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I see a lot of people bitch about their lives and the terrible things they have to endure on a daily basis. I decided to give it a try. I spent my 21st birthday in Iraq, getting smoked all night (made to do vigorous physical exercise for an extended period of time) for drinking a beer that the SEAL's gave me as a gift.
I went for a period of approximately 3 months without eating a hot meal on my first deployment.
I am currently 12 credits from graduating college and have a new fiance, and now must deploy to Afghanistan for a year. I was guilted into a full time position at the Armory ( I am Nat Guard) that is located 8.5 hours from my house and my fiance.
I most likely will not be around when my grandmother dies, nor will i get to enjoy the Lion's season tickets that I bought before I knew about the deployment.
And yet...I am not disabled, I have all my limbs (currently..) I am not mentally screwed up in any way, I am in relatively good physical shape, I am intelligent, and I fully plan on succeeding in life.
Sometimes the immaturity of the internet and the selfishness of the people on it disturbs me.
  
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You realize this is what every single man in SKorea has to do too.
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I don't really understand that last line. Are you upset that other people complain about their lives even though your life is tougher?
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I just don't understand people who bitch constantly about trivial things. I offered examples for perspective, and since I only have my life to draw experiences from, I used those.
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On August 04 2011 13:05 57 Corvette wrote:
I don't really understand that last line. Are you upset that other people complain about their lives even though your life is tougher?
Sounds like it. :\
Would've been nice to have a "hoorah!" at the end, instead of that.
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Sometimes the immaturity of the internet and the selfishness of the people on it disturbs me.
Are you trying to say that people can't complain unless their lives are as "bad" or worse as yours?
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But... didn't you choose this life for yourself ? It's your choice whether or not to enlist.
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Well, sometimes people (like myself) get extremely angry/frusturated, and they try to calm themselves down by bitching about their day/life/whatever in a blog. Usually it doesn't work, but some people try to help you calm down (while others try to get you even more mad). Yes, you may be spoiled or whatever, but you can still complain when you are angry.
Everyone needs somewhere to vent, and for some people, spoiled or not, TL is that place.
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I had to do all that and I have no arms or legs.
One upped.
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So you're whining you gotta go afghanistan? You know what the army is right?
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While I thank you for serving our country, I feel everyone's situation is different. Of course, there are immature kids out there complaining about how their parents are doing them injustice by taking away their precious computer or something ridiculous, but all people have different levels of troubles that can't truly be ignored. I say that because some of these supposedly immature reasons are actually causes of extreme actions such as suicide or homicide, which obviously are a big deal.
That said, I really do agree with you that kids are fucking spoiled these days. One thing that especially pisses me off is how kids talk their parents to trash. One kid I know called his mom a bitch just because she was worried that he was out too much going to parties and was worried about his safety. God forbid that the woman who gave you birth, raised you, took care of you when you were sick actually WORRIES about you, holy fucking hell I want to deck those kids...
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On August 04 2011 13:07 NearlyDead wrote:
I just don't understand people who bitch constantly about trivial things. I offered examples for perspective, and since I only have my life to draw experiences from, I used those.
I don't get why military people are always convinced they have it worst or close to the worst and then want to patronize others about their experiences. CFOs, air traffic controllers, EMTs and paramedics, etc all have it tough too, but for some reason its always the military heads that seem eager to tell everyone else about how tough they have it. I guess that attitude is ingrained into military people though to help them foster espirit de corps.
Sure, some people whine about trivial things, but you can't compare your "suffering" to theirs. Suffering is relative. There is no greater or worse. To Paris Hilton, wearing non-matching clothing is genuinely as excruciating as going three days without food for a starving Ethiopian boy. Is it fair? No. Does it look silly when put in perspective? Yes. But pain is subjective and relative to the person who experiences it. Simple as that.
If it bothers you then just do you and pat yourself on the back for having your head on right. Trying to tell others about it is just going to make you look judgmental.
