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Posted by airheadgenius

 

I've posted a whole heap of comments today that have failed to go through, so I am posting them here.

Actually, just the two that I can remember...

1) Zeitgeisty - I now know that you hate to socialise and only like to have sex once a week. Thank the lord that we don't get along. I would've hated to waste good juice on you.

2) Amboabe - this one comes via recycledbrooklyn who can't make comments stick either:

"Dude, my grandmother (I can't tell you a thing about her sex life or lack thereof) used an expression:

Crepe hanger:     
a person of consistently pessimistic outlook (from the use of black crepe for the manufacture of ladies' mourning dresses, men's hat bands and arm bands, and funeral wreaths)

one who enjoys going to funerals

This is not a comment on the quality of your writing but your posts are the most consistently gloomy screeds I've ever cringed through.  When you talk about sex I often read with one eye shut.  There's always a thread of imminent heartbreak, or venereal disease.

When describing an older person you often focus entirely on "the ravages of age," both physically and spiritually.  THAT speaks profoundly on projection and perhaps your own dread of growing old.

Life can be a "sad trawl," but it can also be pretty sweet, and age can bring an awful lot more than thick hands, spotty bellies and loneliness.

Lighten up, Francis... "

 

So, is anyone else having problems with comments??? Actually, that point is moot huh?

There is no daily knob today. I am too irritated to spend more time here.

 


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amboabe said:

I have never used the term ravages of age. And while my language may seem negatively tinted, it ain't so (to borrow airhead's idiom). Liver spots come with age. The bowels loosen with age, creating that swollen gut. Skin slackens, the brain becomes less acute. That's not pessimism that's the general rule of thumb for ageing. There are other sides to it as well, but why can't we talk about the literal truth of it as well? And why does the presence of something that isn't openly ecstatic still not be cause to celebrate???? If anything, I've found that life is worth living because of these truths, not in spite of them.

December 16, 2008 9:22 PM

dvaleriey said:

At age 38, my boobs haven't drooped a centimeter and now I believe it is due to never having contemplated the horrors Amboabe lovingly detailed in his paragraph of doom(loosening bowels!?!?) Likewise, Ms. Genius looks fresh as a rosy teenager in her picture and I imagine a similar mindset keeps her cheeks pink.  I like when the young men ponder death, get depressed, and fret over disease, but remember to tap the bridge of your nose frequently to keep from suffering creased furrowed brows!  

December 16, 2008 10:13 PM

LydiaSarah said:

Hmmm...yes. And they were good comments too! Oh well, I'll try again later when I'm less exhausted.

December 17, 2008 3:25 AM

recycledbrooklyn said:

There are many things that come with age that are really obvious to those with the inclination and/or desire to look beyond the surface.  A picture is worth a thousand words but when one finds 1000 negative words to describe another, they're painting a self portrait.  

December 17, 2008 4:52 AM

fultoni said:

I'm 59 not 38 (although I do remember that age fondly).  I still work on the 200 hypothesis (that those who have at least 200 orgasms a year live longer, happier lives) and I find that, as I wander along through life, my appreciation of those with "the barnacles of age" is heightened.  Being 25 has its glow, but give me someone who's lived a bit, has a basis for their angst and a platform for their beliefs and who, when having sex, has appreciation of their body and mine (no sagging bowels here, buddy, just a taut abdomen from my daily work outs and longer staying power from experience) and when they come, can appreciate the experience on more than just one level.  First date--you bet--that doesn't change...after all, as you point out, sex is just sex and, much like dessert, should be, to coin a phrase, eaten first in this uncertain world

December 18, 2008 12:05 PM

zeitgeisty said:

That whole 'slackened bowels' deal is a crock of fucking shit...  yeah maybe when you're 80 years old, but my father looked like he was in his early 40s when he was 60, and still looks incredible now at 70 - no 'slackened bowels' there... He worked out his whole life, and never let himself go... To tell the truth, amb's whole old people shtick seems disingenuous, and almost gives me the creepy feeling that he's putting everyone on, which to me is totally lame.

December 18, 2008 12:12 PM

shakti_vos said:

i did have problems posting comments.  i commented on one of yours 3 times before it stuck.  i commented twice on zeitgeisty's about how often we like to have sex, it didn't show up...don't know if i'll get around to reposting.  after a while it just seems so unimportant.

December 18, 2008 1:57 PM

zeitgeisty said:

Keep trying to post we need the feedback!!... Maybe we should have an e-mail address that people can send comments to?

Everyone knows my facebook/myspace info, it's in my posts!

December 18, 2008 2:03 PM

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