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Word of the day: Moronic

According to wordnetweb.princeton.edu:

Moron: S: (n) idiot, imbecile, cretin, moron, changeling, half-wit, retard (a person of subnormal intelligence)

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Due to some moronic rules/policies or the people that came up with them… or the people that weren’t fit for a “loose” system made the system tighten… now I see a message like this:

Content is blocked by your organization

Reason: This category of ___________ is being filtered: Social Networking and Personal Sites

URL: <URLHERE>

Funny that on some sites something like this reads:

To view sites on this category, you must use your quota time. You are provided with 60 minutes of quota. Click on the button “Use quota” to begin to use your allotted time in periods of 10 minutes to view this and other sites on categories limited by quota.

So, now we see that the system was too loose for some (immature) people, and now they made the whole thing tighter to the point of making the misfits as well as everyone else uncomfortable, everyone, including those who did NOT abuse their freedom which is why I find this moronic. Now I think the one that’s not fitting is me.

What will I do? Use the channels that the system lets me to, until I can find a way to change the system, or to change systems altogether.

</rant>

Note: Will update this later with the correct/linked definition from the princeton.edu… yes… it’s blocked too so had to grab it from somewhere else.
Edit: Done.

For some time now, I’ve been working on my “Listening vs. Hearing” when I’m receiving constructive criticism and advice from someone. This experience in working my ways has given me the eyes to see how Ill-tempered a person can become when you are giving them advice yourself, or just pointing out an aspect in which they could do better with a slight variation of their ways.

Beats me how people can, not only disregard whatever you are saying, but try to cover the fact that they can improve, by either saying: “but you do it too” (if the case applies), or just toss you into oblivion. I would love it if people understood that I’m NOT judging when I bring something to someone’s attention, specially when I tell him/her in a private, one-on-one, and in a kind manner.

Another thing is, I’m expressing my love (or friendship, or appreciation, pick one…) towards that person when I bring those things to his/her attention (and not anyone else). I just want said person to be better; to help. We all need to be mature enough to listen, and humble enough to accept that we need to improve. I’m currently working on polishing those two.

On Luke 6:42, Jesus tells us:

How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when you yourself fail to see the plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

So, while I’m working on fixing my problems, won’t I be able to bring similar issues to the attention of others? And what about the problems I don’t have? A lot of the times the (constructive) criticism and advise will be frowned upon and disregarded.

I guess I need a piece of advice… both on the lines of improving my own listening and my dilemma of others not listening to me.