Comments on: “A Hard Dose of Reality” http://punkassblog.com/2008/07/20/a-hard-dose-of-reality/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:26:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: ElleDee http://punkassblog.com/2008/07/20/a-hard-dose-of-reality/#comment-71146 ElleDee Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:02:30 +0000 http://punkassblog.com/2008/07/20/a-hard-dose-of-reality/#comment-71146 I saw The Dark Knight yesterday and people started clapping when the prisoner threw the detonator out the window. It was kind of cute, but also weird. Midnight openings for big movies tend to be rowdy in that particular theater, but this was a plain ol Sunday matinee. I saw The Dark Knight yesterday and people started clapping when the prisoner threw the detonator out the window. It was kind of cute, but also weird. Midnight openings for big movies tend to be rowdy in that particular theater, but this was a plain ol Sunday matinee.

]]> By: Thene http://punkassblog.com/2008/07/20/a-hard-dose-of-reality/#comment-71097 Thene Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:25:55 +0000 http://punkassblog.com/2008/07/20/a-hard-dose-of-reality/#comment-71097 TDKOMG. I even fail to mind that it's misogynistic as all hell! So so good, will get IMAX tickets as soon as they're done being sold out. That out of the way, I hear you, but I think the problem is that while a kindness will get you through the day, a cruelty can last forever. I am not a cynical person; as a teenager I used to hitch-hike a fair bit, and encountered nothing but kindness from my lifts. One incidence of cruelty and I would likely never have done it again, if it was even still a choice. There's this expectation that for the world to be perfect, we need a neverending run of kindnesses, and that isn't going to happen and we all know it - so living well is about managing cruelty and overcoming it as best we can. TDKOMG. I even fail to mind that it’s misogynistic as all hell! So so good, will get IMAX tickets as soon as they’re done being sold out.

That out of the way, I hear you, but I think the problem is that while a kindness will get you through the day, a cruelty can last forever. I am not a cynical person; as a teenager I used to hitch-hike a fair bit, and encountered nothing but kindness from my lifts. One incidence of cruelty and I would likely never have done it again, if it was even still a choice. There’s this expectation that for the world to be perfect, we need a neverending run of kindnesses, and that isn’t going to happen and we all know it - so living well is about managing cruelty and overcoming it as best we can.

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