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This thread will lure a lot of bans especially for those who only read his first post but not his second post about the reason why he made the thread.
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On August 04 2011 13:12 Lyter wrote:
So you're whining you gotta go afghanistan? You know what the army is right?
Trying to figure out how you interpreted that from my post...
Like I said, I can't draw on anyone's experiences but my own, so I used those. There was no actual bitching or whining in my post, The title is tongue-in-cheek. I just think people need to step out of their box and look at the world before they decide to bitch about losing in league of legends or their dad taking away their allowance money.
On August 04 2011 13:16 StorkHwaiting wrote:
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I don't get why military people are always convinced they have it worst or close to the worst and then want to patronize others about their experiences. CFOs, air traffic controllers, EMTs and paramedics, etc all have it tough too, but for some reason its always the military heads that seem eager to tell everyone else about how tough they have it. I guess that attitude is ingrained into military people though to help them foster espirit de corps.
Sure, some people whine about trivial things, but you can't compare your "suffering" to theirs. Suffering is relative. There is no greater or worse. To Paris Hilton, wearing non-matching clothing is genuinely as excruciating as going three days without food for a starving Ethiopian boy. Is it fair? No. Does it look silly when put in perspective? Yes. But pain is subjective and relative to the person who experiences it. Simple as that.
If it bothers you then just do you and pat yourself on the back for having your head on right. Trying to tell others about it is just going to make you look judgmental.
I will accept judgmental. You however, spout hyperbole and make non sequitur comparisons in the hope of seeming intelligent and worldly. Which is worse?
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mod remove please, didn't mean to double post.
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I'm confused if this blog is to generate discussion about people's comparative troubles and the whining/genuine complaints that ensue... or do you just want some sympathy for things going on in your life atm (perfectly valid blog post in that case as well)?
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On August 04 2011 13:05 Emporio wrote:
You realize this is what every single man in SKorea has to do too. Uhh except every single one of them. South korea isnt fighting in any wars last I checked, there just over militarized out of the fear of one [legitimate or not , the result is a consistent boot camp not live action or deployment overseas].
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Everyone's situation is different, I've got a serious leg condition and haven't been able to walk properly or excise for the last year or so. Sometimes I get really depressed about it especially when it feels like its getting worse. But I'm still able to just about work as a teacher. So I've got a good income and a pretty nice easy and really enjoyable job which I know not everyone else has right now.
In the most recent episode of Top gear they had guys on from the U.K army that had had limbs blown off by mines and IED's. I was literally crying and beating myself up about how shit my life is before that programme came on and it really kind of put me in my place. These poor guys will never be able to walk again and some of them saw their best friends killed right in front of their own eyes. My leg will eventually heal and I've saved a tonne of money not doing anything for the last year or so. I should hopefully be able to live a really good life once this starts to clear up. I have to stay positive because I know my life will get better it just sucks right now.
Anyway I guess people only know what they have been through themselves and if you don't have anything to moan about but something trivial then you end up moaning about something trivial because you don’t know any better.
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On August 04 2011 13:12 Lyter wrote:
So you're whining you gotta go afghanistan? You know what the army is right?
lol beat me to it. you made your bed dude.
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On August 04 2011 13:33 Greg_J wrote:
Everyone's situation is different, I've got a serious leg condition and haven't been able to walk properly or excise for the last year or so. Sometimes I get really depressed about it especially when it feels like its getting worse. But I'm still able to just about work as a teacher. So I've got a good income and a pretty nice easy and really enjoyable job which I know not everyone else has right now.
In the most recent episode of Top gear they had guys on from the U.K army that had had limbs blown off by mines and IED's. I was literally crying and beating myself up about how shit my life is before that programme came on and it really kind of put me in my place. These poor guys will never be able to walk again and some of them saw their best friends killed right in front of their own eyes. My leg will eventually heal and I've saved a tonne of money not doing anything for the last year or so. I should hopefully be able to live a really good life once this starts to clear up. I have to stay positive because I know my life will get better it just sucks right now.
