An Expression I've Come to Loathe [Warden]

An acquaintance of mine was recently diagnosed with cancer. As many people do today, he shared the news on Facebook so people outside his family and close friends would know what was going on with him. I always find this to be an awkward situation when I don't know someone well enough to pick up the phone and call, but do know them well enough to be saddened and concerned over the news.

Usually in these situations I'll either avoid commenting at all or tell the person that I'll pray for him and his family. And then, I always make sure that I follow through because I think it's an awful thing to just casually tell someone he'll be in your prayers when you don't really mean it.

I've spend more of my life as an agnostic than I have as a Christian and it's no big deal to me when other people don't pray, but there's a substitute expression that a lot of atheist/agnostic people fall back on that I positively despise: Sending good vibes your way.

The way I see it, if you think prayer is some sort of mystical hokum then how is it that you believe in "vibes" instead? What are these vibes? Can you see them? Can they be measured? And how, exactly, does one send them? Is it like ESP? Do you wave your fingers? Is there some sort of sacred incantation developed by the Celtic druids of yore?

See, here's what gets under my skin--I don't think that the people who write this line actually believe in vibes. It's a goofy, stupid idea, but they say it anyway because this grotesque, reproductive attempt at expressing belief in something greater and more powerful sounds good to them.

And so, yeah this is a get off my lawn moment, but goddamnit this world has enough phoniness in it without adding, in response to a man's likely death sentence, promises of such trite, nonsensical nature that there can't be any possible intention of keeping them.

I get it, it's awkward to respond sometimes. People want to say something kind and aren't sure how to go about it. But there are so many ways around that one phrase--"Thinking of you," for example, or "Please get well, we're all pulling for you."

Everything doesn't have to be an immediate, kneejerk, whatever-happens-to-come-to-mind response. There's room for pausing and giving thought to your words. And if there's ever a time to do it, it's when someone announces to you that his time of living may be very, very close to an end.

Related: Research reported in the Scientific Journal of No Freakin' Doy suggests that social media and shallow thinking may be linked.

Posted by: Open Blogger at 08:30 PM

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1 I'm pulling fir first!

Posted by: freaked at March 29, 2017 08:23 PM (BO/km)

2 Looks like I done did it.

Posted by: freaked at March 29, 2017 08:24 PM (BO/km)

3 Fcuk cancer!

Posted by: A deplorable dude in MI at March 29, 2017 08:24 PM (5Uq5D)

4 I still say "provider" is THE destruction provider for the English grammar and vocabulary provider. "Provider" is what this past lessons provider has grown to deeply loathe.

Posted by: CatchThirtyThr33 at March 29, 2017 08:25 PM (QUhLG)

5 The universe is one big cacophony of vibrations. The vibes themselves are neither good nor bad but can be used any any fashion.

Posted by: freaked at March 29, 2017 08:27 PM (BO/km)

6 Gonna be a smartass here because you nailed it:

"The way I see it, if you think prayer is some sort of mystical hokum then how is it that you believe in "vibes" instead? What are these vibes? Can you see them? Can they be measured? And how, exactly, does one send them?"

Good vibes are at 1.7GHz on your radio dial.

Posted by: tbodie at March 29, 2017 08:29 PM (A5B6s)

7 I have felt the power of prayer. While in battle. It was real. It was powerful. It was not a vibe.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 29, 2017 08:30 PM (0tfLf)

8 Corgis will be here shortly.

Posted by: Beartooth at March 29, 2017 08:30 PM (lRNBd)

9 And prayers for your friend.

Posted by: tbodie at March 29, 2017 08:31 PM (A5B6s)

10 I was diagnosed with Prostate cancer last December (15). I did not tell anyone other than the people at work so they would not be wondering why I would be in and out for a while. Although I did not tell anyone, I liver with a blabber mouth. I guess the best thing was that a lot of her male friends finally quit putting off getting an exam. Had radiation and on testosterone blocking drugs for 2 more years. PSA is to low to measure. Guess I get to die from alzheimers or some other hideous disease now.

Posted by: docsavage at March 29, 2017 08:31 PM (R6o9I)

11 If you are a Christian, death is a sad thing, but not the end of all things.

If you aren't religious death is the end. And it is truly a terrible thing. Almost no one can really face this, and so the people that don't believe in anything above the materialistic world have to come up with something to hide that fear and horror.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 29, 2017 08:31 PM (aZq03)

12 Lionel Hampton sent good vibes.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 29, 2017 08:32 PM (IqV8l)

13 --
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Good vibes are at 1.7GHz on your radio dial.

Posted by: tbodie at March 29, 2017 08:29 PM
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What's the frequency, Kenneth?

Posted by: Dan Rather's nightmare at March 29, 2017 08:33 PM (vqzjE)

14 My pet peeve is, after someone passes, "He will be missed." Why not "I will miss him"? Why won't YOU miss him yet apparently you know for a fact that others will?

I guess you can send "healing vibes" if, as one friend of mine does, the sick person is into Wicca. I guess then you believe in stuff like that, but it still seems mighty silly.

And now it seems that "Our thoughts and prayers are with you" is getting abbreviated down to just "Thoughts and prayers."

I'm sorry about your friend, Warden.

Posted by: Tonestaple at March 29, 2017 08:34 PM (NLPOe)

15 You know, if someone offers unalloyed well-wishes, Imma not care if they're Christian or Hindu or Hippie.

I got enough crap to carry around without lumbering myself with with doubt over the sincerity of near-strangers offering mumbles.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 29, 2017 08:35 PM (wB8Tg)

16 @13 - Lol

Posted by: tbodie at March 29, 2017 08:35 PM (A5B6s)

17 Brian Wilson got the song from his mother telling him about them

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at March 29, 2017 08:36 PM (7dpmG)

18 I have felt the power of prayer. While in battle. It was real. It was powerful. It was not a vibe.
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I find it fascinating that people that will endlessly examine the intricacies of nature specifically have no interest in why religion exists.

