Dead Thing Pie
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Originally posted by brainplague:
[b]i never *ever* completely trust anyone. other experiences in my life, not just school-related, have given me this view. The only person i really trust is my younger brother, who i’ve been taking care of since he was born. and i don’t even completely trust him. it doesn’t matter as much as you’d think though. when i develop a deeper friendship with someone i act just like i would if i really trusted them, but i never do. i’m always ready for disappointment and betrayal. i don’t [i]expect[/i] it, but i’m ready for it. Hope for the best, prepare for the worst, after all. but I gotta say that sadgeezers are better than most.something that happened just last year: my school, whose basketball team is more than half black, went to play an away game at a high school in a district known for its racist sentiment. ’bout halfway into the game, alumni began shouting racial slurs at the team. These guys were like 25. One of the players, let’s call him Leon, was on the bench. He shouted up at them that only idiots still believed that racist sh*t anymore and why didn’t they give it up because nobody’s buying it anymore. One of the racists jumped down the stands and took a swing at Leon. His buddies followed. Some more of the players got up off the bench. An unbelievably short time later, about half the stands were involved in an all-out brawl with our basketball team. Afterward, the players involved were suspended, and the team resigned, virtually en masse, because the instigators got away, scot free, and nothing was even [i]said[/i] by the hosting school. My school placed really low that year because after the best players resigned, our team really sucked.
Anywho- Did anyone else know that GW is projected to have a whopping IQ of 91? The lowest in the history of American presidents. If you have an IQ below 90 you’re mildly retarded. Ain’t America grand? [img]http://www.sadgeezer.com/ubb/rolleyes.gif[/img]
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It’s a tough old world out there Brainplague, it’s so hard to distinguish between those who only want for themselves and those that care about other’s, personally I feel giving person the benfit of the doubt without giving too much of yourself away is a safe bet to getting to know people.
You have to be cautious, I always used to look at people who are popular and I wanted to know them, but when I did I found their lives to be shallow and depressing, people wanted to get to know them because of what they had and not who they are.
Anyway, I think rascism will always exist, as it is just another form of jealousy, black people are excellent athlete’s and that gives some reason to be jealous, but there are many other form’s of abuse but it all comes down to jealousy.
When somebody moves from say north to south, then the people from the south will automatically assume that you will have thoughts of superiority over them, even when that’s not true.
They will always think that the place they live in is better than where you came from, and they sometimes want to make sure you know it without expressing it outright, in this case it’s a mix of pride and jealousy.
But it happens wherever you go, as that I suppose is human nature, and as long as you remember that these people are following misguided feelings you can take comfort from it.
Squishy
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Squishy