Saturday Thoughts: Seriousness vs Stupidity
By Ptrikha_2
@ptrikha_2 (47064)
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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11 responses
@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 (47064)
• 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 (47064)
• 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 (71556)
• 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 (47064)
• India
13 Feb 21
@kaylachan
Yes I agree. Right time and place but some dose of fun is essential.
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
14 Feb 21
being child like is very healthy for us
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@ptrikha_2 (47064)
• 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 (47064)
• India
15 Feb 21
@arthurchappell
I know you would be enjoying thoroughly.
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@ptrikha_2 (47064)
• India
13 Feb 21
@Shavkat
Yes we need to look at different aspects of our lives.
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@ptrikha_2 (47064)
• India
14 Feb 21
@Shavkat
Yes for sure. I feel that you are going through some tough days?
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@ptrikha_2 (47064)
• 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 (137484)
• 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 (47064)
• 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 (47064)
• 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 (47064)
• India
14 Feb 21
@DaddyEvil
Yes rightly said. Did you sleep late on Saturday?
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@arunima25 (87855)
• 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 (47064)
• 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 (137553)
• 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 (47064)
• 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.
@ptrikha_2 (47064)
• 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 !
And I do enjoy some of your discussions !
@ptrikha_2 (47064)
• 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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@ptrikha_2 (47064)
• India
13 Feb 21
@Janet357
That is a good spirit!!
Too much worrying does not helps!
@ptrikha_2 (47064)
• 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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