Topic: Disappointment of the Day

i'd like to quote someone from reddit:

"Most likely one of those people actually was a high class target. We've just stopped caring about collateral damage and whatnot."

this could just as well be the case... they just don't give a fu**

@Romeo I think that's more than likely the case... I just don't see people being quite that stupid and/or trigger-happy... but you never know, I guess.

This is probably a philosophical discussion for another thread, but what is your definition of failure? Failure would probably be a more apt definition for someone sitting at home, living off the government. Not for someone actively searching for a job.

Then you get a job, and now what? Your life isn't automatically a success, new problems will arise and you will begin to focus your attention elsewhere. I work alongside people making six-figures, plenty of which are disappointed with how their lives turned out. Have they been successful in an objective stance? The sensible answer would be yes, perhaps to the point that they have been a slave to success therefore making themselves miserable.

I'm victim of this myself. I started from a lower-middle class family and now I am in a position that very few people are in. There are people that would do anything to be where I'm at, but would I consider myself any more successful than someone who struggles with unemployment but enjoys their life to the fullest with friends, family, etc.? Probably not.

There are pros and cons to anything, and while I wouldn't encourage you to stop searching for a job, believe it or not there are pros to not having one even if you're poor. No matter what condition your life is in (despite clear extremes) there will be very positive and negative aspects. I've worked hard enough to put myself in a wonderful position career-wise, at the cost of time with family and friends, and perhaps even the cost of a long-time girlfriend and potential family. Do I let these get me down? Absolutely not, because I know no matter my choices, I'll have looked fondly upon the path I gave up and downplayed the path I took.

TLDR: Your life is entirely dependent upon your view of it. Everyone's life can be perceived to suck in a certain way, therefore there's no reason to think about it. The best we can do is make do with what we have, since looking down on our life has no benefit and only serves to depress us.

And if you can't do that, just think about all of the people that would kill for your problems. Somewhere out there a single mother has been abandoned by her family, fired from her job, and has no way of caring for her children. Your problems aren't as serious, from what I can tell, and you are only 18. At 18, if you're not using drugs, in jail or prison, and you have graduated high school, you are a success. You are a bit young to know true failure, so be appreciative of everything that's right in your life and focus on the positive aspects, it'll do much for your mental health.

Well I pulled my Gamecube out of storage to play some games only to find out it doesn't work. I believe there is something wrong with the controller ports cause the controllers wont work or only certain buttons at times. I think it's the port cause I tried a wired controller and two Wavebird controllers and they all dont work. Not sure where I can go to get it fixed.

My disappointment of the day is that the apple jam I made ended up being more like syrup than jam... It's still not completely cool though, so it may change later?

Hmm… I really want to tell you an story about my "bad luck week" and it is pretty funny in my opinion so I'm not offend if you laugh at my story. It was disappointment of the day and week but I decided to post it here anyway. Man people wouldn't kidding that you going look back and laugh at it.

Once upon a time in summer a couple of years ago. I was in golf camp and my brother was in roller hockey league. So I went to an golf course to play golf and I am not very good but decent enough to get around +1 over par. There are four people in each group. So we are waiting for one guy to hit the ball. So I decided to sit on a bench far across away from him. I was facing him directly while he is serving. Then he finally hit the ball except it did a 90 degree turn and hit me in an leg. And man that was very painful. So they took me back and they are surprised that I got an bump that is bigger than my knee. So I went to an hospital to get it check out. I waited for 4 hours and they haven't took me in and I decided to go home. I have that bump for three days.

Then I went to my brother hockey game on the weekend. My brother game haven't started yet and older guys are playing. So I walk up to the stand and watch the game but I got distracted. I was talking to somebody and I can't remember who. Then I turned around found an puck into my face. And I couldn't remember anything at that time. Apparently I was knocked out for a while to make an scene. I do remember a lot of people surround me staring at me. I don't remember its hurt or not but if its does hurt then I recover quickly.

The next day, I was going cook supper for my mom and brother since my dad is not home. (My mom don't cook and my dad is an cooker in the house then me if he is not home even today.) I started the BBQ and some reason the fire went out. So I try to relight it then an explosion came from the BBQ into my face. My face feel a bit hot but its doesn't hurt. Then my brother goes, "YO! YOUR HAIR IS ON FIRE!" and I like "what?". They wet an towel and put it on top of my head to put it out. I don't know I have an fire on my head but I believe my brother since I got an explosion in my face. Then my mom called an doctor hotline to find out if there are any concerns for me since I got burnt face and inside of my nose hurt a lot. The doctor say that I going have it rough since the ashes going be stuck in my nose for a while and its will hurt. And he wasn't kidding. So I took an shower and I look down on the bathtub floor to find pitch black water coming from my hair.

All these things happened in one week. Funny story eh?

be thankful you don't have to endure Brazilian Funk everyday.... and don't even search it if you're underage(yeah it's THAT heavy 99% of the times)

@Super_Gravy ouch, all those incidents sound painful.

This day been a sucky one at work, but I think the most disappointing moment of my day is finding out the male kitten I have been entrusted to how can I put it, babysit for a year is actually a female and she is in heat... She baptized my sofa...

@Miss_Dark I know exactly what you mean... I wish people could notice they're not alone and the ones around can have different tastes...

I had to drive SIX HOURS today. And for what?

To deliver a single check. One little piece of paper (although worth a lot >.<) because I was too lazy to mail it in time.

Don't procrastinate like me bros

@AlexSays

@MercifulLemon7 Yea the golf ball hurt the most of all three incidents. Ashes in my nose does hurt and it is a bit annoying as well since you can't blow them out of your nose. Trust me I tried it. XD

And just like I say about the hockey puck, I can't quite remember. XD

So do you enjoy or got an laugh out of my misfortunate? Don't worry I won't judge you.

Ugh, I think my graphics card on my computer broke, and I may not be able to get a new one for a while...

The new Whale Wars special. How have these morons not yet been arrested on the grounds of terrorism?

Don't get me wrong, whaling is terrible & I don't condone it, but the acts of the Sea Shepherd crew are no less illegal, and two wrongs don't make a right. I just don't understand why they haven't been arrested, despite the fact that their terrorist activity is on film, and being displayed on national television (what more do you need to make an arrest?).

Instead of spending their funds on a terrorist endeavor, I'd have much more respect for them if they were to spend that money on a campaign to try and foster the creation of a legitimate law enforcement agency that would monitor the actions of said research ships.

Although I admit, I kinda do enjoy watching it (although I'm conflicted on who to root for, being as they're both in the wrong).

Those whale wars people are loonies

Oh you're going to risk your life for a whale? You must have sooo much to live for back home

Pick the whale, every time!

Okay that might be avoiding the issue...

My tarantula was having trouble climbing up the walls of her cage... And suddenly she just fell. The sound gave me a heart attack! I hope she's okay. :S

Yeah, Whale War reruns.

@Super_Gravy : I mainly got goosebumps when reading your post ( I get goosebump everytime when people get hurt or describing their pain, I know I‘m weird )

@Marks Hopefully your Tarantula is okay

and I have never watched this Whale Wars before but it sounds interesting, might check it out