is there anybody on ilx that can't cry?

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prompted by the ilx thread of crying s/d. i can't cry. ms doom-e has tried to make me. i've been through personal holocausts and can't do it. i've *tried*. frigging impossible. am i a freak?

― doom-e, Wednesday, 2 July 2003 21:06 (twenty-three years ago)

the last time i cried i was eight. am i a vulcan, then? gawd! another social anxiety! hooray!

― doom-e, Wednesday, 2 July 2003 21:07 (twenty-three years ago)

Wasn't this an episode of Friends once? Are you Chandler Bing?

― ailsa (ailsa), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 21:09 (twenty-three years ago)

You don't even cry when you hurt yourself? Or have a really bad cramp?

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 21:10 (twenty-three years ago)

Try cutting onions.

― Sommermute (Wintermute), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 21:11 (twenty-three years ago)

not a freak-i havent cried since 1994 & ive been through plenty. funny, i was gonna post this on the other thread.

― kephm, Wednesday, 2 July 2003 21:20 (twenty-three years ago)

not even when i hurt myself. who is chandler bing? gawd, i feel like a freak.

― doom-e, Wednesday, 2 July 2003 21:27 (twenty-three years ago)

Find the source of the Chandler Bing reference, watch, and perhaps you will weep for America.

― jewelly (jewelly), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 21:34 (twenty-three years ago)

ARE YOU BASTARDS MOCKING ME?????

― Sad Guy With No Tear Ducts (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 21:36 (twenty-three years ago)

*lends Dan an eyedropper to fake the effect*

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 21:38 (twenty-three years ago)

ah. he's on friends. never seen that show. sigh. i feel like a freak now because i've never seen an episode of friends. sigh. you guys sure are making me feel bad but i'm still not crying.

― doom-e, Wednesday, 2 July 2003 21:42 (twenty-three years ago)

i only seem to be able to cry drunk these days. actually not true, when my amp got nicked i bawled and bawled

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 22:20 (twenty-three years ago)

I only cry like once a year.

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 22:23 (twenty-three years ago)

You don't even cry when you hurt yourself? Or have a really bad cramp?

I have made it completely through certain convalescent recovery periods where I don't even shed a tear. I may grimace and wince and complain endlessly about the pain, but nary a tear falls down my cheeks. So physical suffering isn't exactly a cue to start crying. Maybe to start bitching and/or being a Big Baby, yes, but not crying.

― Innocent Dreamer (Dee the Lurker), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 22:32 (twenty-three years ago)

goddamn freak

― faggotry (faggotry), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 22:39 (twenty-three years ago)

DAMN YOU DOOM-E

― GOD (Wintermute), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 23:18 (twenty-three years ago)

http://www.uip.com/themanwhocried/images/actors.jpg

― JesseFox (JesseFox), Thursday, 3 July 2003 04:43 (twenty-three years ago)

my eyes water because i am allergic to cats. does that count?

― doom-e, Thursday, 3 July 2003 04:51 (twenty-three years ago)

not unless you're upset about your inability to cuddle ky00t beasties

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Thursday, 3 July 2003 04:52 (twenty-three years ago)

no. not really. i hate cats.

― doom-e, Thursday, 3 July 2003 04:53 (twenty-three years ago)

more of a dog person.

― doom-e, Thursday, 3 July 2003 04:54 (twenty-three years ago)

i wz like this for years and years

then something happened which put me "in touch with my anger"

now i cry when my pen top falls off the desk!!

― mark s (mark s), Thursday, 3 July 2003 08:07 (twenty-three years ago)

"don't cry for me guilbert supplies team...."

― doom-e, Thursday, 3 July 2003 08:11 (twenty-three years ago)

*weeps*

― mark s (mark s), Thursday, 3 July 2003 08:16 (twenty-three years ago)

there, there *pat pat*

― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 3 July 2003 08:18 (twenty-three years ago)

common brit phen.

mark, oh no OH NO, yer entire staff died in an airplane crash over croydon.

mark: my pen ... floor ... FUCK ME.... WAAAA!!! WAAA!!!

― doom-e, Thursday, 3 July 2003 08:28 (twenty-three years ago)

i am too sentimental for own good and, as such, cry too easily really. it almost happened this morning when i was on the train to work listening to kick the tragedy.

― gareth (gareth), Thursday, 3 July 2003 08:40 (twenty-three years ago)

There is a guy I used to be a band with who really *can't* cry. There is something wrong with his tear ducts. It had something to do with prolonged contact lens use, or using them badly, I dunno. He can't wear contacts anymore and has to use eyedrops a lot.

― Orbit (Orbit), Friday, 4 July 2003 21:31 (twenty-three years ago)

I didn't cry from being 13 to being 22. Since 22 I've cried maybe 6 times.

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Friday, 4 July 2003 21:42 (twenty-three years ago)

I cried late last night after making myself out to be this total idiot and "know nothing" in front of someone I feel especially intimidated by. This was the first time in two years I've cried this much. I think I must've cried for a full minute, which is a HUGE rarity. The last time I did that was the very first time I saw Dad being rushed to the emergency room.

Thank goodness a very kindly person was able to talk me into a good feeling so by the time I went to sleep I wasn't feeling nearly as bad. Thank you sweetie.

― Innocent Dreamer (Dee the Lurker), Friday, 4 July 2003 21:43 (twenty-three years ago)

Actually, I'm a liar. When I was 20 and went to have my dog (had him since I was 5) put down, i cried like a bay for hours.

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Friday, 4 July 2003 21:44 (twenty-three years ago)

And the earth suffered perpetual drought

― Nate Patrin (Nate Patrin), Friday, 4 July 2003 23:49 (twenty-three years ago)

I didn't cry from my teens through my early thirties, despite some shitty relationships and the death of several of my dearest friends. The closest I came to crying was when i was really angry or frustrated. Something changed around 35. Movies and songs actually make me cry now! It takes me awhile to cry after someone I love dies, though. Except when my brother died about 5 years ago. His adult life was so tragic and fucked up and our childhood had been so idyllic, it just set me off.

― Arthur (Arthur), Saturday, 5 July 2003 00:49 (twenty-three years ago)

is 'fake the effect' a tautology of sorts?

― cohrdfdh, Saturday, 5 July 2003 00:57 (twenty-three years ago)

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