Ignoring the question of whether or not there is a "sky god" or not, almost all modern societies adopted religions of various sorts during their early development. Obviously religion, and especially organized religion*, are a major advantage for human beings.

* and especially Christianity, and especially Protestant Christianity...

Posted by: 18-1 at March 29, 2017 08:36 PM (aZq03)

19 --
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Had radiation and on testosterone blocking drugs for
2 more years. PSA is to low to measure. Guess I get to die from
alzheimers or some other hideous disease now.

Posted by: docsavage at March 29, 2017 08:31 PM
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Yep, darned if you do, .. yadda yadda. I plan to go out like my brother, heart attack, boom, gone.

Posted by: irright at March 29, 2017 08:37 PM (vqzjE)

20 It's better than, "So, can I have your boat?"

Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at March 29, 2017 08:37 PM (QsIDL)

21 Interesting post, Warden.

Just wanted to send some positive vibes your way.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 29, 2017 08:38 PM (v9gSJ)

22 Kodos, ha!

Posted by: rhomboid at March 29, 2017 08:38 PM (v9gSJ)

23 Organized religion is a bunch of hogwash to brainwash the masses!!!

Oh hey, would you like to buy my new brand of depression healing magnets or cancer curing crystals?

Posted by: Your Average Liberal at March 29, 2017 08:39 PM (aZq03)

24 It's better than, "So, can I have your boat?"
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No, but you can have my empty water bottles.

Posted by: Marco Rubio at March 29, 2017 08:40 PM (aZq03)

25 __
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Yep, darned if you do, .. yadda yadda. I plan to go out like my brother, heart attack, boom, gone.

Posted by: irright at March 29, 2017 08:37 PM
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But as my other brother says: If you want to hear God laugh, tell him your plans.

Posted by: irright at March 29, 2017 08:40 PM (vqzjE)

26 Merovign: "I got enough crap to carry around without lumbering myself with with doubt over the sincerity of near-strangers offering mumbles."

Yep, kinda this.

Though I have very little crap to carry around, and so far have not had to be on the receiving end, even indirectly, of much of this. Which is a good thing.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 29, 2017 08:40 PM (v9gSJ)

27 Vibes was a great movie. Very funny.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at March 29, 2017 08:41 PM (zc3Db)

28 Good vibes? On what frequency are you transmitting?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 29, 2017 08:42 PM (SRKgf)

29
Oddball: What about waves? Cuz, I want you stop with the negative waves, man.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 29, 2017 08:42 PM (auHtY)

30 There's also "sending good thoughts your way". What does that mean!?

Posted by: Lauren at March 29, 2017 08:42 PM (A7kpb)

31 The expression I fucking hate - or more accurately, one of them - is "reach out," which is imbecile speak for "contact."

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 29, 2017 08:43 PM (SRKgf)

32 Can't recall the exact specifics, but remember the idiotic Dem/MSM confected controversy over some "thoughts and prayers" tweet/message/whatever?

It was just one of almost weekly jaw-dropping, literally unbelievable confirmations of how cretinized the civic culture has become (i.e. how stupid the dominant tribe is), so details escape me.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 29, 2017 08:43 PM (v9gSJ)

33 Yeah I dont know...i think this is too pissy by half.

If your are very sick and people, friends, family etc express support and good wishes in your hour of trial, are you REALLY going to stop and check someone with the fucking language police to see if their sentiment qualifies as genuine before accepting it??

No, no youre not. If you are a normal person who doesnt go through life with a brick on their shoulders.

Posted by: md at March 29, 2017 08:43 PM (uKJIC)

34 Lighten up, Francis.

This isn't about you.

Unless you have the cancer. In which case, poorly articulated well-wishes from social media will be among the least of your worries.

Posted by: BumperStickerist at March 29, 2017 08:44 PM (om8sC)

35 29: Heh!!

Crap, beat me too it.

Posted by: Puddleglum at March 29, 2017 08:44 PM (MhLy8)

36 "But there are so many ways around that one phrase -- 'Thinking of you,'
for example, or 'Please get well, we're all pulling for you.'"

I prefer a heartfelt "Can I have your stuff?"

Posted by: torquewrench at March 29, 2017 08:44 PM (noWW6)

37 Jay, me too - "reach out" - one of the most annoying expressions pioneered in the last 10-20 years. I recall for some reason one particular boss (odd situation, technically a boss but many of us had our own mission and mandate and he didn't interfere) who used that expression at one staff meeting. I instantly thought less of him - especially because he was old enough that he had picked it up very late in his life/career. Inexcusable.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 29, 2017 08:45 PM (v9gSJ)

38 --
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Vibes was a great movie. Very funny.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at March 29, 2017 08:41 PM
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The sequel I got from the bargain bin, "Pubes" must have been more of a reboot.

Posted by: irright at March 29, 2017 08:45 PM (vqzjE)

39 "reach out,"

I despise that. It used to work for someone who put "as a consequence" in every fkn pleading and letter. grrrr.

Posted by: Infidel at March 29, 2017 08:45 PM (uKRys)

40 Oh hey, would you like to buy my new brand of depression healing magnets or cancer curing crystals?
Posted by: Your Average Liberal at March 29, 2017 08:39 PM (aZq03)

A friend of mine - sadly, not a liberal - spent over $1 K to put magnets on the pipes bringing city water into his house.

I schooled him a bit on the electronic Zeeman energy difference induced in a paramagnet by a 500 G magnet. It's basically like farting in front of a runaway tractor trailer in an attempt to slow it down.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 29, 2017 08:46 PM (SRKgf)

41 There's a Young Ones clip on youtube where Neil calls Rik a "negative vibe merchant". I think hippies are actually dumb enough to believe in vibes.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at March 29, 2017 08:46 PM (W8bn5)

42 Farglebargle

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at March 29, 2017 08:47 PM (6Ll1u)

43 Groovy Vibes man.

Posted by: #neverskankles at March 29, 2017 08:47 PM (RbDaC)

44 One time I was waiting for a table in a crowded restaurant. I let slip some positive vibes, silently, mind you, that were so powerful that one woman shouted in disgust, "Whoever did that, you are an animal!"

