Journal cyranoVR's Journal: My Life Experience 24
My life experience is more valid than your life experience.
I was an unwanted child, an accident. My parents reminded me of this constantly while I was growing up. When I was three years old, my Uncle molested me.
I went to a strict boarding school where the other boys tormented me and the nuns beat me in class. When I was at home, my father beat me and my mother was perpetually drunk. I had a brief glimpse a of happiness at age 8 when my Aunt gave me a new puppy - but Sparky was run over by a garbage truck within the year.
On the playground I was taunted and then assaulted physically because of both my race and ethnic background. When I ran crying to my teacher, she told me that I shouldn't be "egging them on."
In middle school I was a sensitive, misunderstood and introverted child, both ignored and scorned by my peers. I had my first menstruation afraid and alone in the girl's bathroom during lunch period. Confused hormones lead to a fumbling, awkward affair with my Homeroom teacher, loss of virginity and my first pregnancy scare.
In high school I turned to sniffing glue for solace. I started dealing for extra cash.
My life experience is more valid than your life experience.
Finally, my genius was recognized when I was accepted to a top college. However I had to pay for it myself 'cause Daddy hadn't paid their taxes in over 10 years and the IRS was cracking down and now they didn't have any money (they told me they wouldn't have paid for me anyway because I "wasn't worth it.")
At State, I realized that I was Gay and was ostracized by the remainder of my family when I came out during Christmas Dinner. An affair with my Creative Writing professor destroyed his marriage and earned me a two semesters of double-secret probation. Not that it mattered - I couldn't make enough working part time in the cafeteria to pay my student loans and had to drop out.
So I spent 6 months digging irrigation ditches in Cambodia with the Peace Corps.
After I returned, I moved in with my boyfriend, also a drunk, who abused and cheated on me repeatedly - so I took to living on the street and even took Money for Sex on a few occasions (hey - I did what I had to do to survive).
But I finally cleaned up and now I am back on my feet living in a 500 square foot apartment on the other side of town working the overnight shift at the Jack in the Box and one thing is certain:
My life experience is more valid than your life experience.
My life experience is more valid than your life experience.
Re:The details of my life are quite inconsequentia (Score:1)
Re:The details of my life are quite inconsequentia (Score:2)
Who indeed?
where is this from? (Score:1)
So, who is this?
Re:where is this from? (Score:1)
You'd think I would be upset about the gross inacuracies of my life that is the script, but really I'm just most upset that they have John Galecki [imdb.com] playing me.
Re:where is this from? (Score:2)
Someone who never lived in the middle east.
Interesting (Score:2)
Re:Interesting (Score:3, Insightful)
First, That write-up was obviously an American. I'm not saying this because I hate Americans (I don't) or I think Americans are weak (In some aspects, I do) but because having uncles that molest them is a big deal, and parental abuse is a big deal, etc. Minority status is a big deal to them. And above all, their life experience isn't more valid than anyone elses, because it's only their life. Life is unique, and sometimes the people with the least trauma have the most valid experienc
Re:Interesting (Score:2)
Re:Interesting (Score:2)
That was pretty entertaining
Re: Interesting (Score:2)
"I spent the first few years of my life, after I learned to walk, digging ditches in fields [and/or working in a sweatshop] during which I was maimed [i.e. lost a digit and acquired a permanent limp]."
It would be interesting for someone to write an equally bad "my life experience" except from the perspective of
Re: Interesting (Score:2)
However, I think you should substitute "American" with "Western" or perhaps "Occidental." He's talking about American Culture.
Yup (Score:3, Interesting)
Except for the part about saying the phrase "my life experience" as a way of justifying their arrogant behaivior/condescending attitude. Maybe they wouldn't say that exact phrase, but they would say "I am right about X Y and Z because of my Life Experience." (Implying that the listener's inferior life experience does not sufficient to provide True Insight on the topic being discussed - whatever it may be).
Also, Xerithane is correct as well - events that we Westerners think indicate a d
Re:Interesting (Score:2)
You can provide an summary - it doesn't have to be as detailed.
Re:Interesting (Score:2)
Assuming they were able to write? Probably like this, "It's hot, and I get kicked around a lot."
That's the boys version, the girls version will be like, "It's hot, and I work hard, and I get kicked around a lot."
In Morocco, we got together and bought a few dozen pepsis for these factory workers we saw. It was the most amazing thing they've ever seen. Some of the younger kids had never even ha
It is fallacy (Score:1)
Pity does not lend credibility.
Re:It is fallacy (Score:2)
Not pity, but something else...
Re:It is fallacy (Score:1)
Re:It is fallacy (Score:2)
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Best Post. (Score:1)
When I run into people who go on about the value of thier "life experience", rather than logic, I usually helpfully suggest a handy storage space for said life experience. It seems to work for many, as that is often where it appears to be pulled from.