Book of Time in Space by Peripheral_Pillar

What would be written inside?

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03 Jul, 2023, 6:07 am
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Peripheral_Pillar

04 Jul, 2023, 6:36 am

@crazy-gal-09 thank you for the comments. having something to read or a conversation is so nice

Peripheral_Pillar

05 Jul, 2023, 6:20 am

@crazy-gal-09 Currently, my mind would conjure up a story of a guy on a mission, alone in space. And he's a really smart and powerful guy, but while he's on his mission, he keeps getting reports about how bad things are getting screwed up on Earth. He feels like he could fix so many things if he was on Earth, but he is stuck on a space mission. He just keeps growing more frustrated and angry as Earth keeps getting worse and no one tries to do the corrections that he tells them to do.

Peripheral_Pillar

07 Jul, 2023, 5:23 am

@crazy-gal-09 Thank you. Your helping me feel a little better each time. I'm getting closer to wanting to interact again so long as daily life stops throwing rocks at me for a bit. Not sure what I will draw right now. But at least I am planning to.

Peripheral_Pillar

08 Jul, 2023, 3:23 am

@crazy-gal-09 I will try not to make my need for a social life constant. And it should not be up to a single person to fill that role. It is supposed to be up to me to get multiple people who -want- to talk to me. Thank you for your help though. Maybe I can finish standing up now and walk some more steps forward.

Peripheral_Pillar

09 Jul, 2023, 7:12 am

@crazy-gal-09 So long as it is not a strain on you or your life, then simply talking is nice. Especially if we find common ground.

Peripheral_Pillar

10 Jul, 2023, 2:11 am

@crazy-gal-09 Video games are a hobby of mine. I don't just play them (actually I haven't played any big titles for well over a year now) but I also read about them, looking through their history and why some design choices were used in some games. I don't sports very well. And it seems the only time I can get into music is when it is in some amv.

Peripheral_Pillar

11 Jul, 2023, 5:48 am

@crazy-gal-09 I imagine that it failed most of the time, but when it succeeded it usually gave us a new genre in the medium. The original Metal Gear comes to mind easiest.

Peripheral_Pillar

12 Jul, 2023, 12:08 am

@crazy-gal-09 I've had a lot of time to gather up the information. Speaking of psychology. The game designer who was tasked with making the infamous E.T. for the Atari 2600 (so called "worst game ever") later became a psychologist and still has that as his current job.

Peripheral_Pillar

14 Jul, 2023, 4:55 am

@crazy-gal-09 I'm not really sure. Mostly because I don't feel like I know enough art jargon to even speak about differences. In a vague sense, I would probably claim some anime style. The features that are drawn are exaggerated enough to be able to convey subtle facial movements (depicting things like hints of emotion or levels of struggle) without being so exaggerated that it is distracting, ridiculous, or alien-like when it is suppose to represent a human.

Peripheral_Pillar

14 Jul, 2023, 4:59 am

@crazy-gal-09 Oh, and it still looks simplistic enough that I feel I couod draw it decently if I spents a few years seriously practicing it instead of a few decades, like people who can paint a realistic looking, enlarged fly down to the details of the hairs on its body while still only using MS Paint.

Peripheral_Pillar

15 Jul, 2023, 12:50 am

@crazy-gal-09 Is there a particular genre of video games/music/books/movies that you're drawn to?

Peripheral_Pillar

17 Jul, 2023, 12:56 am

@crazy-gal-09 Ah, I'm actually picking up some really old horror movies for background noise for Halloween. But none of them are even close to being recent and some are minorly famous for being bad.

Peripheral_Pillar

18 Jul, 2023, 12:19 am

@crazy-gal-09 I'm very busy with plenty of other things, trying to get ahold of some old movie is just a matter of finding something worthwhile and making sure I have the stuff to get it set up. That'll take a lot of time, but not much work. So I'm starting the preparations now for something in October.

Peripheral_Pillar

20 Jul, 2023, 7:23 am

@crazy-gal-09 Trying to think of stuff that isn't disturbing and not sleep, drink, or do more work.

Peripheral_Pillar

21 Jul, 2023, 6:11 am

I drink more and more alco as I go along in life. But other than that, I drink energy drinks to keep me moving at work and most of what else I drink is heavily watered down fruit juice. Pure juice is too sweet for me, so I mix it with a lot of water. Work is draining me, but I do want it.

A random place that I have thought about visiting is Japan.

