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Hmmm Dave, just a small note… it’s Dylan, not Dyland….

Wow, I totally was tired when making up show notes apparently. I'll get to this tonight (hopefully).

PCP Effect: The day after this episode was released, posters were put up all over my school saying “Choose to be Positive Today!”
I almost died of laughter.

Bitch of empthy, I supose if all people have empthy to one degree or another, Then seeing someone in some form of emotional or physical pain couses the observer to experance something they would of rather avoided. I wonder what type of copeing devices one could find when they are empathicly experanceing the pain of someone they are not attached to emotionaly.....

Bitch of empthy, I supose if all people have empthy to one degree or another, Then seeing someone in some form of emotional or physical pain couses the observer to experance something they would of rather avoided. I wonder what type of copeing devices one could find when they are empathicly experanceing the pain of someone they are not attached to emotionaly.....

I don't believe everyone has a bit of empathy in the metaphysical sense though. People often mistake being observant for being empathic as well. If a person can walk into a room and they think they can feel who's in a bad mood and who's not, it is sometimes just a subconscious observation rather that an ability. The subconscious can do amazing things that our conscious minds hardly even understand...hense the sub. :P But anyway....on to the rest

In my experiences, if an empathic gift is picking up things strongly from strangers either that person needs your help severely or the gift is completely out of control. If the person needs help, the painfully screaming empathy just needs tended to by finding out what's wrong. If it's the latter, trial and error is the only way to fix it.

Learning to work with empathy properly is comparable to when a child is learning to potty train. One has to learn when it is an empathic event, just subconscious observation, and their own emotions; just as a kid learns what it means to go to the potty when they're used to just letting it go when it feels like it. It's a constant process, but I'm not sure there should be any other coping mechanisms exactly...though I could just be misinterpreting. It's not something that can be completely be shut off (safely) but not something that can be let loose all your waking hours. It just needs to be looked at and analyzed more than what most people are willing/capable of doing. <3

Sadly true, I do tend to think that more people are empathic then is generly thought. and weather it is in the metaphysical sence or something in the limbic system (and I do belive those are two very diffrent things) It is amuseing to watch people dehumanise those who they think needs help the most.

and dark humor is how I cope when I am unwilling to help. Take that for what it is worth.

The thing with empathy is that it screams loudest when there's someone who needs your TYPE of help. This usually means helping someone through something you've experienced for yourself. (Not always the case of course) But unfortunately, most people can't look that deeply into their experiences to help other people...hell...they can't even admit half of it to themselves. :rolls eyes: So all it does is intimidate them and they have to dehumanize them in order to deal with it.

Dark humor is a wonderful thing though, if only more people understood it :D Sorry for being a bit bitchy, just been one of those days...it's noting personal i promise

All good amber, I wont lie, I normaly help when I can, and if I can not I will not feal bad about it.

For instance my co-worker who seems to be my eternal burdon. IF he honestly was not capable of learning I would go easy on him. But I have...6 years of tudoring experance (give or take) I can sit there with someone and know what there potental is (in general strokes) The reason I am ticked at him on a regular basis is that he expects people to hold his wittle wee-wee the entire time and guide him though the most mundain tasks. He has and uses all the clasic christian arguements methouds to justify his own lazyness on a regular basis. his euphemisms are "team work" and "comunication" he also does not know the diffrence between the skamatic for a FM radio and a keypad encoder
BTW I'll give you the same hint i gave him and tell me if you get it

" http://www.electronicsteacher.com/circuits-and-diagrams/microcontroller-based-schematics/keypadsh.jpg this is in our lab-kit"

Soft rule of thumb is the inputs are on the left and the outputs are on the right. 4 weeks later he gives me a drawing for a transistor FM radio.....and calls it his part.

Hmmm Dave, just a small note… it’s Dylan, not Dyland….

This has been fixed.

PCP Effect: The day after this episode was released, posters were put up all over my school saying “Choose to be Positive Today!”
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ROFLMAO - thanks for the head's up and confirmation of the PCP Effect :D.

i need a pcp effect were I work...come up with something good.

Okay, I was admittedly horrible in my tech classes...but I do know that the schematic isn't for a radio..........

The best part is, they were put up by the “Fellowship of Christian Athletes” XD

ohhh J3%% thought the radio schematic was what he needed to hand in. I sent him the above in quotes in an email, and I know for fact he had the componet needed in his box....but then agian he thinks we needed more "comunication". So now I watch my self and when i think a situation that is going bad needs something that "Everyone" else is not doing. I take a look at my own actions.

BTW comunication for him is kinda like a paint by numbers. For me on the other hand if i need to tell someone step by step what to do, how to do it, and all that fun jazz...i'll do it my own damn self

ohhh J3%% thought the radio schematic was what he needed to hand in. I sent him the above in quotes in an email, and I know for fact he had the componet needed in his box....but then agian he thinks we needed more "comunication". So now I watch my self and when i think a situation that is going bad needs something that "Everyone" else is not doing. I take a look at my own actions.
BTW comunication for him is kinda like a paint by numbers. For me on the other hand if i need to tell someone step by step what to do, how to do it, and all that fun jazz...i'll do it my own damn self

I take it he was the type of person in high school that would talk about teamwork, but wouldn't be contributing anything useful to the group?

Unfortunately, managers are so brainwashed by this teamwork stuff that they'll pick out the word "team" in a conversation and completely ignore the fact this guy seems unwilling to do his job.

The episode reminded me of the day I had to go to work after staying up and watching my rabbit die a painful death. I was traumatized and didn't want to work, but had to.

I went in feeling crummy and someone asked what's wrong. Now, I wanted to talk, but I knew I couldn't really talk to anyone there because I just started working there and I just sensed that no one understood my level of affection towards animals. Well, I let the lady know and she told me to leave it at home its just an animal and to mourn when I get home. I was so pissed with that comment.

6 months before that I went to work the day after putting my dog to sleep and I got a very unsympathetic remark from another co worker. He thought it was appropriate to joke around about it. The therapist on the floor happened to be there and chewed him out for it. He said he shouldn't belittle the mourning I'm going through just because to him it was just a dog.

Needless to say the one who commented about the rabbit stung a bit more, mainly because she made it seem that he wasn't worth mourning at work. The previous co worker I was able to make him feel guilty about what he said, plus he got hell from the therapist as well. To this day every time i work with that woman I'm angry. All I can think about is that moment. That and she thinks its wise to try to enroll my daughter in ballet behind my back.