trying to be a better person

[cornerofmadness]

That is, of course, a journey and this week is testing me sorely. Lately, several friends (actually no one on lj) have managed to take innocous comments and turned them into reason to bitch and rant. I've mentioned it again but wow, still happening. I know that sometimes I say something negative and probably hurt someone's feelings. We all do. I won't pretend that I like something that I don't but usually, if I know a friend likes it, I try not to be too negative about it (Twilight, 50 shades etc, I have people on the list that like it. I don't go into their journal and tell them it's crap)

So it's particularly irritating to have someone drop into a list of people where they know at least half of us want to be or are published authors and make a comment about how much new authors and their modern books suck.

Then I found out after the school made 250 cards with my degree on them (i.e. medical) that it's a felony in Ohio to do that if you no longer have an active license. Okay, I can see that they don't want people pretending to be doctors but it really feels like a kick in the teeth. So all of us who are retired (I AM medically retired) get stripped of the very thing we worked so hard to earn that if I publically mention it, it's a felony. Thanks for nothing. Thanks for telling me all I sacrficed was wasted.

See what I mean? Being a better person is hard some days.

But if my whining hasn't put you off, here, Tor publisher is doing steampunk right now and there's this.
Tor comic for FMA

Comments

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

I love that the artist who's book I just reviewed loves FMA. :D

I'm sorry about your business cards and the rules that say you cannot use your degree on your cards/talk about it. That sucks.

I know who you're talking about, but remember, she has the ability to piss off everyone when she opens her mouth for any reason.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

oh is she the one who did that one you reviewed last week?

I can at least white out the d.p.m but still, I've never quite gotten over NOT being a doctor any more

this is true (and I'm still not over her losing the copy of my story in print)

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Yes. Which makes me very pleased.

Yeah, I know. D;

SIGH.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

cool

and yes, sigh

[elasg.livejournal.com]

Not even if you put (ret.) after it? Wow, that's sort of petty. They let military officers keep their titles (with the 'ret.') and they let you keep calling yourself a PhD even if you retire. There ought to be some middle ground. I mean, you earned your degree just as much as someone who's still practicing. *shakes head*

I hope I don't know who you mean, though I'm pretty clueless when it comes to social interactions myself and step in it more often than I don't. If I ever do say something insensitive, feel free to slap me. It's definitely because I wasn't engaging my brain, not that I was being catty...

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

yes exactly. I need to check on if i put retiredon there will it be okay

you don't. Seriously it's on some author's group I belong to. I mean we all say insensitive things but dropping that bomb in an author's group yeah...

[sp23.livejournal.com]

Huh, then maybe Ohio should pass a law that people who are no longer serving in public office should no longer retain their titles. i.e., Governor, Senator, Judge, etc.

make a comment about how much new authors and their modern books suck

That doesn't even make sense. Does this person only read Dickens, for cripes' sake?

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

yeah exactly.

apparently. it was just an excuse to be bitter

[wildrider.livejournal.com]

I suppose I should take you as an example, because today I couldn't stop myself from telling someone at work that Seth MacFarlane is a talentless hack (well, I acquiesced that he does at least have some skill as a voice actor).

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

the only reason I didn't tell her what I thought of her comment was i didn't want another 30 comments on that.

but yeah Seth is...

[wildrider.livejournal.com]

That's true -- on the Internet, the commentary can wear on one (I always wonder why I bother to read the comments, when it always infuriates me)...

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

oh god, comments to science articles make me want to BLIND myself

[bay115.livejournal.com]

On the Ohio felony issue, that totally sucks. :/ As someone else said, you earned that degree nonetheless.

Read the FMA comic already, still think it's amazing!

[0-mother-0.livejournal.com]

*clicks*

And I hope I never offend... I try to respect other people's realms (so to speak) even if I don't share them. But I tend to be really hard on modern tv shows. (Glad I don't know any screenwriters or producers!)

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

It's sometimes hard not to hurt feelings but some things should be obvious they're hurtful.

and thanks