Peripheral_Pillar

21 Jul, 2023, 6:11 am

@crazy-gal-09

Peripheral_Pillar

22 Jul, 2023, 1:19 am

@crazy-gal-09 Work is draining me as I put tons of effort into it and yet the best that I can expect from anyone else is that one of them may occasionally work with two hands. And I have to fix a ridiculous number of mistakes daily.

I did make several short trips to Germany. I was very clean everywhere I went, they adhered to almost all rules, and they were very up front with you with their opinion of you, whether it was terrific or terrible.

Pronouns? I am male, but I don't flinch or even ~

Peripheral_Pillar

22 Jul, 2023, 1:21 am

~ care if I am mis-gendered, insulted, refered to as an animal/object, typically I just need to be made aware that you are referring to me. And as for age, without knowing yours, I will confidently assume that I am more than double your age.

Peripheral_Pillar

23 Jul, 2023, 2:57 am

@crazy-gal-09 I'd like to see what actual German Octoberfest is like (I've experienced it in a couple other countries) but it sounds like I'd end up wanting a mix between the young peoples camp of "party and drink with loud music while playing pranks" and the old peoples camp of "sit down, get comfortable, and eat and drink while talking"

But in any case, I generally wouldn't have time for either. I really don't know when I last went somewhere for fun that wasn't just a store of some kind.

Peripheral_Pillar

24 Jul, 2023, 12:26 am

When in school, I never felt that I wasn't smart enough because I apparently have always been incredibly intelligent compared to all the people that I had to be around. However, that didn't change the constant thoughts and desire to be "good enough" or accepted. And yeah, it had a huge impact on my mental health even to this day. My life was altered and put down paths that I would never have been on if I wasn't tormented at school. So even though it irreversibly changed me I am still fighting ~

Peripheral_Pillar

24 Jul, 2023, 12:30 am

~ @crazy-gal-09 to steer myself in a direction I want. I will not know whether the direction is good or bad until later, but it is what I want to choose for myself. Getting some support from others is rare, but helps a lot when I'm needing a break.

Peripheral_Pillar

25 Jul, 2023, 12:45 am

yeah, getting it hammered into your brain over and over leaves an imprint. and I always feel that I am a burden when telling anyone something, especially as an adult male, where it is expected for you to just deal with it and remain strong and stable for other people or businesses or communities or nations. I can only say that you will have to make time for yourself occasionally and try to find an occasional person who will try to imprint something positive onto you. you'll need those things ~

Peripheral_Pillar

25 Jul, 2023, 12:47 am

~ @crazy-gal-09 even at the sacrifice of letting others down. which for good hearted people is harder. self sacrifice can be easier than sacrificing others, but it does need to be done especially when your own sacrifice is too great or your own strength is too needed.

Peripheral_Pillar

26 Jul, 2023, 1:29 am

@crazy-gal-09 People do stupid stuff all the time, often intentionally. Sometimes stupid stuff is fun or required. Really you just need to have a plan to get out of "the stupid" if it gets bad or be in a position to afford the consequences of "the stupid." One rule I follow for "the stupid" is to not let it involve someone who will not want to work with you ever. Oh, and probably best not to do it constantly. But we covered a sergeant's car in sticky notes that all said "thank you" because he ~

Peripheral_Pillar

26 Jul, 2023, 1:31 am

~ hated post-it notes. We did a lot of push-ups, but we all had a story to tell even years later and no one was hurt (besides sore muscles)

Peripheral_Pillar

26 Jul, 2023, 1:36 am

@crazy-gal-09 And... yeah. I think I would consider you a friend. I've had many co-workers say that they were my friend before, but it just made me roll my eyes. They never saw me outside of work, basically didn't help me with my work unless it was also their work, never contacted me unless it was for work, and would usually not even talk to me at work. So those were never friends. You're the first person to offer to be my friend in many years that seems to mean it. It actually feels... odd.

Peripheral_Pillar

27 Jul, 2023, 5:35 am

@crazy-gal-09 I cannot claim to understand another person perfectly, I do not have perfect empathy. Forgive me if I make mistakes trying to understand another's life when it is rare for a person to even understand their own life. You have extended a friendly hand to me at a time I needed it. You have a chunk of my loyalty. Now to figure out how to give you some succor in return.

Peripheral_Pillar

27 Jul, 2023, 5:56 am

@crazy-gal-09 Chocolate, as we are familiar with, comes from cocoa powder ground from the seeds of the cocoa tree. Therefore it is a plant part. Therefore chocolate is a salad. "But what about all the sugar that is added?" That comes from sugar cane stalks. Those are also plants. Chocolate... is... a... salad.

