What career path would you have trod if….

[WILF 46,609]

7 minutes ago, mackem said:

Have you been studying Buddhism on the sly wilf?Thats the analogy of the heavy rock from the essence of Buddhism Ommmmm.

I genuinely didn’t know that, do you think I should start a ministry ? 

[mackem 26,225]

7 minutes ago, WILF said:

I genuinely didn’t know that, do you think I should start a ministry ? 

I think you should head to a mountain retreat,further your journey on the path to enlightenment by collecting meritorious karma points to lighten your sack of rocks in the next life.

[mel b 2,224]

8 hours ago, mackem said:

I think you should head to a mountain retreat,further your journey on the path to enlightenment by collecting meritorious karma points to lighten your sack of rocks in the next life.

I empty my sack three times a week , do you think I'll go to heaven mack ? .

[jukel123 7,957]

I've never read anything about Buddhism. But I did come a cross a Buddhist term....dharma. which, going by memory, is a way of life where you accept you must do the right thing, get on with your life and put up with the shit. Maybe we would call it duty or forbearance. I think most people practice that. Life is very tough at times, and for some people it's tough all the time with no respite. But they, we, get on with it.

This is a bit left field, but I think adverts on telly depicting good looking people with perfect children enjoying permanently sunny days, put a lot of pressure on people. Facebook is another medium which adds to the pressure. People post photos of themselves in some exotic place, dressed up drinking wine in an idyllic sunset. The purpose is to kid others into thinking how happy and uncomplicated your life is.

It's a pity people can't just admit to one another the burdens and the grief they carry and the struggle life  can be. Or as Les Dawson said:" life is crap and then you croak". Lol

Edited November 19, 2023 by jukel123

[chartpolski 23,146]

33 minutes ago, jukel123 said:

I've never read anything about Buddhism. But I did come a cross a Buddhist term....dharma. which, going by memory, is a way of life where you accept you must do the right thing, get on with your life and put up with the shit. Maybe we would call it duty or forbearance. I think most people practice that. Life is very tough at times, and for some people it's tough all the time with no respite. But they, we, get on with it.

This is a bit left field, but I think adverts on telly depicting good looking people with perfect children enjoying permanently sunny days, put a lot of pressure on people. Facebook is another medium which adds to the pressure. People post photos of themselves in some exotic place, dressed up drinking wine in an idyllic sunset. The purpose is to kid others into thinking how happy and uncomplicated your life is.

It's a pity people can't just admit to one another the burdens and the grief they carry and the struggle life  can be. Or as Les Dawson said:" life is crap and then you croak". Lol

I think the tv adverts have changed dramatically.

Children with hare lips and cleft pallets,

Children with glaucoma,

Amputees,

Obese people dancing,

Almost every family has a mixed race couple and children.

Homosexual couples.

Adverts with overt and covert political innuendo.

A far cry from the old adverts where everything looked perfect

Mind you, I do laugh at the one with the scruffy looking bloke selling potatoes and asks "what is your preferred method of digital currency" and the black bloke says " I've got a fiver" but the seller replies "nah..crypto only, mate" 

Most of the adverts just make me shout at the telly like Alf Garnett or Victor Meldrew !

Cheers.

 

Edited November 19, 2023 by chartpolski

[jukel123 7,957]

44 minutes ago, chartpolski said:

I think the tv adverts have changed dramatically.

Children with hare lips and cleft pallets,

Children with glaucoma,

Amputees,

Obese people dancing,

Almost every family has a mixed race couple and children.

Homosexual couples.

Adverts with overt and covert political innuendo.

A far cry from the old adverts where everything looked perfect

Mind you, I do laugh at the one with the scruffy looking bloke selling potatoes and asks "what is your preferred method of digital currency" and the black bloke says " I've got a fiver" but the seller replies "nah..crypto only, mate" 

Most of the adverts just make me shout at the telly like Alf Garnett or Victor Meldrew !

Cheers.

 

I shout at the telly a lot and turn the news off. Just accept it mate..it's first stage dementia.

The begging adverts which are often on at peak pensioner viewing times are abusive. There's a documented case of a pensioner who died after failing to care for herself properly. Basically she starved because she was giving multiple  amounts of two quid monthly to various rip off charities. Hopefully Milo the donkey got his hoof cured and those kittens got their weepy eyes cleared up.

The mixed race ads are interesting. There are those who think there's a wider agenda and it's all  to do with replacement theory: populating the west with non white people, and others who think it's just a clever advertiser's way of gaining your attention to their product. If that's the case it's working, we always comment on mixed race ads.

Edited November 19, 2023 by jukel123

[mackem 26,225]

3 hours ago, mel b said:

I empty my sack three times a week , do you think I'll go to heaven mack ? .

Down the escalator for you you naughty man lol.

 

3 hours ago, chartpolski said:

I think the tv adverts have changed dramatically.

Children with hare lips and cleft pallets,

Children with glaucoma,

Amputees,

Obese people dancing,

Almost every family has a mixed race couple and children.

Homosexual couples.

Adverts with overt and covert political innuendo.

A far cry from the old adverts where everything looked perfect

Mind you, I do laugh at the one with the scruffy looking bloke selling potatoes and asks "what is your preferred method of digital currency" and the black bloke says " I've got a fiver" but the seller replies "nah..crypto only, mate" 

Most of the adverts just make me shout at the telly like Alf Garnett or Victor Meldrew !

Cheers.

 

I remember watching one advert the dad was Indian,the mam is white,and the kid was Chinese????Hasnt the new John Lewis advert got no father in it at the Christmas dinner?

