Types and Revenge

[Uberfuhrer]

"Revenge is a dish best served cold."

--Old Klingon Proverb

[Natrushka]

"Revenge is a dish best served by me"
-- Nat, once a week.

[raincrow007]

Originally Posted by Uberfuhrer

"Revenge is a dish best served cold."

--Old Klingon Proverb

The proverb "revenge is a dish best served cold" is credited to the 18th century novel les Liaisons dangereuses (Dangerous Liaisons), written by the French official and army general Pierre Choderlos de Laclos (although it never actually appears in the original text). Although the first time this phrase is believed to have been used in its English form was in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.

From: Revenge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

*ponders French Klingons*

Yes, yes.... it all makes sense now.

[Uberfuhrer]

Hmmm...I thought it was a Shakespearean quote.

"TaH pagh TaHbeH." <----"To be or not to be."

[Langrenus]

Before taking revenge I tend to think "what would I do if someone took this form of revenge against me?". This tends to spin off into bad places and usually prevents me from doing anything. The power of own vengeful streak stops me from being vengeful if you like.

Heller would have been chuffed.

[Shimpei]

Originally Posted by Jennifer

ISFJ women

Originally Posted by Natrushka

ISFJs

Originally Posted by Nighthawk

my ISFJ wife.

NFs! Here you go:

POETIC JUSTICE - INTP Central

Poetic Justice 2 - his only oneS - INTP Central

[Natrushka]

Good for her. Poetic Justice indeed. She's quite original, to boot.

[cafe]

My personal computer smashing fantasy involved lobbing a brick through the monitor of my hubby's machine. I didn't do it because then I wouldn't have a computer to use either. It wasn't about revenge as much as frustration. I had lots of little kids and I was trapped in the house all day with very little adult conversation. When Don would come home, instead of helping with the kids or talking to me, he would get on the computer. It made me angry. Now that the kids are bigger and I have my own computer the problem is solved.

The idea of revenge appeals to me a great deal. I don't tend to indulge my fantasies because my religious beliefs forbid it and I have a strong belief in karma. I feel guilty when I take pleasure in the misfortunes of those I believe have wronged me or others, but the guilt doesn't quite outweigh the pleasure.

[htb]

If I happened to a) grow a handlebar moustache, b) wax the moustache and then c) twirl it, I might consider taking up revenge.

Edit: I might instead decide to pitch for the Milwaukee Brewers.

[Zergling]

There are some people I would love to take some sort of revenge on, though I haven't for a couple of reasons. there really isn't any way I could get revenge on some of the people I really want to do damage to, plus if I did bother trying to get some sort of revenge it wouldn't feel very good afterwards, it would just stir up a lot of negative emotions, including a lot of anger, which would drag me down for awhile.

My preference, and the way I'll probably run my life from now on, is to have enough power in situations that I don't ever end up taking the sort of damage from somebody that would have me wanting revenge. Since a lot of anger comes from frustrations, staying in control prevents some of that also.