Anyway I guess people only know what they have been through themselves and if you don't have anything to moan about but something trivial then you end up moaning about something trivial because you don’t know any better.
^This is the kind of discussion that this post was meant to generate. If this blog can get one person to go "Man, my life actually doesn't suck as much as I think it does, I might just mail a letter AND do my laundry today," then I have accomplished my goal.
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i hope you don't come home.
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On August 04 2011 13:39 NearlyDead wrote:Show nested quote +On August 04 2011 13:33 Greg_J wrote:
Everyone's situation is different, I've got a serious leg condition and haven't been able to walk properly or excise for the last year or so. Sometimes I get really depressed about it especially when it feels like its getting worse. But I'm still able to just about work as a teacher. So I've got a good income and a pretty nice easy and really enjoyable job which I know not everyone else has right now.
In the most recent episode of Top gear they had guys on from the U.K army that had had limbs blown off by mines and IED's. I was literally crying and beating myself up about how shit my life is before that programme came on and it really kind of put me in my place. These poor guys will never be able to walk again and some of them saw their best friends killed right in front of their own eyes. My leg will eventually heal and I've saved a tonne of money not doing anything for the last year or so. I should hopefully be able to live a really good life once this starts to clear up. I have to stay positive because I know my life will get better it just sucks right now.
Anyway I guess people only know what they have been through themselves and if you don't have anything to moan about but something trivial then you end up moaning about something trivial because you don’t know any better. ^This is the kind of discussion that this post was meant to generate. If this blog can get one person to go "Man, my life actually doesn't suck as much as I think it does, I might just mail a letter AND do my laundry today," then I have accomplished my goal.
I seriously doubt he has experienced divine intervention from reading this blog; it sounds like he's already had moments of self reflection way beforehand.
Honestly it sounds like you're filtering a lot of what you read through your own mood.
Just because someone is complaining about something doesn't mean they're trying to over dramatizing it
Yes, I'm sure you can find plenty of examples of wangst and soap opera nonsense, but for the most part when people complain about something, it's because it's something to complain about. Not because it's the end of the world or anything like that. Considering the shit that you're telling us, I can see how you can read something like "I lost a game" and feel that they're being ungrateful/ignorant/whatever, but you have to realize that you don't have to take it so seriously.
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On August 04 2011 13:47 nozh wrote:
i hope you don't come home.
Way to be a dick!
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On August 04 2011 13:47 nozh wrote:
i hope you don't come home.
Thanks, I appreciate your support.
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On August 04 2011 13:19 NearlyDead wrote:Show nested quote +On August 04 2011 13:12 Lyter wrote:
So you're whining you gotta go afghanistan? You know what the army is right? Trying to figure out how you interpreted that from my post... Like I said, I can't draw on anyone's experiences but my own, so I used those. There was no actual bitching or whining in my post, The title is tongue-in-cheek. I just think people need to step out of their box and look at the world before they decide to bitch about losing in league of legends or their dad taking away their allowance money. Show nested quote +
On August 04 2011 13:16 StorkHwaiting wrote:
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I don't get why military people are always convinced they have it worst or close to the worst and then want to patronize others about their experiences. CFOs, air traffic controllers, EMTs and paramedics, etc all have it tough too, but for some reason its always the military heads that seem eager to tell everyone else about how tough they have it. I guess that attitude is ingrained into military people though to help them foster espirit de corps.
Sure, some people whine about trivial things, but you can't compare your "suffering" to theirs. Suffering is relative. There is no greater or worse. To Paris Hilton, wearing non-matching clothing is genuinely as excruciating as going three days without food for a starving Ethiopian boy. Is it fair? No. Does it look silly when put in perspective? Yes. But pain is subjective and relative to the person who experiences it. Simple as that.
