{"id":55,"date":"2009-03-02T07:54:21","date_gmt":"2009-03-02T14:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.poorluckyme.com\/?p=55"},"modified":"2025-05-23T17:34:21","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T22:34:21","slug":"monday-march-2nd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.poorluckyme.com\/blog\/monday-march-2nd\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday, March 2nd"},"content":{"rendered":"

Secrets of Being Nice<\/em><\/p>\n

Dear Poor Lucky Me,<\/p>\n

Is pretending to be nice as good as really being nice?\u00a0 I mean, if I’m nice when words come out of my mouth, does it matter what’s churning up in my brain?<\/p>\n

I’m both proud and worried about my accomplishments in this area.<\/p>\n

Yours,<\/p>\n

Ex-Catholic<\/p>\n

Dear Ex-Catholic,<\/strong><\/p>\n

It sounds like you’re new to the nice game, welcome!\u00a0 I think you’ll find being nice is one of the most rewarding and beneficial habits you can take on.\u00a0 You can say goodbye to heated confrontations at work, or in parking lots, or in line at the supermarket.\u00a0 Your niceness will make you realize how much energy you wasted on being a tool. <\/strong><\/p>\n

It’s such a drag to be mean.\u00a0 Look at hippies- you think they’re nice to make the world a better place?\u00a0 No, they’re nice because it’s easier to function, and more conducive to napping. Even when people are dicks to you, it’s easier and more satisfying just to be nice back.
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You’re not just pretending to be nice because you occasionally think mean things.\u00a0 Every person suffers from an internal struggle between their brain and their heart.\u00a0 It’s why some weird religio-types are so terrified of homosexuality.\u00a0 They’re afraid that they might be interested in checking the scene out someday, so they have to be vigilant in their hatred.\u00a0 They think that shaking\u00a0 a gay dude’s hand might turn into a passionate make out session, because they thought about it once while waiting for the bus.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Normal people understand that sometimes your brain wonders about things that you know you aren’t going to act on.\u00a0 Most religions try and convince you that what you THINK will translate to how you act, and that’s just not true.\u00a0 I think a lot about dropping out of society, but I know the lack of flushing toilets and my love of the show Millionaire Matchmaker will always overcome my fantasies of living in a hut in Montana.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Don’t worry too much, just keep acting nice.\u00a0 Your brain will get on board.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sincerely,<\/strong><\/p>\n

Poor Lucky Me<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Secrets of Being Nice Dear Poor Lucky Me, Is pretending to be nice as good as really being nice?\u00a0 I mean, if I’m nice when words come out of my mouth, does it matter what’s churning up in my brain? I’m both proud and worried about my accomplishments in this area. Yours, Ex-Catholic Dear Ex-Catholic, … Continue reading “Monday, March 2nd”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9,10],"class_list":["post-55","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-niceness","tag-pretending"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.poorluckyme.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.poorluckyme.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.poorluckyme.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.poorluckyme.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.poorluckyme.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.poorluckyme.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3849,"href":"http:\/\/www.poorluckyme.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55\/revisions\/3849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.poorluckyme.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.poorluckyme.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.poorluckyme.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}