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sessifetPlease don't start shouting 'But it was worse 30 years ago!'; 'But there are worse problems in the world!'; 'Some people are worse off!' when people are ranting about large (or sometimes even small) things.
It does not make you look adult or wise. It makes you look like you don't give a rat's arse about what's eating the other party. It's patting them on the head and going 'Yes dear. The world is unfair. Now go play.'. It solves nothing and is rather insulting. (Also? I wish to introduce to a friend of mine. He is called Oscar the Ostrich. Say hi.)
So what if it's better now than it was 30 years ago? Does it mean there aren't some legitimate concerns right now? Stuff that needs to be addressed before it all blows up?
So what if there are worse problems in the world? Because people are dying of thirst and hunger all over the world means we shouldn't be fed up with and rant about the shitty situation at home?
So what if some people are worse off? Because there are people out there in the world who can't walk, I'm not allowed to rant and rave and yes bloody well whinge about the fact my hip just went 'klunk' again and it now feels like someone has inserted a red-hot dinner plate under my skin?
Fuck that. With sparkles. And a cherry on top. And those cool sparkly fireworks.
If you don't agree with someone's whinge/rant/whatever, then get into a reasoned discussion, by all means. But don't be an insulting twatmuffin and dismiss the issue out of hand because 'It could be worse.'/'Others aren't as fortunate.'/'You still have your health.'.
It does not make you look adult or wise. It makes you look like you don't give a rat's arse about what's eating the other party. It's patting them on the head and going 'Yes dear. The world is unfair. Now go play.'. It solves nothing and is rather insulting. (Also? I wish to introduce to a friend of mine. He is called Oscar the Ostrich. Say hi.)
So what if it's better now than it was 30 years ago? Does it mean there aren't some legitimate concerns right now? Stuff that needs to be addressed before it all blows up?
So what if there are worse problems in the world? Because people are dying of thirst and hunger all over the world means we shouldn't be fed up with and rant about the shitty situation at home?
So what if some people are worse off? Because there are people out there in the world who can't walk, I'm not allowed to rant and rave and yes bloody well whinge about the fact my hip just went 'klunk' again and it now feels like someone has inserted a red-hot dinner plate under my skin?
Fuck that. With sparkles. And a cherry on top. And those cool sparkly fireworks.
If you don't agree with someone's whinge/rant/whatever, then get into a reasoned discussion, by all means. But don't be an insulting twatmuffin and dismiss the issue out of hand because 'It could be worse.'/'Others aren't as fortunate.'/'You still have your health.'.
