our political system is being invaded by (GASP!!!)...., actual CITIZENS!!!!
OH THE HORROR!!! WHAT IS OUR democracy COMING TO????
AH!!!! OUR HAIR IS FIRE!!!! WE MUST STOP THEM!!!!
(this ad was paid for by the RNC)
Re: race invaders
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2015 12:31 pm
by wesw
there you go guin.
I keep thinking that Hillary s campaign is dead, but she rises unashamed from her ashes and carries on.
the sooner that she withdraws, the sooner that I can take the piss out of the repubs with regularity....
Re: race invaders
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2015 2:46 pm
by rubato
It can be tough getting those psych meds balanced just right.
yrs,
rubato
Re: race invaders
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2015 4:49 pm
by wesw
what is this thing you call humour, earthling?
yrs
c3po
Re: race invaders
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2015 7:47 pm
by dales
rubato wrote:It can be tough getting those psych meds balanced just right.
yrs,
rubato
Spoken from your own experiences, no doubt?
Re: race invaders
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2015 10:09 pm
by rubato
dales wrote:
rubato wrote:It can be tough getting those psych meds balanced just right.
yrs,
rubato
Spoken from your own experiences, no doubt?
Somewhat. My younger brother (deceased) had schizophrenia and I worked with college students for 10 years, a population right in the middle of the age range when mental illness develops. So I saw a lot of people go through that process. Some much more successful than others.
yrs,
rubato
Re: race invaders
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2015 10:09 pm
by Crackpot
It thought it was funny. Caddyshack funny on the rubato scale of humor.
Re: race invaders
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2015 10:27 pm
by dales
Somewhat. My younger brother (deceased) had schizophrenia and I worked with college students for 10 years, a population right in the middle of the age range when mental illness develops. So I saw a lot of people go through that process. Some much more successful than others.
yrs,
rubato
Then why the cheap shot at wes?
Re: race invaders
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2015 10:29 pm
by Crackpot
Cause he sets them up so well?
Re: race invaders
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2015 10:38 pm
by Lord Jim
Somewhat. My younger brother (deceased) had schizophrenia and I worked with college students for 10 years, a population right in the middle of the age range when mental illness develops.
The truly cruel and insidious thing about mental illness, (schizophrenia, bi-polar disorder, etc) is the way the disease itself tells those suffering from it that they are "well" when they are not...
If you have a broken leg, your leg doesn't tell you that you can now start walking around on it because you "feel" a little better...(In fact if you try to do that, your leg will "tell" you the exact opposite...)
If you have a diabetic condition, or high blood pressure, or high cholesterol, or any other physical condition, your mind doesn't tell you "Okay now you're cured. You can stop taking your medicine"...
But mental illness works that way...
Re: race invaders
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2015 10:40 pm
by rubato
dales wrote:
Somewhat. My younger brother (deceased) had schizophrenia and I worked with college students for 10 years, a population right in the middle of the age range when mental illness develops. So I saw a lot of people go through that process. Some much more successful than others.
yrs,
rubato
Then why the cheap shot at wes?
And your comment was not a cheap shot?
You're an asshole. And dirt-stupid to boot.
Wes made a series of posts which make so logical sense at all. I was merely pointing this out using satire.
If Wes really does suffer from a diagnosed mental illness then it would be inappropriate and I would apologize. Otherwise, it was perfectly appropriate.
yrs,
rubato
Re: race invaders
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2015 10:43 pm
by rubato
Lord Jim wrote:
Somewhat. My younger brother (deceased) had schizophrenia and I worked with college students for 10 years, a population right in the middle of the age range when mental illness develops.
The truly cruel and insidious thing about mental illness, (schizophrenia, bi-polar disorder, etc) is the way the disease itself tells those suffering from it that they are "well" when they are not...
If you have a broken leg, your leg doesn't tell you that can now start walking around on it because you "feel" a little better...
If you have a diabetic condition, or high blood pressure, or high cholesterol, or any other physical condition, your mind doesn't tell you "Okay now you're cured. You can stop taking your medicine"...
But mental illness works that way...
You don't know the first thing about it. Stop before you make a bigger ass of yourself. Most people with serious mental illness know that something is wrong but don't understand what it is.
yrs,
rubato
Re: race invaders
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2015 10:51 pm
by Lord Jim
You don't know the first thing about it. Stop before you make a bigger ass of yourself.
I happen to know a lot about it rube...
And the fact that you would respond that way makes me think that perhaps you don't, and you may have made that whole story up...
Or once again you're responding in your usual insecure defensive way when the truth hits too close to the mark...
ETA:
I'm going with Door #2.....
Re: race invaders
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2015 11:09 pm
by rubato
Lord Jim wrote:
You don't know the first thing about it. Stop before you make a bigger ass of yourself.
I happen to know a lot about it rube...
And the fact that you would respond that way makes me think that perhaps you don't, and you may have made that whole story up...
Or once again you're responding in your usual insecure defensive way when the truth hits too close to the mark...
The only thing you know about it is that your wife was a methamphetamine abuser who might have thought she was 'well' when she was not. You have no other knowledge of the subject.
But continue to blither on to your hearts content.
Nobody here will be harmed by your idiocy.
yrs,
rubato
Re: race invaders
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2015 11:11 pm
by Gob
Lord Jim wrote:
Somewhat. My younger brother (deceased) had schizophrenia and I worked with college students for 10 years, a population right in the middle of the age range when mental illness develops.
The truly cruel and insidious thing about mental illness, (schizophrenia, bi-polar disorder, etc) is the way the disease itself tells those suffering from it that they are "well" when they are not...
If you have a broken leg, your leg doesn't tell you that you can now start walking around on it because you "feel" a little better...(In fact if you try to do that, your leg will "tell" you the exact opposite...
If you have a diabetic condition, or high blood pressure, or high cholesterol, or any other physical condition, your mind doesn't tell you "Okay now you're cured. You can stop taking your medicine"...
But mental illness works that way...
Tell me about it.
For the past 12 years, and despite rubato's claim I am a "ward screw", I've worked as part of a team treating young people with psychosis and schizophrenia, (first episode/prodromal,) with the aim of keeping them safe, well, socially functioning, and out of hospital.
Preconceptions of the conditions, and prejudice against the mentally ill, are the biggest hurdles to the team's success. (Along with making sure the buggers stay medicated!)
Re: race invaders
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2015 11:19 pm
by dales
You're an asshole. And dirt-stupid to boot.
yrs,
rubato
Thanks, coming from you.......that's a compliment!
Re: race invaders
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2015 11:24 pm
by Lord Jim
The only thing you know about it is that your wife was a methamphetamine abuser who might have thought she was 'well' when she was not. You have no other knowledge of the subject.
But continue to blither on to your hearts content.
Nobody here will be harmed by your idiocy.
yrs,
rubato
"once again you're responding in your usual insecure defensive way when the truth hits too close to the mark..."
rube, do you ever get tired of proving my point?
You have absolutely no idea how many people I've known with mental disorders, or how close I've been to them...
But you have a pathological fear of having other people feel "sorry" for you... (particularly me, apparently...)
So the moment that I might be extending you some empathy, you feel the need to lash out as a right asshole...
You might want to look into why you have this need...