I got hit with the shit stick.

It was really the "worthy to share in my knowledge of misery" and the prayer remark that pissed me off, as if somehow he's more deserving of our thoughts than the people in south asia, or anywhere else in the world. If you're fucking dying or something, then say so. If it's not that serious, it's not a big deal.

I've gotta interject here, Grav. That's not fair in the slightest. That like saying, "Oh, you lost an arm in a car accident, but you're gonna live and be just fine? Then stop fucking bitching, you didn't get your house destroyed by a tidal wave."

To lessen someone else's personal suffering because it's not as "severe" on a worldwide scale as someone who lost their family in a natural distaster is asinine. You could say that about anything.

"Oh, your dad died of cancer yesterday? Well, stop fucking complaining, at least he didn't starve to death in a conentration camp."

"Huh, you lost your job, your wife cheated on you and your kids hate you for it? Well, too fucking bad. Stop whining, because at least you're not starving to death in Africa."

That's an asinine line of thought. People are allowed to be hurt, Grav, without having to consider the suffering of others first. If I suddenly lost my entire family in a plane crash, I wouldn't expect some guy from Missouri who just got dumped to cease feeling bad so he could mourn for my loss. That doesn't mean that he doesn't care about my loss, but it does mean that the suffering I'm experiencing should not be thrust onto his shoulders as well.

You need to get that idea out of your head, dude. It's archaic, it's ridiculous and it's illogical. You are a person who strikes me as being none of those things. Adhering to that ideal doesn't suit you in the slightest.