All of a man's problem stem from his inability to sit quietly in his room. So you're not wrong, but of course you want him to go out and look for trouble, so you're not right either.
I like this comment, Lugh. I have three children coming of age and they can't go five minutes without music. Either they are blasting it from a speaker (much to my annoyance) or they are hiding behind gawdy earphones or ear buds. These young people don't know how to handle quiet time.
I love to sit on my back patio and just watch the world. I sit in silence, watching the birds fly by, the bumble bee work over some Linden tree blossoms or my young corgi sniff about the plants in the garden. It's in these quiet times that we actually can think and resolve so many problems.
Good for her, a Type-A, hard-charger, an overachiever - probably running from something, anything to avoid the "quiet". For many like this, it's hard to be a human being they prefer, for whatever reasons, to be a human doing.
Cankerpuss's point may stand. I'd bet that if you tied her to a chair - no phone, no screens, no noise, no intentional distractions - her head would probably explode after 5 minutes of quiet.
Dennis Merwood likes to bring up his daughters. This is the second time he's bragged about his super girls and told me they want to meet me and kick my ass. Dennis Merwood is an arrogant prick, but I must admit his comments are quite comical. Although I will not engage him directly I do find myself actually looking forward to his comments. They make me laugh. He's easy to bait. Mention God and he's all over it like white on rice, like stink on poop. The dude is hilarious.
If true, this is a silver lining of Hyperacusis. My body forces me to be very quiet, much of the time. I can work, but only with a quiet work environment. Engineering employers would rather be sued than give engineers the quiet work environment that the accounting department generally has.
Yes, very true: many were very happy to be paid to sit at home in prison a long as they could get fed and watch Netflix and porn.
Pathetic, but that is the mass of mankind now.
And substance abuse and depression soared. Endless amusement is no laughing matter.
All of a man's problem stem from his inability to sit quietly in his room. So you're not wrong, but of course you want him to go out and look for trouble, so you're not right either.
I like this comment, Lugh. I have three children coming of age and they can't go five minutes without music. Either they are blasting it from a speaker (much to my annoyance) or they are hiding behind gawdy earphones or ear buds. These young people don't know how to handle quiet time.
I love to sit on my back patio and just watch the world. I sit in silence, watching the birds fly by, the bumble bee work over some Linden tree blossoms or my young corgi sniff about the plants in the garden. It's in these quiet times that we actually can think and resolve so many problems.
"These young people don't know how to handle quiet time"
What a stupid gross generalization, Cankerpuss.
How many "young people" do you spend time with?
My young Daughter who is an MD, and just got another PhD would like to have a word with you - and give you a well-deserved swift kick in your nuts!
Good for her, a Type-A, hard-charger, an overachiever - probably running from something, anything to avoid the "quiet". For many like this, it's hard to be a human being they prefer, for whatever reasons, to be a human doing.
Cankerpuss's point may stand. I'd bet that if you tied her to a chair - no phone, no screens, no noise, no intentional distractions - her head would probably explode after 5 minutes of quiet.
Or I could be completely wrong.
Dennis Merwood likes to bring up his daughters. This is the second time he's bragged about his super girls and told me they want to meet me and kick my ass. Dennis Merwood is an arrogant prick, but I must admit his comments are quite comical. Although I will not engage him directly I do find myself actually looking forward to his comments. They make me laugh. He's easy to bait. Mention God and he's all over it like white on rice, like stink on poop. The dude is hilarious.
"All of a man's problem stem from his inability to sit quietly in his room." ~ Lugh
There's a lot of truth in this. In his room or in his cave, as the ascetics did.
If true, this is a silver lining of Hyperacusis. My body forces me to be very quiet, much of the time. I can work, but only with a quiet work environment. Engineering employers would rather be sued than give engineers the quiet work environment that the accounting department generally has.
from Blaise Pascal, mathematician turned spiritual seeker turned Catholic mystic.