You ever have them?
I don't rate them, the meaningful bit is *always, what we aint saying
*got a problem with that?
Meaningful silences
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People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid.
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“Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.�
George Bernard Shaw, Back to Methuselah (1921) pt. 5
George Bernard Shaw, Back to Methuselah (1921) pt. 5
“Pension. Pay given to a state hireling for treason to his country.�
Samuel Johnson, A Dictionary of the English Language (1755)
Samuel Johnson, A Dictionary of the English Language (1755)
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dead simple:
it's over
it's over
"And when you start to think about death, you start to think about what's after it. And then you start hoping there is a God. For me, it's a frightening thought to go nowhere".
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Hey, James don't sugar the pill manJames Blast wrote:dead simple:
it's over
The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
—Bertrand Russell
—Bertrand Russell
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sorry fiendy, I can be a bit blunt:
Yir Chucked! Next!
Yir Chucked! Next!
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...That's one awesome title for a song!
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Get bent girl?
a bit too Tori Amos?
a bit too Tori Amos?
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all the time, with my best friends. but then they know me
*sorry ignored the usual s**t in favour of...
*sorry ignored the usual s**t in favour of...
Goths have feelings too
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Mrs Dub and I are very small on the small talk. We can spend hours without a word, if there's nothing to say. We both like it that way. Your mileage will vary.
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True peace is reading together. The happy silence of an engrossing book.
Of course the modern day equivalent of that is both sitting on the same sofa, separate laptops, separate retro games (her = puzzle bobble, me = worms armageddon) and not a word exchanged, apart from expletives.timsinister wrote:True peace is reading together. The happy silence of an engrossing book.
Wouldn't catch me and the Mrs doing that, oh no, not us....eh dear?
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whenever me and mrs fiend do that, it's "hey, listen to this bit" at each other all the timetimsinister wrote:True peace is reading together. The happy silence of an engrossing book.
The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
—Bertrand Russell
—Bertrand Russell
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us toomarkfiend wrote:whenever me and mrs fiend do that, it's "hey, listen to this bit" at each other all the timetimsinister wrote:True peace is reading together. The happy silence of an engrossing book.
What’s the difference between a buffalo and a bison?
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Usually after having killer weed
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After reading The Planet's posting, I think a meaningful silence is in order
IZ.
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when my pooter was at home me and Mrs psichonaut talked by e-mail
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tear up your pants for psicho...and jump on him
tear up your pants for psicho...and jump on him
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Sounds like how it was (and still is) between my ex-bf (i.e., my best pal on the planet) and me. No forced or pointless chatter, because the mutual quiet wasn't "threatening" or awkward.nodubmanshouts wrote:Mrs Dub and I are very small on the small talk. We can spend hours without a word, if there's nothing to say. We both like it that way. Your mileage will vary.
I need to find another guy who enjoys the silence...
I left my heart in Ballycastle...
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i like to listen music in silence and my wife often breacks my ecstasy saying" you know that guy did that thing" or similar....wtf i care?.....is it too twisted to be understood?
thanks...my Lord...i'm unbeliver
tear up your pants for psicho...and jump on him
tear up your pants for psicho...and jump on him
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Ok thanks, mostly sounds like comfortable silences, even your example weebs...which are great but not as much fun or discomfort as the tense unspeakableness of something not being said, never mind the circumstance has passed.
@James - is that how to interpret a meaningful silence or do you need to be blunter about some matter
best example PiB, again maybe it's a comfotable silence, in itself a meaningful understanding
@James - is that how to interpret a meaningful silence or do you need to be blunter about some matter
best example PiB, again maybe it's a comfotable silence, in itself a meaningful understanding
People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid.
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silence is the mainstay of my existence. i can't function without it.
I don't wanna live like I don't mind