Redefining misanthropy for a fresh generation. Standard posts begin with a definition from Ambrose Bierce's The Devil's Dictionary followed by a modern adjustment. Miscellany on Wednesday and storytelling on Saturday.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Fear
FEAR, n. A sense of the total depravity of the immediate future.
He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, Who dares not put it to the touch- Who'd rather pass than call. Earl of Montrose
2009 Update: Panic at the mundane or its variations.
Oh Gosh, I always call! Especially when I am FIRST! More later, I'll pass for now. .. I was here even earlier but I hate to leave a misspelled word on the Internet. I am afraid of ridicule when I do that. ..
FEAR, n. One of those who are paying their dues ("fees").
I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone, there will be nothing.
Oh Gosh, I always call!
ReplyDeleteEspecially when I am FIRST!
More later, I'll pass for now.
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I was here even earlier but I hate to leave a misspelled word on the Internet. I am afraid of ridicule when I do that.
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I'm afraid that I fear just about everything.
ReplyDeleteFear is my middle name (and my first initial and my personal suffix.)
ReplyDeleteYelling Boo! in a crowded theater.
ReplyDeleteWow, great definition, Doug, I don't think it can be übered. Sometimes you sound like someone else.
ReplyDeleteAn emotion that we are born with, so it must serve a purpose.
ReplyDeleteAt the start we fear being launched down the birth canal into life inself, and in the end we fear death. I think the first fear is valid.
Nothing to fear but fear itself.
ReplyDeleteJim, you're right to fear ridicule. It's the easiest harm to come to.
ReplyDeleteLily, just remember they can't take your freedom to imagine beetles under your pillow.
Nessa, and I go by Scary McSpooky.
Boo who?
Ariel, you just named my fear, actually.
That there's some fine philosophy, TLP. Glad you lived to tell it.
Where have I heard that before, Thom? Oh, yeah- in a nightmare.
"Oderint dum metuant" - Caligulina
ReplyDeleteFEAR, n. One of those who are paying their dues ("fees").
ReplyDeleteI must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone, there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.
- Frank Herbert
Facing [the]
ReplyDeleteExpectation [of]
Abject
Remorse (one's own).
Or, in the language of the verifier: wakies
fear...that thing we have to fear itself.
ReplyDeletefear - the last refuge of the bully.
FEAR NOT
ReplyDeletei have returned
missed many a heated topic
thats ok
war and peace
are enough to
ponder
for me.......
the last
week
has been a week
of wonder
the fruits of good
sun soil water seeds
a harvest moon
and the simple joys
of this planet
and peoples
damn,(just kidding)
FEAR, did not even
enter the picture
at one time ,
yes !!!
those helicopters
or spotter planes
were enough.......
well enough said
JAH
fear: not a word to see immediately after reading Cooper's post on satire and the beautitude of Rush Limbaugh.
ReplyDeleteWe have met the enemy and that enemy is us - forgotten
Kitty! How could you forget the immortal Pogo?
ReplyDeleteCaligula, let them google so long as they're uninformed.
ReplyDeleteWell quoted, Muad'dib. Still kind of nerdy, though.
Wakies, indeed, Quilly.
And the first of the coward, Poobah.
Hahaha, Bear. Welcome back. Good to see the tin foil protected your mind.
Actonbell, I think you just channeled Karma.
Sauerkraut, we're forgotten soon enough, it's true.
One of the great comics, Amoeba. Bless Walt (O')Kelly.
man oh man
ReplyDeletetin foil
no no
you need to use
what i use
which is
iceland produced
aluminium foil
tin,so old school
you must keep up
with advances
shielding properly
is a must
jah
it's what controls us, yes?
ReplyDeleteWisdom or cowardice, depending on one's perspective.
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