At 65 I have become an Archie Bunker

dodger · Feb 3, 2025

Anybody in front of me driving is an asshole and as much as it drives me nuts my wife complains about the way I act.

This next one, hold on. I am NOT a gay basher as my brother is gay. What you do in private is none of my business. That being said he keeps it to himself and you would never know he is a homo. What irks the hell out of me are TV commercials with 2 gay guys kissing . Keep it in the closet for crying out loud. I don't want to see it on my TV.

And then there are the idiots in a lane in a store with their cart parked on one side of the aisle while they park their fat ass on the other side studying what they want. Friggin' idiots.

Democrats. Enough said.

This list doesn't scratch the surface of what pees me off.

red442joe · Feb 4, 2025

I pretty much had enough of Everything having to have a black, or teh Gay.

Joe

joepistol · Feb 4, 2025

just remember, " He who angers you, controls you"..

Took me awhile to see the truth in that statement.
I gained insight into it's truth while listening to inmates complain about their life situations, while working in a ( female) prison.
Many, if not most inmates that earn their way into prison lack insight into their behavior & chose to ignore responsibility for their actions.
How often do you hear someone say, "They made me do it ! "
When what they really mean is , the other person exhibited behavior they felt compelled to respond physically to, when in fact, they can't see / think of other options. Ignoring someone's comments / behavior is often the best response.
Working in the mental health field, this fact..the power we have to not respond to others comments , is something I learned can be very powerful.
Learning that others may try to "push your button" is a way they have learned to try to control you... Be smarter.

dodger · Feb 4, 2025

joepistol said:
just remember, " He who angers you, controls you"..

Took me awhile to see the truth in that statement.
I gained insight into it's truth while listening to inmates complain about their life situations, while working in a ( female) prison.
Many, if not most inmates that earn their way into prison lack insight into their behavior & chose to ignore responsibility for their actions.
How often do you hear someone say, "They made me do it ! "
When what they really mean is , the other person exhibited behavior they felt compelled to respond physically to, when in fact, they can't see / think of other options. Ignoring someone's comments / behavior is often the best response.
Working in the mental health field, this fact..the power we have to not respond to others comments , is something I learned can be very powerful.
Learning that others may try to "push your button" is a way they have learned to try to control you... Be smarter.

Gotcha loud and clear. Life was much easier when I was prescribed xanax LOL...

Bob Lee · Feb 4, 2025

joepistol said:
just remember, " He who angers you, controls you"..

Took me awhile to see the truth in that statement.
I gained insight into it's truth while listening to inmates complain about their life situations, while working in a ( female) prison.
Many, if not most inmates that earn their way into prison lack insight into their behavior & chose to ignore responsibility for their actions.
How often do you hear someone say, "They made me do it ! "
When what they really mean is , the other person exhibited behavior they felt compelled to respond physically to, when in fact, they can't see / think of other options. Ignoring someone's comments / behavior is often the best response.
Working in the mental health field, this fact..the power we have to not respond to others comments , is something I learned can be very powerful.
Learning that others may try to "push your button" is a way they have learned to try to control you... Be smarter.

Yes sir you are correct. I must admit I fail miserably at this subject, however I truly appreciate your input, and will do my best to remember it. Thank you very much!

rmc51 · Feb 4, 2025

joepistol said:
just remember, " He who angers you, controls you"..

Took me awhile to see the truth in that statement.
I gained insight into it's truth while listening to inmates complain about their life situations, while working in a ( female) prison.
Many, if not most inmates that earn their way into prison lack insight into their behavior & chose to ignore responsibility for their actions.
How often do you hear someone say, "They made me do it ! "
When what they really mean is , the other person exhibited behavior they felt compelled to respond physically to, when in fact, they can't see / think of other options. Ignoring someone's comments / behavior is often the best response.
Working in the mental health field, this fact..the power we have to not respond to others comments , is something I learned can be very powerful.
Learning that others may try to "push your button" is a way they have learned to try to control you... Be smarter.

Well, here I go!

I don't know if I agree.

We did not say much about what Brandon and his group were doing to this country, or we let them shut us down when we did say something and look where that got this country. Now Trump and his group are trying to correct it.

