Sometimes, I just say nothing...
By JJ
@JolietJake (50190)
September 19, 2016 3:34am CST
...but not because I don't have something to say.
It's just that what I have to say might possibly start a war, with bombs and missiles flying everywhere, and innocent myLotters could get injured in the fight.
And no one would really come out the 'victor'.
But I sit here, hands hovering over the keyboard, thinking what I would really like to say...and then oft times just close whatever discussion and move on.
But sometimes I do go ahead and say something. After all, my opinion, while it may not mean diddly to anyone else, is often worthwhile enough to me to go ahead and give it, and damn the consequences.
And then I seem to see three crowds of thought about that.
#1 - I can't believe that heartless (expletive deleted) said that!
#2 - I agree whole-heartedly!
#3 - Whut th' hail jes' happened? 
But this morning, I'll just silently shake my head and move on...
#2 - I agree whole-heartedly!
#3 - Whut th' hail jes' happened?
But this morning, I'll just silently shake my head and move on...21 people like this
15 responses
@xFiacre (13796)
• Ireland
19 Sep 16
@jolietjake "you say it best when you say nothing at all" as some silly teenage pop star has crooned .
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@JolietJake (50190)
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19 Sep 16
The song itself is bad enough, but some of the Karaoke versions I have heard 
@JudyEv (356584)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Sep 16
Oh no, you beat me to it!! I hadn't seen this when I wrote mine!
@JudyEv (356584)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Sep 16
@JolietJake I like a quiet life so I just pour sympathy as from a tap and never get into trouble that way. You should try it. :) AND - I knew I had a better comment for this post. It reminded me of that song about - 'you say it best when you say nothing at all!!' 
Gasp, can't breathe, laughing too much.
Gasp, can't breathe, laughing too much.2 people like this
@JolietJake (50190)
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19 Sep 16
@JudyEv Yer the second person to mention that song, and if it turns into an earworm and gets stuck in my head, I'm gonna murderize both of you!
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@JolietJake (50190)
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19 Sep 16
As an example, there are times I would like to say "If you didn't do x, y, and z all the time, q wouldn't happen". But in many of the 'why does this happen to me?' posts, the person doesn't really want to know why it happened, they just want sympathy that it happened to them...regardless of the fact that it was their actions that caused it.
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@Morleyhunt (21742)
• Canada
19 Sep 16
Oh, can I relate. The discussion is put out there. They rally don't want it discussed. They want everyone to say....
A). Poor you....I feel so sorry for you, life treats you horribly
B). ????? is a &@$#%! I feel so sorry for you.
All I want to say is, listen to yourself, stop blaming the rest of the world because you make stupid choices....
Stop your whining.....
No, like you I close the discussion and move on to the next. In conversation, I sit there and bite my tongue....
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@Morleyhunt (21742)
• Canada
19 Sep 16
@JolietJake I think the tip of mine may already be gone.
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@Mike197602 (15511)
• United Kingdom
19 Sep 16
I'm saying 90% less than I used to purely in an effort to be nice
so annoyingly false of me
so annoyingly false of me2 people like this
@Morleyhunt (21742)
• Canada
19 Sep 16
@JolietJake especially when they make the post the same discussion, day after day.....just a slightly different story.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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19 Sep 16
Yeah, but sometimes people deserve a slap across the face to bring them to their senses
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@XinfulThotz (4140)
• Singapore, Singapore
19 Sep 16
sometimes it's really not worth arguing cos people are just defensive and whatever you say there is something that they can say back.
I do that at times do, even in real life, silently shake my head and move on..
if they ask for the reason, i will say "nothing" or "I don't know" even though it is not really that I don't know..just find it pointless to explain further since the person will never get it...2 people like this
@JolietJake (50190)
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19 Sep 16
It's hard for me to 'hold my tongue' here sometimes, but there are instances that it just isn't worth the effort to say anything.
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@LovingMyBabies (85296)
• Valdosta, Georgia
19 Sep 16
I hope I never cause you those "shake your head" moments.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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19 Sep 16
Normally I would...because that is me, as you said...but sometimes I just throw my hands in the air and say 'It's not worth it'
@Juliaacv (53991)
• Canada
19 Sep 16
@JolietJake
Good morning to you too, I'm good, I don't start work until 10, which is nice on a foggy morning.
Try to behave, don't stoop to anyone's lowest.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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19 Sep 16
I probably notice them more than most users because I scan every discussion posted.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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19 Sep 16
@ms1864 There are only 170 characters in a preview, I have 5-6 hours before work every day to scan the list
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@ms1864 (6885)
• Bangalore, India
19 Sep 16
@JolietJake you are kidding! where do you get the time to scan all of them? Many of the titles are obvious enough ...aren't they?
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
20 Sep 16
I have had to do that a few times, and once recently I said something and wish I did not. tempted to go delete, but dont care that much, just still irritated about it all
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@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
19 Sep 16
@JolietJake Yeah but at least you give it some thought. And you also know when you're doing it 
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@JolietJake (50190)
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19 Sep 16
I've tried to make an 'art form' of it, I put a ton of thought into saying nothing sometimes
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