If it bothers you then just do you and pat yourself on the back for having your head on right. Trying to tell others about it is just going to make you look judgmental.
I will accept judgmental. You however, spout hyperbole and make non sequitur comparisons in the hope of seeming intelligent and worldly. Which is worse?
What is a non sequitur comparison? And why would a non sequitur comparison make someone seem worldly?
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Dude, everyone's got shit shit going on, or has had shit happen to them in the past. It sucks that your being deployed again, but at least you have a fiance to come home to, a degree to finish within a couple years when you get back.
I hate to be "tough love" but that's the way it is. I've lost a lot of people close to me, my sister died when I was like 10, but ya'know shit happens, life goes on. Also, you can pull out of the Army can't you? Like I'm not sure if you can now, but before I'm sure you could have quit.
at the same time, sometimes people need a place to bitch lol, I understand you there, just let other people bitch too, kk? =+D
We should start a like "Bitching About Life" thread. 
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On August 04 2011 13:47 nozh wrote:
i hope you don't come home.
That's pretty low, dude... =/
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On August 04 2011 13:52 Mr. Wiggles wrote:That's pretty low, dude... =/
Agreed, thats not nice >.>
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Yeah, NearlyDead comes off a lil hokey but jesus christ, telling him not to come home is way OTT. Hope you DO come home safe and sound ND.
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On August 04 2011 13:47 nozh wrote:
i hope you don't come home.
wow i think ban incoming
edit: reading that kinda made me shudder.
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There is always someone worse.
The fact remains that one's definition of suffering is relative to what they've already experienced. It's clear their kind of complaints are minor compared to yours, but you're equally as short-minded as they are when you continue to make the comparison.
In that particular aspect, you are "suffering" more than they are, but how do you know they haven't suffered some other trauma that you have no idea on, how silly do you look when taking that into account.
It's all relative, comparing one's life to another is self-defeating and pointless. It's why people shouldn't compare their achievements and happiness to another. It destroys it.
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On August 04 2011 14:02 Torte de Lini wrote:
There is always someone worse.
The fact remains that one's definition of suffering is relative to what they've already experienced. It's clear their kind of complaints are minor compared to yours, but you're equally as short-minded as they are when you continue to make the comparison.
In that particular aspect, you are "suffering" more than they are, but how do you know they haven't suffered some other trauma that you have no idea on, how silly do you look when taking that into account.
It's all relative, comparing one's life to another is self-defeating and pointless. It's why people shouldn't compare their achievements and happiness to another. It destroys it.
damn, straight up layin it down.
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OP, you lack empathy.
You chose the military.
You chose to not finish school right now.
You chose to live away from your fiancee.
You chose to be "guilted" into more service(wtf).
Some people here are kids. Some don't have much control over their lives and the choices their parents make. Some people are going through hormonal changes, and have normal feelings of frustration, anger, etc.
Complaining does not make you weak, nor does it make you a bad person. This is a natural thing.
Pain is pain.
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People have problems no matter how objectively nice their life is. They like to talk about them because it makes them feel better.
Objective factors like wealthiness and social standing have so much less of an effect on how happy a person feels than they think they do... it's mostly about your outlook on life, i.e. hormones
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I think you guys aren't reading this wrong. Yeah, it comes off in a more aggressive light "You have no right to be upset, people have it worse than you!", but I think the OP, perhaps after getting the frustration off his chest, actually means "everyone be thankful for what you do have".
Personally I'm an extremely optimistic person who always tries to look for the good, and I avoid letting situations bring me down. I see people get stressed out over the tinniest, most insignificant and trivial things, and I just don't see why. It seems crazy to me. 
At the risk of it sounding like a brag (I promise I'm 100% modest/humble so please don't take it this way), I have a house, wife, easy job that pays the bills, no debt (other than the mortgage and car payment), good family, good health, etc. Yes annoyances pop-up but I honestly can't bitch about a thing.