I disagree that shutting up is a good practice. That is not consistent with the reason for the first amendment in this country. We have the right to speak up and we should. Then the people can decide for their selves what is right. A silence only allows one side of the situation and that side may not be the correct one.

I believe that we need more speech not less.
P.S. If we are speaking up, That pushs their buttons.

Y’all wanna know why the Democrats are FREAKING OUT over USAID? WATCH THIS!! They used same tactics against us here, with our tax dollars. – Whatfinger News' Choice Clips

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joepistol · Feb 4, 2025

well, I should have clarified that I was addressing interpersonal relationships & interactions...not we should ignore or allow situations to exist without
letting our feelings be known. Writing letters to those in power has a much stronger effect on those in power, ( petitions maybe even better ) than shouting on a street corner about a political position.
Getting angry toward a person (or persons) does little to those the anger is directed at ( discounting physical altercations) but does have a detrimental effect on those that hold onto their anger. Hypertension, & most cancers (research is showing) often develop in those who harbor anger towards others. Your anger harms you more than anyone else. Saying this, I'm not going to say I don't get angry..with people or situations. But when I do, I now remember my above observation, & try to let it go..
Ask yourself, What is my anger accomplishing ? I recall a great line I heard in a movie , a guy is at the border between east & west Berlin..One guy asks another.."Aren't you angry over (whatever the situation was) ?
The response was,.. "what would it accomplish ?... can it change the past ? what can I do about it ? If you can do nothing about it, why be concerned ?"
Made a lot of sense to me..if you can do something to change what you're angry about, do it. If not, let it go

rmc51 · Feb 4, 2025

joepistol said:
well, I should have clarified that I was addressing interpersonal relationships & interactions...not we should ignore or allow situations to exist without
letting our feelings be known. Writing letters to those in power has a much stronger effect on those in power, ( petitions maybe even better ) than shouting on a street corner about a political position.
Getting angry toward a person (or persons) does little to those the anger is directed at ( discounting physical altercations) but does have a detrimental effect on those that hold onto their anger. Hypertension, & most cancers (research is showing) often develop in those who harbor anger towards others. Your anger harms you more than anyone else. Saying this, I'm not going to say I don't get angry..with people or situations. But when I do, I now remember my above observation, & try to let it go..
Ask yourself, What is my anger accomplishing ? I recall a great line I heard in a movie , a guy is at the border between east & west Berlin..One guy asks another.."Aren't you angry over (whatever the situation was) ?
The response was,.. "what would it accomplish ?... can it change the past ? what can I do about it ? If you can do nothing about it, why be concerned ?"
Made a lot of sense to me..if you can do something to change what you're angry about, do it. If not, let it go

Anger now causes cancer???

You need to get off the sauce and go take a nap or talk to your doctor about changing your meds.

John Galt · Feb 4, 2025

Karline Leavitt is a ROCK STAR!

That hideous harpy joyless behar said Trump hired her because she's a "10".......I think she's at least a "14" and a total pleasure to watch and hear.

How long do they say it will be before we get tired of the "winning"?

keep up the great work

who was that rasta top, feather headed, lying bag of rocks that covered up for the last criminal..........I forget the name(s) and history should too

Bob Lee · Feb 4, 2025

joepistol said:
well, I should have clarified that I was addressing interpersonal relationships & interactions...not we should ignore or allow situations to exist without
letting our feelings be known. Writing letters to those in power has a much stronger effect on those in power, ( petitions maybe even better ) than shouting on a street corner about a political position.
Getting angry toward a person (or persons) does little to those the anger is directed at ( discounting physical altercations) but does have a detrimental effect on those that hold onto their anger. Hypertension, & most cancers (research is showing) often develop in those who harbor anger towards others. Your anger harms you more than anyone else. Saying this, I'm not going to say I don't get angry..with people or situations. But when I do, I now remember my above observation, & try to let it go..
Ask yourself, What is my anger accomplishing ? I recall a great line I heard in a movie , a guy is at the border between east & west Berlin..One guy asks another.."Aren't you angry over (whatever the situation was) ?
The response was,.. "what would it accomplish ?... can it change the past ? what can I do about it ? If you can do nothing about it, why be concerned ?"
Made a lot of sense to me..if you can do something to change what you're angry about, do it. If not, let it go

Great advice. Be careful about what you say, and to whom you say it to. My Ex sister in law once said, Mental abuse is worse than physical abuse. Words spoken in anger can be far worse than anything physical. I can attest to that.

joepistol · Feb 4, 2025

I read a good description about hateful speech, said in anger to others. Often, close family members will say things to their parents, kids, other family members, or friends that they don't really mean. Things said in anger, to express their emotional upset. The description I remember was a father who told his son to go pound a handful of nails into the wooden fence in the back yard. He then told his son to use the hammer to pull out the nails , after he'd pounded them into the wood.