The End

Peripheral_Pillar

27 Jul, 2023, 10:33 pm

@crazy-gal-09 "INTROVERTS UNIT! Seperately..... In your own rooms."

Peripheral_Pillar

28 Jul, 2023, 4:19 am

I just realized I left the "E" off of unite.... joke fail.

Peripheral_Pillar

28 Jul, 2023, 4:22 am

@crazy-gal-09 It is nice to hear that you had a good day. I actually spent a good chunk of mine asleep because of how tired I've felt. The first thing I did today was go to the veteran's hospital to have some sort of electroshock machine used on my arm. It helped for a while so that is nice.

Peripheral_Pillar

29 Jul, 2023, 4:51 am

@crazy-gal-09 Eh, electroshock therapy is made to look scary in movies. Seeing it in real life is typically very boring. And the electric therapy I am getting is not intentionally convulsive, so it rarely makes my muscles contract. And it is simple enough that I am given the controls to raise or lower the stimulation. It is somehow blocking pain signals like pain ******* would, but without it being chemical, so its much gentler on the body.

Peripheral_Pillar

29 Jul, 2023, 4:52 am

oh, uh.... pain........ un-alivers? Pills that make pain go away for a few hours.

Peripheral_Pillar

29 Jul, 2023, 5:04 am

@crazy-gal-09
Teacher: "If you have $2 and ask your father for $2, how much do you have?"
Kid: "I will have $2."
Teacher: "You don't know your math."
Kid: "You don't know my father."

Peripheral_Pillar

30 Jul, 2023, 6:13 am

@crazy-gal-09 I need something to either give me energy each day or make my sleep relaxed and restful. Preferably both, but then it seems like I am asking for something insane.

Peripheral_Pillar

30 Jul, 2023, 9:13 pm

@crazy-gal-09 A girl found a really skimpy bikini that she bought and planned to wear on break. She modelled it for her parents and asked, "What do you think?"

They sat in silence for a few seconds before the mother said, "I think that if I wore that bathing suit when I was your age then you would be 4 years older than you are now."

Peripheral_Pillar

31 Jul, 2023, 4:29 am

@crazy-gal-09 I have so many things to do each day that I get several of them accomplished and I still fall behind. I need to find a way to pull in energy (or maybe motivation) from elsewhere.

Peripheral_Pillar

31 Jul, 2023, 4:32 am

A restaurant owner was boasting to his customers about his diner.
"If you order a fresh egg, we'll get you the freshest egg in the world! If you order hot coffee we'll get you the hottest coffee in the world!"
"I believe it." said a customer, "I ordered a small steak."

Peripheral_Pillar

31 Jul, 2023, 11:46 pm

@crazy-gal-09 Eh, if I'm in control of the treat then I cannot trick myself into thinking that I'll only get it because [something] and besides, I get tons done each day, I just wish I could greet each challenge or at least each day with new energy instead of feeling like I have to force myself to keep moving.

Peripheral_Pillar

31 Jul, 2023, 11:53 pm

@crazy-gal-09 Hmph... age gaps can be tricky and generally the older you get the greater the age gap can be with no one turning their head. Not too many people would care if a 65 year old dated a 90 year old.

A 14 year old dating a 16 year old doewn't really seem like anything to me. The biggest immediate issue with a 17 year old is that their life is probably about to get major changes. Either college or workforce suddenly makes them move away or takes up all of their time and someone a ~

Peripheral_Pillar

01 Aug, 2023, 12:00 am

~ couple years younger probably will not have experienced anything like that and can't fathom what's going on. Also the younger person will definitely be rooted to their location legally by family or school.

Now the most worrying problem with an age gap would be if the relationship... trying to think of words that will not get censored... turns physical. Basically, before -both- people turn 18, it should be avoided. Once you are 18 the government generally says that you should understand all ~

Peripheral_Pillar

01 Aug, 2023, 12:07 am

~ problems, consequences, and just how serious the acts can get. After that, it is essentially up to you to decide what kind of age gap you are willing to endure. However, age gaps -can- be a red flag. I'll go over the two most commonly stereotyped ones.

An 80 year old rich man meets and quickly marries a 20 year old lady. Most common idea is that she wants to inherit his money and is expecting him to be deep in the ground soon.

Or

A 50 year old guy continuously tries to pick up 20 year old ~

Peripheral_Pillar

01 Aug, 2023, 12:15 am

~ ladies. Ingoring any of the psychology behind it, he is probably looking at a... uh... some phrase that won't have 50% of the words bleeped out... less than wholesome reason.

Two year difference with no physical-ness seems unlikely that there is a super scary red flag, at least one that stems from just an age gap.

