If Not Me, Who?

[AS1975]

Mate, there is no half measures - it is like drinking or taking drugs, I am incapable of taking an interest without becoming irritated. I'm under extreme pressure not to become irritated, so I'm utterly disinterested. If something happens I'm sure I'll read about it in the paper. I'll just join the massive number of people who've never done a thing for anyone in their lives, I'll simply have to try and forget that I have done so in the past.

Quite frankly, we all take our own chances and we take the risks inherent in those chances. I see no reason to endanger myself anymore for ingrates and obnoxious clowns, but I promise to give them every bit as much help as I've received when my chances and risks didn't pan out, none, C'est la vie

 

[Abstract]

I am going to add extreme "Black and White Thinking" to the cognitive issues AS and in a very concerning context.

 

[AS1975]

Black and white thinking is always extreme. It is like any addictive behavior, I can't take a little bit of morphine, I can't take a little bit of Canadian Club and Dry and I cannot take a little bit of interest in the behavior of others. I've done all and taken all to excess and I'm still paying for it. Why should I go out of my way, any further than I do with the Fire Service (where I'm insured), to help people I wouldn't give a lift to? I've done so in the past and it has cost me more than I could afford, no more, I'm played out, I have saved at least 4 people (by my count), quite probably more, that is much more than most could say with any honesty. I reckon I've earned the right to do as I please.