Posted by: me at March 29, 2017 08:47 PM (LvAzp)

45 A good friend told me he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. I reassured him that, probably right after the wake, I'd be consoling the widow.

He got a good unexpected laugh, which he needed at the time.

Posted by: BumperStickerist at March 29, 2017 08:48 PM (om8sC)

46 >>There's also "sending good thoughts your way". What does that mean!?

What does "prayers sent your way" mean? As an agnostic really all I care about is sentiment.

If someone wants to wish good thoughts to me when I need them, I'm not going to quibble about the words. If they care enough to send me their heartfelt best wishes, that's enough for me.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 29, 2017 08:48 PM (/tuJf)

47 39 "reach out,"

I despise that. It used to work for someone who put "as a consequence" in every fkn pleading and letter. grrrr.
Posted by: Infidel

https://youtu.be/6s1Jsz1lj1Y

Posted by: Puddleglum at March 29, 2017 08:48 PM (MhLy8)

48 [Say nothing.]

Posted by: Hail Sithis at March 29, 2017 08:49 PM (ky239)

49
*A friend of mine - sadly, not a liberal - spent over $1 K to put magnets on the pipes bringing city water into his house.

I schooled him a bit on the electronic Zeeman energy difference induced in a paramagnet by a 500 G magnet. It's basically like farting in front of a runaway tractor trailer in an attempt to slow it down.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 29, 2017 08:46 PM (SRKgf)*

So. You're saying I need more magnets. Got it.

Posted by: A Friend at March 29, 2017 08:50 PM (A5B6s)

50 "Reach out and touch someone"

... ah, nostalgia.

"Vibes" are just the way a low-class hippy says "energy". Any hippy worth his weight in LSD knows that it's all about energy.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at March 29, 2017 08:50 PM (zc3Db)

51 21 Interesting post, Warden.

Just wanted to send some positive vibes your way.
Posted by: rhomboid at March 29, 2017 08:38 PM (v9gSJ)

I'm also sending you some positive vibes, but they're 180 degrees out of phase with rhomboid's, so ... pffft.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 29, 2017 08:51 PM (SRKgf)

52 Nobody with the Donald Sutherland reference from Kelley's Heroes yet?

Horde. Really.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 29, 2017 08:51 PM (v9gSJ)

53 The vibrations emanating from quantum nano-entanglements prove that all matter and all life are interconnected.

Posted by: Deepak Chopra at March 29, 2017 08:51 PM (W8bn5)

54 --
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"Reach out and touch someone"

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Words to live by.

Posted by: Joe Biden at March 29, 2017 08:51 PM (vqzjE)

55 AND SARAH PALIN IS A DUMB HICK!

Posted by: Deepak Chopra at March 29, 2017 08:51 PM (W8bn5)

56 So. You're saying I need more magnets. Got it.
Posted by: A Friend at March 29, 2017 08:50 PM (A5B6s)

Pile up the magnets into a road block.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 29, 2017 08:52 PM (SRKgf)

57 Nobody with the Donald Sutherland reference from Kelley's Heroes yet?

Horde. Really.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 29, 2017 08:51 PM (v9gSJ)

#29, thank you. You're welcome

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 29, 2017 08:52 PM (auHtY)

58 "So sorry" works well.

Posted by: Javems at March 29, 2017 08:52 PM (yOqwj)

59 If I say 'I'll pray for you.", and I don't do it right then, I might really forget. Callous as it sounds. If I say 'I'll put you on our prayer list at Bible study.', I do just that. If you and I are together, and I say 'I'll pray for you.', I do it then and there. Out loud.

Posted by: Eromero at March 29, 2017 08:52 PM (zLDYs)

60 I'm also sending you some positive vibes, but they're 180 degrees out of phase with rhomboid's, so ... pffft.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara
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I feel so negated.

Posted by: Warden at March 29, 2017 08:52 PM (MZ8Zz)

61 52 Nobody with the Donald Sutherland reference from Kelley's Heroes yet?

Horde. Really.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 29, 2017 08:51 PM (v9gSJ)

What about #29?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 29, 2017 08:52 PM (SRKgf)

62 F-cancer

Posted by: @votermom @vm at March 29, 2017 08:52 PM (Om16U)

63 Good vibes are at 1.7GHz on your radio dial.
Posted by: tbodie at March 29, 2017 08:29 PM (A5B6s)

105.5 FM.

/shameless plug

Posted by: Captain Whitebread on the all-night request line at March 29, 2017 08:53 PM (rJUlF)

64 The good vibes are in Sunkist Orange Soda.

Posted by: Beach Boys at March 29, 2017 08:53 PM (W8bn5)

65 If one isn't a first and maybe second tier friend, then why say anything at all, especially when you find out via social media?

Posted by: 13times at March 29, 2017 08:53 PM (WHVu+)

66
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"Reach out and touch someone"

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Words to live by.
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We are sympatico.

Posted by: Harry Reid at March 29, 2017 08:53 PM (vqzjE)

67 How about uptwinkles your way? We good?

Posted by: Blake at March 29, 2017 08:53 PM (WEBkv)

68 Anthony Weiner "sent out Vibes", via pictures of his penis on the internet.

He texted, sexted and Text-Mexted, which meant sending people pictures of your junk from the bathroom of a Chili's To Go.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at March 29, 2017 08:53 PM (6gk0M)

69 QuietMan and Jay - yep, missed it.

Wait - we're expected to read the comments first? How about the posts? Those are still optional, right?

Posted by: rhomboid at March 29, 2017 08:54 PM (v9gSJ)

70 I feel so negated.
Posted by: Warden at March 29, 2017 08:52 PM (MZ8Zz)

Twenty twenty twenty-four hours to go
I wanna be negated

...I'll show myself out.