Now, I nearly feel like multiple people will bash me about my words here as it seems that most want the strictest of rules and punishments for age differences. So I basically ~

Peripheral_Pillar

01 Aug, 2023, 12:19 am

~ did my best to try and example some extremes that almost definitely means a problem. Beyond that, if there is nothing physical until all concerned are deemed an adult, then a small age gap is usually nothing to worry about.

*Gets off soap box.*

Why do I always feel like I get up on this thing and a crosshair is lining up on me?

Peripheral_Pillar

01 Aug, 2023, 12:46 am

@crazy-gal-09 Around the 1600's tobacco was used to treat cancer and respiratory problems like asthma amongst many other illnesses.

I cannot blame them for not understanding tobaccos real effects back then, but what noticeable evidence did they see that made them think it was helping with those problems?

Peripheral_Pillar

02 Aug, 2023, 6:23 am

@crazy-gal-09 Only.other thing I would warn about then is that, even if one person is fime without anything physical, the other person might not be. And someone who craves it will probably not realize that they are like that until they have had to abstain for months. It was insane to witness the number of young soldiers who would get married to someone like their high school gf or childhood friend before being deployed for a year. During that time their partner at home would divorce them.

Peripheral_Pillar

02 Aug, 2023, 6:25 am

Acdording to people who seem to keep up with such things, cats are still only partially domesticated while things like dogs, cows, and wheat are considered fully domesticated.

Peripheral_Pillar

03 Aug, 2023, 8:29 am

@crazy-gal-09 Yeah, I am familiar with that. I wonder if it is because nearly everyone has become used to chatting with tens of thousands of different people who are tens of thousands of miles away. I honestly cannot tell for certain, but in the days during which there was no internet, you could only socialize with people near you. And if you were horrible then everyone would know real quick and you were not going to find a new audience the next week. This probably enforced better social ~

Peripheral_Pillar

03 Aug, 2023, 8:37 am

~ etiquette but would also get everyone used to socializing in general. Just an assumption. Imagine if not just you were familiar with starting face to face conversations, but so was everyone else you even looked at. Chances are someone each day would start a conversation with you and chances are, you would be used to it enough that you'd do that too occasionally.

Um... now some advice.

Never pee into the wind/fan.

Ξ>

Peripheral_Pillar

04 Aug, 2023, 1:30 am

@crazy-gal-09 As for coping, I use many different methods. Some are okay and others are unhealthy. I drink decently large amounts at night, but I usually have to practice restraint on the amount cause I will have to work most mornings. About half of the time I am going through some sort of self improvement phase. I just can't stick with any one of them long enough to build up a really good skill like large muscles or learning a whole new language. If you have free time and feel the negative and~

Peripheral_Pillar

04 Aug, 2023, 1:36 am

~ dark thoughts creeping in then distracting yourself with a hobby or just reading wikipedia pages on the internet can stop or slow the downward spiral slide that the brain takes. Also, my cat helps me. I spend an amount of time with her each day so she likes being close to me. Just having something lay down next to you is nicer. I try to get myself into positions where I have any additional power so I can have some amount of revenge without having to be violent or even show that I'm angry. ~

Peripheral_Pillar

04 Aug, 2023, 1:46 am

~ I also try to seek out some socialization over the internet. I don't expect someone I meet on there to be a decent and mannered person who wants to talk to me, but when you try 100 times, you might find a couple who talk. And once you have met many who talk, you can find someone that you will get to talk to for many months or years. If someone seems purposefully toxic, I do not bother spending weeks trying to speak to them (that'll drain energy that I'll need for myself or others,) I just ~

Peripheral_Pillar

04 Aug, 2023, 1:59 am

~ move along to the next stranger in whatever platform I'm on.

As for something to tell my younger self. I guess there are many things that I occasionally remember as I go throughout the day. One of the big ones is something along the lines of, "people make fun of you about this and they say it is strange, but it actually doesn't affect their life at all so they shouldn't bother you about it and therefore you shouldn't care about it when they do bother you about it." They'll still talk about ~

Peripheral_Pillar

04 Aug, 2023, 2:07 am

~ it because people are rather desperate to find conversation topics with others. You can still want to change whatever thing or bad habit they talk about because self improvement is okay, but if it doesn't affect their life, so screw them if they bring it up to the front over and over.

I guess the other important big one is to learn apathy about many things your peers say. Its easier to get through a day and easier to carry a conversation if you don't make it a goal to change others ~

Peripheral_Pillar

04 Aug, 2023, 2:15 am

~ viewpoints every single time or become offended about many things people (especially strangers) spout out without a thought.

