Why do something when you know the outcome is going to be a disaster?
January 10th 2007 06:33
We are interesting creatures, us humans. We will do something, knowing full well the outcome of it and then stand there scratching our heads in amazement and wonder why when things go pear shaped!
We will drink those tequila shots and then wonder why we spend the night curled around the toilet and wake up the next day with a thumping head and body wobbling around like a huge pot of jelly.
We will touch that wall with the big sign on it that says “Wet Paint” and then curse ourselves when we have a nice big green stripe up our finger. Or touch that iron, just to see if it is hot and then complain because we have burnt ourselves.
I watched a family a today – a dad and his two kids - and when I say this man was blowing steam I mean he was MAD! The two kids each had one of those plastic bird calling things that you pop onto your palette which, when you breathe, makes various bird calls. And they were giving it one full wind. They were quite small so they would not really have been able to buy them for themselves. No this was bought for them by dad I reckon. As he walked down the aisle the last bit of patience must have snapped because he whipped around and yelled at them to shut up. Which got me to thinking….
Dad, you obviously heard the guy with the whistle before you bought it so why buy it in the first place? And if it was a present from someone else why give it to the kids if you know that it is going to irritate you so much? That is like taking a kid to a candy store and walking them around the place and then saying they cannot have anything.
Why? What makes you do something when you know that the outcome is going to be disastrous?
We will drink those tequila shots and then wonder why we spend the night curled around the toilet and wake up the next day with a thumping head and body wobbling around like a huge pot of jelly.
We will touch that wall with the big sign on it that says “Wet Paint” and then curse ourselves when we have a nice big green stripe up our finger. Or touch that iron, just to see if it is hot and then complain because we have burnt ourselves.
Dad, you obviously heard the guy with the whistle before you bought it so why buy it in the first place? And if it was a present from someone else why give it to the kids if you know that it is going to irritate you so much? That is like taking a kid to a candy store and walking them around the place and then saying they cannot have anything.
Why? What makes you do something when you know that the outcome is going to be disastrous?
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Comment by Brian
Comment by Ash
Flashes of memories
*lol* sometimes I wonder about this adrenaline addiction that we have - - - or foolishness, whatever you want to call it
How confusing are we??
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Ash
Comment by Adrian
Philosophy Blog
The family guy has just been elected president of a tobacco company, and he's alone in his office with nothing to do, so he starts playing with his pencil sharpener. He sharpens his pencil to nothing... Then sticks his finger in... Oww!!!... Then looking around to make sure no one's watching, he unzips his fly, and...
Cut to secretary outside, sitting at her desk, as she listens to the screaming.
From this story I draw two possible lessons:
-- that train wrecks can be fun for the passengers; and didn't you use to have a Carl Jung quote on your page about needing darkness in one's life?
-- that boredom breeds train wrecks.
Comment by Ash
Flashes of memories
I just don`t see how people do really dumb things - sticking your parts in a pencil sharpener has an obvious outcome - when they have a really dumb consequence. I can understand testing the limits a bit, sure enough, to see possible outcomes, but when you blatanly know what`s going to happen why do it in the first place?
I myself get bored very, very easily, yet I don`t go around doing these sorts of things just to
Interesting how the mind works.......
(I like that little analogy by the way!)
Comment by Hope
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Comment by Ash
Flashes of memories
*lol* yeah my mum used to say the same thing - 'Why did we buy that darn whistle?' My aunt and uncle always used to buy me LOUD things for brithdays - once I got a pair of musical shoes that had about 20 little pads on the bottom so every time you stepped down it would play 20 different notes.....on each foot! I loved them! At the time they never had any children and could not understand why these shoes were a problem with my parents.....until my mum bought their first son a kiddies drum!!!!!!
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Ash
Comment by Kiwi Author
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Always interesting people watching families isn't it? I used to be amazed at how some kids would behave when they used to play with mine, and how their parents used to interact with their own children. Sometimes I keep quiet other times I wouldn't as children learn by example and if the parent blows his top like that, then what kind of role model is being set?
He should either give them praise for making the various bird noises, telling them which sound belonged to which bird or distracted them with something else?
As always great thoughtful post
Hal