I'd like to know if you'd be open to starting again from scratch. I'd like to know if you'd be open to giving me a second chance.
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10.8.07
I think, deep inside us, we're all very selfish. You can see it most in two situations. Holidays and athletics. That probably needs explanation now, so I'll try to give it.
Holidays first. Well, that one's easy I suppose. Your holiday is yours, where you have a good time while everyone else is at home feeling miserable. It's mainly the weather. You always hope people at home had worse weather than you did, however miserable it made them. I suppose it's something to do with feeling like you've got your money's worth. Or feeling superior, because you had better judgement. But even with other holiday stuff, everybody (except my Auntie Dorothy, but she's just odd) goes on and on about how great their holiday was. And everything that went wrong was hilarious. No-one ever admits to holiday arguments. It's like the way no-one ever admits to how much they paid for something. They always knock about 20% off the actual price.
Athletics is a lot more basic, and probably a lot more cruel. If someone else gets injured, or performs badly, it makes you look good. No-one ever admits that either. But it's true. If someone falls, that's their problem, not yours, and you should take advantage of it. Sportsmanship is a stupid word, because the concept doesn't really exist. And for those who it does exist for, well, it doesn't ever help. You benefit from other people's pain. That's the truth of it.
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Please don't go crazy if I tell you the truth. No you don't know what happened and you never will if you don't listen to me while I talk to the wall.
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10.8.07
I think, deep inside us, we're all very selfish. You can see it most in two situations. Holidays and athletics. That probably needs explanation now, so I'll try to give it.
Holidays first. Well, that one's easy I suppose. Your holiday is yours, where you have a good time while everyone else is at home feeling miserable. It's mainly the weather. You always hope people at home had worse weather than you did, however miserable it made them. I suppose it's something to do with feeling like you've got your money's worth. Or feeling superior, because you had better judgement. But even with other holiday stuff, everybody (except my Auntie Dorothy, but she's just odd) goes on and on about how great their holiday was. And everything that went wrong was hilarious. No-one ever admits to holiday arguments. It's like the way no-one ever admits to how much they paid for something. They always knock about 20% off the actual price.
Athletics is a lot more basic, and probably a lot more cruel. If someone else gets injured, or performs badly, it makes you look good. No-one ever admits that either. But it's true. If someone falls, that's their problem, not yours, and you should take advantage of it. Sportsmanship is a stupid word, because the concept doesn't really exist. And for those who it does exist for, well, it doesn't ever help. You benefit from other people's pain. That's the truth of it.
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Please don't go crazy if I tell you the truth. No you don't know what happened and you never will if you don't listen to me while I talk to the wall.