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Ok, after doing a bit of reexamining and reading some of the replies, I realize that I may have come off a bit contradictory in my first post. The goal of this was to basically make the point that whatever problems you may think you have, someone out there has it worse.
I realize that there are people that are in far worse conditions than I am, I have seen many people living in such squalor that it made me sick to my stomach. I have seen city streets lined with ditches full of shit baking in the sun, and I have carried a little boy to a US aid station while both of us tried to keep his intestines from falling out of his stomach. However, I personally have not experienced any of these conditions, but I know that they exist.
I may be rambling a bit at this point, but I don't care, I am tired.
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On August 04 2011 14:34 NearlyDead wrote:
Ok, after doing a bit of reexamining and reading some of the replies, I realize that I may have come off a bit contradictory in my first post. The goal of this was to basically make the point that whatever problems you may think you have, someone out there has it worse.
I realize that there are people that are in far worse conditions than I am, I have seen many people living in such squalor that it made me sick to my stomach. I have seen city streets lined with ditches full of shit baking in the sun, and I have carried a little boy to a US aid station while both of us tried to keep his intestines from falling out of his stomach. However, I personally have not experienced any of these conditions, but I know that they exist.
I may be rambling a bit at this point, but I don't care, I am tired.
People also created great change and improved humankind by finding what was not good enough and making it better. There's nothing wrong with wanting better. If all of humanity said "just suck it up and live with it," we'd still be killing things with rocks and running around in loincloths. There's nothing wrong with pointing out faults, as long as they take actions to improve their situation after complaining.
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On the doors of one of my math professors is a printed page with a single sentence, I wish I could remember it word for word but I can come pretty close:
A baby losing their bottle or a dictator losing their power are of equal import in the eyes of the beholder.
We all have problems, and they're all relative to what we already know.
I really dislike the point of view that people out there have worse problems, sure.. it's true, but I find myself caring as much about their problems as you care about everyone else's problems.
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Thank you for service and all your sacrifice. Because you're going back, someone else doesn't have to. I'm sure getting smoked sucked, but you're a baller for making sure you had a beer on your 21st. Mad respect for that  Get some sleep and know that back home we'll keep you in our thoughts.
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I really want a sandwich, but then i would have to get up. What is a man to do?
Naww but really op i get your point.
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On August 04 2011 14:34 NearlyDead wrote:
Ok, after doing a bit of reexamining and reading some of the replies, I realize that I may have come off a bit contradictory in my first post. The goal of this was to basically make the point that whatever problems you may think you have, someone out there has it worse.
I realize that there are people that are in far worse conditions than I am, I have seen many people living in such squalor that it made me sick to my stomach. I have seen city streets lined with ditches full of shit baking in the sun, and I have carried a little boy to a US aid station while both of us tried to keep his intestines from falling out of his stomach. However, I personally have not experienced any of these conditions, but I know that they exist.
I may be rambling a bit at this point, but I don't care, I am tired.
I think if we take into account that someone is way worse than us, we confront two predicaments: 1. That we can never be truly happy or satisfied with a point in our life if we focus and compare ourselves with someone who will always be worse 2. That because there is someone worse than us, there's no point in improving or trying to change it because another person has it worse and we should be "grateful" despite the things we dislike, but tolerate when we take other worlds in comparison.
Ignorance is bliss to the point where we need to see where we are going rather than looking at those who will be forever left behind.
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And yet, no matter how wonderful and perfect my life is, at the end of the day life is still shit. It is work and routine and inevitable death, apparently all for no reason at all. You have to be in denial to think that there is more good in life than bad, more joy than sorrow. I'm not gonna let anyone who is choosing to suffer more prevent me from exercising my right to bitch all I want about the most insignificant shit in comparison. Yes, it is a choice. You are free to leave whenever you like.
