Club 30's "Kill The Boredom Demon Jive Pad" 13th Edition
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Erm... so far so good! You are now a gina, unless you turn into some devil then you become si gina!Originally posted by blackchickenahkai:ah kai wanna pat on the ehad for ebing guai..
does this mean....i am called gina? instead of the "si" infront?
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Wah... this morning bo lang eh?
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not going out to play Rhonda ? ... -
Originally posted by Rhonda:Erm... so far so good! You are now a gina, unless you turn into some devil then you become si gina!
devil a?define devil..
can i be ta bo? dun wan gi na -
Going! Stepping out of the house soon.Originally posted by Fatum:not going out to play Rhonda ? ...
But thinking of avoiding the crazy lunch hour crowd instead and leaving a bit later. You know how crazy and crowded it can get, right? 
Hey, so how did you fare in your exams, Fatum? -
I got an 85% for the first exam I took ... so that's pretty okay .... but that's the easy one ... I still have two more .... the battle ends only on the 27th for me ...Originally posted by Rhonda:Going! Stepping out of the house soon. But thinking of avoiding the crazy lunch hour crowd instead and leaving a bit later. You know how crazy and crowded it can get, right?
Hey, so how did you fare in your exams, Fatum? -
* oblivious stare at rhonda *Originally posted by Rhonda:Going! Stepping out of the house soon. But thinking of avoiding the crazy lunch hour crowd instead and leaving a bit later. You know how crazy and crowded it can get, right?
Hey, so how did you fare in your exams, Fatum?
me need attention...mama
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Congrats on your good results!Originally posted by Fatum:I got an 85% for the first exam I took ... so that's pretty okay .... but that's the easy one ... I still have two more .... the battle ends only on the 27th for me ... 
And... continue to jia you!!
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I think we just call you ah kai better!Originally posted by blackchickenahkai:
devil a?define devil..
can i be ta bo? dun wan gi na -
BDD?
i'm going to play devil's advocate now and say that i'm unsympathetic to these things... seriously... seems like shrinks like to come up with things in order that people become less and less responsible for their own actions...
as a result, for years and years, children have been poisoned with ritalin (which is basically kiddy amphetamines) when they are "diagnosed" with ADD and ADHD... which doesn't exist..
next thing, we're going to say that anorexia is not the responsibility of the person who refuses to eat...
the random sniper is not responsible for his mass murder because his mother grounded him during his kindergarten years...
Osama didn't get any booty in his years in the west...
what next? -
I see Rhonda's got the smiley fever from littlestream ...Originally posted by Rhonda:Congrats on your good results!
And... continue to jia you!!
heading out for a while ... going to fill up my tank ... people are saying there'll be another fuel price hike tomorrow ....
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AH BEAR!Originally posted by the Bear:BDD?
i'm going to play devil's advocate now and say that i'm unsympathetic to these things... seriously... seems like shrinks like to come up with things in order that people become less and less responsible for their own actions...
as a result, for years and years, children have been poisoned with ritalin (which is basically kiddy amphetamines) when they are "diagnosed" with ADD and ADHD... which doesn't exist..
next thing, we're going to say that anorexia is not the responsibility of the person who refuses to eat...
the random sniper is not responsible for his mass murder because his mother grounded him during his kindergarten years...
Osama didn't get any booty in his years in the west...
what next? -
yah?
what? what?Originally posted by blackchickenahkai:AH BEAR! -
I'd give BDD the benefit of doubt
After all not too long ago people thought PMS was "all in the head" -
Bear, there have been tests conducted that discovered facts like :
- Schizophrenia can be hereditary;
- A deficiency in the development of a certain portion of the brain does result in the person becoming prone to addictions and substance abuse;
- Children who have been abused, be it verbally, emotionally or physically, do tend to grow up with certain abnormalities; etc.
I used to think it was all a load of hogwash until I studied Psychological Nursing and actually worked in the Inst of Mental Health for two months or so and saw first-hand, how mental illnesses and psychological / emotional abnormalities can manifest in people afflicted by such.
Of course, there'll be individuals who'll use these diagnosis as lame excuses for not taking responsibility for their actions. The onus then lies on trained personnel to sieve the real McCoy's from those who just want to shirk responsibilities. Just because a few people will abuse it does not mean that the rest who are genuinely riddled with such conditions be left to suffer needlessly. -
There are lots of 'borderline' mental and psychological disorders that can be hard to detect. The afflicted person will be 'normal', like you and me, and not like how typical 'mad' people are portrayed on TV.Originally posted by choco B:I'd give BDD the benefit of doubt
After all not too long ago people thought PMS was "all in the head"
In fact, Singapore has a large number of Schizophrenics, some of them roaming free in the streets as long as they continue taking their medicine. Sometimes, it's hard to even tell that they are schizophrenic unless they stop taking their medicine or some event happens to trigger off an episode.
