fools rush in

when you're engaged in something that is,
uhm, 'on the far end of the honorable spectrum,'

something that's been going on for yearS,

for which so many have personal knowledge of,

for which so many messages have been sent,

the last thing you need
is to go anywhere near
anything that would require you
to make statements under oath.

the results could be ugly,
not just for you
but for your 'business partners.'

i wonder whether your 'clients' would *pay* you a visit.

yes, pun...  🤣

cave in

in the search for truth,
for anything actually,
you keep an open mind.

faced with new information,
you set aside conflicting notions.

you weigh things.

there are sensible statements
and there is nonsense.

there are credible witnesses
and there are those with a history of dishonesty.

there are certainties.
there are inferences.
there are reasonable assumptions.
there are implausible claims.
there are  falsehoods.
there are unknowns.

holding on to certain views
when the body of evidence
shows otherwise
is foolish.

you're positioning yourself on shaky ground.
you're setting yourself up for a web of lies
you'd be hard put to keep track of.

you might think you're saving face
but you're actually just losing credibility.

justifying a fault doubles it.
don't make matters worse than they already are.
STFU.

request for comments

in this age of customizable privacy settings,
you can choose what to show to
and what to hide from
certain people.

you don't filter your audience,
you're opening yourself up to comments from everyone.

in this big, wide world,
people have different experiences.

maybe your friends
have experienced only good times with you.

your neighbor, on the other hand,
may have yearS-long experience
of your dogS camping out at their place,
complete with pee and poop.

you can't expect these people
to react the same way
when you post about dogs.

now are you supposed to complain
about certain comments being unsolicited?

uhm, you put the post out there for people to see.

how does this go?

do you really go around soliciting comments for your posts?

"hey, say something nice about my post."

nyahaha...  RFC of a different kind...

desperate 🤣

reverse

some people complain about a reaction
without at all mentioning what triggered it.

you're supposed to
"tell the truth,
the whole truth,
and nothing but the truth."

if you do so,
you just might realize
that the complainant should actually be
the other party.

negligent

you don't fault a child for the sins of the parent.
you can, however, fault the parent for the sins of the child.

not just once,
not just twice,
not just thrice,
not just four times,
not just five times,
countless times,
children from the neighbors' place
have entered our properties,
playing dangerously
not just in my parents' yard
but also in my balcony ->  on the third floor!
(there are other things these youngsters have done.
i can talk about them verbally
but i'm not gonna immortalize them in a blog.)

these (two separate) properties have gates.
they open the gates!

i used to walk over to the guardian's own gate
(the grandmother of one of the children)
and tell her through the window
to stop the kids from opening our gates
and entering our premises.

you know what she'd do?

she'd just look at me,
say nothing,
then continue watching TV.

invariably that's what happens.

she never once went out to check the kids.
she never once went out to call them.
she never once sent out anyone to call them.
she'd just stay put on her chair and go on watching TV.

pretty much like the rest of her household
who do not even bother to pick up their dog
and even have the gall to just watch
as it barks on and on and on, unleashed,
in the neighbor's property.

you have to yell at them
to get them to get their pet.
(a regular tone won't do;
there'd be no action.)

what sort of caretakers are these?
they impose
not just their pets
but even persons they should be looking after
on others!

passing on responsibility for your animals
is low enough.
you really have to dig deeper
and pass on your responsibility for a human???
ugh!  rock bottom.