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"You know, I think you're a little paranoid. You think you're going to be attacked all the time!"
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My mom pulled this one a few weeks back.
Paranoid means you think someone is actively out to get you personally.
Thats not even remotely the case here.
I have a jar with 1000 white marbles in it. I toss in a blue one and a red one and shake the jar around. The blue and the red marbles didnt touch this time....and they may never, ever come into contact when I shake the jar each time.
But there is always a random chance that the red and blue marbles may end up falling into each other and touching at some point. Maybe they will, maybe they wont...who knows.
But in that off chance they do then Mr Blue Marble had better be prepared for whatever Mr Red Marble has in mind.
Its not paranoia at all. Its just understanding the odds.
November 6th, 2009, 11:51 PM
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