*Random person starts talking about how to reduce fuel prices and they mention raising the Titanic to gather all of its unused fuel.*
My response: Mm... *Shrug.*
My thoughts: "That would be insanely experience to raise a decrepit wreck, that already cradked apart, from miles below the ocean to gather the comparitively very small amount of fuel that it would have. The ~

Peripheral_Pillar

04 Aug, 2023, 2:21 am

~ fuel is ruined by the ocean's salt water over this past century. The Titanic ran on coal, not the same octame level of gasoline you put in your car. It is both a historic site and a grave site, just let it rest. You complain about fuel prices, but you bought an enormous truck with an 8 cylinder engine even though you only drive around town doing errands."

But again, my response, cause I have apathy towards this stranger I'm not likely to see ever again is, "Mm... *shrug*"

Anyways I guess I ~

Peripheral_Pillar

04 Aug, 2023, 2:32 am

~ should stop writing you an entire novel to reply to two questions. Plus I should probably get something to eat.

"My mother always told me that I would never amount to anything because I procrastinate. I looked her in.the eye and told her, 'Just wait.'" -Judy Tenuta

Peripheral_Pillar

05 Aug, 2023, 5:23 am

@crazy-gal-09 Hmm, you are the first to question whether there is a meaning behind my username that I haven't changed yet since starting. Well, I do not try to put its meaning out there partly because that is different from the meaning.

I wish to use what I have to support people and things. Thus a pillar. But Peripheral has two parts. First, I feel that one --HAS-- to learn to support themselves. So I am only at the sidelines to make their life/job more tolerable to bear, but they have to ~

Peripheral_Pillar

05 Aug, 2023, 5:28 am

~ learn and grow into holding up things even if I was to disappear. I guess I liken that to a teacher/sensei. They are not there to solve your problems for all time, they help you learn what they already had to learn so you can get around to patching up your problems faster and easier.

The other meaning is more that I would be far off to the side and anyone who enters the building sees all the center pillard and the pillars way off to the side are not even noticed by normal people. I do not ~

Peripheral_Pillar

05 Aug, 2023, 5:36 am

~ want someone to see me and give so much credit to me when you are still the one having to hold up the building. I'll be far off to the side so that they cannot accidentally mistake me for doing your work.

In a game, I would be a support specialist/organizer.

Peripheral_Pillar

06 Aug, 2023, 3:06 am

@crazy-gal-09 Ah yeah, forgot about the origin of "the toast." I think the Romans did that because a bit of burnt bread in their wine added flavor that they liked. But I hadn't reae it or been reminded about it in years. Thank you for the refresher.
Anyways I'm exhausted. I really need to go somewhere with someone and enjoy myself. Or have someone help me enjoy something. Tomorrow is an off day for me, but I cannot think of anything I want to keep doing alone. I could use some energy/motivation.

Peripheral_Pillar

06 Aug, 2023, 3:09 am

A doomsday street prophet was inside a sign shop.
"I need you to make me a sign that says, 'The world ends tomorrow!' in big, bright letters."
"I'm sorry, we have a backlog right now. We won't be able to get to it until next week." said the owner.
"Don't worry, I'm in no rush." said the street prophet.

Peripheral_Pillar

22 Oct, 2023, 8:57 pm

@UR_F4V_F4ZZB34R Yeah, I had already read your vent. Not sure what some of it might mean or who the words are coming from.

Peripheral_Pillar

23 Oct, 2023, 12:37 pm

@UR_F4V_F4ZZB34R I'm familiar with deprecating work banter. It needs to be mixed with compliments to avoid affecting workplace moral. What was the staying clean part if you can answer? And at a young age, it is expected to use up lots of your parents time. Actually, no, I would say it is required to use up lots og their time. That simple -IS- raising a child from birth to adult. If you were nearly 30 and using up lots of your parents time, then it might be an issue.

Peripheral_Pillar

24 Oct, 2023, 2:09 am

Ah, was wondering if there was some substance you were using. Anyways, I will go back to trying to give you wisdom and advice and listening and giving you some jokes or facts. I, myself, am already back to running on emergency battery to keep moving each day as I haven't received things that I am needing to avoid collapse. Trying to think of what I could possibly draw tonight just to keep posting stuff and seeing if anyone wants to say stuff to me. Been fixated on tongues late. Don't know why.

