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Saturday Thoughts: Seriousness vs Stupidity

@ptrikha_2 (46909)

India

February 13, 2021 4:34am CST

Disclaimer: If you plan to be in a serious mood today, you may as well as skip it. Yet come back tomorrow or day after! Being serious about life- something our parents sometimes used to tell us, and at times our teachers as well. Being serious at work, or school or college. But yes, is having seriousness everything. Can't we live and act in a different way even if it is labeled as stupidity. I say this because I had a few colleagues in college as well as at work who did not take some light fun well. One of them always said "Ye Kya Mazaak Hai?" (Oh, what kind of a fun it is?) and in a serious talk. It is not as if I am not serious about things in life. In fact till age of 30+ as well I was much more on the serious side. Yet later I realized that there is more to life. Having some fun can in fact help us wade the tricky waters of seriousness !! So what is your take?

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@msdivkar (23359)

• India

13 Feb 21

There is time for everything. You can't mix up the two. If your friend didn't like the joke may be he had some serious matter running in his head. There may hardly be any person who is serious all the time or in joking mood all the time. So JJ may be right it is 50-50.

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@ptrikha_2 (46909)

• India

13 Feb 21

@msdivkar Frankly that person who did not liked my light talk used to pull others' leg a lot. And in everything he used to push away light talk- even by others and even in not so serious situation. But if somebody told him or asked him why he treated other people in a certain way, he used to start minding a lot and used to spread half truths. Anyways I now try to have light moments with people who enjoy, not with others. Experience teaches a lot!

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@ptrikha_2 (46909)

• India

14 Feb 21

@msdivkar At times we cannot avoid them. So we have to be tactful.

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@msdivkar (23359)

• India

15 Feb 21

@BobbyCole Well defined the meaning of tact.

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@kaylachan (69229)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

13 Feb 21

Like everything, I believe fun has its time and place. We need to have fun to remind ourselves we're still human and decompress from otherwise stressful endeveors. I feel life is what you decide to make it.

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@ptrikha_2 (46909)

• India

13 Feb 21

@kaylachan Yes I agree. Right time and place but some dose of fun is essential.

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@ptrikha_2 (46909)

• India

14 Feb 21

@kaylachan Have a great Sunday ahead.

Arthur Chappell

@arthurchappell (44998)

• Preston, England

14 Feb 21

being child like is very healthy for us

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@ptrikha_2 (46909)

• India

14 Feb 21

@arthurchappell Yes it does helps. You must be feeling happy coming back to Mylot after a gap?

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@ptrikha_2 (46909)

• India

15 Feb 21

@arthurchappell I know you would be enjoying thoroughly.

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@Shavkat (139672)

• Philippines

13 Feb 21

For me, life needs to be balanced.

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@ptrikha_2 (46909)

• India

13 Feb 21

@Shavkat Yes we need to look at different aspects of our lives.

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@ptrikha_2 (46909)

• India

14 Feb 21

@Shavkat Yes for sure. I feel that you are going through some tough days?

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@ptrikha_2 (46909)

• India

17 Feb 21

@Shavkat In some cases, companies are facing certain challenges. In other cases, it is more the margin of profit bit that makes them behave in a certain way.

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@DaddyEvil (137257)

• United States

13 Feb 21

If you cannot enjoy your life, why bother living? I always tell people that if my job isn't fun, then I need a new job.

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@ptrikha_2 (46909)

• India

13 Feb 21

@DaddyEvil Frankly jobs are rarely fun (it's my own experience). Yet the way we interact with colleagues- that we can manage.

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@ptrikha_2 (46909)

• India

14 Feb 21

@DaddyEvil If done carefully, light fun can be helpful even in sales. But one has to do it person by person.

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@ptrikha_2 (46909)

• India

14 Feb 21

@DaddyEvil Yes rightly said. Did you sleep late on Saturday?

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@arunima25 (87771)

• Bangalore, India

13 Feb 21

Nice discussion. Well, balance is the key and striving each day to strike a balance is what we call life. There is a dialogue- " Life ko itna seriously mat le, yaha se koi zinda nahi jaata".

You understand Hindi and so I am not translating it to loose it's essence

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@ptrikha_2 (46909)

• India

14 Feb 21

@arunima25 Yes you are right. Too much seriousness is not going to help. By the way which movie had that dialog?

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@allknowing (135931)

• India

14 Feb 21

There is always this phrase 'Don't take it seriously' used when it comes to certain of our contacts as they can never take a joke.

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@ptrikha_2 (46909)

• India

14 Feb 21

@allknowing Sometimes the ability to laugh at one's own follies is a big one and not everyone has it. But then each person is not the same.

@MALUSE (69373)

• Germany

13 Feb 21

Germany is tiny in contrast to India. Yet, people are not the same in all parts of the country. I lived in the north of Germany where people have a special kind of humour which appeals to me and which I share. Then I moved to the south where people are quite different when it comes to humour. It has happened to me many times that people are amused when I tell something serious or ask me seriously ,"Now, what do you mean by that?" when I tell them something funny. I know that I'll never find common ground with the locals. It wasn't intentional but over the years I have found friends who are also not from the area where I live now and who understand me and who I understand humour-wise. Some locals find me funny and tell me so and even ask me to tell more funny stories. They mean it as a compliment. Yet, unknowingly, with this observation they've shut me up. I refuse to be the clown for unfunny people who are not able to give anything back.

@TheHorse (218463)

• Walnut Creek, California

14 Feb 21

I am serious about the search for "truth." But I tend to celebrate life's ironies and absurdities.

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@ptrikha_2 (46909)

• India

14 Feb 21

@TheHorse At times when I feel down, I recall your 2717(now 2710)Mylot Porsche discussions and I feel better.

And I do enjoy some of your discussions !

@JudyEv (339433)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Feb 21

We all need to laugh more I think. It releases endorphins which are good for us. I try to laugh a lot and I try to make other people laugh too - as you might have guessed.

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@ptrikha_2 (46909)

• India

13 Feb 21

@JudyEv Yes I find most of your discussions in a lighter vein and some fun. Even serious ones are normally not so serious.

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@Janet357 (75646)

•

13 Feb 21

I was serious during my school years. But now, i just play the game of life. I don't worry much.

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@ptrikha_2 (46909)

• India

13 Feb 21

@Janet357 That is a good spirit!! Too much worrying does not helps!

@CarolDM (203422)

• Nashville, Tennessee

13 Feb 21

I say humor is needed in life, now more than ever.

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@ptrikha_2 (46909)

• India

14 Feb 21

@CarolDM Yes and perhaps that is why we see so many going into the field of stand up comedians.

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