20.543+00:00"Normal is not something to aspire to, it'..."Normal is not something to aspire to, it's something to get away from."<br />~ Jodie Foster<br /><br />Rummuserhttp://www.rummuser.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-32995868107918270732014-12-09T07:49:00.542+00:002014-12-09T07:49:00.542+00:00John: I think she's right. We're always hy...John: I think she's right. We're always hyper-aware of our differences, because those are the things that are embarrassing or painful or awkward. Or we imagine they're unique to us and so horribly weird we must never mention them.<br /><br />And as she says, that feeling that we "don't fit in" is commonplace.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-70475988048297306652014-12-08T22:24:01.471+00:002014-12-08T22:24:01.471+00:00Secret agent woman ( great name btw)
Said it for m...Secret agent woman ( great name btw)<br />Said it for me<br />XJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-69877880896452011512014-12-08T07:13:12.063+00:002014-12-08T07:13:12.063+00:00Jean: I don't think we're born with the ne...Jean: I don't think we're born with the need to feel superior to others. I think it's very much something we pick up from others.<br /><br />Helen: I share your wish. Unfortunately there are many people who instead of leaving others in peace enjoy harassing and disturbing them in the name of some worthy goal or other.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-25960085892229070652014-12-08T01:43:21.584+00:002014-12-08T01:43:21.584+00:00I think I want what most people want...to be left ...I think I want what most people want...to be left in peace to get on with my life. Unfortunately I don't agree with most people on the way to achieve this end.Helen Devriesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-14744099626360822332014-12-08T00:32:14.514+00:002014-12-08T00:32:14.514+00:00Most humans are hierarchical. They like to feel s...Most humans are hierarchical. They like to feel superior to others, so they pick details to support themselves. It strikes me as silly considering how tiny we are compared to the universe. CheerfulMonkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934008738777906970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-88798374703771254342014-12-07T15:57:36.404+00:002014-12-07T15:57:36.404+00:00Susie: Even if there's not much they can do ab...Susie: Even if there's not much they can do about it, you'd think they'd be more aware of the dreadful lives other people are enduring and at least show some compassion and concern.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-58464469826984521652014-12-07T12:09:19.115+00:002014-12-07T12:09:19.115+00:00You are right. Most people don't know what is ...You are right. Most people don't know what is going on outside of their little circle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-42284900466897834002014-12-07T06:51:06.224+00:002014-12-07T06:51:06.224+00:00Keith: Bloody weird is right. Something got a bit ...Keith: Bloody weird is right. Something got a bit scrambled during my nine months of gestation.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-13853274295472547702014-12-07T06:46:49.904+00:002014-12-07T06:46:49.904+00:00Jean: Surely emphasising and exaggerating people&#...Jean: Surely emphasising and exaggerating people's differences is exactly what causes snobbery and disdain?Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-70386903176993325102014-12-07T06:44:19.826+00:002014-12-07T06:44:19.826+00:00Bijoux: True, we can fall out with people quite un...Bijoux: True, we can fall out with people quite unnecessarily because we fail to see all the things we have in common.<br /><br />I understand the idea of being normal in an interview. Not saying or doing anything too weird that'll flummox the interviewers. Wearing "appropriate" clothes, saying "appropriate" things, having an "appropriate" CV. Yep, I get that.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-51693212660087797722014-12-07T06:36:55.737+00:002014-12-07T06:36:55.737+00:00www: You may seem to walk to a different beat but ...www: You may seem to walk to a different beat but I guess underneath you just want the same things we all want - security, love, happiness, good health. The outward differences are not the whole story.<br /><br />Susie: I was thinking of all the violence and carnage and suffering across the world that a lot of people seem be indifferent to, they're so focused on their own families and lives and ambitions.<br /><br />Weird is the new normal!Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-7026095962121117652014-12-07T03:40:24.557+00:002014-12-07T03:40:24.557+00:00I think differences are interesting --- just the o...I think differences are interesting --- just the opposite of snobbery, reverse snobbery, feeling superior or inferior. CheerfulMonkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934008738777906970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-58666883703716343992014-12-07T01:40:46.227+00:002014-12-07T01:40:46.227+00:00I agree with Agent that everyone focuses on their ...I agree with Agent that everyone focuses on their differences. That's why people don't get along.<br /><br />My husband always talks about how important it is to be 'normal' in a job interview. I always wonder what 'normal' is!Bijouxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05788630004051883635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-57252949592459189702014-12-07T00:59:22.576+00:002014-12-07T00:59:22.576+00:00I'm curious about what makes you profoundly sa...I'm curious about what makes you profoundly sad about things other people don't even notice.<br /><br />I'm coming back to check!<br /><br />I know I'm weird.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-11809422836504022192014-12-06T23:55:22.521+00:002014-12-06T23:55:22.521+00:00No Nick, I wouldn't say you were abnormal. Jus...No Nick, I wouldn't say you were abnormal. Just bloody weird, in the best possible way of course.keithhttp://earlshilton.org.uk/wpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-87038225363682741452014-12-06T22:35:59.995+00:002014-12-06T22:35:59.995+00:00What SAW sez.
I think we all like to believe we a...What SAW sez.<br /><br />I think we all like to believe we are different, like a rate race exemption card. But are we really?<br /><br />I know so many say to me that I walk to the beat of a different drummer and I do I suppose, pulling up roots, moving to the ocean, giving up my successful business to write, consciously living alone and avoiding frenetic social coupling events, etc.<br /><br />But do I really? <br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-79464984048261737822014-12-06T22:05:44.322+00:002014-12-06T22:05:44.322+00:00Grannymar: That's good to know. In that case, ...Grannymar: That's good to know. In that case, I won't change a thing.<br /><br />Agent: I hadn't thought of that. You might well be right that we tend to focus on our differences. If I start to list all the similarities I share with others, there could well be just as many. I guess we focus on the differences because they're what cause the problems.<br /><br />Yes, I think our fizzy drink is your soda. And no, I don't like carbonated drinks generally. I just don't like the taste of beer, but I do like champagne, even though it's fizzy!Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-90117807268182225282014-12-06T21:44:56.759+00:002014-12-06T21:44:56.759+00:00Don't you think most folks notice how they dif...Don't you think most folks notice how they differ from others more than they notice how they are the same? I figure everyone of us could generate a list of things that it seems like everyone else does or likes or values or loathes, that we do not. I guess I just hear so consistently from the people I see that they don't feel like they fit in that I've come to believe it's pretty much the human condition. The penalty of being sapient, maybe.<br /><br />Now here's the important question - by fizzy drinks, do you means sodas? Or all carbonated beverages? And is that why you don't like beer? And is champagne also on your no-go list? Secret Agent Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07564690116156754219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3467242994126386706.post-5540223903266219882014-12-06T20:21:05.472+00:002014-12-06T20:21:05.472+00:00I'm glad U yam what U yam, 'cause I like t...I'm glad U yam what U yam, 'cause I like the way U yam!Grannymarhttp://grannymar.com/noreply@blogger.com