[waltjnr 6,607]

3 hours ago, chartpolski said:

I think the tv adverts have changed dramatically.

Children with hare lips and cleft pallets,

Children with glaucoma,

Amputees,

Obese people dancing,

Almost every family has a mixed race couple and children.

Homosexual couples.

Adverts with overt and covert political innuendo.

A far cry from the old adverts where everything looked perfect

Mind you, I do laugh at the one with the scruffy looking bloke selling potatoes and asks "what is your preferred method of digital currency" and the black bloke says " I've got a fiver" but the seller replies "nah..crypto only, mate" 

Most of the adverts just make me shout at the telly like Alf Garnett or Victor Meldrew !

Cheers.

 

Every car advert with manufacturers latest model cruising empty perfect roads ,what world are they in ???

[gnasher16 30,025]

3 hours ago, jukel123 said:

I shout at the telly a lot and turn the news off. Just accept it mate..it's first stage dementia.

The begging adverts which are often on at peak pensioner viewing times are abusive. There's a documented case of a pensioner who died after failing to care for herself properly. Basically she starved because she was giving multiple  amounts of two quid monthly to various rip off charities. Hopefully Milo the donkey got his hoof cured and those kittens got their weepy eyes cleared up.

The mixed race ads are interesting. There are those who think there's a wider agenda and it's all  to do with replacement theory: populating the west with non white people, and others who think it's just a clever advertiser's way of gaining your attention to their product. If that's the case it's working, we always comment on mixed race ads.

Not to be argumentative but why would an advert with mixed race people gain your attention if its as " normal " as its made out to be ?.....i mean admittedly ive lost track of what we're on at the moment,you're racist if you notice or racist if you dont !

[gnasher16 30,025]

18 hours ago, dogmandont said:

The one great worry I have in life is the future of my autistic son, he's as bright as a button and as strong as an ox for his age but as soft as butter, the most loving child any parent could ask for, the true apple of my eye. But I fear the thing that makes him the beautiful human he is will be the thing that allows him to be taken advantage of and cause him pain. 

I know yourself and a few other lads on here have autistic kids so can relate. 

 

Wow,nice words there squire.....think ive something in my eye 

[gnasher16 30,025]

18 hours ago, downsouth said:

Did they not have postmen in East London then? A lot of the lads Ive known from round that Area wouldnt want a straight days work if it was offered to them.One of my pals up there even told me its a mugs game working for somebody else.

Yes,but theres not a postman alive earning the sort of money i was after back then 

[gnasher16 30,025]

15 hours ago, jukel123 said:

I never had a positive relationship with my dad. I remember some nice moments , but let's put it this way, I've never cheated on my wife or assaulted her or my kids. Sometimes a poor role model is all you need. You just do the opposite. That's not a 'poor me' statement. The same is true for a lot of people. 

The whole father/son thing fascinates me as its something i just couldnt crack,my father was in many ways a good role model .....he was well respected in the local community and i liked the way other men would approach him or look at him.....but i was probably just a bad kid and didnt have the character to earn that respect the way he had,back then i thought that being feared was as good as being respected and the ol man hated me for it to the point where eventually to people they didnt know they would say they had 2 kids not 3 !

My theory is your environment will be a bigger factor on your future than your " role models " but i might be wrong.

[Borr 5,799]

My Oldman came from poverty in paddington, three storey house three different lots in each house water tap on the flat roof, toilet outside. Played on bomb sites lost friends as a kid, slept in kitchen until 16 then got moved out to Slough , his father a 6.5 violent sort didn't want to go . When he was sent to the west country to stay with relatives during the war it opened his eyes to what was possible in life and he was certainly driven and didn't take any shit , I never wanted for anything growing and I guess he saw to that, but then we never stopped moving , I never stayed anywhere long and it affected me negatively, so I've decided regardless of my wants my boys will grow up here in Devon and both have only been to one school at 9yr old I'd been to three schools. I guess what we feel we lacked we prioritise. But it's important to see the positives in what experience we've had.

[downsouth 7,203]

19 hours ago, dogmandont said:

The one great worry I have in life is the future of my autistic son, he's as bright as a button and as strong as an ox for his age but as soft as butter, the most loving child any parent could ask for, the true apple of my eye. But I fear the thing that makes him the beautiful human he is will be the thing that allows him to be taken advantage of and cause him pain. 

I know yourself and a few other lads on here have autistic kids so can relate. 

 

That is a big worry.My daughter is super academic but I can never see her being street smart.She is so kind and good hearted which is how her mother and myself have encouraged her to be that she just experts everyone else to be exactly the same.As much as Im trying to let her have a bit more independance now shes at secondary school its hard as like you say theres too many people that will take advantage of her kind,trusting nature

[Borr 5,799]

18 minutes ago, downsouth said:

That is a big worry.My daughter is super academic but I can never see her being street smart.She is so kind and good hearted which is how her mother and myself have encouraged her to be that she just experts everyone else to be exactly the same.As much as Im trying to let her have a bit more independance now shes at secondary school its hard as like you say theres too many people that will take advantage of her kind,trusting nature

No doubt she will eventually find other academic sorts and hopefully avoid the plebs and nasties. I think sometimes to experience life in such a way is a good thing. My mates daughter is Asperger's and not what you'd describe as street smart but has been in far east and Australia for two year and a year in Canada coming home for Christmas followed by another year in Canada before moving back to Australia, wow what a life experience, and probably learned a lot along the way. Some people just follow a path that avoids the worst of humanity, and at the same time you'd have taught her loads that you're not even aware of .