h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

A collection of (cleaned-up) rants I've recently had on the subject of narcissism...

1. The big rant...
"I have >beeping< had it. I swear to God I try so >beeping< hard to keep everyone happy. I try to keep everyone on an even keel. And I'm sick to death of having to play clean up and damage control whenever something bad happens. Hasn't anyone ever heard of >beeping< respecting one another? Hasn't anyone ever >beeping< heard of tolerance? Am I the only person in the whole >beep< world who understands the word consequences? People think they can go off and say whatever the hell they want and do whatever the hell they want and if anyone has a problem with them that's not their fault. It's >beeping< my fault for having the problem. Or it's whoever else's fault for having the problem.

Well guess what kiddies, life doesn't work like that. Like it or >beeping< not, there are consequences to every action you take and every word that comes out of your mouth and you better be damn ready to accept those consequences. Grow the >beep< up and be >beeping< responsible. No, you can't do whatever the hell you want. No, you can't say whatever the hell you want. Yeah, there is such a thing as free speech and while you're in your own >beeping< home talking to yourself feel free to say whatever the hell you >beeping< want to say. But while you're in public you are just going to have to accept the fact that there are some things you can't do and some things you can't >beeping< say. See what happens to you if you take the free speech arguement to court when you're indicted for insighting a riot after you've screamed "FIRE" in a crowded theater. No more "me" generation kiddies. No more "I can do whatever I want and >beep< you if you don't like it." It's time to grow the >beep< up, accept responsibility for your actions, and deal with the consequences of your actions."

2. A more calm arguement...
"I have to say that it's not so much that I'm trying to tell people how to live their lives...rather I'm fed up with people in general at the moment. I don't quite know how to put this to make myself understood. It's like if someone calls you a name and then tells you that you're the one with the problem when you're hurt by that name. And that attitude is what I'm fed up with at the moment...the idea that no one should ever be offended or upset by something you do or say (you meaning the general term)and if someone ever is offended then it's the offended person's problem and not yours. People need to learn to take responsibility for themselves instead of pawning off their responsibility on other people. And to say that everyone needs to worry about themselves is to deny an essential human element...that of social interaction. If society is really truly going to get "better", as so many people want it to, then people are going to have to suck it up and learn how to respect one another."

3. Another view of the problem...
"It's not just the younger generation...it's every generation. Old people think we owe them something because they're old. Middle aged people think we owe them something because of what they did in the 60s and 70s. My generation thinks you owe us something because we're alive. And it's the same with the generation after mine and so on and so on. I don't think it's an age thing, I think honestly it's an American thing. Americans think it's all about us and >beep< the rest of the world. It's pathetic if you asked me. Any people from a country other than America want to weigh in on this? Are your cultures as narcissistic as ours is?"

These were all originally posted in another forum I belong to so apologies if some of it doesn't make a whole lot of sense...the second and third views were in response to other people's posts regarding the first view. But I would like to know how you guys feel about this. Is it an American issue, or are other cultures just as narcissistic as we are?

*sigh*

Try the French. In many ways, they are lovely, but i reckon they invented the word "egotist" & i am Totally 100% sick of hearing my(?) supposed French boyfriend bleat & wail continuously that "women have ruined my life"; i am now staring to scream "What life? Get Over it & Get one!"

(Which of course guarantees me immediate membership of the exclusive Club of Women Who Have Ruined His Life.)

, sorry, i am in a vile mood. but unlike him; i will get over it. Here's something to put it all into perspective:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2566269671806009973

zdt

No worries...I've been in a foul mood for most of this week so I can understand. And I've heard that about the French before but having only met one French person in my life (who happened to be my French language professor in College and was actually a quite unselfish person) I try to keep an open mind lol. I don't know...when it comes right down to it maybe egotism and narcissism are just human things...culture, age, and gender notwithstanding...

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It's still annoying though xP