Peripheral_Pillar

24 Oct, 2023, 2:09 am

@UR_F4V_F4ZZB34R oops, forgot to tag

Peripheral_Pillar

25 Oct, 2023, 6:31 am

@UR_F4V_F4ZZB34R boneles organ that can be decently firm and strong,yeah tongues are a neat organ. but I am not doing well. whatever energy I ******* together to start posting again has already vanished. I haven't been back for even two weeks and I'm already so drained that I feel I need to return to using what force I can find to just get through each work day. Last time I made a final call for assistance that almost no one made any response to and by the time anyone did I had already collapsed

Peripheral_Pillar

25 Oct, 2023, 6:35 am

but now for a joke. What steps shpuld you take when facing an angry, hungry ogre? Very fast ones.

Peripheral_Pillar

27 Oct, 2023, 6:54 am

@UR_F4V_F4ZZB34R no, i will not judge. i explained something to a woman on some dating website recently. i would not be able to enter her life and now everything is great, instead i would show up and give her one positive thing to be sprinkled into her current time. even having a partner is a nice thing but it does not change your life because your life is not just them. it is many things. they can be a good part, but they cannot be everything. my best guess is that you should steel yourself ~

Peripheral_Pillar

27 Oct, 2023, 6:58 am

~ for the bad until you can make it to the next good. best to try to pepper enough good in there through your own efforts to get motivation to push through the next batch of bad................ I don't have tyat myself. I was overrun months ago when I called for help and in 2 weeks I am struggling not to let it happen again

Peripheral_Pillar

12 Nov, 2023, 6:29 am

not busy with anything other than work and apartment stuff and doctors' appointments. every time I stop to look around I just see that things will only be worse no matter how I try to change things

Peripheral_Pillar

12 Nov, 2023, 6:29 am

@UR_F4V_F4ZZB34R

Peripheral_Pillar

15 Nov, 2023, 4:07 am

No, I think I am not meant to ever get close to anyone. I should just try and rely on my own momentum to keep me moving.

There is a new diet fad. You get anything you want and don't exercise. You do not lose any weight, but man is it easy to stick to.

Peripheral_Pillar

15 Nov, 2023, 4:07 am

@UR_F4V_F4ZZB34R

Peripheral_Pillar

16 Nov, 2023, 9:14 pm

yeah i will still try to provide advice or jokes @UR_F4V_F4ZZB34R

Peripheral_Pillar

16 Nov, 2023, 9:15 pm

@Crazy_Duck_Lady oh you changed the user name

Peripheral_Pillar

16 Nov, 2023, 9:48 pm

because i don't have to be at work today. though i have already received calls, texts, and emails about work and need to run errands and shop for things that work needs. but i am just lying in bed because i don't have the energy to move

Peripheral_Pillar

16 Nov, 2023, 9:48 pm

@Crazy_Duck_Lady

Peripheral_Pillar

18 Nov, 2023, 2:56 am

@Crazy_Duck_Lady I can say that I, too, was recently reminded not to trust people. And yes, conversations on here can be seen. In a way it means that you should view the harsh things that can be said here as if you were telling a town of people who lived in neighborhoods of the town Colors.

I barely remember an old moral story.

A woman had found out something about a lady who lived near her and the woman started telling this new information to others. Later in the day the woman found out that~

Peripheral_Pillar

18 Nov, 2023, 3:03 am

~ the information she had learned about the other lady was untrue. Realizing that what she had done was spread a rumor and feeling guilty about that, the woman decided to go see the wise person who lived on top of a mountain.
"What can I do to fix what I have done?" the woman asked the wise person.
"Hmm... Write the truth 100 times each on 3 sheets of paper." The woman took the time to do so, eager to make amends.
"Now tear each sheet up into 100 pieces." The woman did this too. ~

Peripheral_Pillar

18 Nov, 2023, 3:08 am

~ "Good, now go back to town and walk along each street, dropping 5 of the torn pieces every 50 steps. When you are done, come back to me." The woman nodded and thanked the wise person and set off back to the village feeling empowered by the magic that she was being granted. By the time she was done scattering the paper around the entire town and returned it was the late afternoon.
"Oh great wise person, I have done exactly as you told me to do." the woman said. ~

Peripheral_Pillar

18 Nov, 2023, 3:14 am

~ "Very good. Now for the final part for this to work, go back to town again and pick up each pieces of paper, then bring all three complete sheets back to me before tomorrow." the wise person said.
The woman looked shocked and worried, but not wanting to waste any time, she ran back down the mountain to go back to town to find all the pieces.
By the time the sun had disappeared the woman wearily climbed the mountain to come back to the wise person.
"I am sorry, but I was only able to find and ~

Peripheral_Pillar

18 Nov, 2023, 3:18 am

~ bring back a couple dozen pieces of the paper." the woman moaned.
The wise person nodded sadly, "And that is what it is like to stop a rumor that you have already put into words and spread around town."

