I'm hoping a few people get AIDS tonight. Some people are just worthless and a waste of space.

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Anonymous wrote:I've seen karma come back and bite people in the ass in unspeakable ways. I can't believe what I am seeing, and almost can't bear to watch what is unfolding in front of me. I've seen it often enough that I no longer worry too much when somebody does me wrong: I know it will come back to them eventually.

I was diagnosed with Crohn's disease last year, and now after reading this thread I'm wondering what I did to deserve it?

Yep, there you go, ruining the fun again.

What is so unspeakable? Please give some details.

Think along the lines of Henry VIII. He kills Anne Boleyn for many reasons, but chief among them is her inability to give him a son. Because it was SO important to leave a male to rule. He cuts off Anne's head, marries his mistress, gets his longed-for boy.... but the mistress dies in child bed and that always-sickly boy dies young and never really gets to rule. Instead one of the greatest monarchs England ever knows is.... Elizabeth I, Anne Boleyn's dissapointingly-gendered child. Karma!

Henry also goes on to have a series of disappointing marriages, no more additional children, the world-renowned cheater loses his virility, and he dies fairly young, a bloated, fat, impotent mess. If he had stayed with Anne, who knows how his fate might have been different?

But on DCUM you can't complain about, say, I dunno, your kids jumping on the bed because someone will come on the thread and say, OH THANKS ALOT MY KIDS DON'T HAVE LEGS and ruin the karmic retribution.

I think of it more as poetic justice. I.e. you weasel your ex out of the family home in the divorce, and then it burns down. Or you leave your wife for your mistress but then the mistress has an affair and dumps you. Or some other circumstance that eerily recalls the original situation, but it rebounds on you in a negative way. Yes, bad things happen to ALL people. But when you drive like an ass and then a mile down the road, your "victim" sees you getting a ticket, man oh man, that is poetic justice or what we colloquially refer to as karma.

Not one. The fact that I would enjoy a best revenge story would instantly bring bad Karma to me. When terrible things happen to terrible people I see it more as a cautionary tale and rededicate myself to walking on the straight and narrow. Too often terrible things also happen to good people, so we just need to be thankful for our blessings.

My first job out of law school was at a VERY small boutique law firm in DC practicing a unique type of regulatory law. My bosses were total assholes and I was miserable there. The partners weren’t good at the business of managing the firm, and the work load was very feast or famine in nature. After a few years they told me I had no future at the firm and I should start looking for other jobs. One partner told me I should stop practicing law because I had no business being a lawyer. I eventually got a job at a competitor law firm, and that firm shut down. I heard from an old colleague that the partner who told me I shouldn’t be a lawyer was having mental health issues and had a nervous breakdown. He ended up quitting the firm in a very awkward fashion, and he ended up mostly unemployed for 6 years. He ended up approaching me at my new job about openings with my firm. He’s now in a counsel level position at another firm, and I’m in a very good in-house counsel position, and he regularly reaches out to kiss my butt to try and get business from my company.
It was so hard having someone basically tell me I suck so early in my career; I’m so glad I didn’t listen to him and pushed forward build my own successful career.

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Anonymous wrote:When I was in High School I was bullied by this one dirt bag kid that made my life hell, every time we’d cross paths he’d cause me nothing but trouble. Years later I was working as a Paramedic when we were dispatched to a pedestrian hit by a vehicle. Sure enough the patient was this dreaded bully lying on the street with an open fracture to his femur.

Needless to say it was the most enjoyable call I’ve ever been on. “Surprisingly” it was the only IV I couldn’t hit in my life so he had to go without any pain meds.

that is mean, and karma will bite you too.

NP. Maybe it’s mean, but being bullied can really leave scars. So the bully got to feel some pain for 15-20 minutes after making PP feel pain, fear, self-loathing, dread, etc. for a long stretch of time. It’s not the best, but it’s understandable and now maybe PP can close that chapter.

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Ppl are acting as if he let him die. He just didn't get some pain relief for 15 minutes.

Totally unethical and cruel, as well. It is frightening that anyone would think this is ok much less more than one person. You all have a breakdown in your moral fiber and are no better than the bully. You have become what you claim to despise.

It's unethical because the person is a paramedic. Their job is to help people, and yes, administering pain meds when someone is hit by a car. It doesn't matter who that person is or what grudge the paramedic has. It's disgusting.

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Anonymous wrote:When I was in High School I was bullied by this one dirt bag kid that made my life hell, every time we’d cross paths he’d cause me nothing but trouble. Years later I was working as a Paramedic when we were dispatched to a pedestrian hit by a vehicle. Sure enough the patient was this dreaded bully lying on the street with an open fracture to his femur.

Needless to say it was the most enjoyable call I’ve ever been on. “Surprisingly” it was the only IV I couldn’t hit in my life so he had to go without any pain meds.

that is mean, and karma will bite you too.

NP. Maybe it’s mean, but being bullied can really leave scars. So the bully got to feel some pain for 15-20 minutes after making PP feel pain, fear, self-loathing, dread, etc. for a long stretch of time. It’s not the best, but it’s understandable and now maybe PP can close that chapter.

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Ppl are acting as if he let him die. He just didn't get some pain relief for 15 minutes.

