for like the past the past 5 months, i have been hooked on the Harry Dresden Files series ( thanks to PeterPoh). in the series, there is this group of characters that are the white court vampires. they are pretty interesting, instead of feeding on human blood like normal vampires ( red/black court ), they feed on humans' emotions. like lust, fear, hunger so forth. they are actually the most human like vampires, they do not like being violent unlike you know, normal vampires, so instead of fighting physically, they scheme and plot. terrifying huh.
but on second thoughts, aren't we all like that? we thrive on others' misfortune, unhappiness and fear ( okay maybe not thrive, that would be exaggerating ). we laugh at our friends when they fall, sometimes when they fail a certain test or exam, their embarrassment when they have done something stupid, etc ( or at least i do ), enjoy watching reality TV because they torment the contestants. for instance, fear factor and the one with the suitcase and hot women ( i can't remember what it i called ), we watch it because we want to watch the reactions of the contestants. it gives us some kind of satisfaction. i don't know why. maybe because we are all born sadistic in nature.
more often than not, we usually tend to forget to regard the feelings of the person that we are laughing at, especially if its our friend(s). i mean those on the reality TV programmes just deserve it, no one asked them to join it. it was their decision to make. ( ha ha. too bad. ) not everyone won't mind being laugh at ( like me ), some tend to be more sensitive than others. and even though, they mind not say it out loud, like "HEY! THAT ISN'T NICE.", i think as friends, we should, i don't know, know our limits? i know its fun to laugh at someone. and constantly remind them of what kinda stupid act they have done. but being the victim most of the times, i know that sometimes, its just way over the line. and not fucking funny.
what makes us different from the white court vampires then? nothing really.
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hm. i was bored. and i chanced upon this post. which meant, I GOT TO THINK! YAY! okay, i'm wierd. uh. hmm. interesting post. and sadly, kinda true huh. i mean, we're all guilty of being excessively mean by laughing at the misfortune of others. just take like last saturday as a very good example. hahaha. see, it happens so easily. hm. so maybe, just maybe, we're so succeptible to laughing at others cos it makes us feel that we arent alone, cos i mean, everyone does stupid things(e.g step into a drain-i did that TWICE!) and so that you know, we get to gratify ourselves knowing that we would get the chance to laugh at others too, and not just getting laughed at. yeppp. okay, that exhausted all my thinking time left for today. haha. and, it sounds like something, or someone got you kinda pissed off. dont be okay, cos i would never(at least i would try my very best-est) laugh at you excessively. GET WELL SOON!:D
okay, the 'dont be okay' part sounds wierd. see, you should never type at 1115 at night. what i meant was, dont be, okay? haha.
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