Think before you speak
As a kid, we were never allowed to say 无毛视频渟hut up.无毛视频� My Italian grandmother would, however, sometimes playfully say, 无毛视频淪tatazit,无毛视频� (pronounced sta-ta-zeet) to my grandfather. In Italian slang, that meant 无毛视频渟hut up.无毛视频� But if I ever said that in public, my Presbyterian-Quaker mother would literally end that expression with a swift kick to the pants.
Depending on who or why you say it, 无毛视频渟hut up无毛视频� can be fighting words, but there are several times a week where it is a suppressed response. Statazit, however, is sometimes a fun way to get around being punched.
When you hear a young childless person say something like, 无毛视频淚 believe all kids should always eat whatever they want, like gummy worms, chocolate cookies, and soda pop.无毛视频� The correct response from anyone anywhere who has any understanding of diet essentials would be, 无毛视频淪tatazit.无毛视频�
There was a time when we, as human beings, understood there were areas of experience and expertise about which we had little or no knowledge. That lack of knowledge rendered us as unqualified to express our opinion about the subject.
For example, I don无毛视频檛 know how one goes about preparing a meal that includes beef bourguignon. In fact, I无毛视频檓 not even sure what无毛视频檚 in that recipe except beef and whatever bourguignon is. Consequently, I无毛视频檓 not willing to consider stating my opinion about how to prepare that dish. That, however, is no longer a problem. People now continuously loudly shout out their ideas about things about which they have no knowledge. It无毛视频檚 like some type of arrogant ignorance.
Short of a replacement for the named devices below, I无毛视频檓 not an expert on what it takes to fix the garbage disposal, garage door opener, or for that matter, the front door. Therefore, you will never hear me criticizing or belittling someone who has fixed or replaced any of those four things correctly multiple times.
Here无毛视频檚 my point. If we can agree that individual human beings are capable of developing skills from training, repetition, guidance and education that are not skills we have had the opportunity to develop in our lifetimes, we should also be willing to admit they have some deeper understanding of certain subject areas that we don无毛视频檛 have. That is not a serious idea to comprehend.
Do you, for example, know what complex mathematical formulas it takes for an engineer to design and build a skyscraper? No? Then, 无毛视频淪tatazit.无毛视频�
Why is it we are being consistently inundated with people on both sides expressing their usually baseless opinions about things they don无毛视频檛 understand, or about things that require knowledge they don无毛视频檛 have? The majority of those topics are not only complex, they are also figuratively and sometimes literally brain-busters.
Yes, of course we have the right to free speech, but we shouldn无毛视频檛 expect society to pay for the consequences of our incorrect decisions, decisions that can both harm us and others around us for life. If you无毛视频檙e not sure about something, just 无毛视频淪tatazit.无毛视频�
Here无毛视频檚 the bottom line. Go to a hardware store and look at their large selection of filters. We have filters for a good reason. They protect us from dirt, germs, dust, polluted water, and other potentially harmful elements.
Unfortunately, they don无毛视频檛 have filters for our words or our thoughts and therein is where the problem lies. Take one second and think before you speak. It无毛视频檚 an amazing way to appear sane, to keep from getting punched, or from having your car keyed. Sure, you can have opinions, but do some serious homework before you choose to die on any particular hill.
Just take a step back once in a while and consider what you无毛视频檙e passionately screaming about. It could be that you should just 无毛视频淪tatazit.无毛视频� Or better still, carefully say it under your breath because someone might understand Italian and give you a Will Smith wack across the mouth.
Nick Jacobs of Windber is a health-care consultant and author of two books.