Wow! cool!
You're comparing my writing to Janis Joplin and Erma Bombeck?
That's fabulous! Thank you so much!
I love them both dearly!
And as I already said, I love Art Linkletter, too. What a gentle, kind, gracious human being! His show, "Kids Say the Darndest Thing," was one of the most brilliant concepts on television. Outa the mouths of babes comes some wildly funny stuff!
This is the General Discussion board. Bryan's post was not meant to be literature. This is like a chatroom. He was just talking about life. Nothing wrong with that! That's what the board is set up for.
And no, I don't think it's very nice to be critical of how someone chats... the verbiage they use... but of course, I know you were doing it in a humorous way, in keeping with the Mail Order Don Rickles Comedy Course, you recently took.
You know what I find juvenile and superficial?
It's juvenile to kick sand in someone's face when they're sunning at the beach. It's juvenile to chase people around the playground for the sole purpose of backing them up against the jungle gym and calling them names.
Superficial includes another name term. It's called name-dropping. People who throw out famous names in conversation just to make themselves feel important are superficial. Psuedointellectualism is also superficial. People who wave their accomplishments or degrees in other people's faces are so damn superficial, it makes me ill. I don't hang around with people who are so puffed up with themselves. It's boring.
There are only two rules in regards to how people need to treat other people in order for it to be socially acceptable and comfortable for all. 1)- Be kind to each other. 2)- Respect each other.
Criticism can be offered in a kind, respectful manner.
I never was much of a fan of Don Rickles, as I've told you before, but apparently some people enjoy humor which is based on ridicule and using someone as the brunt of a joke. So, even though that type of humor is not my cuppa tea, I think it can be acceptable if it is presented as humor.
Thanks for understanding, Babe.
