Trying something out

[RPB]

"Normalphobia" -- The fear of being normal. Of course since it would be abnormal to fear being normal, only those who fear being normal could possibly be sure that they don't have it... I think... :head scratch

It's a Zen thing...

but if... then... but... Ouch! My head hurts.

Not having been normal from birth, I never had a fear of being normal. Well maybe once, but I got over it when I decided I was unique and normal was just blending in with a crowd and that since I wasn't normal... that being abnormal was normal for me ...so since never being normal was normal, that I was normally abnormal and now I'm not sure if I'm normal or abnormal because being abnormal is normal for me so normally I'm abnormal and it's really abnormal for me to be normal except that it's always normal for me to be abnormal.
And, that's how I like it.

[sjfcontrol]

Not having been normal from birth, I never had a fear of being normal. Well maybe once, but I got over it when I decided I was unique and normal was just blending in with a crowd and that since I wasn't normal... that being abnormal was normal for me ...so since never being normal was normal, that I was normally abnormal and now I'm not sure if I'm normal or abnormal because being abnormal is normal for me so normally I'm abnormal and it's really abnormal for me to be normal except that it's always normal for me to be abnormal.
And, that's how I like it.

I understand completely!

You see, where you're normally abnormal, I'm abnormally normal!

[tacticool]

There is nothing to fear but fear itself.

[sjfcontrol]

There is nothing to fear but fear itself.

Obviously you weren't watching the stock market today. It put the lie to your statement. There is MUCH to fear...

[tacticool]

“Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.

[sjfcontrol]

“Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.

Well, that's how the fortune cookie crumbles, Obie-wan.

[LikesShinyThings]

Obviously you weren't watching the stock market today. It put the lie to your statement. There is MUCH to fear...

Some would see the stock market tumble as a prime opportunity to invest. No fear there.

[tacticool]

"When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty." - Thomas Jefferson

[sjfcontrol]

Obviously you weren't watching the stock market today. It put the lie to your statement. There is MUCH to fear...

Some would see the stock market tumble as a prime opportunity to invest. No fear there.

Apparently, you believe it's a one-day event, then. Hope you're right, "fear" you're not.

[LikesShinyThings]

Obviously you weren't watching the stock market today. It put the lie to your statement. There is MUCH to fear...

Some would see the stock market tumble as a prime opportunity to invest. No fear there.

Apparently, you believe it's a one-day event, then. Hope you're right, "fear" you're not.

Granted, it will likely drop some more. But all I've got to be able to work on, for now, is knowledge that past history has been that the stock market is the "best" (taken in the long term view) place to invest. It has historically been a good idea. I grant you, past performance is not guarantee of future performance. However, I simply have to (because I am not mentally prepared for an alternate reality) go on the presumption that US businesses will ultimately generally succeed and pay to have been invested in. There will be individual losers, no doubt, but ultimately my belief is on the general upward trend in business values, and therefor in the value of investing in businesses. I don't try to time the market, but I do aim for "lower" areas as prime investment opportunities.

And if you truly want to be rich, yeah, you might want to do the opposite of what I do, but what can I say? I'm a creature of beliefs and I tend to live them, whether they ultimately pan out or not. Either way, I make peace with my decisions and live a generally happy life. <quirky look>

[JSThane]

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[LikesShinyThings]

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[sjfcontrol]

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Statement which obliquely implies any disagreement is demonstrative of mental illness.

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You left out "Claim that all who disagree must be racist."

[tacticool]

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[sjfcontrol]

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