Let's talk about - Cognitive Dissonance

(okay, so Cognitive dissonance is not meaning what I think it is meaning. But the phrase was thrown around with the concepts below. It doesn't matter what the term is, but what I've written does matter).

You've heard it all your life - "There's no such thing as can't.", "Nothing is impossible.", even Monty Python said it with "Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life".  As angsty teenagers (and unfortunately many have dragged it into adulthood) we shunned it and dubbed it "stupid".

But you know what?  The Python crew are right.

I only recently learned the phrase Cognitive Dissonance but I've known the concept for a while now, and in the last year broken out of it.

Cognitive dissonance is pretty much just making excuses so you don't get things done.  And too many people do it.  They sit around all day being miserable twats, "Oh, I missed the bus this morning, my day is RUINED!", "Everyone hates me.", "I can't do that, I'm useless."  etc. etc.  These people wake up in the morning and pretty much decide there and then that their day will be shitty and act from there.  They don't DO anything because they know they've set themselves up for failure already and therefore may as well not try.  They're apathetic and just sit around wasting air because they don't think they can make a difference.

I used to be guilty of it myself.  It can be tough to break out of the rut but once you're out and look back you wonder what was so hard.

You have a choice to be a miserable so-and-so or be happy, lively and useful.  Once you get to the other side, when something bad happens, sure it gets you down for a bit, but soon you find yourself saying, "Okay, that sucked.  What can I learn from it?  How can I turn it to my advantage?"  And you DO it.  You find yourself being interested.  You find that you're more healthy.  People prefer to be around who shines rather than someone that makes them feel like shit as well.  Why on earth someone would choose to be miserable and apathetic I cannot fathom anymore.  And it right pisses me off to see so many people around me still thinking that way.

So, all you miserable, apathetic, lazy peeps out there *looks pointedly at a few people*.  CHOOSE to be happy and make something of you life instead of sitting around like a sack of meat all day.  You'll feel a whole let better for it.  Trust me, I know from experience.

Let's talk about - Cognitive Dissonance

(okay, so Cognitive dissonance is not meaning what I think it is meaning. But the phrase was thrown around with the concepts below. It doesn't matter what the term is, but what I've written does matter).

You've heard it all your life - "There's no such thing as can't.", "Nothing is impossible.", even Monty Python said it with "Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life".  As angsty teenagers (and unfortunately many have dragged it into adulthood) we shunned it and dubbed it "stupid".

But you know what?  The Python crew are right.

I only recently learned the phrase Cognitive Dissonance but I've known the concept for a while now, and in the last year broken out of it.

Cognitive dissonance is pretty much just making excuses so you don't get things done.  And too many people do it.  They sit around all day being miserable twats, "Oh, I missed the bus this morning, my day is RUINED!", "Everyone hates me.", "I can't do that, I'm useless."  etc. etc.  These people wake up in the morning and pretty much decide there and then that their day will be shitty and act from there.  They don't DO anything because they know they've set themselves up for failure already and therefore may as well not try.  They're apathetic and just sit around wasting air because they don't think they can make a difference.

I used to be guilty of it myself.  It can be tough to break out of the rut but once you're out and look back you wonder what was so hard.

You have a choice to be a miserable so-and-so or be happy, lively and useful.  Once you get to the other side, when something bad happens, sure it gets you down for a bit, but soon you find yourself saying, "Okay, that sucked.  What can I learn from it?  How can I turn it to my advantage?"  And you DO it.  You find yourself being interested.  You find that you're more healthy.  People prefer to be around who shines rather than someone that makes them feel like shit as well.  Why on earth someone would choose to be miserable and apathetic I cannot fathom anymore.  And it right pisses me off to see so many people around me still thinking that way.

So, all you miserable, apathetic, lazy peeps out there *looks pointedly at a few people*.  CHOOSE to be happy and make something of you life instead of sitting around like a sack of meat all day.  You'll feel a whole let better for it.  Trust me, I know from experience.

Some thoughts on the abortion debate

Someone on abortiondebate asked a question to the effect of what was the difference between abortion and infanticide.

My reply was that I really didn't see much of a fundamental difference.  It was just a better option to get it done as early as possible and because it was not socially acceptable to kill a born child (heck, people still do it anyway).

