This just in: people lie. Human beings lie all the damned time, it happens so often you might consider it just part of the psychology of humanity. The best part is that we often lie about the most inane shit and don’t even question it. Men and Women stretch the truth in any number of ways, especially in personal ads and on dating websites, and the things they lie about are often hilarious. Women lie most about their age. Men? They lie about their height.
Let that sink in for a second. Why the hell would you lie about your age or your height? What is the point? Anyone interested in you is going to figure it out sooner or later! Did you really think they wouldn’t notice that you’re just below the minimum height to ride the tea-cups at the local fair after your dating profile said you were a cool 6’2″?
The point is, everyone’s trying to impress everyone else; to stretch the truth and make themselves seem totally awesome so other people will like them. The problem with this mentality is that it doesn’t last forever. Sooner or later people figure out that not only are you height-challenged, an ancient crone, or a douchebag, they also find out you’re a liar too. But hey, it’s worth it for that short amount of attention, right?
Real-life musings aside, its always interesting to examine the creatures and beings that populate the realm of myth in different ways. We’ve always had creatures, both large and small, to look out for and be wary of. There are people today that legitimately fear the chupacabra, popobawa, various ghosts, and a great deal more. If you were to ask those very same people if they are afraid of giants, however, you’d probably be laughed at. As the world has become progressively more connected and our awareness of the landscape has increased, it seems there’s no more room in our subconscious minds for giants and large monsters. The truth is that none of these things probably existed. They always populated the dark and terrifying corners of the earth, places we could not possibly delve into. Giants and their ilk are just too damned big, they’d be spotted in an instant nowadays by myriad airplanes flying overhead.
Along with giants, we seem to pay no heed to other monstrous creatures. Dragons, thunderbirds, and manticores, along with many others, have just gone out of style, while other mythical creatures retain some or all of the supernatural charm that captivated the minds of our ancestors. Even now, there are places in Ireland dedicated as santuaries to the Little People and spots held sacred in South America due to the presence of some god or monster.
I guess that’s the interesting thing. All of these things were brought forth by human imagination and they deserve a second look today. They’re all important and sacred in some way, even if its not a literal one.
Besides, I guess everyone needs a little love, even giants that lie about their height.
That giant is too cute. What girl doesn’t want a bouquet of trees?
Give the poor guy a chance.
I prefer receiving a pine tree bouquet.
“…while other mythical creatures retain some or all of the supernatural charm that captivated the minds of our ancestors. Even now, there are places in Ireland dedicated as santuaries to the Little People…”
In the case of Leprechauns, they retain their charm because, despite their non-existence (and Irish people’s knowledge of their non-existence), they are a nice little money earner from gullible (mostly American) tourists.
@Sarah Exactly right. I’m certain there are a fair number of people in Ireland, as in the rest of the world, that actually believe in the existence of these things. However, it is apparent that most normal people look at it as a quaint reminder of times gone by rather than actual fact. There was an excellent bit on leprechauns in a recent episode of Destination Truth (very entertaining show, despite the ridiculous premise) and they ran into this commercialized form of Leprechaun nonsense at a bar. The bar owner had a set of “leprechaun bones” in a glass case which turned out to be (quite obviously) just a mess of bones from random small animals.
its not totally impossible to live a life without much lies. if you are going to tell the damn truth sure only cool and nice people will be around you.
that works for me, sure i got a lot of problems, but… im not a soft speaker. the truth is a damn overpowered weapon that strikes right at the weak spot of everyone.
so… yeah… tell the truth; truth = freedom + power
You are is so incredible. : )
Really really great stuff.
Also I love the squiggles on her elbows, shoulders and knees
“Where did he get those clothes?” How about; Where did you get a picnic blanket large enough for him to sit on?!
She’s just not impressed that he brought up wood on the first date…
I would actually suspect that giants are an exaggeration of a real life phenomenon.
Let’s say you are part of a tribe whose height is around 4ft and are relatively skinny; if you met another tribe who ranges in the 6ft area for height and are relatively more heavy set then there you go your tribe just met some giants.
According to some native American myths, there was a tribe of ‘giant people’ somewhere in the soutwest USA. Supposedly there is (nonconclusive) evidence.
But it’s not too hard to believe, considering those Chinese/Mongol tribes up in the Himalayas that grow to an average height of about 4 feet, due to genetic isolation.
And then there’s crap like giantism. I think it’s fair to say that, if they weren’t the source, certain physiological traits contributed a great deal to early ‘monster’ myths. Giantism=giants, dwarfism=dwarfs, that weird body-hair-everywhere thing for lycanthropes, etc., etc.
You are is so incredible. : )
Really really great stuff.
Also I love the squiggles on her elbows, shoulders and knees
What do you mean, thunderbirds have gone out of style? Thunderbirds will never go out of style!
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