On Nov 4, 3:48 pm, Raving <raving.loo
...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Nov 4, 11:25 am, Twittering One <mournenwo
...@aol.com> wrote:
> > On Nov 3, 11:57 am, Raving <raving.loo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > "Millions more Americans will now be able to engage in SMS inane
> > > babble and update the world on their lunch habits with the official
> > > launch of the TwitterPeek, a handheld device that does nothing but let
> > > you Twitter.
> > > Unfortunately, UK Twitterers standing by to defend the honour of
> > > Stephen Fry and/or the baboon genus will have to remain either
> > > tethered to their PCs or endure the danger of having to speak to real
> > > people occasionally by using a half decent mobile.
> > > Peek is pitching its TwitterPeek as the world's "first Twitter mobile
> > > device".
> > > For $99, buyers get the device and six months of "unlimited Twitter
> > > service" before paying $7.95 a month thereafter...."
> > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/03/twitter_peek/
> > I hope INTERPOL slamdunks you Raving, for what you did to me.
> ... Go tell it to Double-A.
> And here I was imagining that there might have been something that I
> could have done to help you. The sad truth is that I cannot afford to
> help myself, let alone others.
> Oh, well. I had better stay in character and just go ahead and fuck
> off.
Everyone needs their pride Twittering One, you, me and Double-A more
than most.
In being homeless and/or marginalized, a person's self-esteem doesn't
come easily. Making others feel good about themselves frequently comes
down to swallowing one's own pride, so as to boost the esteem of the
other.
Yeah well, none of us can afford to play silly buggers in this sort of
pissing contest, even if it becomes impossible to avoid or disengage.
I cannot help anyone very much, not myself, not you, not Double-A..
In casually disbursing resources that I am unable to use to help
myself to others who are also unable to make gain from the opportunity
that I provide, I feel all that much more horrible and helpless.
Shrug. Pissing contests deserve to be ignored and suppressed.
Although the help from others is useful and important, an infinite,
endless supply of help, support, respect, sympathy and encouragement
can never be enough.
Somewhere along the line, you need to quit defending your pride and
start using your pride to get on with living.
All the help in the world won't help without you deciding that you are
proud to help yourself. That is the sort of thing that only you can do
for yourself.
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