a sad topic with humour
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And the hatred boils onOriginally posted by Gedanken:which is perfectly in line with Kaufman's style. As such, the rest of the event played out perfectly according to Kaufman's design, with the initiator being heckled and attempting to return fire, the essence of the humour being the revulsion brought up in the audience by the actor. That said, the return of fire did need to be more effective.
Lest I be misunderstood, "making that person down" is a phrase I am unfamiliar with - the closest phrase I could recall to it was "putting the person down" which I presented for the purposes of clarification. How am I going to hold discourse if I cannot clearly understand what the other person is saying?
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Ain't no hating here, DG - point, counterpoint, just playing the game.
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Asexual is good. The way im going soon i will be just mad. Gahhhhh... men! The bane of my existance.Originally posted by elindra:
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I had no idea who Andy Kaufman was, so I did a little research...he sounds like a complete nutcase.
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And by the way, this was what Urban Dictionary yielded:
n. An extremely fine looking man.
It probably wasn't describing Andy.
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Gedankin you can elucidate till the cows come home or until someone finaly pulls out a dictionary and work out what that meansOriginally posted by Gedanken:Kan_i, if I may be permitted to elucidate.
which is perfectly in line with Kaufman's style. As such, the rest of the event played out perfectly according to Kaufman's design, with the initiator being heckled and attempting to return fire, the essence of the humour being the revulsion brought up in the audience by the actor. That said, the return of fire did need to be more effective.
Lest I be misunderstood, "making that person down" is a phrase I am unfamiliar with - the closest phrase I could recall to it was "putting the person down" which I presented for the purposes of clarification. How am I going to hold discourse if I cannot clearly understand what the other person is saying?
It is just my opinion that there is no need to be little another inorder to express your point of view. We are not here to critique the writings of thinkdifferent nor her grammar or diction.
We are just here to throw our 2cents into the pond of ideas as to what breaking up means to each person, whom had a relationship that has for some time seem happy and endless.
We do not all have your degree in teaching, with english and philosophy major, nor did i believe one was required to put forth a few simple ideas.
Lets all take a few steps back and either continue the topic or move on.
Score points on what is said not how.
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That just simply goes to show that, unlike a clever fellow like KB, you just don't get it. Then again, I've always known KB to be a particularly astute and intellectually-responsible lad.Originally posted by Kan_i:Gedankin you can elucidate till the cows come home or until someone finaly pulls out a dictionary and work out what that means
The fact is that within the script thinkdifferent agreed to, I did nothing wrong. You will see that your moralisation is severely misplaced (although I appreciate your well-meaning intentions in a provincial manner) within the context of my previous answer to you. From the point thinkdifferent brought up the matter of parody, I have been in fact dealing with what has been said, and unfortunately I am not accountable for your inability to see that.
Besides, even if we were to take thindifferent at her word in the first post, you seem to missed my addressing the point of the breakup issue, in particular the matter of defining "happiness". If YOU, in fact, choose to focus upon how something is being said instead of what I have said, I am again not accountable for it.
In any case, my degrees are neither in English nor Philosophy, and I'll be charitable in giving the benefit of the doubt and avoiding the assumption of an inferiority complex on your part here. -
Probably not, KB, but he was a comic genius.Originally posted by Kuali Baba:And by the way, this was what Urban Dictionary yielded:
n. An extremely fine looking man.
It probably wasn't describing Andy. 
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i think the guy trying to live up to a saying.Originally posted by thinkdifferent:I have been inspired to write this when a friend of mine told me what happened to her. And I have heard of more such cases which gave me the idea of writing this. We should take everything with humour even when it is hard. Thinking positive. Here it goes:
The tragical phenomenon of today’s society – a guy dumps his gf. There are many species of the dumping guys (hey hey guys, don’t curse me yet …) but I want to mention only one species. The “Promise me to be happy anyway” species.
Yes, there are really guys who dump their gf and tell her “Be strong and promise me to be happy.” (Yes, there are really such guys.)
Hellooo… guys, do you know what you are asking from the girl??? You are asking her to be schizophrenic. She just got dumped! Do you think she can jump from joy and scream: “I am soo happy!!!! Yeeeehaaaa!!!!! Let’s party, I am so happy because that bastard has dumped me!” and then really make a party somewhere downtown, oozing with happiness, the party so wild that the police arrests her and the rest of the party people for disturbing the silent hours? Come on! Do you know what’s going on in her mind?
The lights are going off in your exgf’s wonderland. The sun stopped to shine, the birds are falling down dead, the rabbits are motionless rotting and stinking on the meadow with wilted flowers, the fairies are committing seppuku, make up shops and fashion boutiques have no sell outs and are closed. And she is deciding whether to buy a ticket to USA from the money she saved thanks to using you as her wallet and jump off the Empire State Building kicking King Kong’s nuts, slapping him with her handbag and shouting: “Die you baboon, you are a man too!!!!” or to buy a new night dress and eat grandmother’s pink sleeping pills which are on the bedside table beside the glass full of water in which her third teeth are swimming happily.