Posted by: Captain Whitebread on the all-night request line at March 29, 2017 08:54 PM (rJUlF)

71 g'early evenin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 29, 2017 08:54 PM (KCxzN)

72 There's only ONE context in which I like the phrase "reach out."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnDm3qr1Knk

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 29, 2017 08:55 PM (SRKgf)

73 See, here's what gets under my skin--I don't think that the people who write this line actually believe in vibes.

No, they don't. So what?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 29, 2017 08:55 PM (GgzGa)

74 52 Nobody with the Donald Sutherland reference from Kelley's Heroes yet?

Horde. Really.

Posted by: rhomboid

See #29

Posted by: Puddleglum at March 29, 2017 08:56 PM (MhLy8)

75 Wonder if Mr Moo Moo ever reached out to ace for an unbannination?

Posted by: rhomboid at March 29, 2017 08:56 PM (v9gSJ)

76 People really believe in vibes, and stuff like this:
"The tenet of [The Secret] is that the universe is governed by a natural "law" called the law of attraction, which is said to work by attracting into a person's life the experiences, situations, events and people that "match the frequency" of the person's thoughts and feelings. From this, the book argues that thinking positively can create life-changing results, such as increased wealth, health and happiness."
These people are phobic about "negativity"

Posted by: Cameo_Appearance at March 29, 2017 08:57 PM (nb404)

77 "We'll send so many positive vibes your way you'll need Fourier analysis to sort them out!"

Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at March 29, 2017 08:57 PM (cafSR)

78 65 If one isn't a first and maybe second tier friend, then why say anything at all, especially when you find out via social media?

Posted by: 13times
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Well, sometimes you want to offer support. I don't know that 50-100 of some variation of the same 4-6 phrases does much to lift someone up. It depends on the person, I suppose.

Some people seem to draw from that kind of stuff, even if it's from strangers.

So, sometimes it boils down to, am I writing this for a Facebook audience or for the person who's sick or going through a rough patch?

Posted by: Warden at March 29, 2017 08:57 PM (MZ8Zz)

79 I find using the phrase "passed away" rather than "died" cowardly. People die. Get used to it.

Posted by: Muns at March 29, 2017 08:57 PM (fO+6C)

80
So the Beach Boys song is a lie?

Posted by: otho at March 29, 2017 08:57 PM (lmIoG)

81
I would have been here sooner, but my electric car kept shorting out on Dat Freekin' Solar Road.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 29, 2017 08:58 PM (v1g1+)

82 105.5 FM.

Posted by: Captain Whitebread on the all-night request line at March 29, 2017 08:53 PM (rJUlF)

Much better frequency than I listed.

Posted by: A Friend at March 29, 2017 08:58 PM (A5B6s)

83 Wait - we're expected to read the comments first? How about the posts? Those are still optional, right?
Posted by: rhomboid at March 29, 2017 08:54 PM (v9gSJ)

Wait - there are posts?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 29, 2017 08:58 PM (SRKgf)

84 Anyway, I have personally witnessed the power of prayer.

My son was headed to an early grave because of his alcoholism.

My prayers were answered, he wound up in a faith based rehab program and I made it to his two year sobriety ceremony. Soon, he will be celebrating 3 years.

I've had other things, but this one really stands out.

I actually told my son, before he sobered up, that I expected that the next time I saw him, it would be at his funeral.

Anyway, heartfelt prayers for your friend, Warden.

Posted by: Blake at March 29, 2017 08:58 PM (WEBkv)

85 I gotta tell you guys, I believe in the power of good vibes.

Posted by: Jenna Jameson at March 29, 2017 08:59 PM (aZq03)

86 Why are we still even talking about cancer?

At last year's State of the Union address, it was grandly decreed by Prince Chooming that he was ordering an immediate "moonshot" to cure cancer forever, with Joe Biden in charge.

Are you seriously telling me that JOE BIDEN hasn't delivered?

As for why they waited until the last year of eight years to enact their anticancer "moonshot", well, um, handwaving something something.

Posted by: torquewrench at March 29, 2017 08:59 PM (noWW6)

87 77 "We'll send so many positive vibes your way you'll need Fourier analysis to sort them out!"
Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at March 29, 2017 08:57 PM (cafSR)

Time domain or frequency domain?

Inquiring minds want to know ...

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 29, 2017 08:59 PM (SRKgf)

88 So the Beach Boys song is a lie?

Well, it wasn't until Daddy took the T-bird away.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 29, 2017 09:00 PM (Tyii7)

89 How about the posts? Those are still optional, right?

Posted by: rhomboid at March 29, 2017 08:54 PM (v9gSJ)

The title and first sentence are required. That should be all you need to start commenting.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at March 29, 2017 09:00 PM (zc3Db)

90 "The tenet of [The Secret] is that the universe is governed by a natural "law" called the law of attraction
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The science is settled

Posted by: Cosmo magazine at March 29, 2017 09:00 PM (aZq03)

91 Hey man, ace could do his next word thread on hippy lingo of yore. That would be like, far out, man.

Posted by: Hippy dippy weather man at March 29, 2017 09:00 PM (W8bn5)

92 Our NextDoor social media is really big on the "Sending positive vibes/thoughts your way" thing.

That, and recycling.

And Solar panels.

And helping refugees.

And virtue signalling.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 29, 2017 09:01 PM (J+eG2)

93 At last year's State of the Union address, it was grandly decreed by Prince Chooming that he was ordering an immediate "moonshot" to cure cancer forever, with Joe Biden in charge.
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What? I thought he said cure Prancer, and damn straight Santa sent me a letter saying all the reindeer were fine.

Posted by: Joe Biden at March 29, 2017 09:01 PM (aZq03)

94 Could not agree more. I have had people post that shit when I told them my husband had a stroke. Sending good vibes? Really? How about.. thinking of you.. please let me know if I can help in any way... I'm so sorry..

I don't need your stupid vibes. And get off my lawn...

Posted by: DeplorableJewells45 at March 29, 2017 09:02 PM (CNHr1)

95 "Wonder if Mr Moo Moo ever reached out to ace for an unbannination?"

