Unless You're Changing It, Quit Your Bitchin'

http://jangosteve.com/post/413955281/unless-youre-changing-it-quit-your-bitchin

by JangoSteve • 16 years ago

37 22 16 years ago

wglb• 16 years ago

What wasn't part of the headline is something quite important: then I am truly sorry and I will be here for you and listen to everything you have to say.

stingraycharles• 16 years ago

Except that that part is only about things you truly can't change, - which isn't applicable to a lot of bitching, since people rarely bitch about things they can't change.

abstractbill• 16 years ago

people rarely bitch about things they can't change

That's not my experience, at all. As far as I can tell, people bitch about everything they don't like - whether they can change it or not. It can be cathartic, and some people seem to need to bitch about stuff, even when they know they can and will do something about it later.

Estragon• 16 years ago

They do it all the time, even about things which don't actually cause them any practical difficulties, but simply resonate with their neuroses.

idlewords3• 16 years ago

What I'm bitching about: self-help style articles posted by their authors

What I'm doing to change it: pressed "flag"

JangoSteve8• 16 years ago

I was also very conscientious of that, but the general consensus of the HN community is that self-posts are completely acceptable (or even preferred).

(see thread http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1016713)

Concerning the content of the article, if people don't like it, they won't vote it up.

mhartl• 16 years ago

I think you mean s/contentious/conscious/. But you're right: self-posts are definitely acceptable. At least, given my submission history, they had better be. ;-)

bugs2• 16 years ago

As long as we are on the subject of article content please please don't be one of those people who decides pictures are necessary in blog posts, especially in abundance.

Pictures should only be used sparingly and if they actually illustrate your point and or subject.

bugs2• 16 years ago

Meh bitching helps, if I mess up an exam I was supposed to do good on because of obscure notation I forgot to study but I understood the concepts and solution better than anyone damn straight I am going to bitch.

I can't change the past but I can remember what to do next time and that bitching will help me remember.

Though my form of bitching may differ from others.

JangoSteve8• 16 years ago

In your case, bitching is changing things then, just as the article mentioned. I agree that at times, bitching helps.

rogermugs2• 16 years ago

the only problem is that this is just how women think.

they want to feel the problem for a while... not fix it. notice thats how the post was inspired.

rogermugs2• 16 years ago

dont vote down the truth just because you're a member of said gender.

Unless You're Changing It, Quit Your Bitchin'

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