03-19-2019, 09:04 AM
"I replied that I didn’t think ew Yorkers were thick skinned just self absor
Ha! I'm going to take this in the spirit I hope it was meant....prickly humor. Us New Yorkers get dark humor, we excel at sarcasm and guess what - we can take a joke, especially at our own expense.
That said: As a born-and-bred New Yorker, I am thick skinned, I don't scare easily and I don't think I'm self-absorbed. Still when I hear stories of senseless violence in Jamaica, the US, New Zealand...where ever....it affects me. When it comes to a place like Jamaica where I spend a good part of my winter and have been for many years - I can only internalize what I see and read and take care of myself and my loved ones when I'm there. (Maybe that's where the thick-skinned part comes in). Having lost friends to senseless violence there all I can really say is this darkness got to give.
Ha! I'm going to take this in the spirit I hope it was meant....prickly humor. Us New Yorkers get dark humor, we excel at sarcasm and guess what - we can take a joke, especially at our own expense.
That said: As a born-and-bred New Yorker, I am thick skinned, I don't scare easily and I don't think I'm self-absorbed. Still when I hear stories of senseless violence in Jamaica, the US, New Zealand...where ever....it affects me. When it comes to a place like Jamaica where I spend a good part of my winter and have been for many years - I can only internalize what I see and read and take care of myself and my loved ones when I'm there. (Maybe that's where the thick-skinned part comes in). Having lost friends to senseless violence there all I can really say is this darkness got to give.