Moo ordered "his people" to get in touch. He's far too busy a man to do these things in person. Why, he has hemorrhoids that earned more last week than a peon like you will in your entire miserable life.

Posted by: torquewrench at March 29, 2017 09:02 PM (noWW6)

96

You people are harshing my mellow, man.

Posted by: otho at March 29, 2017 09:02 PM (lmIoG)

97 A customer that turned into a friend called me one day with the news that he had advanced stage pancreatic cancer and was not going to do treatment.
He gave me a chance to tell him how my life had been enriched by knowing him and his wife and that every time I threw a leg over the horse I had bought from him I would remember all the discussions we had.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 29, 2017 09:03 PM (55KX1)

98 People Die ..

A simple 'Sorry for your loss" said to someone who has experienced a friend or relative's death can be accurate, heartfelt, and not cause you to lose that "Heroic Honesty" achievement you just unlocked the previous week.

Posted by: BumperStickerist at March 29, 2017 09:03 PM (om8sC)

99 "Time domain or frequency domain?"

Seriously, fuck you very much. Now I'm going to be waking up with cold-sweat Fourier analysis exam nightmares for a week.

Posted by: torquewrench at March 29, 2017 09:03 PM (noWW6)

100 Well this thread is a big fuck you to me.

So that's pretty sweet.

Posted by: eleven at March 29, 2017 09:04 PM (qUNWi)

101 --
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I would have been here sooner, but my electric car kept shorting out on Dat Freekin' Solar Road.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 29, 2017 08:58

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F@*k! Even in the future, nothing works.

Posted by: Darth Helmet at March 29, 2017 09:04 PM (vqzjE)

102 99 "Time domain or frequency domain?"

Seriously, fuck you very much. Now I'm going to be waking up with cold-sweat Fourier analysis exam nightmares for a week.
Posted by: torquewrench at March 29, 2017 09:03 PM (noWW6)

No problem. All part of the service.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 29, 2017 09:04 PM (SRKgf)

103 Moo ordered "his people" to get in touch. He's far too busy a man to do these things in person.

Those cars weren't gonna just was themselves, you know.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 29, 2017 09:04 PM (Tyii7)

104 HE WILL NOT DE-VIBE US.

Posted by: Shia LaBeouf at March 29, 2017 09:05 PM (W8bn5)

105 I believe "vibes" was picked up by the Counterculture from the astrology world of 50 years ago. Subscribers to astrological services used to receive weekly mailings that always explained current happenings and future events in terms of "vibrations" sent out from this or that heavenly body.

Posted by: William A Befort at March 29, 2017 09:05 PM (awbcm)

106
Ever meet someone who calls themself a "free spirit"?

Automatically an Idiot.

Say No More!, I say to myself when I hear those words free spirit, I know all I need to know about you.

Posted by: iSoothsayer iPro iLX at March 29, 2017 09:06 PM (J/h7H)

107 Moo ordered "his people" to get in touch. He's far too busy a man to do these things in person.

The problem is he ordered his people to get in touch with our people, and we don't have any people, so that's a stumbling block right there.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 29, 2017 09:06 PM (SRKgf)

108 *Types*

*Deletes*

*Types*

*Deletes*

...screw "vibes".

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at March 29, 2017 09:07 PM (6gk0M)

109 Ever meet someone who calls themself a "free spirit"?

Automatically an Idiot.

Say No More!, I say to myself when I hear those words free spirit, I know all I need to know about you.
Posted by: iSoothsayer iPro iLX at March 29, 2017 09:06 PM (J/h7H)

"Free spirit" = faggot or whack-a-doodle, or both.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 29, 2017 09:07 PM (SRKgf)

110 If you don't get the Bible, Beethoven, or Flannery O'Conner, you never will.

Posted by: Brunnhilde at March 29, 2017 09:07 PM (P5esK)

111 We have had atheists and agnostics here who are uncomfortable saying "I'll pray for you". (Disclosure: that would include me.)

Before eman got banned (for unrelated reasons), he'd say stuff like "good luck", "hope you get better", "my thoughts are with you". That works for me.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at March 29, 2017 09:08 PM (6FqZa)

112 Say No More!, I say to myself when I hear those words free spirit, I know all I need to know about you.

Posted by: iSoothsayer iPro iLX at March 29, 2017 09:06 PM (J/h7H)

I'm a high-maintenance spirit. Not free, not expensive, but definitely high-maintenance.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at March 29, 2017 09:08 PM (tHwdc)

113 "Good vibes" is too animist for me, personally.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at March 29, 2017 09:08 PM (6FqZa)

114 "Free Spirit"- Thorazine will help that.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 29, 2017 09:09 PM (55KX1)

115 ..."Before eman got banned (for unrelated reasons), he'd say stuff like "good luck", "hope you get better", "my thoughts are with you". That works for me."
-Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at March 29, 2017 09:08 PM (6FqZa)

I'll take that and/or Best Wishes over "vibes".

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at March 29, 2017 09:09 PM (6gk0M)

116 If you don't get the Bible, Beethoven, or Flannery O'Conner, you never will.

Posted by: Brunnhilde

Roll over Beethoven.

Quit hoggin' the sheets, man.

Posted by: zombie Chuck Berry at March 29, 2017 09:09 PM (W8bn5)

117 Vibe status: tingly

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at March 29, 2017 09:09 PM (tHwdc)

118 I'm spirit-free.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at March 29, 2017 09:09 PM (zc3Db)

119 Free spirit goes with coexist. Neither are good.

Posted by: DeplorableJewells45 at March 29, 2017 09:09 PM (CNHr1)

120 Krebs vs. Carnot @ 81- sorry I'm late.
There was this bad wreck on the Trans-Island Skyway, lots of blood and broken glass.

- Fagen and company.
don't get much better.

Posted by: Eromero at March 29, 2017 09:09 PM (zLDYs)

121 104 HE WILL NOT DE-VIBE US.
Posted by: Shia LaBeouf at March 29, 2017 09:05 PM (W8bn5)

*steals flag*

Posted by: Emmie at March 29, 2017 09:10 PM (xVuS6)

122
You gotta get outta ebay.

If you sell anything on ebay, be very careful what you can be seen in the images for your listing.

