General / Off-Topic The eternal question

[verminstar]

Simple question...do ye laugh at yer own stupidity when ye do dumb things? Its a bit like asking if ye laugh at yerself.

Do ye take pride when yer stupidity outshines someone elses stupidity?

Or are ye the type who would scoff at such antics as immature and reckless?

Fer example...car surfing. Stand on the roof of a car as ye would if surfing and see how long ye can stay on...to me thats funny and Id give it a shot just fer giggles. The likes of jackasp antics...funny or inane?

Silly stuff like stopping halfway thrpugh a conversation and forgetting what ye were talking about or struggling to put yer left foot in the right shoe and dont realize what yer doing wrong fer ten whole minutes...or go to the kitchen fer munchies and come back an hour later with a bargain bucket that sorta stuff.

 

[Robin of Spiritwood]

Wait wait wait, the eternal question is NOT "Mary Ann or Ginger"?

 

[znôrt]

that's a chilidish question! the really eternal question is 'does size matter?'!

but meh, laughing at myself is probably the smartest i've ever done. can't get enough of it!

otoh, you can keep you inner child well and alive *and* learn basic understanding of risks and tradeoffs in life. the injury from falling from a car can be quite serious. suppose you end up tetraplegic. i could imagine a whole lot of 'antics' that don't carry such dire consequences for your beloved ones.

 

[UmbraRex]

I find stupidity unamusing.

 

[-VR- Max Factor]

I generally laugh at the stupid things I do.

 

[Sir.Tj]

Yes...

 

[verminstar]

I actually wrote out an entirely different post but forgot what point I was making before I finished it...changed my mind and posted this and forgot to change the title.

One rule however which changes the playing field...any and all antics of any kind cannot be influenced by alcohol or anything more fun...ye have to be stone cold sober and the stupidity can either be accidental or intentional ^

Being dumb when yer blocked or rubbered is sorta expected and quite normal so that doesnt qualify.

 

[Chris Simon]

I laugh at other people's stupidity. Not in a bad way, though. Just the same way as if someone told a joke. I don't point at them and yell "AAAAaa, you're stupid!"

My own stupidity, though? No, I don't find it amusing. It makes me angry.
Questions like "How could I not have seen that coming?", "What was I thinking", "I should have know better" immediately come to mind and I get annoyed.

That being said, I do take pride in being able to learn and not repeating the same mistake twice.

 

[Winterwalker]

The answer to this one, might depend on the size of repair bill?

I'll say yes because I'm a horrible giggler but - since spending some years there and because I love Japan - if I really mess up, occasionally I kill myself. I do get better again though, because stuff happens!

[up]

 

[Arry]

What stupidity? Just because some fools are capable of doing or saying stupid things; doesn't mean everyone does so. I just don't do stupid things. I may; now and then, have different levels of creative outcome, some of which may not reach the standards of perfection that I have become accustomed too, but these moments are so rare, they are hardly worth mentioning.

Nothing stupid to see here: Anyone who may think they have proof of any possible stupid behaviour on my part; is just spreading fake news.

Now; where did I put those Cherry bombs? I have a toilet to unblock.

 

[Patrick_68000]

I laugh of my stupidity if it does not have serious consequences. Otherwise, I give myself insults

 

[verminstar]

I laugh at other people's stupidity. Not in a bad way, though. Just the same way as if someone told a joke. I don't point at them and yell "AAAAaa, you're stupid!"

My own stupidity, though? No, I don't find it amusing. It makes me angry.
Questions like "How could I not have seen that coming?", "What was I thinking", "I should have know better" immediately come to mind and I get annoyed.

That being said, I do take pride in being able to learn and not repeating the same mistake twice.

If ye dont mind the question, what are ye like when yer completely off yer face?

Hah...on reflection it might be an adea to define 'off yer face'...when ye no longer have self control and complete loss of inhibitions and will only remember events in flashbacks over the course of a few days/weeks. If ye drink then itll be when the bouncers carry ye out at 3 in the morning after ye proposed marriage to them.

Or would getting that rubbered in the first place be just too silly to indulge?

Theres no right or wrong answer, just thought itd be interesting to see how seriously everyone took themselves and what level of self control people have when it comes to havin a laugh, even if its at yer own expense. Fer instance...would ye be happy to intentionally set yerself up to be the but end of a joke just to get everyone laughing and enjoy doing it?

 

[Chris Simon]

If ye dont mind the question, what are ye like when yer completely off yer face?

Hah...on reflection it might be an adea to define 'off yer face'...when ye no longer have self control and complete loss of inhibitions and will only remember events in flashbacks over the course of a few days/weeks. If ye drink then itll be when the bouncers carry ye out at 3 in the morning after ye proposed marriage to them.

Or would getting that rubbered in the first place be just too silly to indulge?

Theres no right or wrong answer, just thought itd be interesting to see how seriously everyone took themselves and what level of self control people have when it comes to havin a laugh, even if its at yer own expense. Fer instance...would ye be happy to intentionally set yerself up to be the but end of a joke just to get everyone laughing and enjoy doing it?