It's easy to dismiss mental and psychological disorders but it isn't 'all in the mind' and as our lives become more and more stressful, there'll be more and more who 'snap' but don't appear as your typical 'nut cases' so they'll be quite hard to detect. -
rhonda booley meOriginally posted by the Bear:yah?
what? what? -
Wei wei wei...
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so.. how do you treat them?
being a schizo is long and far away from people who are doing stupid things in order to gain attention because of "perceived inadequacies"
there are more and more things which are being "discovered"...
maybe everyone should have their regular dose of Soma and be numbed, losing our humanity... welcome to the Brave New World as Huxley saw it.. no one is responsible for anything anymore...
we choose our paths.. and if some person who is so obsessed with his own inadequacies so much that he tops himself, maybe it's some kind of Darwinism at work.. simply because if he's stopped from a swan dive onto concrete over his own wedding tackle, he's going to put his head in an oven over hairloss or someone scratching his car...
where does the mollycoddling end and where does his own responsibility start? -
Agree with you on this. There are genuine cases that require help *and want to be helped.Originally posted by Rhonda:The onus then lies on trained personnel to sieve the real McCoy's from those who just want to shirk responsibilities. Just because a few people will abuse it does not mean that the rest who are genuinely riddled with such conditions be left to suffer needlessly.
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Just because there are folks out there who plead mental and psychological disorders to excuse themselves from paying for some crime they've committed does not mean that these disorders do not exist at all.Originally posted by the Bear:so.. how do you treat them?
being a schizo is long and far away from people who are doing stupid things in order to gain attention because of "perceived inadequacies"
there are more and more things which are being "discovered"...
maybe everyone should have their regular dose of Soma and be numbed, losing our humanity... welcome to the Brave New World as Huxley saw it.. no one is responsible for anything anymore...
we choose our paths.. and if some person who is so obsessed with his own inadequacies so much that he tops himself, maybe it's some kind of Darwinism at work.. simply because if he's stopped from a swan dive onto concrete over his own wedding tackle, he's going to put his head in an oven over hairloss or someone scratching his car...
where does the mollycoddling end and where does his own responsibility start?
There are hereditary causes, chemical deficiencies in the brain, inherent tendencies within certain individuals... those who are genuinely afflicted do not have a choice.
Of course, those who are sane but try to plead insanity, ought to be punished for trying to absolve themselves of all responsibility.
But punish those, do not punish those who genuinely suffer from these disorders. I've worked with entire wards of patients in the IMH and it is very sad to watch at times.
You should know me well enough to know that I am not a bleeding heart and I'm definitely not the mollycoddling sort, and I'm sure those who read my posts know that I definitely am not that sort either! However, my opinions changed somewhat after having been exposed to people who are diagnosed with these conditions.
Put two people under the same stressful conditions and they'll cope differently. One might snap and plunge into depression, the other just continues fighting to survive. The tendency is to think that if one can make it, why not the other? Sometimes, yes, it's character and emotional weakness in the other person but putting the other person in a stressful condition might actually aggravate a condition that's lurking beneath the veneer anyways.
I think it doesn't do the person any good to accuse them of shirking responsibilities by hiding behind the label of mental disorder because, criminals aside, who really wants to be labelled as 'mentally unstable' and be made to stay in IMH for a while?
Everybody wants to make a good living, but if some can't because of some affliction(s), then if we can't help, we certainly shouldn't impose harsh judgement.
Whenever someone gets diagnosed with a mental disorder, it's not just the victim who gets affected (if he/she still has awareness, that is), the entire family is also dragged down. It's definitely not fun when it happens but if and when it does happen, social support is very important.
Bear, maybe, you might understand more if you were to volunteer at the IMH! -
How come Kellie is not bottom 3? She totally screwed up big time!!!
Maybe people gave her sympathy votes for saying. "I know it was bad" or something like that
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Ah well, we see it everyday - the cute and the beautiful get away with murder!Originally posted by elindra:How come Kellie is not bottom 3? She totally screwed up big time!!!
Maybe people gave her sympathy votes for saying. "I know it was bad" or something like that -
And how! Sickening isn't it? Pickler really should have been voted off. Don't look at me ah. I didn't vote for her yesterday.Originally posted by Rhonda:Ah well, we see it everyday - the cute and the beautiful get away with murder! -
Gooood! Cuz if you did, then...Originally posted by jetta:And how! Sickening isn't it? Pickler really should have been voted off. Don't look at me ah. I didn't vote for her yesterday.