People will assume everything in the image is included in the sale. Everything.

The table your item is on. The carpet in the room in your home. The painting on the wall. The dog in the background. Everything.

Posted by: iSoothsayer iPro iLX at March 29, 2017 09:10 PM (J/h7H)

123 Sending good vibes your way.

*inserts Sybian into Hillary*

Posted by: Huma Abendin at March 29, 2017 09:11 PM (W8bn5)

124 I was a free spirit right up until I finished my tax return yesterday morning.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 29, 2017 09:11 PM (Tyii7)

125 "I'm a high-maintenance spirit. Not free, not expensive, but definitely high-maintenance."
-Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at March 29, 2017 09:08 PM (tHwdc)

^With this one^, you just say "Yup", "No doubt", "I agree" and "That Bitch Crazy", when "talking" on the phone.

If you get-off more than seven words in-a-row? You're doing it wrong.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at March 29, 2017 09:11 PM (6gk0M)

126 Now I'm an indentured spirit.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 29, 2017 09:12 PM (Tyii7)

127 Ever meet someone who calls themself a "free spirit"?

In fairness, they're spiritual, not religious.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 29, 2017 09:12 PM (LTHVh)

128 May good karma and fortunate Ley Lines be your companion.

Posted by: Sensitive New Age '80s Seattle Guy at March 29, 2017 09:12 PM (7G6ZP)

129 --

Say No More!, I say to myself when I hear those words free spirit, I know all I need to know about you.

Posted by: iSoothsayer iPro iLX at March 29, 2017 09:06 PM (J/h7H)

"Free spirit" = faggot or whack-a-doodle, or both.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 29, 2017 09:07 PM-----------------
Not arguing about "Whack-a doodle", but when I hear a woman say she's a "free-spirit", I hear "horny". And co-incidentally, my "spirit" frees up a bit.

Posted by: irright at March 29, 2017 09:13 PM (vqzjE)

130 "Intimate letters of condolence are like love letters, in that they are too sacred to follow a set form. One rule, and one only, should guide you in writing such letters. Say what you truly feel. Say that and nothing else... Write as simply as possible and let your heart speak as truly and as briefly as you can. Forget, if you can, that you are using written words, think merely how you feel - then put your feelings on paper - that is all."

- Emily Post, Etiquette (1922)

Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at March 29, 2017 09:13 PM (cafSR)

131 ^With this one^, you just say "Yup", "No doubt", "I agree" and "That Bitch Crazy", when "talking" on the phone.

If you get-off more than seven words in-a-row? You're doing it wrong.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at March 29, 2017 09:11 PM (6gk0M)

LOL, IT'S TWUE!

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at March 29, 2017 09:14 PM (tHwdc)

132 Before eman got banned (for unrelated reasons), he'd say stuff like "good luck", "hope you get better", "my thoughts are with you". That works for me.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at March 29, 2017 09:08 PM (6FqZa)

I don't expect anything more from my friends who aren't believers. As for me, I never say "I'll pray for you" unless I'm doing it right then, with that person, and only if they are OK with it.

Posted by: Captain Whitebread on the all-night request line at March 29, 2017 09:14 PM (rJUlF)

133 New Twitter censorship: it looks like you have to log-in i.e. have a Twitter acct to read con-right feeds. I checked at MFM Twitter pages and no log-in is required for them.

Posted by: andycanuck at March 29, 2017 09:14 PM (nlbfN)

134 May good karma and fortunate Ley Lines be your companion.

May the dew always be upon your lily.

Posted by: Bubba Clintoon at March 29, 2017 09:15 PM (Tyii7)

135
eman was good people.

Posted by: iSoothsayer iPro iLX at March 29, 2017 09:15 PM (J/h7H)

136 "If there is one thing I regret when I was married, it was having multiple affairs with different women," he said to Us Weekly. "That wasn't the stand-up thing to do."

[ed. note: true]

Posted by: Lamar Odom at March 29, 2017 09:16 PM (ysprU)

137
"good people"

heh

that's another one of those phrases

Posted by: iSoothsayer iPro iLX at March 29, 2017 09:16 PM (J/h7H)

138 --
--
123
Sending good vibes your way.

*inserts Sybian into ScreechingHarridan*

Posted by: Huma Abendin at March 29, 2017 09:11 PM

------------

Whoever created this atrocity is worse than Hitler.

Posted by: irright at March 29, 2017 09:16 PM (vqzjE)

139 133 New Twitter censorship: it looks like you have to log-in i.e. have a Twitter acct to read con-right feeds. I checked at MFM Twitter pages and no log-in is required for them.
Posted by: andycanuck

Which con-right feeds? I was looking at Ace's Twitter a few minutes ago.

Posted by: Puddleglum at March 29, 2017 09:17 PM (MhLy8)

140
eman was a "good egg"?

Posted by: iSoothsayer iPro iLX at March 29, 2017 09:17 PM (J/h7H)

141 We should interpret the first amendment to guarantee "Freedom of Spirit" and just leave it at that.

As written, it allows for people with negative vibes to oppress you with their thought waves, while supposedly adhering to the letter of the law.

Posted by: Sonya Sodomayor at March 29, 2017 09:17 PM (W8bn5)

142
eman was a....

good doobie?

Posted by: iSoothsayer iPro iLX at March 29, 2017 09:17 PM (J/h7H)

143 eman was a righteous dude

Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at March 29, 2017 09:18 PM (hVdx9)

144 "good people"

heh

that's another one of those phrases

Posted by: iSoothsayer iPro iLX at March 29, 2017 09:16 PM (J/h7H)

Too bad, "He's a white man" is no longer used.

Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at March 29, 2017 09:19 PM (QsIDL)

145 Thanks for this post. It strikes a nerve.

I laugh at all the kids who ridicule people who believe in God, but then explain that the world is composed of superstrings vibrating in 11 dimensions and every time a photon is born, a whole new universe is created giving an infinite number of universes being created all the time, and we just happen to live in this one. Which came from nowhere and exists nowhere since time and space are probably a simulation on some superior beings computer.

