Frustration

[cjsmith]

Do you ever hear someone pontificating -- preaching -- about something that's fairly new to him and old hat to you? Under what circumstances does it or does it not bug you?

I find I can mostly shrug it off when it's about some kind of technical subject. If I know the speaker is a total fool or severely misinformed, then that's just the way it is, with no need for irritation. But I find I can't shrug it off when it's about living with foot pain or staying fit with a disability. Usually the preacher is not permanently disabled, just temporarily injured in some way, and my GOD the things they think are Big News to someone who's dealt with this for years. Sometimes I think the speaker is trying to be helpful; other times it's pretty clear the speaker is trying to chide me for how I handle things. In the latter case I just want to SLAP the person. My kinder side hopes karma doesn't work, because the appropriate end story to that one is a permanent disability with chronic pain.

Clearly my buttons are getting pushed. I wonder when my foot problems will be so firmly an accepted part of me that I don't even have buttons to push any more. In the meantime, I hope I can mostly avoid that kind of person. I don't want to turn rude and bitter.

Comments

[dizzdvl.livejournal.com]

You are so totally allowed to slap those people. Yup! Or verbally slap them. That is much more fun. Muahahahaha! Belittle them by verbally smacking them. It's ok. I said it was ok.

Smack smack smack!

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

*wistful* It DOES sound fun. Which of course makes me worry about what kind of person I'm turning into, ya know? Just because people are assholes doesn't mean I really truly want to turn into an asshole myself... does it? Or maybe it does!

[ambar.livejournal.com]

There's a lot of recreation in being an asshole occasionally. I'll be happy to give you permission, not that it matters. :-)

[psi-star-psi.livejournal.com]

I believe I've already expressed my endorsement of the Groin Shot for pinheads on a previous occasion. This being a liberal weenie state, I guess I can't recommend the Bullet in the Head (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099426/) upgrade for extreme cluelessness. Ms. Manners wouldn't approve, but I'm rude, crude, and socially unacceptable.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Hmm: last time you endorsed the Groin Shot, Karma came through with a vengeance and a sense of humor. Beware the power of psi_star_psi's endorsements for pinheads!