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- From: llama@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (sine nomine)
- Newsgroups: alt.angst
- Subject: hermes, please pick up the white clue phone...
- Message-ID: <86603@ut-emx.uucp>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 04:37:32 GMT
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- on the off chance that the hermes/paleblue creature is for real and
- not just a random net idiot:
-
- posters to alt.angst frequently argue about the nature of angst, and
- although some points of disagreement seem permanent, most people agree
- that angst is what you feel in response to the realization that life
- sucks and really doesn't have any great design behind it. people write
- here about the echoes of this futility in their lives, about the pain
- of fighting this void, about why and how they manage to find (or
- create) meaning in their lives anyway.
-
- some of the stuff that's written here is deeply personal; some of it
- tends more toward the philosophical/analytical. sometimes people just
- get silly, blow off a little tension. but most of the people who hang
- out here take the group seriously and respect the intent behind the
- posts (even if they flame the posters).
-
- so along comes someone who's either an airhead or a clever imitation
- of one, giggling and chirping and spreading little sunshine smiles
- around everywhere, with an "ain't i cute?" attitude (complete with
- idiotic smileys). it's *damned* annoying -- i mean, if someone tells
- you his dog just got smooshed by a car, are you going to grab his
- hands and say "oh, goodie! let's go skip through the park and pick
- wildflowers! :)" that's verging on grounds for justifiable homicide.
- at the very least, it indicates a breathtaking lack of sensitivity. to
- persist in this behavior after being *told* it's annoying... sheesh.
-
- so either you're a jerk who thinks you're being cute, or you're an
- insensitive clod, or you're terminally clueless. care to enlighten us?
-
- --
- sine | deb
- or better yet, don't enlighten us. about anything. ever.
-