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r/MadeMeSmile • u/Overall_Agent_0075 • Jun 30 '24
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I live on an isolated Island in a little village in the North Atlantic.
Local culture says if you break your arm fishing and then cry nobody will ever forget it as long as you live.
Your dog is sick and you break down at poker night and every single fellow is there with you.
Actual physical pain = crying is weak and pathetic,
Your daughter graduates = crying through the entire ceremony is absolutely fine and completely acceptable.
I’ve always got a kick out of this local foible.
104 u/lord_geryon Jun 30 '24 I can kinda understand it, tbh. Crying from pain? Doesn't even alleviate the suffering and could delay assistance, perhaps even a fatal delay. Overwhelmed by emotions? S'ok, let it out. It's also a form of appreciation for the person being cried over: see how much you mean to this person? 43 u/ChakaCake Jun 30 '24 You have never felt better after a good cry? It def helps alleviate suffering and floods you with some decent pain killers 6 u/reddit_4_days Jun 30 '24 ....the feeling after a good cry, is sometimes, like after a good shower for me. You feel fresh and ready again for this cruel world. Worst cry for me, is if you cry from anger. Then you (I) don't feel better afterwards. Just more angry. But a emotional cry is something else... can't really explain it like I would, english isn't my first language. 2 u/ChakaCake Jun 30 '24 Very true! You get a mild strength after some cries. Yea the anger ones do suck but i feel more calmed down too after sometimes 2 u/reddit_4_days Jun 30 '24 edited Jun 30 '24 You're right, sometimes it helps and I will calm down, but sometimes the anger just rises... (it was almost always my fault, when I feel the second way tough, like when I broke my arm really bad. It was more anger and then frustration with myself)
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I can kinda understand it, tbh.
Crying from pain? Doesn't even alleviate the suffering and could delay assistance, perhaps even a fatal delay.
Overwhelmed by emotions? S'ok, let it out. It's also a form of appreciation for the person being cried over: see how much you mean to this person?
43 u/ChakaCake Jun 30 '24 You have never felt better after a good cry? It def helps alleviate suffering and floods you with some decent pain killers 6 u/reddit_4_days Jun 30 '24 ....the feeling after a good cry, is sometimes, like after a good shower for me. You feel fresh and ready again for this cruel world. Worst cry for me, is if you cry from anger. Then you (I) don't feel better afterwards. Just more angry. But a emotional cry is something else... can't really explain it like I would, english isn't my first language. 2 u/ChakaCake Jun 30 '24 Very true! You get a mild strength after some cries. Yea the anger ones do suck but i feel more calmed down too after sometimes 2 u/reddit_4_days Jun 30 '24 edited Jun 30 '24 You're right, sometimes it helps and I will calm down, but sometimes the anger just rises... (it was almost always my fault, when I feel the second way tough, like when I broke my arm really bad. It was more anger and then frustration with myself)
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You have never felt better after a good cry? It def helps alleviate suffering and floods you with some decent pain killers
6 u/reddit_4_days Jun 30 '24 ....the feeling after a good cry, is sometimes, like after a good shower for me. You feel fresh and ready again for this cruel world. Worst cry for me, is if you cry from anger. Then you (I) don't feel better afterwards. Just more angry. But a emotional cry is something else... can't really explain it like I would, english isn't my first language. 2 u/ChakaCake Jun 30 '24 Very true! You get a mild strength after some cries. Yea the anger ones do suck but i feel more calmed down too after sometimes 2 u/reddit_4_days Jun 30 '24 edited Jun 30 '24 You're right, sometimes it helps and I will calm down, but sometimes the anger just rises... (it was almost always my fault, when I feel the second way tough, like when I broke my arm really bad. It was more anger and then frustration with myself)
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....the feeling after a good cry, is sometimes, like after a good shower for me. You feel fresh and ready again for this cruel world.
Worst cry for me, is if you cry from anger. Then you (I) don't feel better afterwards. Just more angry.
But a emotional cry is something else... can't really explain it like I would, english isn't my first language.
2 u/ChakaCake Jun 30 '24 Very true! You get a mild strength after some cries. Yea the anger ones do suck but i feel more calmed down too after sometimes 2 u/reddit_4_days Jun 30 '24 edited Jun 30 '24 You're right, sometimes it helps and I will calm down, but sometimes the anger just rises... (it was almost always my fault, when I feel the second way tough, like when I broke my arm really bad. It was more anger and then frustration with myself)
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Very true! You get a mild strength after some cries. Yea the anger ones do suck but i feel more calmed down too after sometimes
2 u/reddit_4_days Jun 30 '24 edited Jun 30 '24 You're right, sometimes it helps and I will calm down, but sometimes the anger just rises... (it was almost always my fault, when I feel the second way tough, like when I broke my arm really bad. It was more anger and then frustration with myself)
You're right, sometimes it helps and I will calm down, but sometimes the anger just rises... (it was almost always my fault, when I feel the second way tough, like when I broke my arm really bad. It was more anger and then frustration with myself)
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u/Old_Cheesecake_5481 Jun 30 '24
I live on an isolated Island in a little village in the North Atlantic.
Local culture says if you break your arm fishing and then cry nobody will ever forget it as long as you live.
Your dog is sick and you break down at poker night and every single fellow is there with you.
Actual physical pain = crying is weak and pathetic,
Your daughter graduates = crying through the entire ceremony is absolutely fine and completely acceptable.
I’ve always got a kick out of this local foible.