K: This ice cream is really good, but it’s giving me a headache.
Me: Isn’t it interesting how sometimes the things that bring us pleasure give us pain as well?
K: Yeah, but it’s okay, I have some aspirin.
*sigh*
Franklin Veaux's Journal
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what’s wrong with mitigating the pain and keeping the pleasure?
“what’s wrong with mitigating the pain and keeping the pleasure?”
Nothing! I was making a philosophical statement about the nature of pain and pleasure, and I don’t think she got it. Sometimes, it’s hard to tell the difference between the two.
Not that I enjoy headaches, mind you… 🙂
what’s wrong with mitigating the pain and keeping the pleasure?
I dunno, I think that was a pretty snappy comeback. (:
I dunno, I think that was a pretty snappy comeback. (:
Maybe we’re not jaded enough.
Maybe we’re not jaded enough.
“what’s wrong with mitigating the pain and keeping the pleasure?”
Nothing! I was making a philosophical statement about the nature of pain and pleasure, and I don’t think she got it. Sometimes, it’s hard to tell the difference between the two.
Not that I enjoy headaches, mind you… 🙂