Peripheral_Pillar

18 Nov, 2023, 3:26 am

It is a good parable for any of us to remind ourselves of every now and then.

Peripheral_Pillar

19 Nov, 2023, 1:24 pm

@Crazy_Duck_Lady I remember the story going into more detail as to how much effort the woman put into following the instructions, but also how she didn't even feel that she was spreading a rumor. An example would be if you heard a couple fighting loudly next door, the next day you see a smashed baby cradle out by their trash, and you heard that the lady took her baby to the hospital. Your mind starts connecting dots into a horrific idea and if you mention you actual idea to someone, then ~

Peripheral_Pillar

19 Nov, 2023, 1:29 pm

~ you have started a rumor. But it turns out that the fight was over how they feel that the distribution of chores is unfair, they bought a new baby cradle because the baby outgrew the last one. The old cradle was smashed apart so it would fit in a trash can. And she took the baby to the hospital for its annual check up. But after finding out the truth, it is too late to stop the rumor that will continue to be told from one person to another.

Peripheral_Pillar

19 Nov, 2023, 2:26 pm

Ignoring bad reasons one might start a rumor, humans are social creatures. Having conversations with people is an encouraged activity. We also seem to have a need to elavate whatever conversation we're in (one-upmanship) so if someone says that they own a car then they next person mentions how their car is better or worse and the person after that follows suit to say that their car is even more better or worse than the previous. And if the conversation gets to a point where the next person's ~

Peripheral_Pillar

19 Nov, 2023, 2:29 pm

car cannot be more better or worse then people might mention cars that other people have had. I'm sure that not too many conversations have to happen before something gets mentioned about someone that isn't totally true and gets spread around as a rumor. @Crazy_Duck_Lady

Peripheral_Pillar

21 Nov, 2023, 6:47 am

@Crazy_Duck_Lady Which hand is the best hand to grab an angry lion with?

Somebody else's hand.

Peripheral_Pillar

22 Nov, 2023, 6:46 am

@Crazy_Duck_Lady Drinking. Well, I know it well by this point in my life, but I did not start drinking immediately.

I will not take the perfect stance of "drinking is bad and you should never do it." But I am glad that I waited many years after I was legally allowed to drink to start drinking.

With a more mature (and thus understanding) mind, I could realize some problems that it was creating before they become too bad, or even worse, habit forming. That means I was able to cut back from ~

Peripheral_Pillar

22 Nov, 2023, 6:53 am

~ horribly, life ruiningly, bad to just regular bad.

Overall, at best, it is a monthly expense, something you need time to indulge in, and a habit you need to keep the reins on lest it drown you. In return there are some things it can offer minor support for. It can help you relax, whether that is just feeling like parts or the day are more distant ot that what seemed like a big deal really is not so much of a big deal. It can also ease nervousness that you'd get from non-physical fears like ~

Peripheral_Pillar

22 Nov, 2023, 7:08 am

public speaking or opening up to someone. But in the end, it is, in fact, a poison. And parts of your body have to work extra hard to process it.

Regardless of benefits it is not a miracle worker. A comparison can be made to coffee. When you do not make it a habit, a few cups of coffed can wake you up when tired. After it is a habit then a few cups only makes you feel a little less tired. In either case, if you are 100% exhausted, then the cups of coffee do not make you non-tired. You'd need ~

Peripheral_Pillar

22 Nov, 2023, 7:14 am

~ to change something else in life to handle that.

One final note is that it muddies judgement before other things. Before drinking you'd think, "I'm not going to drive" or "this joke is inappropriate." but then you drink several and your judgement goes "Oh, I'm still okay to drive" or "well, this person knows me well enough to say this joke." And even then, you have stopped thinking about how much you have had and just assume some more will not hurt. Then you judgement can go to extremes if ~

Peripheral_Pillar

22 Nov, 2023, 7:21 am

~ it exists at all.

If you can 100% go without, great. If you do want/need it, then it does not manage a problem for you, it gives you a different problem to manage while numbing a different problem slightly.

With all the text I've typed and the number of things I've erased or accidentally cancelled out of, I'm sure I've missed important points. But I hope it gives you some idea of it and its problems without sounding like a prohibitionist era church preacher.

Peripheral_Pillar

22 Nov, 2023, 7:26 am

@Crazy_Duck_Lady
Interviewer: What's your biggest weakness?

Applicant: Honesty.