I've been thinking further on the subject since and came up with a few things.

Most abortions are carried out because the mother cannot properly raise the child/does not want the child (therefore cannot properly raise it, it's kinda hard to be loving to something you never wanted)/cannot go through pregnancy (for whatever reason).

The world does not need more unwanted children.  Yes, there are SOOO MANY childless couples out there why on earth are you aborting??!!!1one  The truth?  There are also thousands of children out there waiting to be adopted.  Maybe we should take care of them first before we insist on people who don't want to be pregnant on having a child and giving it up.

Anyways, that isn't my point.  Why is abortion more okay than infanticide?  My thoughts.

When a born person is killed, it affects everyone around them.  Friends, accquaintances, loved ones.  They all feel the loss.  This person had a life, knowledge, memories that have been snuffed out.

When an embryo or foetus is aborted, only the mother and maybe the father feel the loss (and possibly other family members, but if a child is going to be aborted, the mother generally doesn't go telling everyone she's pregnant).  The unborn didn't possess any knowledge to divulge, didn't have deeds to finish, it was just a blank slate.

So that's it.  It's preferable to terminate the life before while it's still a blank.  And pregnancy is one of the things many women who abort want to avoid.

Some thoughts on the abortion debate

Someone on abortiondebate asked a question to the effect of what was the difference between abortion and infanticide.

My reply was that I really didn't see much of a fundamental difference.  It was just a better option to get it done as early as possible and because it was not socially acceptable to kill a born child (heck, people still do it anyway).

I've been thinking further on the subject since and came up with a few things.

Most abortions are carried out because the mother cannot properly raise the child/does not want the child (therefore cannot properly raise it, it's kinda hard to be loving to something you never wanted)/cannot go through pregnancy (for whatever reason).

The world does not need more unwanted children.  Yes, there are SOOO MANY childless couples out there why on earth are you aborting??!!!1one  The truth?  There are also thousands of children out there waiting to be adopted.  Maybe we should take care of them first before we insist on people who don't want to be pregnant on having a child and giving it up.

Anyways, that isn't my point.  Why is abortion more okay than infanticide?  My thoughts.

When a born person is killed, it affects everyone around them.  Friends, accquaintances, loved ones.  They all feel the loss.  This person had a life, knowledge, memories that have been snuffed out.

When an embryo or foetus is aborted, only the mother and maybe the father feel the loss (and possibly other family members, but if a child is going to be aborted, the mother generally doesn't go telling everyone she's pregnant).  The unborn didn't possess any knowledge to divulge, didn't have deeds to finish, it was just a blank slate.

So that's it.  It's preferable to terminate the life before while it's still a blank.  And pregnancy is one of the things many women who abort want to avoid.

A goal

We keep getting wankers posting to anti_smoking about how it's their right to smoke and all that the group stands against (i.e. trolls).
So I have a goal, for anti_smoking to appear on LJ Drama.  I mean, I have the subject material right there.

Gods! I blow my nose until it feels like my brain is about to come out. And 10 minutes later my nose is clogged up again. Where's the off switch for the mucus machine??

( This was just amusing )

A goal

We keep getting wankers posting to anti_smoking about how it's their right to smoke and all that the group stands against (i.e. trolls).
So I have a goal, for anti_smoking to appear on LJ Drama.  I mean, I have the subject material right there.

Gods! I blow my nose until it feels like my brain is about to come out. And 10 minutes later my nose is clogged up again. Where's the off switch for the mucus machine??

( This was just amusing )

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Does anyone else's mind always churn like mine?

I hate it when I'm excited and passionate about something and those I tell about it don't take me seriously or put me down or get defensive over nothing.

*sigh*

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Does anyone else's mind always churn like mine?

I hate it when I'm excited and passionate about something and those I tell about it don't take me seriously or put me down or get defensive over nothing.

*sigh*

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Ya know how I mentioned ages ago how I wasn't recieving all my comment e-mails and it turned out to be an LJ problem.

They've fixed it.  So if I reply to something old, that's why.

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Ya know how I mentioned ages ago how I wasn't recieving all my comment e-mails and it turned out to be an LJ problem.

They've fixed it.  So if I reply to something old, that's why.

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