Frazz does Nietzsche
Peter B. Steiger
Does anyone actually believe that? That which does not kill you can
certainly maim you, cause severe brain damage, kill others in the wake of
your destruction... it's one of those profoundly stupid and yet cloyingly
popular memes that makes me want to smack people who quote it. Like
"Don't worry, be happy."
No, as a matter of fact I haven't had enough coffee yet this morning.
Why do you ask?
--
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J.D. Baldwin
In the previous article, Peter B. Steiger <see...@for.email.address> wrote:
> http://www.comics.com/comics/frazz/archive/frazz-20080724.html
>
> Does anyone actually believe that? That which does not kill you can
> certainly maim you, cause severe brain damage, kill others in the
> wake of your destruction... it's one of those profoundly stupid and
> yet cloyingly popular memes that makes me want to smack people who
> quote it. Like "Don't worry, be happy."
I don't believe it *literally* any more than I believe that a watched
pot never boils. But it does express a certain useful truth, I think.
It was a lot cooler back when I was in high school and no one else had
heard the phrase. I remember seeing that G. Gordon Liddy had said it
(in German, of course) to some members of the press when asked about
his prison sentence. It's kind of gone downhill since those days.
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nickelshrink
> http://www.comics.com/comics/frazz/archive/frazz-20080724.html
>
> Does anyone actually believe that? That which does not kill you can
> certainly maim you, cause severe brain damage, kill others in the wake of
> your destruction... it's one of those profoundly stupid and yet cloyingly
> popular memes that makes me want to smack people who quote it. Like
> "Don't worry, be happy."
>
> No, as a matter of fact I haven't had enough coffee yet this morning.
> Why do you ask?
>
What? Not Diet Coke?
Frazz probably means not so much for Caulfield to
take *physical* risks as for him to push his
mental/emotional barriers. Still, IMO you're right.
That saying applies to a few things - immunization,
maybe some other medical stuff. Facing fears isn't
a bad thing, but the saying doesn't have enough valid
applications to use it as a teaching tool, even if
this application of it works OK.
--
pax,
ruth
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Peter B. Steiger
> What? Not Diet Coke?
Ha, you caught me! True enough, I rarely drink coffee because I'm too
lazy to make it (and I load it down with so many girly additives that
it's no longer really coffee when I'm done). When I wrote that, I was
just finishing my morning DC and the caffeine had not yet mellowed my
just-woke-up crankiness.
Now shut the hell up and leave me alone.
lse...@gmail.com
wrote:
> http://www.comics.com/comics/frazz/archive/frazz-20080724.html
>
> Does anyone actually believe that? That which does not kill you can
> certainly maim you, cause severe brain damage, kill others in the wake of
> your destruction... it's one of those profoundly stupid and yet cloyingly
> popular memes that makes me want to smack people who quote it. Like
> "Don't worry, be happy."
You could always go with the Spanish version of the saying, which
literally translated, says:
"If it doesn't kill you, it makes you fat."
Talk about something that can be interpreted a bunch of different
ways.
nickelshrink
> On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:56:33 -0400, nickelshrink sez:
>> What? Not Diet Coke?
>
> Ha, you caught me!
http://www.losanjealous.com/nfc/perm.php?c=39&q=95
> True enough, I rarely drink coffee because I'm too
> lazy to make it (and I load it down with so many girly additives that
> it's no longer really coffee when I'm done). When I wrote that, I was
> just finishing my morning DC and the caffeine had not yet mellowed my
> just-woke-up crankiness.
>
> Now shut the hell up and leave me alone.
>
http://www.losanjealous.com/nfc/perm.php?c=10&q=191
8~)
Mark Jackson
> In the previous article, Peter B. Steiger <see...@for.email.address> wrote:
>> http://www.comics.com/comics/frazz/archive/frazz-20080724.html
>>
>> Does anyone actually believe that? That which does not kill you can
>> certainly maim you, cause severe brain damage, kill others in the
>> wake of your destruction... it's one of those profoundly stupid and
>> yet cloyingly popular memes that makes me want to smack people who
>> quote it. Like "Don't worry, be happy."
>
> I don't believe it *literally* any more than I believe that a watched
> pot never boils. But it does express a certain useful truth, I think.
>
> It was a lot cooler back when I was in high school and no one else had
> heard the phrase. I remember seeing that G. Gordon Liddy had said it
> (in German, of course) to some members of the press when asked about
> his prison sentence. It's kind of gone downhill since those days.
Not possible.
--
Mark Jackson - http://www.alumni.caltech.edu/~mjackson
The law does not pretend to punish everything that is
dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.
- Clarence Darrow
Cindy Kandolf
> http://www.comics.com/comics/frazz/archive/frazz-20080724.html
>
> Does anyone actually believe that? That which does not kill you can
> certainly maim you, cause severe brain damage, kill others in the wake of
> your destruction... it's one of those profoundly stupid and yet cloyingly
> popular memes that makes me want to smack people who quote it. Like
> "Don't worry, be happy."
Wow. Is anyone still using that expression seriously? I think I'd
smack 'em, too.
Last time I used it was on vacation a couple weeks ago. We were
staying at a campground outside Paris (in a village called Varreddes
that looked like it could have been the setting for "Kelly's Heroes",
except for the lack of a bank, just for the record) and had come back
from a fun but hot day at the Parc Asterix theme park. The young
flodnaks were complaining about being hot'n'sweaty, so I suggested a
quick swim in the campground's swimming pool. Well, once we got into
our suits and walked over, we discovered that the pool was only heated
by Old Sol, and since this was the first sunny day after a long cool
rainy stretch, Sol wasn't cooperating too well just yet. The boys
dipped their toes in and shivered, and I said, "What doesn't kill you
will make you stronger!" and jumped in.
It didn't kill me. It didn't make me stronger, either. But it *did*
get the boys out in the water, if for no other reason than to
Shut. Mom. UP.
- Cindy Kandolf, certified language mechanic, mamma flodnak
flodmail: ci...@nethelp.no flodhome: Bærum, Norway
flodweb: http://www.flodnak.com/
PS Asterix fans who want to see our pictures of the park, all 79 of
them, go here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/flodnak/Vacation2008Day10
Jym Dyer
>> memes that makes me want to smack people who quote it. Like
>> "Don't worry, be happy."
> Wow. Is anyone still using that expression seriously? I think
> I'd smack 'em, too.
=v= Good idea. It'll make 'em stronger. So long as it doesn't,
you know, kill 'em.
No Worries,
<_Jym_>
Rob Wynne
>
> Does anyone actually believe that? That which does not kill you can
> certainly maim you, cause severe brain damage, kill others in the wake of
> your destruction... it's one of those profoundly stupid and yet cloyingly
> popular memes that makes me want to smack people who quote it. Like
> "Don't worry, be happy."
>
What bugs me about "Don't Worry Be Happy" is that people completly missed
the joke. The song isn't about your carefree attitude, you numbskull.
He's *making fun* of you. Stop quoting him to justify yourself.
It's like the people who got offended by Dire Straits over "Money for
Nothing".
--
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