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Scout
08/11/09

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Good! I didn't want to live to scream "who are you?" and poop in diapers anyway!
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sequined
08/11/09

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If all my snarky misanthropic Jez-reading peers die out and I'm stuck with a retirement home full of Pollyanna-wannabes, I'll off myself. That is no kind of life, my friends, and I do not want it.
We call this a vicious cycle.
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GroverShook
08/11/09

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Correlation does not equal causation, people!!
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Highsmith
08/11/09

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Ok. I disagree. Here's why. Most "optimistic" people I know aren't really but feel compelled to act that way. Which must be detrimental to their health, don't you think?
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tankearae
08/11/09

@Highsmith: Absolutely. Either that or they simply don't pay attention, which brings to mind this quote:
"The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it." - George Bernard Shaw
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Little Green Frog (Wise Latina)
08/11/09

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Oh yeah, Dr. Tindle? See what this has to say:
[www.newscientist.com]
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bluebears
08/11/09

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No! you will never take my sarcasm from me. I'll stop eating fast food at 2 am but I NEED sarcasm, it sustains me.
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Little Green Frog (Wise Latina)
08/11/09

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Oh well, I might just as well eat that cyanide for lunch, thus saving time and expense for everyone.
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BabyJane
08/11/09

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This doesn't bode well for my plans to pitch Snark Week to the Discovery Channel.
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hilikusopus
08/11/09

@BabyJane: C'mon, if Shark Week has taught us anything it's that Americans love a good scare. This bit of research is just what the doctor ordered -- pitch away!
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Diziet_Sma
08/11/09

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So true. To paraphrase: if you aren't a ball of rage in your 20s, you have no heart; if you're still angry in your 40s, you have no brain.
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Scout
08/11/09

@Diziet_Sma: well, then, I shall "rage" for one more year lets I be considered a dunce.
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greengrey
08/11/09

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Does this mean we're going to see articles in the daily mail entitled "I'm a Snarkist" where the writer rails against snarky women for being a drain on the system and just pain mean?
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Zombie Ms. Skittles
08/11/09

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So apparently what few Jezebelles don't drink themselves into an early grave can still catch the early dance party in Hell just by merit of our sparkly personalities.
I guess I'll see you ladies by the lake of fire. Say, noonish?
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wtfox?!
08/11/09

@Zombie Ms. Skittles: I will bring the coals for roasting the bodies of sinners. I'm assuming this is also BYOB (Bring Your Own Brimstone)?
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CurtCole
08/11/09

@Zombie Ms. Skittles: I'll drink heavily and up the snark factor so I can get us all good seats.
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dianersb was bit by a zombie
08/11/09

@Zombie Ms. Skittles: I wonder what circle of hell we'll be in. I don't recall Dante covering snark or feminazi bonerkilling, so perhaps we get a sparkly new circle??
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Zombie Ms. Skittles
08/11/09

@dianersb was bit by a zombie: Hmmmm...I guess we should just meet at whichever circle has the best weather and scenery. I suspect that as a group we'll be evenly split between the one that holds the angry people and the lust group.
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Gretchen is a new kitten mom!
08/11/09

@Zombie Ms. Skittles: I'll bring the ciggies. Shall we have gin and tonics with our snark? No ice, of course, but you can't have it all.
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HighSchoolFearleader
08/11/09

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I don't think snarky and pessimistic are necessarily synonymous. I'm a pretty upbeat, positive person, but I can't pass up some good sarcasm. It's stressful to try to find the negative in everything, but it's fun to make (intelligent) jokes!
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Diziet_Sma
08/11/09

@HighSchoolFearleader: Exactly. I'm with you. Optimism and sarcasm are not mutually exclusive. The opposite, in some people I know.
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rixatrix
08/11/09

@HighSchoolFearleader: Hear hear. I agree. Also, I take a great deal of joy in being sarcastic and snarky and cynical, but that doesn't mean I don't wish for the best. If pessimism is assuming the worst will happen, I don't even think cynicism hits the mark. You can be cynical and optimistic, I think - hoping for the best of the most likely outcomes. Pessimism is feeling like you have no control over what happens to you in the world.
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desertbloom79
08/11/09

@HighSchoolFearleader: Took the words right out of my mouth.
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AthertonMerriweather
08/11/09

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Research is obviously out to get me.
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slowpoke.r
08/11/09

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I have a friend who is one of the angriest, most pessimistic people I've ever met. She has had more illnesses and problems (cysts, skin cancer, GI issues) than anyone else I know, despite being in overall good health. And I have another friend who is incredibly positive and sweet despite suffering years of chronic pain.
The angry friend is, frankly, a real bitch to deal with, even to her doctors. She doesn't give them the whole story, ever- she never tells them that she drinks or smokes or does recreational drugs, because she assumes they'll yell at her and she doesn't want to deal with it. She recently had pretty serious surgery and was so uncooperative with her original surgeon that he refused to treat her and she had to find a new one who used a different, less efficacious procedure. Seriously.
The sweet friend had a very hard time getting a diagnoses for her pain, but the doctors and nurses kept fighting for her and trying new things. Eventually she was given a proper diagnoses, received major corrective surgery (including corpse parts!), and is now doing great.

My point? If you're negative and angry you may have a much, much harder time getting the help you need to make you better.
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morninggloria
08/11/09

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If you're cynically hostile, wouldn't you prefer to die early? Wouldn't you view more dealing with the world's bullshit as drudgery?
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dianersb was bit by a zombie
08/11/09

@morninggloria: I feel like, if this had more bull-fighting, that it might be the plot of an Ernest Hemingway novella.
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morninggloria
08/11/09

@dianersb was bit by a zombie: "We were so beautiful," she said, "before the war." He was tired of her. He stood up and left.
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