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	<title>Totally-Useless.com &#187; When the shit hits the fan</title>
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		<title>When &#8220;It Hits the Fan&#8221; and &#8220;Catch 22&#8243;&#8230;</title>
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		<category><![CDATA[how can an intelligent person act so stupidly and laugh when another is in pain or embar]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[youtube video - catch 22 in letting go - MOOJI - SATSANG IN NEW YORK]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes phrases and cliches slip into our speech and we take these for granted without questioning where these came from, or, why we are using things that we heard from others, or from movies and TV shows. There is nothing wrong with it but we should consider that advertising agencies and copy writers thrive from [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sometimes phrases and cliches slip into our speech and we take these for granted<br />
without questioning where these came from, or, why we are using things that we<br />
heard from others, or from movies and TV shows.</p>
<p>There is nothing wrong with it but we should consider that advertising agencies<br />
and copy writers thrive from these as well.</p>
<p>We become brainwashed more often than not just because some phrases that<br />
we use ourselves are unconsciously burned into our brains, and we therefore<br />
fall into the trap of buying a product or a service that used in their advertising<br />
the exact phrase we used, or keep using.</p>
<p>For the title I set a part of the well known &#8220;When the shit hits the fan,&#8221; and it&#8217;s<br />
meaning is: &#8220;Messy and exciting consequences brought about by a previously<br />
secret situation becoming public.&#8221; And you could check out the rest on <a href="http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/407950.html">phrases.org.uk</a>.</p>
<p>Have you ever asked yourself, how come we humans watch TV programs or<br />
movies when these type of phrases are used in their titles, or descriptions?<br />
And does it has to do with some part of our ability to forget for a moment our<br />
own troubles when we can watch and laugh at the same type of troubles that<br />
others are having? And is this the same part of our consciousness that makes<br />
us laugh when someone near us drops on the floor, or falls from his bike? And<br />
all the people nearby keep watching and laughing even though the person is<br />
embarrassed and in pain?</p>
<p>The other one, &#8220;the catch 22&#8242;s&#8221; meaning is: &#8220;A paradox in which the attempt<br />
to escape makes escape impossible.&#8221; Check again <a href="http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/catch-22.html">phrases.org.uk</a> for it&#8217;s origin etc. Paradoxes have always fascinated me in the same way these controversies do. And this<br />
according to me is part of being a human with a bit of intelligence up it&#8217;s<br />
shoulders. However, than &#8211; the question arises: How can an intelligent<br />
person act so stupidly and laugh when another is in pain, or embarrassed?</p>
<p>Here is a very nice video about the Catch 22 in letting go&#8230;</p>
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