Totally unethical and cruel, as well. It is frightening that anyone would think this is ok much less more than one person. You all have a breakdown in your moral fiber and are no better than the bully. You have become what you claim to despise.

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Nailed it. Some of these people are actively seeking schadenfreude/karma/revenge/pay back - and mistaking one for the other.

This. Please stop this mindless and ignorant cultural misappropriation of the Hindu concept of Karma. You all are mostly talking about revenge, payback etc.

+100. There are some sick, sick people on dcum. Truly evil. This is exactly why you read so many miserable posts from miserable women. It isn't Karma. It's simply the Universal Law of the Universe. You reap what you sow. You can't plant corn and be shocked when beans grow. You can't hold anger and hatred in your heart and expect to be a decent person. It really is that simple.

wtf does the bolded mean?

I have no idea what that means either! I grew up on a farm and I, sure as shit, would be shocked if beans grew where we'd planted corn!

Seriously? Read the sentence before. It is pretty clear.

"You reap what you sow" does not equal "You can't plant corn and be shocked when beans grow". They are literally opposites. Seriously?

I cannot believe that people are confused about this. It's a pretty basic concept - and reap/sow is the SAME concept as corn/beans.

That is - what you put out into the world (what you sow / the corn you plant) is what will come back toy in the world (what you reap / corn not beans).

oh wait- I see now. The expression is not typed correctly. It's you can't plant corn and be shocked when beans DON'T grow. I read it so fast it just flowed in my mind.

You read it the way it was intended to be read. Dcum population is too often so pedantic that the lack common sense.

"reap what one sows. (idiomatic) To receive as a reward or harvest in the same measure as one's exertions, in a good or a bad sense. To receive justice. For whatever a man is sowing, this he will also reap." Likewise, if you plant one type of plant (e.g., corn), don't expect another (e.g., beans) when it comes time to harvest. You get what you give. What you send out comes back to you, not something else. You cannot escape the consequences of your actions. If you do bad things bad things will come back to you. You are accountable for your actions, and that you will one day be paid back according to how you have treated others. if you sow wheat then wheat will grow wheat--if you plant corn your get corn and not beans... Geez.

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Nailed it. Some of these people are actively seeking schadenfreude/karma/revenge/pay back - and mistaking one for the other.

This. Please stop this mindless and ignorant cultural misappropriation of the Hindu concept of Karma. You all are mostly talking about revenge, payback etc.

+100. There are some sick, sick people on dcum. Truly evil. This is exactly why you read so many miserable posts from miserable women. It isn't Karma. It's simply the Universal Law of the Universe. You reap what you sow. You can't plant corn and be shocked when beans grow. You can't hold anger and hatred in your heart and expect to be a decent person. It really is that simple.

wtf does the bolded mean?

I have no idea what that means either! I grew up on a farm and I, sure as shit, would be shocked if beans grew where we'd planted corn!

I would too!! I still don't get but would love to... super condescending PP who wrote "You can't plant corn and be shocked when beans grow.", would you please come back and explain this?! I even googled it to no avail.

Have you no basic reasoning skills or are you just dense? Basically you reap what you sow.

Anonymous wrote:Saddam Hussein and his sons were killed like sewer rats!

Exactly. I don't have a problem when bad people get their just desserts.

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Anonymous wrote:I've seen karma come back and bite people in the ass in unspeakable ways. I can't believe what I am seeing, and almost can't bear to watch what is unfolding in front of me. I've seen it often enough that I no longer worry too much when somebody does me wrong: I know it will come back to them eventually.

I was diagnosed with Crohn's disease last year, and now after reading this thread I'm wondering what I did to deserve it?

Yep, there you go, ruining the fun again.

What is so unspeakable? Please give some details.

I speak it out loud and it comes true. I tell them they will lose their jobs ,etc. And they do!

Saddam Hussein and his sons were killed like sewer rats!

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Anonymous wrote:I've seen karma come back and bite people in the ass in unspeakable ways. I can't believe what I am seeing, and almost can't bear to watch what is unfolding in front of me. I've seen it often enough that I no longer worry too much when somebody does me wrong: I know it will come back to them eventually.

I was diagnosed with Crohn's disease last year, and now after reading this thread I'm wondering what I did to deserve it?

Yep, there you go, ruining the fun again.

What is so unspeakable? Please give some details.

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Anonymous wrote:My BFF (who I'm still great friends with), really grilled me about marrying my now DH because he is a recovering alcoholic. Lots about how I could trust him with our future children with the chance he could fall off the wagon. Did I really want to be with an addict (regardless of the fact that he was in recovery)?

Many years later, DH and I are happy and in a loving marriage. And we work together to maintain his sobriety.
She is in a horrible marriage where there is lots of contempt and hatred for each other. His behavior got worse and worse. Turns out, he's an opioid addict. He's in recovery now. But their marriage still sucks.

I love her and I'm sad for her that she is in a bad marriage. But I found it ironic that the thing she objected so much about in my life, happened in her life.

Meh. I kinda think she was giving you wise counsel. Marrying an alcoholic is high risk::shrugs shoulders::

She wasn’t saying it as a loving friend. She was saying it as “my husband is better than your soon to be husband” with a little “what do you expect when you are getting married at 40”