Someone has it worse? That's a shame. Unfortunately, happiness doesn't consist of the knowledge that someone else has it worse. If anything, that's a further argument against happiness.
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Life sucks because you make it that way. This is the statement that should be told to many people because they confront life as an entity against them rather than one they uphold every day when they wake up.
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While there are a lot of cases where some one should take a big glass of man the F**K up because they, as torte said, made their own life suck, you still must realize reality is subjective and it is often healthy and sometimes necessary to vent to relieve stress even if the problems are trivial.
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On August 04 2011 15:02 jdseemoreglass wrote:
And yet, no matter how wonderful and perfect my life is, at the end of the day life is still shit. It is work and routine and inevitable death, apparently all for no reason at all. You have to be in denial to think that there is more good in life than bad, more joy than sorrow. I'm not gonna let anyone who is choosing to suffer more prevent me from exercising my right to bitch all I want about the most insignificant shit in comparison. Yes, it is a choice. You are free to leave whenever you like.
Someone has it worse? That's a shame. Unfortunately, happiness doesn't consist of the knowledge that someone else has it worse. If anything, that's a further argument against happiness.
That's a pretty pessimistic view of life. My question to you though, is that if life is so bad, then why do you live? There must be some redeeming or desirable quality to it, that keeps people wanting to live, and stops everyone from just committing suicide.
So whether it's shit or not, I'd say life is much desirable on the whole, when compared to non-existence. No matter how shitty it gets sometimes, there's still reason to live, and no reason not to enjoy the good parts of it. Be grateful for your shit because it's better than nothing, right?
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Why would you bitch about things you decided to do?
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On August 04 2011 16:08 HwangjaeTerran wrote:
Why would you bitch about things you decided to do?
This is what I was thinking the whole time while reading this blog?
Were you forced to for some reason??
Because I thought that was only Korea and other countries such as Singapore (I'm not 100% sure if the army is mandatory for Singapore)
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it is but most sgeans won't see action for obvious reasons =)
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i dont think most of you get the point.
What the op is saying is that people use the internet to advertise how shitty their lives are and broadcast to the entire world how bad life is for them.
The truth is, your mother cutting off your internet because you didnt clean your room isnt a tragedy. Losing your job isnt a reason to want to commit suicide. A girl dumping you for a dude with a bigger penis and more money isnt a reason to sit around all day and mope all day.
Also using the excuse that blogging about your shitty circumstances helps you deal with it is a load of bullshit. Its just a cry for attention.
I read some of these blogs about people and there problems and think to myself, 'fuck, i wish i had this guys problems, life would be so easy'. Honestly, these people dont realise that getting a 5 star blog rating wont solve any of there problems, and neither will the people that read it. Worste of all is that while these people cry on the internet, the people who are homeless and hungry, who are dealing with rape and murder, the people who are in fear of losing limbs and family in war and can literally do nothing about it who actually have a reason to bitch and seek the worlds help, dont even have access to the fucking internet.
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On August 04 2011 13:33 lizzard_warish wrote:Show nested quote +On August 04 2011 13:05 Emporio wrote:
You realize this is what every single man in SKorea has to do too. Uhh except every single one of them. South korea isnt fighting in any wars last I checked, there just over militarized out of the fear of one [legitimate or not , the result is a consistent boot camp not live action or deployment overseas].
I think SK and NK are technically still at war? They're just having an extended ceasefire lest NK nuke our mecca
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If you base your outlook on the fact that someone always has it worse than you, then it would seem strange to not also base your outlook on the fact that someone always has it better than you do.
Never be angry or sad (and thus have nothing to complain about) because someone has it worse than you.
Oh, and also never be happy or excited because someone has it better than you.
Both are equally absurd, and documented in economic theory! See "Keeping up with the Joneses".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keeping_up_with_the_Joneses
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If you base your outlook on the fact that someone always has it worse than you, then it would seem strange to not also base your outlook on the fact that someone always has it better than you do.