Dear guys, you were the reason for the happiness of your girlfriends. To dump a loving gf is like to remove all oxygen from the air she is breathing. To dump a girl and asking her to promise you to be happy is the same as cutting her both hands off and telling her: “Promise me to write letters (for those hi tech freaks also emails and sms) to me every day!”
So dear guys, next time you dump your gf, give her a huge box of tissues and a baseball bat with which she can bang you if she feels like that.
Good luck!
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The trouble is in the word 'go'...go where?Originally posted by Kenashi:i think the guy trying to live up to a saying.
"if you love her, let her go" -
let her go meant to release her from the commitment, the relationship, from being tied downOriginally posted by Kuali Baba:The trouble is in the word 'go'...go where?
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What's wrong about being a nutcase? Can't a nutcase be fine looking?Originally posted by Kuali Baba:And by the way, this was what Urban Dictionary yielded:
n. An extremely fine looking man.
It probably wasn't describing Andy.
My friends consider me as a nutcase and that's the reason why they like me. Nutty goes lucky. -
As we have seen, this thread caused a serious discussion, though my intention wasn't to create a serious discussion. I meant it as a joke, a parody. This thread was misunderstood, almost everyone is taking it too seriously but it's ok. Everyone is unique, everyone perceives the things in his own way. We have seen serious reactions, also funny reactions, even bitter reactions. The reactions, opinions and views depend on the personal experience of everyone posting here. I don't think that some opinions are not correct. Everyone is correct in something else. As I said, it depends on the personal experience about this topic.
This is a public forum and everyone can express his/her opinion.
We have seen so many reactions on this thread, but the most unconventional was the focus on the meaning of the word "happy" while everyone else was focusing on break ups and relationships. As my thread was meant to be a parody, it's ofcourse that the words have an enhanced meaning - it's typical for a parody, joke, comedy ...
When I make some typos or grammatical mistakes, look at the watch and excuse me. I'm pretty tired evenings and nights after my busy days.
I want to thank to all who have posted in this thread and please feel free to express your opions, but please do so in a kind and not accusing manner. -
Originally posted by Gedanken:and I'll be charitable in giving the benefit of the doubt and avoiding the assumption of an inferiority complex on your part here.
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You are right, but no matter what you say, he will turn it against you or anyone else who will reply to him with words which are different then "I agree with you!"Originally posted by Kan_i:Gedankin you can elucidate till the cows come home or until someone finaly pulls out a dictionary and work out what that means
It is just my opinion that there is no need to be little another inorder to express your point of view. We are not here to critique the writings of thinkdifferent nor her grammar or diction.
We are just here to throw our 2cents into the pond of ideas as to what breaking up means to each person, whom had a relationship that has for some time seem happy and endless.
We do not all have your degree in teaching, with english and philosophy major, nor did i believe one was required to put forth a few simple ideas.
Lets all take a few steps back and either continue the topic or move on.
Score points on what is said not how. -
\Originally posted by Gedanken:OK, it's late on Friday night and to be candid I've skimmed through most of the posts here at best.
However, by the halfway point through the thread starter one point sticks out: what the hell makes anyone think that "happy" means giggling like an idiot?
Get a dictionary, get an understanding of the deeper implications of the word "happy" and get a grip.
Eh.. got happy = giggling like idiot?
I think nobody can define another person's happiness for him/her. For some, happiness needs to be full of deep implications and complex stuff. And as far as a dictionary is concerned, it gives me:
Characterized by good luck; fortunate.
Enjoying, showing, or marked by pleasure, satisfaction, or joy.
Being especially well-adapted; felicitous: a happy turn of phrase.
So ~shrugs~ the thread starter's post may not have been amusing for you but if some people needs to giggle or whatever in order to express their joy, no need to be condescending about their simple happiness ba. If anything, they are more fortunate that happiness for them, does not need to have ANY implications at all - it is just simple sweet joy. -
It was not meant in the sense of giggling like idiot. Gedanken was probably the only one who got it that way.Originally posted by ShrodingersCat:\
Eh.. got happy = giggling like idiot?
I think nobody can define another person's happiness for him/her. For some, happiness needs to be full of deep implications and complex stuff. And as far as a dictionary is concerned, it gives me:
Characterized by good luck; fortunate.
Enjoying, showing, or marked by pleasure, satisfaction, or joy.
Being especially well-adapted; felicitous: a happy turn of phrase.
So ~shrugs~ the thread starter's post may not have been amusing for you but if some people needs to giggle or whatever in order to express their joy, no need to be condescending about their simple happiness ba. If anything, they are more fortunate that happiness for them, does not need to have ANY implications at all - it is just simple sweet joy.
But it's alright if he perceives it that way, the words in a parody and comedy have an enhanced meaning so there is nothing wrong about it. -
If course he can...but to you does Andy Kaufman qualify as good looking?Originally posted by thinkdifferent:What's wrong about being a nutcase? Can't a nutcase be fine looking?
My friends consider me as a nutcase and that's the reason why they like me. Nutty goes lucky. 
