Translation:

"My problems are real and of epic proportions - yet I manfully struggle through, though they would cripple a lesser human. Your problems, on the other hand, are trivial, and exist solely in your mind - you should be ashamed for thinking your paltry concerns are even vaguely comparable to mine."

Most people with this mindset just grow a floppy fringe, cut their forearms a little, and write bad poetry.

Ponder, if you will, the hypocrisy of the follwoing - posted to teh intarwebs, no less:

"...just because you are embroiled in your latest emotional crisis it doesn’t give you the right to broadcast it to all in sundry... I’ve had a galactically shit year that would push most people over the edge"


Arf.
( Happy Phantom has been to Hastings, Brighton, and Eastbourne too, Sat 6 Mar 2010, 1:06, 1 reply)

Agreed.
When telling other people to man up, never mention your own life problems. It's okay, it's a rookie mistake. The proper handling of the situation is to say nothing about yourself, but later ponder the magnitude of their problems in comparison to your own and feel smug about it. I would also like to refer you to Voltaire's Candide, one of the life lessons of which is that everyone is convinced that they have experienced suffering and unfairness that no other person could fathom. Apparently drama queens were around in the 18th century.

Jokes aside, I thought Jam's post was funny, and drama queens are practically begging to be punched in the throat by people with a sense of perspective/real problems.
(Exempt OH WOW, VICODIN, Sat 6 Mar 2010, 5:09, closed)

I didn't mean to come across as a moaner...
LOL That would be the supreme irony ;-) It's my first letter and I threw in the 'Galactically shit year' as an example to illustrate that we all have problems but most of us don't need to turn into an annoying needy lunatic, it's just plain rude. Maybe I should have just written 'Things aren't always skittles and beer' I shall try harder next time ;-)
( JamHamster My eyes, my beautiful eyes!, Sat 6 Mar 2010, 10:58, closed)

Mmmmmm
Skittlebrau!!!
(Obi wanker nobi Its not a bug, its an unexpected feature, Sat 6 Mar 2010, 15:25, closed)