Never be angry or sad (and thus have nothing to complain about) because someone has it worse than you.
Oh, and also never be happy or excited because someone has it better than you.
Both are equally absurd, and documented in economic theory! See "Keeping up with the Joneses".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keeping_up_with_the_Joneses
The gist of "Keeping up with the Joneses" is that people feel good if their neighbours are doing badly, much like you are recommending, even if it doesn't make sense. Just because your neighbour is doing badly doesn't mean you don't have things to worry about.
Likewise, you could have a $100,000,000 investment fund but if your neighbour has a $200,000,000 investment fund then all of a sudden you feel shitty and inadequate, even though you really shouldn't.
This type of thinking is, in my opinion, probably not the best way to go about things.
Edit. As an aside, I thought your response to StorkHwaiting's long comment on the first page didn't actually reflect his comment properly. Or at least what you saw as exaggeration I saw as accurate analogy. It may be because your OP can be interpreted more broadly than you intended.
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... and I thought I had it bad because some dumb highway congestion made me 15 minutes late to work. It's indeed important to look at the larger picture and view life in one's own perspective, not others. I'm sure most of us can find that despite not having walked the perfect path as we imagined it to be, we are happy with where we are right now.
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On August 04 2011 16:24 SEA_GenesiS wrote:Show nested quote +On August 04 2011 16:08 HwangjaeTerran wrote:
Why would you bitch about things you decided to do?
This is what I was thinking the whole time while reading this blog? Were you forced to for some reason?? Because I thought that was only Korea and other countries such as Singapore (I'm not 100% sure if the army is mandatory for Singapore)
Actually army is mandatory in quite a few countries, including Switzerland 
I don't agree with the OP on this one.
Sure people have it worse, but when you're feelin' down, sometimes you just need to get it out of your system. When I get dumped I don't go "oh that's fine, some kid is dying in Somalia for no reason". I feel miserable, and I want consolation. And then I can move on with my life. I don't post it online, I'm lucky enough to have very understanding friends to talk to, but some people just don't.
I'm perfectly fine with misery blogs, complaint posts, etc. I hate it though when people respond with "yeah well... live with it, my life is worse".
If you have the opportunity to help a guys who's miserable, do it! If not, move on. But the OPs approach imo just makes things worse, basically saying "well no body cares about your useless life, suck it up and wait for death with the rest of us".
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It's cathartic, that's the only reason anyone does it.
It makes it clearer into perspective by doing this.
Yes, a lot of people have it worse but sometimes when you're living paycheck to paycheck or even just having a "bad" day, you want to relieve some tension and this is one of the human ways to do so.
The guy above me hit a pretty decent point. "Suck it up," is fine and dandy. A lot of times people need to hear it because bitching and moaning can be easy to fall into a rut with. Yet, constructively critiquing things rather than just flat responses can be much more helpful to the person and maybe even yourself.
That being said, yes. Everyone in the world complains too much without action.
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And dont listen to the worthless troll who is no permabanned, everybody wants you to come home.
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My family loves to have long "I've suffered more than you" arguments over our lavish and delicious Thanksgiving dinners. It's fun!
Also, I don't understand the mechanics of getting "guilted" back into another military deployment. Could you explain that a little more?
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Woke up this morning and came back to a bunch of supportive comments, even though some of you don't agree with my viewpoint at hand, and I appreciate that.
Those of you who are still stuck on the fact that I chose what I am doing, yes, I have addressed that in previous responses, and I don't feel I need to explain it again.
I did not get guilted back into a deployment, I had already decided I was going. I was guilted into moving to the opposite end of the state to help prepare our unit to deploy because we are short staffed and the rear detachment is the worst I have ever seen, in that they don't do anything to help.
