Obnoxious Bitch
Friday, April 26, 2002
America: Addicted to Irresponsibility
America: Addicted to Irresponsibility
Vicious Headbutt, the author of this right-on-the-money editorial, has a point! My favorite paragraph:
I’m sick of all the excuses people have for being irresponsible and saying its not their fault when it really is. Some of the most common defensive justifications for being a total fuck up are: “I can’t help myself,” and “It’s a sickness/disease,” and “Don’t blame the victim.” I wish there would be one honest “addict” that would just say, “Feel sorry for me because I’m a huge fuck up that will make up any excuse to deflect blame and not be held accountable for my own actions.”
Wouldn’t that be a breath of fresh air to those of us who would like to beat the living shit out of each and every loved one reveling in their perceived status as the victim of circumstance? Shit, I have a REAL physical disease (not to mention a child with one, too), and if I worked hard enough at the bureaucratic, documentational hoop-jumping, I could probably spend the rest of my life living off the governmental teat. But I’m NOT a victim, goddammit! I’m a SURVIVOR. And y’know why I’m a survivor? Because instead of lying around wallowing in self-pity, I’ve always gotten off my fat ass and done what I had to do to keep a roof over my head, food in my belly and my bills paid. I don’t want or deserve any special recognition for that—it’s what you do when you become an adult, it’s not that fucking difficult.
You want your life to change? Then quit whining, shut the fuck up and do what the rest of the world does: Work and take care of business instead of acting like the world’s got something against poor little you. Boo fucking hoo. The world doesn’t give a rat’s ass. If you’re not an asset to your friends and family and the world at large, you’re a liability. There’s no in-between.
We’ve all got some sad tale or another; we’ve all had our catastrophes in life. Get over it and move on, because yours is no more important than the next guy’s. In the end, no one really gives a shit what your problems are… it in no way affects your duty to do what needs to be done.
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