I never had a moment like this. (I mean "completely off yer face")
When I'm angry, I'm just kind of uncomfortable to be around (or so I'm told), but I never lost control of my temper, actually. I had one moment in my life when I threw a phone against the wall, but nothing even close to going completely berserk.

 

[Arry]

If ye dont mind the question, what are ye like when yer completely off yer face?

Hah...on reflection it might be an adea to define 'off yer face'...when ye no longer have self control and complete loss of inhibitions and will only remember events in flashbacks over the course of a few days/weeks. If ye drink then itll be when the bouncers carry ye out at 3 in the morning after ye proposed marriage to them.

Or would getting that rubbered in the first place be just too silly to indulge?

Theres no right or wrong answer, just thought itd be interesting to see how seriously everyone took themselves and what level of self control people have when it comes to havin a laugh, even if its at yer own expense. Fer instance...would ye be happy to intentionally set yerself up to be the but end of a joke just to get everyone laughing and enjoy doing it?

I like this question and if I may?

At over 50 I have spent the last 25 years, being in control; of a sorts. Yes i do and have, 'got off of my face', but only with those I really trust and not outside. By that I mean, I can just fall into bed and not have to navigate anywhere and deal with what, or whomever that may have to entail.

In public I moderate my intake. I start to feel the ground get spongy and then think about what I am drinking. Doing this I can giggle with the best of them and enjoy watching the room. I tend not to mix my drinks.

I am a bit of a self control freak, but then, I have to be.

 

[Manticore]

Simple question...do ye laugh at yer own stupidity when ye do dumb things? Its a bit like asking if ye laugh at yerself.

Probably not.

Do ye take pride when yer stupidity outshines someone elses stupidity?

No. I abhor ignorance in all its forms.

Or are ye the type who would scoff at such antics as immature and reckless?

As above.

Fer example...car surfing. Stand on the roof of a car as ye would if surfing and see how long ye can stay on...to me thats funny and Id give it a shot just fer giggles. The likes of jackasp antics...funny or inane?

Silly stuff like stopping halfway thrpugh a conversation and forgetting what ye were talking about or struggling to put yer left foot in the right shoe and dont realize what yer doing wrong fer ten whole minutes...or go to the kitchen fer munchies and come back an hour later with a bargain bucket that sorta stuff.

Let's take "planking" as an example; one that has ended in fatalities. Darwin Award. Seriously some people on this planet are just wasting oxygen that could be put to good use by the rest of us.

At the macroscopic level stupidity and ignorance (and greed) are killing our civilisation, human species and our planet.

Out....

 

[Ian Skippy]

Depends on the kind of stupid. If it is 'harmless' stuff that only bites me in the rear, it is funny. If my rear isnt too badly burned. If it is the kind of screw-up that can get other people into trouble it's no laughing matter to me. My general level of performance in life is erratic at best, so I tend to minimize my responsibilities to others. So sometimes things work out spectacularly well, if so good for me, and ometimes things go terribly wrong, if so no harm done to anyone but me. Works for me.

 

[khaos526]

I don't laugh at the stupid things I do, but I do laugh at my friends who recount all the stupid things I do while they explain them to other people. Now that's where I laugh...

 

[verminstar]

I like this question and if I may?

At over 50 I have spent the last 25 years, being in control; of a sorts. Yes i do and have, 'got off of my face', but only with those I really trust and not outside. By that I mean, I can just fall into bed and not have to navigate anywhere and deal with what, or whomever that may have to entail.

In public I moderate my intake. I start to feel the ground get spongy and then think about what I am drinking. Doing this I can giggle with the best of them and enjoy watching the room. I tend not to mix my drinks.

I am a bit of a self control freak, but then, I have to be.

See I just dont get that...Im dry now some 7 years aint touched a drop because I have zero self control if I so much as smell booze. I quit after a 9 month stint in her majestys hotel fer an assault on a peeler...booze makes me extremely aggressive which is why I had to quit entirely.

So any mad stuff I do nowadays isnt affected by booze...I do it simply because its fun and I enjoy doing it. If I was to take meself as seriously as some here, I sure as hell wouldnt be this happy or laid back about stuff...unlike yerself I dont have to take meself seriously because Ive gone to great lengths to remove people like that from my life entirely...I find them boring with little or no sense of humour to speak off.

Thats not meant to be insulting btw, its just that I dont normally get along with anyone who takes themselves that seriously. As much that some would think I was a waste of oxygen, I think the exact same thing about them and would go outta my way to wind them up just fer the giggles.

I suppose that might come across as insulting although its not meant to be...this is why me daughter says Im a brilliant and fun dad but a terrible role model. Im happy with that sentiment strangely enough...better than being a great role model while losing the ability to make her smile and being boring but a great role model...that doesnt even sound right but still makes perfect sense to me ^

 

[Arry]

See I just dont get that...Im dry now some 7 years aint touched a drop because I have zero self control if I so much as smell booze. I quit after a 9 month stint in her majestys hotel fer an assault on a peeler...booze makes me extremely aggressive which is why I had to quit entirely.

