Fix You
I'm sure it's been written about by a million plus people already, but I must add my two cents as well. I really like the song by ColdPlay called Fix You. This is the kind of thing that I can't really talk about with people, without them mocking me for talking about feelings. It's not so much the words that do it for me, a lot of them sound as if he was looking for something that rhymed. But the music... wow. It's really something. Also, while the words can be a bit cheesy, it's the sentiment behind them that I found compelling. That sentiment combined with the music in the background make for a moving piece of music. It really gets me.
Off the subject, but somewhat pertinent is the fact that I can't really talk about these types of thoughts with anyone. Too often, I'm the punchline to peoples' jokes. I'm the random wisecracking guy that no one takes too seriously. At one point I got into a small argument with my girlfriend because she said I make poop and fart jokes too often. Which, I admit I do. But did she ever stop and think about why I make those stupid juvenile jokes?
Do you really want to listen to my philosophy on religion, not as an organization, but as a concept? Do you want to discuss with me the tragedy of the soldiers fighting in a war? Or perhaps we could talk about the (in my opinion) crony-ism going on in the White House and throughout government right now. Or wait, we could talk about the stratification of American society and the growing disparity between the rich and the poor.
"No," she said, "let's go back to fart jokes."
Off the subject, but somewhat pertinent is the fact that I can't really talk about these types of thoughts with anyone. Too often, I'm the punchline to peoples' jokes. I'm the random wisecracking guy that no one takes too seriously. At one point I got into a small argument with my girlfriend because she said I make poop and fart jokes too often. Which, I admit I do. But did she ever stop and think about why I make those stupid juvenile jokes?
Do you really want to listen to my philosophy on religion, not as an organization, but as a concept? Do you want to discuss with me the tragedy of the soldiers fighting in a war? Or perhaps we could talk about the (in my opinion) crony-ism going on in the White House and throughout government right now. Or wait, we could talk about the stratification of American society and the growing disparity between the rich and the poor.
"No," she said, "let's go back to fart jokes."
posted by Mike at 4:44 PM
1 Comments:
Fart jokes are very safe. There is little risk involved with keeping things on the potty level.
Talking about burning social issues and expressing your opinions about them involves taking a chance: a chance that people will not like you for what you say.
Talking about your feelings is even more of a risk. Showing your soft underbelly leaves you vulnerable to hurt, and sometimes it's more comfortable to crack a joke rather than risk rejection.
I hope you know that at this point I could never reverse my opinion of you, no matter what feelings you shared, or if we disagreed on politics. Heck, I hope you know that I actually WANT to know sappy crap like what a song makes you think.
I believe everyone needs at least one or two people they can open up to, or else they are going to be very lonely some day. You gotta vent, man.
You said, "poop." Hehe.
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