July 8, 2010: Fingernailed - Page 3

BigV · 07-08-2010, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Brianna

I think she gets away with her shit because she's so cute.

Cuteness has killed a LOT of addicts.

I take great comfort from this. What a relief!

classicman · 07-08-2010, 01:46 PM

Excellent post Sam - many good points

spudcon · 07-08-2010, 02:22 PM

No matter what path an addict takes, they will pay the consequences sooner and later. Those brain cells don't grow back, and the damage to cells will come back to bite you later in life.

monster · 07-08-2010, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by spudcon

and the damage to cells will come back to bite you later in life.

Not necessarily. Brain cells are very retrainable and there are a huge quantity underused in the average person. But you have to want it and give them a work out. You don't get muscle tone without movement, you don't get brain function without thought. Exercise is key.

(look at any stroke rehab study)

classicman · 07-08-2010, 03:08 PM

Yup. My memory loss is attributed to a very well misspent youth.

Shawnee123 · 07-08-2010, 03:46 PM

When we can point and judge, and roll our eyes in chagrin, we must be diverting attention from our own fucked up choices, and our own misguidance, and say to ourselves "no mishap from shenanigans have ever landed on my doorstep." This must be the most glorious of assertions, whether it is true or not.

SamIam · 07-08-2010, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

When we can point and judge, and roll our eyes in chagrin, we must be diverting attention from our own fucked up choices, and our own misguidance, and say to ourselves "no mishap from shenanigans have ever landed on my doorstep." This must be the most glorious of assertions, whether it is true or not.

You bet I judge her. I know where she's coming from because I pulled the same crap myself, and I paid one hell of a high price for it. Have you ever considered that many young people look up to her as a role model? What a tragedy. Alcohol and drugs kill people - lots of people. Addiction is one of the most serious diseases out there. Never mind what I did to myself. I could have gotten into my car drunk and killed innocent people. It is only by the grace of God that this did not happen.

Many "mishaps from my shenanigans" landed on my doorstep. Thank God that they were not worse than they were.

glatt · 07-08-2010, 08:25 PM

So when you get a jail sentence, you don't necessarily always end up serving the entire sentence. You can get time sliced off for good behavior, or if the place is crowded, you might get released early.

Think the officials who decide these things will let her out early, now that everyone knows about what her fingernails said in court? I wouldn't be surprised if she served the full 90 days.

monster · 07-08-2010, 10:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

When we can point and judge, and roll our eyes in chagrin, we must be diverting attention from our own fucked up choices, and our own misguidance, and say to ourselves "no mishap from shenanigans have ever landed on my doorstep." This must be the most glorious of assertions, whether it is true or not.

Hmmm. Is it just my beer-loving perception, or is it mostly the reformed addicts who point and condemn this Lohan woman? Just like reformed smokers are the nastiest, rudest anti-smoking people? And the divorcees are the most anti-marriage? (uh-oh is marriage an addiction too?)

I have no time for Lohan myself, but i have little time for any celebrity. Or criminal. Yup, she's an addict. yup she tried to weasel out of punishment/rehab. yup she hoped her celebrity would help her do that.... if you took the average addict in the street and offered them celeb status, do you think they would clean up their act, or use it to try and get out of the legal consequenses of their actions?

Methinks all y'all former addicts are just jealous you didn't have celebrity to add to your arsenal of excuses for your addiction before you got cured. But you'd have used it the same way she tried to if you'd have had it.

SamIam · 07-09-2010, 09:38 AM

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Originally Posted by monster

if you took the average addict in the street and offered them celeb status, do you think they would clean up their act, or use it to try and get out of the legal consequenses of their actions?

Methinks all y'all former addicts are just jealous you didn't have celebrity to add to your arsenal of excuses for your addiction before you got cured. But you'd have used it the same way she tried to if you'd have had it.

LOL I'd have done ANYTHING to keep drinking and get away with it!

jinx · 07-09-2010, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by monster

Methinks all y'all former addicts are just jealous you didn't have celebrity to add to your arsenal of excuses for your addiction before you got cured. But you'd have used it the same way she tried to if you'd have had it.

I think the former addicts just know what needs to be done - they are walking the walk. Compassion doesn't help, even if you keep it up for years, it just makes it easier on the addict to stay addicted.

classicman · 07-09-2010, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by jinx

I think the former addicts just know what needs to be done - they are walking the walk. Compassion doesn't help, even if you keep it up for years, it just makes it easier on the addict to stay addicted.

Hello!

jinx · 07-09-2010, 11:50 AM

When all of your compassion is used up, your addict will still be an addict. And while they will have forgiven themselves for all the lying/sneaking/stealing/addict behavior that led you there, they will be angry with you for your lack of compassion.

squirell nutkin · 07-09-2010, 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by monster

H (uh-oh is marriage an addiction too?)

Love is a state of mind.
Marriage is an institution.
Getting married to someone you love is being in a Mental Institution.

SPUCK · 07-09-2010, 05:54 AM

---Webstirs Dicktionary---

Main Entry: los·er
Pronunciation: \ˈlü-zər\
Function: noun

1 : a person or thing that loses especially consistently
2 : a person who is incompetent or unable to succeed; also : something doomed to fail or disappoint
3: Lindsay Lohan

07-08-2010, 01:46 PM	#2
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Excellent post Sam - many good points __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

07-08-2010, 02:22 PM	#3
spudcon Beware of potatoes Join Date: May 2007 Location: Upstate NY, USA Posts: 2,078	No matter what path an addict takes, they will pay the consequences sooner and later. Those brain cells don't grow back, and the damage to cells will come back to bite you later in life. __________________ "I believe that being despised by the despicable is as good as being admired by the admirable."

07-08-2010, 03:08 PM	#5
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Yup. My memory loss is attributed to a very well misspent youth. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

07-08-2010, 03:46 PM	#6
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	When we can point and judge, and roll our eyes in chagrin, we must be diverting attention from our own fucked up choices, and our own misguidance, and say to ourselves "no mishap from shenanigans have ever landed on my doorstep." This must be the most glorious of assertions, whether it is true or not. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

07-09-2010, 11:50 AM	#13
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	When all of your compassion is used up, your addict will still be an addict. And while they will have forgiven themselves for all the lying/sneaking/stealing/addict behavior that led you there, they will be angry with you for your lack of compassion. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

07-08-2010, 08:25 PM	#8
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	So when you get a jail sentence, you don't necessarily always end up serving the entire sentence. You can get time sliced off for good behavior, or if the place is crowded, you might get released early. Think the officials who decide these things will let her out early, now that everyone knows about what her fingernails said in court? I wouldn't be surprised if she served the full 90 days.

07-09-2010, 05:54 AM	#15
SPUCK Professor Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,911	---Webstirs Dicktionary--- Main Entry: los·er Pronunciation: \ˈlü-zər\ Function: noun 1 : a person or thing that loses especially consistently 2 : a person who is incompetent or unable to succeed; also : something doomed to fail or disappoint 3: Lindsay Lohan

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