Yes. OK. No God. Got it. Nothing supreme here.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at March 29, 2017 09:19 PM (LWu6U)

146 I like "good egg". It is colloquially warm and inviting.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at March 29, 2017 09:19 PM (6gk0M)

147 Offer to help some way and follow through. Might be something as simple as a car ride or as complicated as hanging around and being useful for a while. Please don't just text and feel better. Help them feel better.

Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at March 29, 2017 09:20 PM (FtrY1)

148
I've always suspected the expression "mighty white of you" had nothing to do with skin color.

Posted by: iSoothsayer iPro iLX at March 29, 2017 09:20 PM (J/h7H)

149 I've always suspected the expression "mighty white of you" had nothing to do with skin color.

You are correct, sir.

Posted by: Rachel Dolezal at March 29, 2017 09:22 PM (Tyii7)

150 You gotta get outta ebay.

If you sell anything on ebay, be very careful what you can be seen in the images for your listing.

People will assume everything in the image is included in the sale. Everything.

The table your item is on. The carpet in the room in your home. The painting on the wall. The dog in the background. Everything.
Posted by: iSoothsayer iPro iLX at March 29, 2017 09:10 PM (J/h7H)

Soooo... theoretically, then, if I were to include, say, my husband in the picture of the one of a kind Ming vase I was selling...
Hmmmm.

Posted by: antisocialist at March 29, 2017 09:23 PM (gwczM)

151 >>If you sell anything on ebay, be very careful what you can be seen in the images for your listing.

People will assume everything in the image is included in the sale. Everything.

The table your item is on. The carpet in the room in your home. The painting on the wall. The dog in the background. Everything.

Posted by: iSoothsayer iPro iLX
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http://tinyurl.com/kbhfd4v

Posted by: Aviator at March 29, 2017 09:24 PM (/Nite)

152 100 Well this thread is a big fuck you to me.
So that's pretty sweet.
Posted by: eleven at March 29, 2017 09:04 PM (qUNWi)

I will pray for you.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at March 29, 2017 09:24 PM (LWu6U)

153 The five I have on my tablet here are Canadians Ezra Levant and Dean Skoreyko and Kate at SDA, and also Mike Cernovich and Scott Adams.

Posted by: andycanuck at March 29, 2017 09:24 PM (nlbfN)

154 Nude

Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 29, 2017 09:25 PM (LTHVh)

155 <languishes on thread, awaiting the ever-uncertain ONT>

No, Mis. Hum. - it will never be forgotten.

Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at March 29, 2017 09:25 PM (tHwdc)

156 "Soooo... theoretically, then, if I were to include, say, my husband in the picture of the one of a kind Ming vase I was selling...
Hmmmm."
-Posted by: antisocialist at March 29, 2017 09:23 PM (gwczM)

Yes. You'd get another twelve bucks, Pimp.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at March 29, 2017 09:25 PM (6gk0M)

157 100 Well this thread is a big fuck you to me.
So that's pretty sweet.
Posted by: eleven at March 29, 2017 09:04 PM (qUNWi)

=====

Sending good vibes your way.

Posted by: Flyboy at March 29, 2017 09:25 PM (duuPH)

158 Posted by: Aviator

oh gawd, that's like Myspace Turd Girl.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at March 29, 2017 09:25 PM (6FqZa)

159 Nood, Not ONT.

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at March 29, 2017 09:26 PM (6gk0M)

160 >>eman was a....

>>good doobie?

What were his vibes like?

Posted by: JackStraw at March 29, 2017 09:26 PM (/tuJf)

161
http://tinyurl.com/kbhfd4v

A blast from the past!

Posted by: iSoothsayer iPro iLX at March 29, 2017 09:26 PM (J/h7H)

162 You know what is so strange? All the folks who scream, "Don't pray for ME!". Well i will and (according to Beethoven) "F@ck you!"

Posted by: Brunnhilde at March 29, 2017 09:26 PM (P5esK)

163 Yes. You'd get another twelve bucks, Pimp.
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at March 29, 2017 09:25 PM (6gk0M)

Seems a tad optimistic...

Posted by: antisocialist at March 29, 2017 09:26 PM (gwczM)

164 I am an atheist and no on knows it but me. I always tell people who are in distress that I will pray for them. It makes them feel better and thinking about them is my "prayer".

Posted by: Ken James at March 29, 2017 09:27 PM (7Te2t)

165 The universe is nothing but a vibration emanating from Vishnu.

Posted by: Deepak Chopra at March 29, 2017 09:27 PM (W8bn5)

166 --
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I've always suspected the expression "mighty white of you" had nothing to do with skin color.

Posted by: iSoothsayer iPro iLX at March 29, 2017 09:20 PM
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Colors are just a frequency, am I right? I mean, vibes... come on it's all connected. Reach out. We're all here on the same plane. Raise your awareness. Get woke. Become one with the universe.

Posted by: Courtney, your new life Guru. at March 29, 2017 09:28 PM (vqzjE)

167 I just got on Ace's Twitter w/o a problem. I guess Ace isn't important enough to block.

Posted by: andycanuck at March 29, 2017 09:28 PM (nlbfN)

168 "...but there's a substitute expression that a lot of atheist/agnostic people fall back on that I positively despise: 'Sending good vibes your way'."

A workable substitute might be "It ain't just the Hog Farm, man - we're all feeding each other!"

Posted by: jbspry at March 29, 2017 09:29 PM (E1aoU)

169 Addendum: It looks like 'tweets and replies' you have to log-on for. I'll see on my p.c. if their other pages are OK. Too much of a PITA on the tablet.

Posted by: andycanuck at March 29, 2017 09:35 PM (nlbfN)

170 Heartfelt vibes are as valid as prayer. Both can be a positive source for everyone involved. And you're right. Facebook cheapens everything. Its empathy and sympathy reduced to trite bullshit. Chatbox prayers to you and yours!

