"That thing where you're laughing or crying or both at the same time"

[Taemojitsu]

Standing in rice paddy
Kids disregard way of life
Sigh and take out cell phone

>.<

[Mia]

Originally Posted by Taemojitsu

Does anyone know what this is called?

Did you ever figure out what word you were looking for?

[Taemojitsu]

no. Makes you wonder a bit about the whole Newspeak thing, doesn't it :)

but I think I captured it passably well in that bastard haiku of mine.

(it's not as sad if you are not, or don't identify with, the person experiencing the loss, but imagine you were that person and then you realized how ridiculous it was that the changes leading to your children's lack of interest in their heritage and culture were affecting you just as much... as evidenced by the technology of the cell phone.)

I LIKED MY OLD "MEMBER" TITLE BETTER!!

[Muffbeard]

Aka Broken condom orgasm