Interviewer: I don't think that's a weakness.

Applicant: I don't care what useless people think.

Peripheral_Pillar

23 Nov, 2023, 10:30 am

@Crazy_Duck_Lady It is American Turkey Day!... not that I have any plans other than enjoying work being closed so I won't even get work calls. I do think I'll end up posting flyers to advertise the store. I don't really have anything else planned other than serving the cats some turkey based moist cat food.

Peripheral_Pillar

24 Nov, 2023, 3:10 am

Went ahead and did more work. Advertising, prep for setup, scheduling, mail. Meh. Celebrated with a microwave turkey slice meal. But maybe tomorrow will not feel as bad now that I got some stuff done.

Peripheral_Pillar

24 Nov, 2023, 3:51 am

@Crazy_Duck_Lady It is possible that the worst things happen to anyone unable to prevent it. If someone has a ton of wealth and power they usually have the means to handle the worst things. Anyone without that has to deal with the full effect of the worst things. People might not see the bad, but non-powerful people suffer some of the worst because they mentally file it as "they only got what they deserve." But a more likely reason that it seems nice people suffer the worst is who you associate~

Peripheral_Pillar

24 Nov, 2023, 3:56 am

~ with. People usually want to be around people that make them feel better, the nice people. So they are hearing about the things that affect the nice person. Since the people are not wanting to associate with people that make them feel worse, the bad people, they are not hearing about the bad stuff happening to them.

So I will assume it happens to good and bad people who cannot prevent it. But we'll only hear about the things that are affecting the good people that we have made us want to ~

Peripheral_Pillar

24 Nov, 2023, 3:56 am

~ talk to them in the first place.

Peripheral_Pillar

28 Nov, 2023, 6:07 am

@-Harley-Quinn- welcome back. it doesn't matter because no one talks to me to ask and anyone thzt i could think of who i've seen you tzlk to are already followed by you

Peripheral_Pillar

29 Nov, 2023, 7:09 am

struggling

Peripheral_Pillar

04 Dec, 2023, 5:42 am

I do talk to the cats in the time I get to be home and try to relax. And having their companionship helps, it isn't a human relationship like I need. As for family, only one is close to me and they stir up anger and depression whenever they talk because of what they talk about constantly.

I am alone, it has been that way for years, and it will remain that way forever.

Peripheral_Pillar

04 Dec, 2023, 6:07 am

@Fazzyxx Why do ducks have such large feet?
To stamp out fires.

Why do elephants have such big feet?
To stamp out burning ducks.

Peripheral_Pillar

05 Dec, 2023, 6:41 am

@Fazzyxx

"Be patient" is insulting. Even if someone good came along now I have a good reason to be sour about it. "Hey, just cause you have been without water for years doesn't mean anything cause you finally get water now."

And anyways, there is nowhere that it is written on anything that there is someone for everyone. Such an idea is false and proven by the many people who never have anyone.

Peripheral_Pillar

07 Dec, 2023, 7:51 am

@Fazzyxx The Hula Hoop has a couple world records tracked for it:

Fastest spin - just over 4 rotations a second (245 rpm)

Most hoops spun at the "waist" at one time - 200 (I wonder how much of the body counted as the "waist" for that)

Largest ever successfully spun - 52.8 foot DIAMETER (not circumference)

Longest Hula Hoop time record - a mind numbing 100 hours without stopping (unless they did it while sleeping, a little over 4 days of being awake to spin a hula hoop)

Peripheral_Pillar

09 Dec, 2023, 3:39 am

A truck driver was eating at a run down, backwoods diner and noticed rather large specs in his soup, eggs, and even milk.
"Waiter," he said. "Are these foreign objects in my food?"
The waiter looked closely at the truckers meal.
"No sir, they are not foreign. Those little things live around here."

Peripheral_Pillar

09 Dec, 2023, 3:51 am

@Fazzyxx

Peripheral_Pillar

11 Dec, 2023, 5:02 am

@Fazzyxx
"Mom, the teacher is crazy. She constantly talks to herself during class."

"That is troubling. I wonder why she does that?"

"I assume that she thinks we're listening."

Rebel_circus-

18 Dec, 2023, 10:03 pm

hello its fazzy yet again i promise i wont leave again unannounced and im sorry that i did. im hoping we can still be friends?! apple_chan (my ex gf) turned out to be a catfish and lied about their age and who they was just to date me and some1 else on here.
anyway enough about me how are you doing?
@Peripheral_Pillar

Rebel_circus-

25 Dec, 2023, 8:06 am

Merry Christmas

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