#Superfluous

[survivor-of-my-childhood]

I feel

so fat....

So annoying...

so unimportant...

so ugly....

So unlovable...

So disgusting...

so complicated...

so superfluous...

so undesirable...

like a problem....

Okay.

[random-xpressions]

Sometimes the only words you would want to hear from someone will be their comforting silence, their calming presence...

Random Xpressions

[existennialmemes]

Superfluous is a great word because I can use it in its own definition like: "a superfluous way of saying unnecessary." And it still clearly defines the word even if you didn't know what it meant.

[spiralochete]

favorite word?

rigamarole

[semperardens-juli]

A disillusioned individual, often born into wealth and privilege, the superfluous man regards the society around him with boredom, cynicism, and lack of interest, at the same time feeling himself to be morally and intellectually superior.

on 'The Superfluous Man' in Eugene Onegin (1833), Alexander Pushkin taken from The Literature Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained, by James Canton (x)

leave a little kindness (x)

[whats-in-a-sentence]

Just a few days ago I was at a dinner party and a nice lady, whom I did not know, cornered me and, for some reason unknown to myself, began telling me in superfluous detail of the manifold achievements of her son.

"The Stars in their Courses" - Isaac Asimov

[x-unimportant-person-x]

Have I lost you like everyone else?.....

The idea hurts...

But its just me...

I'm always too much...

I'm superfluous...

I'm unwanted...

I'm unlovable...

[d3ad-on-arriva1]

BEEN SEARCHING FOR A SENSE OF PURPOSE, BUT LATELY IM CONVINCED, THAT AT THE CENTRE OF MY LIFE IS JUST PURPOSE-LESS-NESS. LIKE, IM OUT TO SEA. IVE GONE ADRIFT. THE BEST WAY TO DESCRIBE MY LIFE IS LIKE. S- S- SUPERFULOUS. YEAH.. MY SUPERFLUOUS EXISTENCE

[thewordwideweb]

Words you'll never use, Volume Two

In case last week’s post on words you will never use wasn’t enough for you, we herewith present Words You’ll Never Use, Volume 2. (Please note: “herewith” is not one of them, but probably should be).

Let’s start off with a tasty one. You’ll probably never use – or even hear – the word “tracklements” unless perhaps you spend some time in England. Tracklements is a term that covers a wide range of savory condiments, such as various mustards, relishes, chutneys and so on, usually served with a meat dish. British food writer Dorothy Hartley is believed to have coined the word in 1954. She said it was derived from a dialect word, “trankelment,” which meant “trinkets or ornaments.”

If you overdo the tracklements with your dinner, you might have trouble fitting into your “cuirass.” A cuirass is a piece of armor that covers the torso. It can be a single piece or multiple pieces joined together to cover the front and back. Although a cuirass is usually formed of metal, the word itself comes from Latin words that mean “leather,” which was the original material for a cuirass. And no, I did not include this word simply because it has the word “ass” in it.

Before you go to war in your cuirass, you might seek a benison from the chaplain. “Benison” is just another word for benediction or blessing, although “benison” was around for hundreds of years before benediction. It’s from Latin words meaning “to speak well of.”

You may have to go to the narthex to seek your benison. “Narthex” refers to the lobby, vestibule, porch or antechamber of early churches. The narthex was at the end of the church farthest from the sanctuary. Hey, nobody wants you bringing your muddy hobnailed boots and dirty cuirass into the sanctuary, right? “Narthex” has its roots in a Greek word meaning “giant fennel,” but damned if I know why.

I hope you’re not damned to suffer from “nyctophobia.” No, wise guy, it’s not the fear of “nycts.” It’s an extreme, irrational fear of the dark or nighttime.

Things that go bump in the night could lead to “ligyrophobia.” That’s a fear of loud noises. (Shhh!) I might mention that the word “phonophobia” means the same thing, but I know at least one of you clever old-timers would make a joke about a fear of record players.

I could also tell you that yet another word for ligyrophobia is sonophopbia, but that would just be supererogatory, and we wouldn’t want that. Things that are “supererogatory” are superfluous, more than required, above and beyond what is necessary.

Come to think of it, this whole post is supererogatory.     

[theoldbrewery]

[tenth-sentence]

Planned fire made them superfluous.

"Country: Future Fire, Future Farming" - Bill Gammage and Bruce Pascoe

[emptylandscapes]

Ever feel just, like alone at an event with family and friends? You just...feel like you don't matter. You try, but every time you join the conversation it dies almost immediately, and then they all leave to join different conversations...that you're not a part of. And you either follow pathetically, hoping for a different outcome, or you accept it and sit by yourself, watching people you've loved and cared about your whole life carry on being only infinitely happier you're not there to big them down.

You're superfluous, in their lives and maybe the lives of every single person around you.

I'm drunk, I'm tired, and I'm superfluous. I only wish they could call this early so i didn't have to face my own ineptitude and unlikeability anymore times tonight

[notbecauseofvictories]

I don't know how strictly accurate this is, but one of the things I find shocking about watching historical dramas is how many people there are around all the time---according to Madame de... (1953) a well-off French household in the Belle Epoque maintains a workforce of at least 3, and the glittering opera has staff just to open doors. According to Shogun (2024) you can expect a deep bench just to mind your household, and again, people who exist to open doors.

Could people....not open doors in the past? Were doors tricky, before the standardization of hinges? Because otherwise, the wealthy used to pay a whole bunch of people to do it for them in multiple contexts, and I find myself baffled.

[blvck-coffee-dad]

Man, you wanna talk about feeling worthless... 😅

[wisdomfish]

If, as suggested by other cultures (outside Christianity) and philosophical traditions (non-Christian belief systems), the universe were somehow less than an objective reality, science would be superfluous.

Samples, Kenneth Richard. ‘Without a Doubt: Answering the 20 Toughest Faith Questions.; p. 192