This summer I stumbled upon a YouTube channel with my best friend and we instantly became hooked on his videos. I've shown them to essentially everyone that matters to me, which is why I'm sharing this with y'all. Now, I've gotten mixed reactions from my friends/family/etc. when I showed them. My mother was confused, my roomie died laughing, and sometimes my friends just didn't understand why I found these videos as hilarious as I do (as they are). I don't expect you to laugh, but if you do, it's probably becaus you understand irony.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TU5w5OMfVj4
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As silly as I personally think this video ( and the rest of his videos are), he makes an important point: Everyone has a limit. To quote 'MDE forever,' "There is a lot that a man can be put through in life before he reaches his limits." Sometimes the smallest things can set you off!! This can be surprising to those around you, and, on occasion, yourself!
Now obviously this guy is just joshin' around. He isn't actually upset about his chocolates. He didn't actually get duped by someone he "led into his castle." This video was clearly created with intentions of getting a laugh out of people, but this does not make it void of an arguement!!!
Say we really WERE to take this fellow seriously. Say whoever he is addressing in this video "tuched his chocolates," even after he specifically asked the addressee not to. That would stink!! Giving people second chances based on faith that they will have learned their lesson and then having your faith be shattered into a million pieces would be quite infuriating. Trust is a very fragile thing, and forgiveness can be quite difficult to give. To be mislead once is bad enough, but being stabbed in the back twice is an exceptionally awful feeling.
Should we take this video seriously, it appears that it is very easy to set people with a broken sense of trust off. Something as small as chocolates can cause a man to expose his bloated belly and film himself as he rambles about his disappointment in the addressee. This same concept applies to people universally! Anyone could be upset if something they really cared about was tampered with.
SO... be kind to others! You don't know what's going on in others' lives, and something you could say as a joke or do unintentionally could really upset someone. Be curteous and thoughtful; pay attention to what they say and how they appear to be feeling. You could end up sending them over the edge, and that is not a very nice thing to do.
ALSO, if you are in the position of frustrated human being, be patient. Not everyone always understands that maybe you've had a bad day, or week, or month, etc. Also, try to communicate your feelings in a sane way instead of ranting in front of a mirror and making threats to someone you're upset with. But hey, whatever works.
THANK YOU
This post hits home for me, so thank you for making this point. People are so quick to judge in our society. Things like religion, physical appearance, and what you eat for breakfast are all things that we tend to separate ourselves by. As someone that likes to think more than I talk, most people get the impression that I am antisocial. But I'd like to think that is false. I may not say a lot, but what I do say is meant to be important or have some kind of emotional impact on others. When I finally grow comfortable around someone, I open up. That's just me. The issue is that most people don't see it that way. Not just towards me, but for others as well. Communication is key to eliminating ignorance.
ReplyDeleteP.S: The video made me laugh so you aren't the only one :D