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(21,925 posts)But he'd probably like a taste just to be sure.
ohiosmith
(24,262 posts)clarice
(5,504 posts)discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)clarice
(5,504 posts)discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)...modest, too.
clarice
(5,504 posts)discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)Have a great day.
clarice
(5,504 posts)You don't seem like any of those three.
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)...you've caught me on an off day.
ohiosmith
(24,262 posts)In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)Sorry, I couldn't help myself.
Sekhmets Daughter
(7,515 posts)discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)My only inspiration to read about psychology.
Sekhmets Daughter
(7,515 posts)discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)...and if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you. - Friedrich Nietzsche
clarice
(5,504 posts)The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.
Friedrich Nietzsche
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)..."love yourself first"; if you find you can't, why should anyone?
clarice
(5,504 posts)discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)clarice
(5,504 posts)a famous quote on the back?
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)I'm just not sure. Just a t-shirt I like.
Most liberals wouldn't like the site either:
http://www.wickedjester.com/
clarice
(5,504 posts)You sound like a Ayn Rand fan. lol
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)I'm not very familiar with Rand...
I like Chekhov though.
Why would you think you know better?
clarice
(5,504 posts)discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)...I try not to judge.
clarice
(5,504 posts)Love of self, and the benefits of serving one's own self interests.
That rubs a lot of people the wrong way.
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)...I used to be a Republican.
clarice
(5,504 posts)discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)...have a bit of the dark side of the force?
clarice
(5,504 posts)discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)...the dark side: I like some of Richard Matheson's work. Also, Jerome Bixby.
clarice
(5,504 posts)discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)...I remember looking him up but not for what.
I'm a Matheson fan and I like Stephen King but I have a current interest in Jerome Bixby's immortal theme. I'm trying to get some ideas for plots.
clarice
(5,504 posts)You'll probably like Aickman. Very surreal, very psychological.
Are you a writer?
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)...at least not yet.
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)siligut
(12,272 posts)Sales-people, admen, everyday manipulators of all ilks.
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)...will use psychology to generate fear so that you keep watching.
Everything from Doomsday Preppers to the weather forecast.
siligut
(12,272 posts)Fear is valuable, it keeps one from thinking too deeply, sells stuff and helps bend our will to authority.
The weather forecast stuff is real
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)...as in sometimes the forecasted 10" of snow can be cleaned up with a broom and sometimes you need the snowblower for partly cloudy.
clarice
(5,504 posts)discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)I'm married and I'm not Mr. Hopkins.
clarice
(5,504 posts)discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)Let me guess... You're here all week!?!?
clarice
(5,504 posts)discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)...most of all, you should.