After he'd finished, his father told him this : The nails you pounded in the fence represent the words said to others in anger.
Removing the nails can represent the passage of time or apologies given after the emotional outburst has been expressed.
The holes left in the wood represent the feelings left with the person, from the angry remarks that were directed to them.
The holes left in the wood do not go away..as feelings hurt by harmful words also remain.

joepistol · Feb 4, 2025

as far as anger's link to cancer.. might try educating yourself..

Anger and cancer: an analysis of the linkages - PubMed

The purposes of this article are to review literature on anger's link to cancer, to analyze the state of the science in this area, and to propose some directions for future research. Extremely low anger scores have been noted in numerous studies of patients with cancer. Such low scores suggest...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Bob Lee · Feb 5, 2025

joepistol said:
as far as anger's link to cancer.. might try educating yourself..

Anger and cancer: an analysis of the linkages - PubMed

The purposes of this article are to review literature on anger's link to cancer, to analyze the state of the science in this area, and to propose some directions for future research. Extremely low anger scores have been noted in numerous studies of patients with cancer. Such low scores suggest...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Anger and Cancer: Is There a Relationship?

Might being overly angry put one at risk for certain kinds of cancers?

www.psychologytoday.com

Anger issues

Compared to sadness, anger issues increase the risk for chronic disease in adults and this is validated by research.

wellness-space.net

Stress and Cancer

med.stanford.edu

Can anger and suppressed emotions cause cancer? | - Times of India

Anger is a negative emotion that, most of the time, has very negative effects on a person's general health. Supressing anger may have more detrimental

timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Wow!

Whit · Feb 7, 2025

dodger said:
Anybody in front of me driving is an asshole and as much as it drives me nuts my wife complains about the way I act.

This next one, hold on. I am NOT a gay basher as my brother is gay. What you do in private is none of my business. That being said he keeps it to himself and you would never know he is a homo. What irks the hell out of me are TV commercials with 2 gay guys kissing . Keep it in the closet for crying out loud. I don't want to see it on my TV.

And then there are the idiots in a lane in a store with their cart parked on one side of the aisle while they park their fat ass on the other side studying what they want. Friggin' idiots.

Democrats. Enough said.

This list doesn't scratch the surface of what pees me off.

You sound a lot like me!

HooDoo Man · Feb 7, 2025

Whit said:
You sound a lot like me!

Ditto!

CECannonJr · Feb 9, 2025

dodger said:
Anybody in front of me driving is an asshole and as much as it drives me nuts my wife complains about the way I act.

This next one, hold on. I am NOT a gay basher as my brother is gay. What you do in private is none of my business. That being said he keeps it to himself and you would never know he is a homo. What irks the hell out of me are TV commercials with 2 gay guys kissing . Keep it in the closet for crying out loud. I don't want to see it on my TV.

And then there are the idiots in a lane in a store with their cart parked on one side of the aisle while they park their fat ass on the other side studying what they want. Friggin' idiots.

Democrats. Enough said.

This list doesn't scratch the surface of what pees me off.

I'm thankful that you didn't turn into Meathead. We don't need any more of those in the world.

Mike A · Feb 9, 2025

dodger said:
Anybody in front of me driving is an asshole and as much as it drives me nuts my wife complains about the way I act.

This next one, hold on. I am NOT a gay basher as my brother is gay. What you do in private is none of my business. That being said he keeps it to himself and you would never know he is a homo. What irks the hell out of me are TV commercials with 2 gay guys kissing . Keep it in the closet for crying out loud. I don't want to see it on my TV.

And then there are the idiots in a lane in a store with their cart parked on one side of the aisle while they park their fat ass on the other side studying what they want. Friggin' idiots.

Democrats. Enough said.

This list doesn't scratch the surface of what pees me off.