tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-370162075194406745.post7559398863957466495..comments2023-09-01T14:16:18.578+05:30Comments on Seriously Joking: Unexpected FeelingsTaher Kagalwalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11488784262720510047noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-370162075194406745.post-27597089876334332502008-05-22T00:53:00.000+05:302008-05-22T00:53:00.000+05:30Hmmm.Are you telling me you can get a cab from hom...Hmmm.<br><br>Are you telling me you can get a cab from home to the office for about $2 US? That's less than it costs me in GAS here! I'll take it. Oh, wait - do cabs there actually have seat belts? Do the drivers drive like they do in Tehran, Cairo, Istanbul, Paris, or New York? Maybe I want to live a while longer...<br><br>As for your question, there's always Schadenfreude... no, no - I've never felt joy in someone else's misfortune, of course (that would be bad Karma, now, wouldn't it?) but that there's a name for it means it must not be uncommon. ;)<br><br>And then there's that adrenaline-fueled surge of energy and feelings of competence that arise during a crisis - I get those. I could <i>almost</i> welcome a crisis, some days - if only because it puts things into perspective ("Hey, what's today's minor-irritation-du-jour at the office, compared to a hurricane that's wiped out half of New Orleans?") and lets me DO something to shake myself out of my own petty rut. But on the whole, I could be quite happy without the surge; adrenaline surges are inevitably followed by a corresponding crash. <br><br>And that pile of work is still waiting for you at the office tomorrow, but now it has grown teeth.Hollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08034708581256314628noreply@blogger.com