*Shakes a fellow nutcase's hand* I'm pleased to meet you. -
But sometimes she sinks into a pothole in the ground...that's what I meant.Originally posted by Kenashi:let her go meant to release her from the commitment, the relationship, from being tied down
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What is one to make of this, then?Originally posted by ShrodingersCat:Eh.. got happy = giggling like idiot?
The expression of the sentiment may be an attempt at humour (the quality of which I will not comment on here), but the underyling definition of happiness stands.Originally posted by thinkdifferent:Do you think she can jump from joy and scream: “I am soo happy!!!! Yeeeehaaaa!!!!! Let’s party, I am so happy because that bastard has dumped me!” and then really make a party somewhere downtown, oozing with happiness, the party so wild that the police arrests her and the rest of the party people for disturbing the silent hours?
With reference to SilverRevo's post on the first page, would he have remained happy if he had remained in the relationship? If thinkdifferent's friend had remained in a deteriorating relationship, would she have experienced satisfaction and joy? I think not. Therefore, I don't see anything wrong with the now ex-boyfriend's wish for her to be happy.
Well and good if thinkdifferent's friend would prefer to live in blissful ignorance, but obviously the boyfriend saw what was coming and decided to cut both their losses. It is only the short-term view that justtifies thinkdifferent's castigation of this guy, so of course there's cause to object to the defintion of happiness, isn't there? Obviously harping on it, instead of taking the longer-term view and moving on, is simply a waste of time.
This isn't comedy, this isn't parody - it's a mindless rant based upon a childish definition of happiness. Since thinkdifferent already set the tone to be used in the first post, I don't see any reason for putting on the kid gloves, do you? -
*YAWN*Originally posted by thinkdifferent:I have been inspired to write this when a friend of mine told me what happened to her. And I have heard of more such cases which gave me the idea of writing this. We should take everything with humour even when it is hard. Thinking positive. Here it goes:
The tragical phenomenon of today’s society – a guy dumps his gf. There are many species of the dumping guys (hey hey guys, don’t curse me yet …) but I want to mention only one species. The “Promise me to be happy anyway” species.
Yes, there are really guys who dump their gf and tell her “Be strong and promise me to be happy.” (Yes, there are really such guys.)
Hellooo… guys, do you know what you are asking from the girl??? You are asking her to be schizophrenic. She just got dumped! Do you think she can jump from joy and scream: “I am soo happy!!!! Yeeeehaaaa!!!!! Let’s party, I am so happy because that bastard has dumped me!” and then really make a party somewhere downtown, oozing with happiness, the party so wild that the police arrests her and the rest of the party people for disturbing the silent hours? Come on! Do you know what’s going on in her mind?
The lights are going off in your exgf’s wonderland. The sun stopped to shine, the birds are falling down dead, the rabbits are motionless rotting and stinking on the meadow with wilted flowers, the fairies are committing seppuku, make up shops and fashion boutiques have no sell outs and are closed. And she is deciding whether to buy a ticket to USA from the money she saved thanks to using you as her wallet and jump off the Empire State Building kicking King Kong’s nuts, slapping him with her handbag and shouting: “Die you baboon, you are a man too!!!!” or to buy a new night dress and eat grandmother’s pink sleeping pills which are on the bedside table beside the glass full of water in which her third teeth are swimming happily.
Dear guys, you were the reason for the happiness of your girlfriends. To dump a loving gf is like to remove all oxygen from the air she is breathing. To dump a girl and asking her to promise you to be happy is the same as cutting her both hands off and telling her: “Promise me to write letters (for those hi tech freaks also emails and sms) to me every day!”
So dear guys, next time you dump your gf, give her a huge box of tissues and a baseball bat with which she can bang you if she feels like that.
Good luck! Dear guys, you were the reason for the happiness of your girlfriends .......... blah blah fluffy bunny dead
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Please don't make me gag . Am I reading some dear miss agony aunt section in a teenage magazine ?
Move on , get over it . Relationships are based on respecting each other - who says you cannot be friends with your ex . If a person is matured to admit that they cannot be in a relationship with the other because they feel it is wrong, then respect them for being truthful . At least they know how they feel and they actually have the guts to tell ya . True it sucks to get dumped but as you grow , you meet more people and who knows one day you meet the right person.
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Oh, no, fymk - if someone is honest enough to be forthright in saying, "look this isn't working out" instead of plodding on in fear of upsetting someone, he deserves a bat in the back of the head. Haven't you been paying attention to Club 15?
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MWAHAHAHOriginally posted by Gedanken:Oh, no, fymk - if someone is honest enough to be forthright in saying, "look this isn't working out" instead of plodding on in fear of upsetting someone, he deserves a bat in the back of the head. Haven't you been paying attention to Club 15? -
It's ok to share different opinions, or even try to convince someone else of adopting another perspective on a situation, but please, let's refrain from mocking anyone in here.
Afterall, we already have enough stress in our daily lives and we certainly do not need more stress in the forums! -
Fair enough, Rhonda. Note, however, that this thread was started as mockery in the first place, and the lack of reason in responses set the foundation for mockery. Do people only appreciate parody when the subject is not present to defend himself?