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DUmmie ALERT!
conservativecave ^ | 10-03-08 | franksolich

Posted on 10/06/2008 2:31:33 PM PDT by franksolich

There's an untranslatable word in German, weltschmerz, which describes many primitives to a tee; not all of them, but primitives such as Doug's ex-wife, Pedro Picasso, Oscar Wilde (the "Cyrano" primitive), the grazing primitive (the "jgraz" primitive), the Bostonian Drunkard, the packing mama primitive (the "Pachamama" primitive), the skumbag primitive, the kaput primitive (the "kpete" primitive), the Swanson's TV dinner primitive (the "DavidSwanson" primitive), the carpetbagging maternal ancestress (the "Raven" primitive), &c., &c., &c.

The closest one can come to weltschmerz is "a gloomy, romanticized world-weary sadness, experienced most often by privileged youth."

Of course, youth left these primitives some decades ago, but the attitude's still there.


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1 posted on 10/06/2008 2:31:33 PM PDT by franksolich
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To: franksolich

Sounds like the definition should be “world view of euro-trash”.


2 posted on 10/06/2008 2:33:20 PM PDT by Defiant (With Barney Frank, a reach across the aisle just becomes a reach-around.)
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To: PJ-Comix; Charles Henrickson; Paul Heinzman; Roscoe Karns; vharlow; CaliGirl-R; ...

Ping-oh.


3 posted on 10/06/2008 2:33:27 PM PDT by franksolich (Scourge of the Primitives, in Service to Humanity)
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To: franksolich

Where’s that picture of the bunny with the pancake on it’s head?


4 posted on 10/06/2008 2:36:56 PM PDT by toast
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To: franksolich
The closest one can come to weltschmerz is "a gloomy, romanticized world-weary sadness, experienced most often by privileged youth."

One word: "EMO".

5 posted on 10/06/2008 2:37:13 PM PDT by Old Sarge (Illic Est Haud Deus)
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To: franksolich

“Welt” in German is “world.”

A free translation of weltschmerz might be: world weariness, or freer yet, “tired of living”.

In Ecclesiastes, King Solomon expressed something possibly akin to that when he wrote:

Ecc 1:1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
Ecc 1:2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; vanity of vanities, all is vanity.
Ecc 1:12 I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
Ecc 1:13 And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under heaven: it is a sore travail that God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.
Ecc 1:14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.
Ecc 1:15 That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
Ecc 1:16 I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I have gotten me great wisdom above all that were before me in Jerusalem; yea, my heart hath had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.
Ecc 1:17 And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also was a striving after wind.
Ecc 2:1 I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove thee with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also was vanity.
Ecc 2:2 I said of laughter, It is mad; and of mirth, What doeth it?
Ecc 2:3 I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their life.
Ecc 2:4 I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards;
Ecc 2:5 I made me gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit;
Ecc 2:6 I made me pools of water, to water therefrom the forest where trees were reared;
Ecc 2:7 I bought men-servants and maid-servants, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all that were before me in Jerusalem;
Ecc 2:8 I gathered me also silver and gold, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces; I gat me men-singers and women-singers, and the delights of the sons of men, musical instruments, and that of all sorts.
Ecc 2:9 So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.
Ecc 2:10 And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them; I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced because of all my labor; and this was my portion from all my labor.
Ecc 2:11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do; and, behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

The Scrupture goes on even farther, but you should get the picture. It appears that King Solomon had weltschmerz! Perhaps if he had given himself to blessing OTHERS as much as he had sought what he THOUGHT would bring HIMSELF personal pleasure and satisfaction, he would have actually FOUND what he was seeking; and would never have experienced weltschemrz. IMHO


6 posted on 10/06/2008 2:53:05 PM PDT by Tucker39 (I Tim. 1:15b " .....Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.")
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To: franksolich

Teufelhunde

Describes McCain Today

7 posted on 10/06/2008 3:00:02 PM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: franksolich
Here's what I copied out of Wikipedia...

"The modern meaning of Weltschmerz in the German language is the psychological pain caused by sadness that can occur when realizing that someone's own weaknesses are caused by the inappropriateness and cruelty of the world and (physical and social) circumstances."

IOW, it's the pain/sadness that accompanies the "blame it on anyone but me" crowd. I take issue with the "realizing that someone's own weaknesses are caused by the...world and...circumstances" part. Realizing implies reality and there's no reality in that; it's simply assigning one's own shortcomings to someone/something else.

But that aside, it does neatly sum up the DUmmies dilemma. And since it deals with our wonderful DUmmies, perhaps we should coin it "Schmerzwelt" as we have "Freudenschade". In fact, I'm experiencing a deja vu moment. I believe I've made that same switch a couple years ago when we were well into the Pitt/Rove debacle. I think someone else came up with Weltschmerz back then and I made the same observation.

8 posted on 10/06/2008 3:01:20 PM PDT by bcsco (Sarah America! Ignore the lipstik at your peril!)
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To: Red_Devil 232
Describes McCain Today

Yep. McCain/Palin scored two punches today. Teufelhunde fer sure...

9 posted on 10/06/2008 3:03:12 PM PDT by bcsco (Sarah America! Ignore the lipstik at your peril!)
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To: Tucker39
The Scrupture goes on even farther, but you should get the picture. It appears that King Solomon had weltschmerz! Perhaps if he had given himself to blessing OTHERS as much as he had sought what he THOUGHT would bring HIMSELF personal pleasure and satisfaction, he would have actually FOUND what he was seeking; and would never have experienced weltschemrz.

Behold! One wiser than King Solomon is among the Freepers!

10 posted on 10/06/2008 3:08:40 PM PDT by normy (Don't take it personally, just take it seriously.)
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To: franksolich

Any sleeper freepers who don’t mind having their account banned can post this video there.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8QcpdUtxNQ

How about Obama openly campaigning for his communist cousin Odinga who signed a pact with Muslims to enact Sharia Law if elected and started riots when he lost. Obama campaigned for an openly Anti-American candidate in a foreign country in 2006 at taxpayer expense.


11 posted on 10/06/2008 3:42:49 PM PDT by word_warrior_bob (You can now see my amazing doggie and new puppy on my homepage!! Come say hello to Jake & Sonny)
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To: franksolich
Or this, courtesy of Wikipedia:

"The expression fin de siècle generally refers to the years 1880 to 1914 in Europe. It has connotations of decadence, which are seen as typical for the last years of a culturally vibrant period (La Belle Époque at the turn of the 20th century), and of anticipative excitement about, or despair facing, impending change, or both, that is generally expected when a century or time period draws to a close...In a broader sense the expression fin de siècle is used to characterise anything that has an ominous mixture of opulence and/or decadence, combined with a shared prospect of unavoidable radical change or some approaching 'end.'"

12 posted on 10/06/2008 7:44:48 PM PDT by decal ("You should make a point of trying every experience once, excepting incest and folk dancing.")
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