Prayer doesn't always work. I've seen it help the grieving, but the cancer still spread and the finally body succumbed. I do think we reincarnate, so, if I sound jaded and bitter, its greatly tempered by the former.

Posted by: 13times at March 29, 2017 09:37 PM (WHVu+)

171 Prayer doesn't always work. I've seen it help the grieving, but the cancer still spread and the finally body succumbed.
**********

Personally, I don't believe that's how prayer works.

I tend not to pray for healing (though I might if I were desperate), but for strength, courage, grace, love, peace... those kinds of things for people.

Thy will be done, afterall.

Posted by: Warden at March 29, 2017 09:42 PM (MZ8Zz)

172 this post gave me good vibes bro

Posted by: thathalfrican - straight killin' it at March 29, 2017 09:44 PM (nDcc3)

173 So...cancer. Did the doc set a line on over/under? I'll bet the beer of your choice on the under.
Now, quit being a wuss and get on with the rest of your life.

Posted by: Living in the over at March 29, 2017 09:47 PM (NnnZy)

174 My brother was never very religious. Spiritual, maybe somewhat. He certainly wasn't atheist. And when he looked into the abyss, he was stubbornly defiant.

I secretly hoped he'd just die, not to relieve my sadness, but to relieve his suffering. He lived five years longer than predicted. He may not have appreciated my secret sentiment.

Posted by: 13times at March 29, 2017 09:56 PM (WHVu+)

175 People who tell me (and anybody for that matter).

"Keep on fighting the good fight."

This pisses me off because it is said almost by those who should be fighting the good fight but choose to sit it out and allow others to do the fighting for them.

Posted by: Phone of Widespread Pepe at March 29, 2017 10:02 PM (ve0bY)

176 And Warden nailed it, all the phonies who say they will pray for you and don't. When I was much younger and on social media, I used to be one of those asshole.

Posted by: Phone of Widespread Pepe at March 29, 2017 10:05 PM (ve0bY)

177 "No Freakin' Doy"

Heh. Pleasant memories of the 70s.

Posted by: spoonfeed me at March 29, 2017 10:12 PM (bcDxW)

178 Personally, I don't believe that's how prayer works.

I tend not to pray for healing (though I might if I were desperate), but for strength, courage, grace, love, peace... those kinds of things for people.

Thy will be done, afterall.
Posted by: Warden at March 29, 2017 09:42 PM (MZ8Zz)
Emphasis mine.

Yeah, as if praying will change anything. So, basically, just as useful as "vibes" . . .

Posted by: pizza thief at March 29, 2017 10:12 PM (Z10dk)

179 Yeah, as if praying will change anything. So, basically, just as useful as "vibes" . . .
Posted by: pizza thie
*************

Depends on how you think it works.

I think it can change someone's spiritual state. I don't think you can pray death away.

Posted by: Warden at March 29, 2017 10:22 PM (MZ8Zz)

180 i have among my closest friends, former Soviet Scientists. They are hardcore atheists, but we love each other like family. I am deeply religious but i also come from a really weird background and can appreciate those who simply DON'T or CAN'T believe in anything. Nevertheless, i have noticed that Russians believe in luck, love and good wishes. So this is what i say to my Atheist friends whom my God Bothering ways might offend... (note this is only for people who TRULY DESERVE such consideration-- not evangelical Atheist jerks.) I tell them "You have my very best wishes for the best outcome and as always you (or your family) are held close to my heart."

They survived Stalin. I never forget how they lovingly explained how to survive a police state to me and how not to cultivate the habit of "a slave mind" in oppressive conditions. Im not so much into vibes, but i do pray that someday they realize that my God bothering wont hurt them.

I have found next to "Thy Will Be Done." The most effective prayer is "I am (or whoever is) in trouble and You know better than i do what forces are at work and what needs to happen. PLEASE HELP AS YOU KNOW BEST. amen." I figure let God surprise us how its solved. who am i to give the Supreme Being orders?

Posted by: Gushka Can Has Kittehs what plays fetch! at March 29, 2017 10:25 PM (YhV5r)

181 Powered by prayer, and living it every day.

Diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer in May 2016, still around and doing pretty well, with a few hundred friends from church doing their best to lift me up. I'm very grateful and very blessed. Too many "God things" going on to mention here.

When I'm sent "good vibes", positive thoughts, or "keeping you in mind" I smile and thank the giver, but they don't understand how the Maker of the Universe works.

Posted by: YG at March 29, 2017 10:55 PM (EyQX6)

182 Whenever someone tells you, "I'm sending light your way", tell them to go fuck themselves with a ribbed I-beam. Sideways. And that you'll be stopping by later to watch your rottweiler skull fuck their exit wounds.

Posted by: Corona at March 29, 2017 11:10 PM (3/A/K)

183 What am I, chopped liver?

Posted by: Chopped Liver at March 29, 2017 11:12 PM (MF/hn)

184 Despite my gross analysis above, Jesus did more for humanity by Not acting than he did acting. The temptation of Christ was to dole out the power of God on humanities evil. He resisted because he knew he was to be the slaughtered Lamb. I can't think of anyone in history who would forego such a chance of vigilance.

Posted by: Corona at March 29, 2017 11:22 PM (3/A/K)

185 Best thing to say about cancer is to suggest research on zero carbs, high fat, and carefully measured protein.

Posted by: Kevin C at March 29, 2017 11:47 PM (9khZC)

186 I never get cool hashes.

Posted by: Kevin C at March 30, 2017 12:18 AM (9khZC)

187 Quite right. Anyone and everyone I am connected to on FB knows that I am not in the church going, believer, praying camp, so saying, "I will pray for you" is quite obviously disingenuous. Thus I do as you suggest, offer a simple, "Thinking of you", sometimes adding, "and hoping for the best".

What's awkward is that someone you know and care about is gravely ill - expressing sincere sympathy is a simple act of kindness.

Posted by: steve walsh at March 30, 2017 06:03 AM (SPxQP)

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