The Use of Absolutes

by TastyJack Thursday, September 15, 2016 0 comments

I don't know whether if I'm just getting old (lol) or I'm just getting cynical, but I've started to hate using absolutes.

When I was a kid, I used absolutes all the time. I never get less than 90% on test slowly became I have never failed a test to "I never failed a test unless you count my driving test but I don't count that because Asian things."

And there's all the other positive absolutes we used to use. "I always brush my teeth" to "I always brush my teeth unless I'm really tired" to "I always brush my teeth unless I'm really tired or I'm at my friends house without my toothbrush"

Absolutes suck

Always and never

Never and always

Never say always

Always Never forget

When I first meet people, yeah, I'm like, they're pretty cool. Then I get to know them a bit better. And I think yeah, I could their be their friend. Then you get to know them a bit better and be like, yeah would could be friends forever.

Of course I don't plan for an end date. I don't become friends with someone expecting 6 months to go by and then be like I'm not going to be friends at the end of it. No one does that. You plan for forever.

Unless I'm weird (which wouldn't surprise me at all.)

But something always (ironically) comes up. Maybe you argue, maybe someone gets in the way, a  job out of town. you just drift apart or you just don't have time for each other.

I've always wanted to be a doctor or I will never give up on whatever you're trying to do. I never get sick. More absolutes that I'm going to say probably isn't true.

Absolutes are just lies.

~TastyJack~