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People Can Be Very Cruel

posted 11 years ago by The_Dying_Flutchman
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Those of U perfect in body and mind usually cannot understand. This film was an imperfect way of trying to get something across that many of us suffer with everyday. Yes, people there are many among you who are lousy with numbers and I know because I, too, am one. Dyscalculia is very real and that is the name for it, similar in many ways to dyslexia, but it is only for math. Scoff, if U so desire. I taught college age dyslexics and many of them have very high IQs and surprise, surprise many with dyscalculia have very high IQs, too. Now I've said it and I'm glad.

How shall the stars on the cheeks of this mandrill find a number?

[–] VartanD 11 years ago

So? Why should I? What makes *you* think that you have the right to toss your crap in my face and tell me to suffer along with you? I don't give a rat's ass about your problems. I don't give a rat's ass about you. I sure as *beep* don't want to hear about you and your problems. Alba's passingly attractive and to be honest, I was cussing her inside of fifteen minutes of this movie for the exact same reason I'm cussing *you* sitting here in my den. What, in this entire damned world of people with problems of their very own, do *YOU* think gives you the right to dump your crap on me??? Go to a psych and whine all you want. Go to group therapy and whine in chorus with all your other whatever the hell it was you said you had sufferers. This is a movie review site. Trust me, I couldn't care less what you have and I doubt many here feel any differently.

[–] The_Dying_Flutchman 11 years ago

Nobody commanded U to read what I wrote, either. U can go *beep* a water buffalo for all I care, genius! Eventually become a zombie the kind of hatred U spew.

Significance is the popsicle of a melting mind.

[–] VartanD 11 years ago

Nobody commanded U to read what

What part about "movie review site" are you too damned stupid to understand?

Hey, is there a psych name for "I like to whine in public and demand everyone give me sympathy or they're just unfeeling"?

[–] always_keep_fighting 11 years ago

Vartan, if you don't like what the OP had to say, all you had to do was hit your "Back" button and go somewhere else. Shame on you for spewing such vitriolic garbage at someone who is obviously more intelligent and accomplished than you are for absolutely no reason. I started to report your post, but decided to leave it so that people could see what a nasty, mean-spirited person you are. You remind me Ann, the little girl in the movie, who teased, bullied, and threatened the other children for no reason other than she could.
You wondered about a psych term for whiners...what you need is one for @$$ho!es. When you find one, consider it your self-diagnosis.
To the OP, congratulations on conquering your problem and doing so well afterwards. I'd bet you're a great tutor since you understand how hard math can be for some people. Good on ya!!!

"What's that? Bag o' tricks?" Glory
"No. Bag o' knives." Willow

[–] VartanD 11 years ago

Vartan, if you don't like what the OP had to say

Then his kind would next appear at my local coffee shop when I'm trying to read the paper, or he'd show up and spout at the library when I'm trying to enjoy a good book, or he'd pop up at my job demanding a donation. The point that you and that other "person" keep trying to get us all to ignore is that *this* is a movie and tv review site. It is *not* here for you to whine, it is not here for you to toss your problems into my face, and it is certainly not here for you to make *me* feel sympathy for you. I don't. There are support groups for people like you and him/her. Why do you not stick to those and keep your miserablness out of my face? You never can do that, though, can you? You thrive on crowds. Any attention is better than no attention at all. You see, you have all the right in the world to whine and wallow in your self-pity. I don't really care. Whine louder and I still won't. Your right stops when you start tossing it into *my* face, though. I have the right to not give a damn about you and I take that right seriously. I come here to talk about movies and tv shows. I don't toss my illnesses, diseases, and conditions into your face and ask that you pity me. I'd appreciate it if you didn't, either.

If you want support, go to a group. This is a movie and tv review site.

You can't/won't take the hint, though, will you? You're the weird lady on the bus who sits beside you and starts talking about her corns or her warts. I don't give a damn! *You* might consider that cruel to not let you tell me in glaring detail about your bowel movements or your boils. I simply DON'T CARE and I doubt many here do! Go away!

And there's an "ignore" button somewhere here. I'm too stupid to be able to find it. You're free to hit that button and you'll never see my name ever again. Please do. Oh, wait, I just found it.

[–] always_keep_fighting 11 years ago

I'm sorry...I couldn't get past "miserablness."
Apparently cruelty and stupidity go hand in hand.

"What's that? Bag o' tricks?" Glory
"No. Bag o' knives." Willow

[–] rumblmonkey 9 years ago

a lack of empathy is also a sign of another form of mental illness. you may want to seek professional help.

[–] lulupalooza 9 years ago

@rumblmonkey

a lack of empathy is also a sign of another form of mental illness.

Curiously, what is the name of that mental illness? Thanks.

"Don't get chumpatized!" - The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007)

[–] In_Theaters 11 years ago

Wow well thank you for that post, I learned a new word today and I never knew this condition existed. All I know is I was my father's shame for my ineptitude with numbers. I mean I never had a problem balancing a checkbook, I can do that just fine and I'm not sure I have the condition without reading more than wiki about it, but there's something about numbers and me that simply don't agree to this day. Most of all today I come to think I was raised by a pair of jealous idiots who projected their mental insecurities at me for my superior intelligence even from the time I was a little kid and spent their lifetimes trying to bring me down.

Anyway very insightful post, that is all!

Don't make me go all mjeyds on you now! You know I will!

[–] The_Dying_Flutchman 11 years ago

And thank U for yer post even tho' that idiot who writes trash everywhere had to get inbetween us! Yes, I suffered with numbers for many years until I finally decided to go to college at the age of late 30's and it was there I was tested cuz I couldn't pass the proscribed math test to get out of that wonderful place. I graduated with honors and became a teacher of dyslexics because I have superior writing skills. Never could become an engineer or scientist like I wanted, but have done OK. Numbers, hmm...

Significance is the popsicle of a melting mind.

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[–] The_Dying_Flutchman 11 years ago

Thanks for your support. But I must know, what is "mjeyds"? Thanx.

Significance is the popsicle of a melting mind.

[–] In_Theaters 11 years ago

Haha!!! I take it you're not into using smileys around here?? Mouse over the smiley in my signature and see what it reads... I have no idea why they called it that!

Don't make me go all mjeyds on you now! You know I will!

[–] StuffAndThangs 10 years ago

Im so glad you are talking about this. I have always struggled with numbers amd have always been so embarrassed. I failed math classes many times, was a terrible student. Difficulty telling time, mixing up left amd right, reading maps, following directions. I read numbers backwards. To this day i still cant remember all the multiplication table, i cant do math in my head at all, adding and substracting even small numbers takes me longer than most people. I still struggle with maps and telling time. If im not careful imstill read numbers backwards and mix them up.

In school teachers treated me like i was dumb and lazy. My science teacher would make me sit by myself to do work when we did stuff using rules or measurements and would not ever help me. I would be in tears sometimes in frustration, i would try to explain that i just dont understand numbers and no one understood.

It wasnt until i got the nerve to go to college, that i learned of dyscalculia. While no official diagnosis, i am 100% positive that this is real and that i have it.

It is hard to understand if you dont struggle in this way. And most people dont "get it" or understand how we feel, because they cant understand that to some people numbers are like a foreign language.

[–] lulupalooza 9 years ago

Okay. So what does "Dyscalculia" have to do with this crap film?

"Don't get chumpatized!" - The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007)