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Show NOVEMBER 15, 2000 WASATCH, COUNTY COURIER B9 7 f mr Seasoned Greetings | Lyricall Emotions are for wussies. As for the “man” in question, that could be anybody. I’m sure we have a man to damn in all of our lives. If you are at work, it could be your boss. If *. you are in school it could be the principal or a teacher. In casual passings on the street, it could be the future president (whoever that will be). There are myriad uses for the phrase and I predict it catching on big time. I have another suggestion. Whenever someone asks you if there ‘is anything they can do for you, the Talk Talk- ‘Talk Talk” way to work, and my shoe has a hole in it, and I’m finding Danny on the Real World strangely compelling.” If the common exchange that is a “how are you?” is so pedantic, why not replace it with something else. Something: as unifying, but with less. commitment to actually listening. That way we can communicate and bond without having to actually know what the other person is up to.. I have a solution to this problem. hy are people so compelled From now on, we don’t bother with the to answer “fine” to the ques- questions. Whenever we see someone with whom we share a connection, we tion “How are you?” when they really aren’t? It is so embedded _ lives ‘and not bother the quasi-goodhearted. They’re all quacks anyway. how endear myself to them. They had - to know how charming I was to be so altruistic. The scheme never worked. They saw right through it and realized what I snake I really was. The thing is, I meant it. Once my crush had softened,.I may not have. say, “Damn the Man.” It is short, con- been as interested in lending a hand, cise, and to the point. Sharing a touch how we really feel, that we skim over of nihilism is the best way I know to make fast friends. People’s relation- but right then I meant it. I always hoped to break down the barriers of ritual and persuade someone to call . out my name, because you know wherever I am, Ill come running. They detected the smarm. validation that we heard the question and are glad thev asked, but have no And finally, it allows us to use the - long-ignored “viva” which is a lot of — fun and makes you sound both smart and revolutionary at the same time. It _ may even get you more chicks! -Let’s just cut to the shallow chase here. We may like people, but we really don’t have time for their incessant whining. Why act like we do? Just fill them with some narcissistic rage and let them commandeer their own lives. It does wonders for them and it puts the burden off your shoulders to actually have to care. | Damn the Man! ‘ | 4 y 4 ? ' intentions of communicating anything. ships become based on adrenaline instead of emotion. Adrenaline burns out quicker, but is a aie high. You. know it’s true. some- into our social mores to not divulge such inquiries with a “fine” almost as mutual battle cry to clean up our own offer my services to the girls I was interested in, hoping it would i answer is always “no.” We could be tied to.a train track with the locomo-. tive barreling ever closer and still not want to put anyone out. I would always i _ me, and I hate my job, and my dad has cancer, and I got in a car wreck on the ye "I'm tired of listening to you talking in rhymes , Twisting 'round to make me think | you're straight dewh the line. All you do to me is talk talk." | Penne EDITOR inspires the needy to help themselves, ‘rather than calling on my lazy carcass while I’m trying to watch Wheel of Fortune. Plus, the implications are that we are all in this gruesome world together and the only people you can truly count on is yourself. 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It’s not like someone would ever ask another how they are eee are aware of them, but don’t have the time or patience to be too aware? Why JON LAMOREAUX To facilitate future offers by someone like a Home Teacher asking to _help even though he knows he’ll never — be able to even if your kid is dying on his own front yard, we say proudly, “Survive!” Or if you are more culturally minded it could be, “Viva Survival!” _ Think about the possibilities. It en TIE _ Are we a society of kiddie pools, in an eternity of Lake Tahoes that we ask such things just to let people know we |