I chose to join the national guard, in order to pay for my college. I don't have parents who have money they can dump into a school, and I had just a high enough GPA and ACT score to get in anywhere I wanted, but the chance of a white middle class male getting a full scholarship without a 4.0, athletic ability, or some family as previous alumni was slim. I decided that if I was going to join, I was going to go all out. I joined an Airborne LRS unit (long ranged surveillance), ,my MOS being 11-b (infantry). They had just returned from a deployment and I was told by my recruiter (an asshole) that the chances of them deploying again were slim. I was in Iraq within 2 years.
I am currently an assistant team leader of an 8 man Scout RSTA team. (Recon, surveillance, target acquisition) As an NCO, it is my job to make sure that all these dudes come home alive, so that's why I chose to go to Afghanistan. I don't want some dumb fuck to fall in on my job if I skimp out and get all my pizo's killed.
TLDR; Read my previous posts before you repeat things that were already said, I chose to join the military, and chose to go to Afghanistan for specific reasons.
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I think that many of you are missing his overall point. I think, and correct me if I'm wrong, that he hates people who ONLY bitch about their lives. I'm talking about the people who constantly post and repost, and whine on Facebook about how they have to go work a 4-hour stint at McDonald's. Assuming I'm correct about your iterations with this blog, I agree and share the same frustrations with you NearlyDead. I'm 20 years old and therefore grew up when communications on the Internet were beginning to boom, and I, regrettably, also spent time on the internet simply to complain. However the fact that there are people who are so self-involved that they believe that complaining about their lives is a conversation irks me just as much, if not more so than, yourself.
Thank you for bringing this up, and I hope that I am not out o turn in saying this. Furthermore, thank you for being so dedicated to your profession, there becomes fewer and fewer people like you everyday due to laziness, and that too scares me!
- RogueMemory
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I think that many of you are missing his overall point. I think, and correct me if I'm wrong, that he hates people who ONLY bitch about their lives. I'm talking about the people who constantly post and repost, and whine on Facebook about how they have to go work a 4-hour stint at McDonald's. Assuming I'm correct about your iterations with this blog, I agree and share the same frustrations with you NearlyDead.+ Show Spoiler + I'm 20 years old and therefore grew up when communications on the Internet were beginning to boom, and I, regrettably, also spent time on the internet simply to complain. However the fact that there are people who are so self-involved that they believe that complaining about their lives is a conversation irks me just as much, if not more so than, yourself.
Thank you for bringing this up, and I hope that I am not out o turn in saying this. Furthermore, thank you for being so dedicated to your profession, there becomes fewer and fewer people like you everyday due to laziness, and that too scares me!
- RogueMemory
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I think that many of you are missing his overall point. I think, and correct me if I'm wrong, that he hates people who ONLY bitch about their lives. I'm talking about the people who constantly post and repost, and whine on Facebook about how they have to go work a 4-hour stint at McDonald's. Assuming I'm correct about your iterations with this blog, I agree and share the same frustrations with you NearlyDead. + Show Spoiler + I'm 20 years old and therefore grew up when communications on the Internet were beginning to boom, and I, regrettably, also spent time on the internet simply to complain. However the fact that there are people who are so self-involved that they believe that complaining about their lives is a conversation irks me just as much, if not more so than, yourself.
Thank you for bringing this up, and I hope that I am not out o turn in saying this. Furthermore, thank you for being so dedicated to your profession, there becomes fewer and fewer people like you everyday due to laziness, and that too scares me!
- RogueMemory
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Oh my! So sorry for posting so many times, im new to this site and I'm on my iPhone which makes it harder
- RogueMemory
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Jesus. This wasnt about him bitching about going to afghanistan.
It's about all of the morons who blog about their mother's cleaning their room wrong, who bitch that the gril they've been creepily staring at doesn't want to talk about them, bitch that their parents are trying to dissuade their stupid 20 year old college drop out from pursing a professional gaming career in a game they suck in.
It's about keeping shit in perspective. #firstworldproblems for twitter dorks.
How the hell did that fly over the heads of so many posters??
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