So any mad stuff I do nowadays isnt affected by booze...I do it simply because its fun and I enjoy doing it. If I was to take meself as seriously as some here, I sure as hell wouldnt be this happy or laid back about stuff...unlike yerself I dont have to take meself seriously because Ive gone to great lengths to remove people like that from my life entirely...I find them boring with little or no sense of humour to speak off.

Thats not meant to be insulting btw, its just that I dont normally get along with anyone who takes themselves that seriously. As much that some would think I was a waste of oxygen, I think the exact same thing about them and would go outta my way to wind them up just fer the giggles.

I suppose that might come across as insulting although its not meant to be...this is why me daughter says Im a brilliant and fun dad but a terrible role model. Im happy with that sentiment strangely enough...better than being a great role model while losing the ability to make her smile and being boring but a great role model...that doesnt even sound right but still makes perfect sense to me ^

I quit myself for basically the same reasons and was never going to touch the evil drink again. But then I thought about the self control thing. I had two basic issues. One, once I started, I didn't want to stop and waking up without a bottle to suck on, was just a nightmare and Two; My psycho side, would always come out and things would get very silly. In my younger years, I had no idea where that line was, between being nice and sober and a drunken psychopath. So I gave up, mostly without any choice in the matter, but when I had the freedom to choose, I stayed dry for about a year and a friend of mine, said to me. Who is really in control, you or it? Being a self-control freak, I decided that I would be in control from now on. Today, it has been 8 days since I last had a drink; that was my birthday and it had been weeks before then, when I last had a drink. In short: I do enjoy a drink, I really love Rums, but I don't NEED it any more. Last week over two days, I had about 2 bottles of wine, less than 6 shots and a couple of pints of beer. I world got a little spongy on my birthday, but that was it. That said; I can still kill a bottle of Rum or Vodka, over the course of an evening, it just depends on how I feel. However: I will do a session like that and then not drink for weeks. For me, it is about enjoying the moment and not feeding a need; like it was in the old days.

 

[verminstar]

I quit myself for basically the same reasons and was never going to touch the evil drink again. But then I thought about the self control thing. I had two basic issues. One, once I started, I didn't want to stop and waking up without a bottle to suck on, was just a nightmare and Two; My psycho side, would always come out and things would get very silly. In my younger years, I had no idea where that line was, between being nice and sober and a drunken psychopath. So I gave up, mostly without any choice in the matter, but when I had the freedom to choose, I stayed dry for about a year and a friend of mine, said to me. Who is really in control, you or it? Being a self-control freak, I decided that I would be in control from now on. Today, it has been 8 days since I last had a drink; that was my birthday and it had been weeks before then, when I last had a drink. In short: I do enjoy a drink, I really love Rums, but I don't NEED it any more. Last week over two days, I had about 2 bottles of wine, less than 6 shots and a couple of pints of beer. I world got a little spongy on my birthday, but that was it. That said; I can still kill a bottle of Rum or Vodka, over the course of an evening, it just depends on how I feel. However: I will do a session like that and then not drink for weeks. For me, it is about enjoying the moment and not feeding a need; like it was in the old days.

When I say Im tee total not a drop, I mean it...really not a drop and every day I still miss it and every day a little part of me wants that numbness back and help me not dream when I sleep...but I dont do moderation or self control and I can be very spontaneous and volatile...its partly ADHD and partly because its the only way I know how to be.

Thats a different concept though...I choose not to drink because I know exactly what will happen...Ill enjoy it like I used to years ago when I was a very different and somewhat less wholesome character. My daughter deserves a father even if I do fail at everything else and unfortunately, I do have anger issues that are a lot harder to manage when booze is involved. Im a fairly big guy near 6 and half feet and know how to handle meself which means Im always gonna be a target fer some moron out to prove a point...if a moron doesnt find me, Ill down another litre bottle of smirnoff with several tins of red bull to give it some flavour and go looking fer a moron which is where things get complicated.

And thats why I dont drink...because when I do, I have no control over what I do. And it something that needs to be controlled ergo Im tee total...not a drop. But thats just common sense which is different from just doing stuff that many others think it just utterly stupid just fer the hell of it.

Ok another example...mountain biking which I did fer about a quarter of a century...ok not mad ye might think but herein the plot thickens. To be a little more specific, downhill biking and what moved on to extreme freeride where a serious crash would have almost certainly meant broken bones and airlifted to hospital. Not yer average sunday morning ride on the local trails sorta mountain biking, more full body armour, full face helmets and goggles and bikes that cost about 3 grand and have lots of moving parts.

So imagine taking a 35 foot sheer drop onto loose shale and slate gravel which leads to a vertical jump that yer gonna have to land on an opposing vertical ramp and run off some 50ft or so away with nothing but hard ground in between...on a mountain bike.

Stupidity or fun? Now even a rider who knows his, or her stuff can tell ye, theres real risk of serious injury if ye mess up...at best some grazes which happens about 9 times outta every 10 falls when ye practice...at worst a numbers of bones will break, some possibly will get to see daylight.

Which is the first emotion ye think of? The potential fun or the potential disaster?