Gluttons for Punishment

We all have people in our lives that, complain ALL the time. Whether they complain to us or to someone we know, or just seem like they are in a bad mood about their plight all the time I can think of one such person in every group of people. There are reasons for this: 1. I think a religious background can play a role in this. The bible teaches of a suffering Jesus in the gospel of Mark (yes I am learning something in my New Testament class), however, Jesus is the greatest person despite his suffering. It might be possible to assume that when we suffer and complain and see others do the same, it is because they view themselves and ourselves as martyrs. We get a strange sense of satisfaction for "suffering" in our own minds because we think that if we are suffering constantly, or at least if others perceive that we are suffering, then we are (in our minds) elevated to a higher and better level than those around us. And furthermore if we complain to others ALL the time, we might think that others will see us as a better person for it. What these constant complainers don't realize is that no one wants to be around someone who is suffering...PERIOD. 2. With the understanding that people are generally good, and that people generally want to help, constant complainers can garner our attention easily, because people want to try help with complaints most of the time. But not ALL the time. And what the constant complainers don't see is that people, as good as they try to be, will just shut off the legitimate complaints of these complainers, because most of the time it's just pointless drabble about how much their life is terrible. 3. Constant complainers compare themselves to the wrong types of people. Life is always pretty rough if you compare yourself to everyone that has something that you do not, and want. Case in point: Myself. If I only look at all the happy couples all the time, then I am obviously going to be upset that whats her name is still with whats his face, and they probably will continue to be with each other while I sit alone and eat crackers. But, as much as it bothers me I refuse to believe that I have such a terrible plight with the female society, because I look at all those who have it much worse in this regard because they lack social skills that I might have, or they do not stand a chance physically whereas at least I am in control of the weight and shape of my body for the most part. So my point here is that don't always look at those who have it better, and likewise don't always look at those who have it worse all the time either, because no one likes anyone that is happy ALL the time ;) !!!!!

Whats up with ending 24 with an explosion last night....I mean honestly, who does that?