"if we've learned from a mistake and become better for it, shouldn't we be rewarded for the learning, rather than punished for the mistake?"
The problem being that there is never any visible evidence that the subject has learned a damn thing, and the object of their affection is justifiably not willing to put themselves back in the guillotine without the guaranteed knowledge that no one will pull the release.
The only way to tell if someone's learned something is to test it; and emotional minesweeper is a shitty way to live.
i don't know, if i had a sign that told me how many potential mines i was skirting around, it might be nice to know. oh and little flags to stick in them so i know what to avoid. awesome!
weird. my fiance's sisters had a doll that went along with that rhyme. it was 2 torsos with the heads at each end and a dress to cover whichever head and torso it wasn't showing. and one had a girl with a smiling face and the other was mean. i had never heard the rhyme until this past spring when i saw one of the babies playing with the doll. i thought it was kinda scary for kids!
yea it's all over the place. but its in mirrormask which is one of my favorite movies, and i watched it again recently and it's been stuck in my head since.
It's a dog-eat-dog world, son. You get them before they get you. Eat your greens. Stop embarrassing me in front of the neighbors. Maybe it would best if you leave home and never come back!
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The problem being that there is never any visible evidence that the subject has learned a damn thing, and the object of their affection is justifiably not willing to put themselves back in the guillotine without the guaranteed knowledge that no one will pull the release.
The only way to tell if someone's learned something is to test it; and emotional minesweeper is a shitty way to live.
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