Why do some people break everything they touch?

[Winston]

Question: Why does it seem that some people break everything they touch? I don't get it. Whenever Dianne's family stays at my apartment, things break, such as door handles, drawers and even the metal faucet in the kitchen (which suddenly snapped off). Yet I never break them when I touch them. Why is that?

Her mom and sisters are not superwomen or anything. How can their human hands break metal so easily? You can't break metal just by touching it or using it.

You could say that the metal was already corroding due to its cheap design by Filipino makers, and that their touch was the "straw that broke the camel's back". However, they've broken too many things for it to be a coincidence. Yet nothing breaks when I use it. Why is that? Do they have "savage hands" or something? lol

Also, whenever they take DVD's out of the cases, they never seem to be able to put them back in their proper case. Ever. No matter how many times you tell them, they can't do it for some reason. I don't know why. Why is that so hard to do? It's a simple thing right? I don't understand other people.

I remember when I was in grade school, I had certain friends who also had "destructive hands" in that whenever they came over and played with something, such as my toys and games, they would always break in their hands. Yet my hands would never break them.

Any of you also experience that certain people seem to have "destructive hands"?

Maybe it's similar to that phenomenon where some people always cause computers and electronics to malfunction for some unknown reason, just by being near them or using them casually, which has been documented in case studies.

It seems that touch is not purely physical or technical, and harbors characteristics that logic cannot explain.

For example, two chefs can cook the same dish in the exact same way, with the exact same ingredients and amount of them, yet due to some "mysterious touch" one of them will prepare dishes that somehow taste better, for some reason that logic cannot explain.

Also, I know how to wash clothes by hand. But when I execute the task, the clothes will not be clean. They still smell dirty afterward, even after I scrub and rinse them the way other people do it. Yet Dianne can do the same thing and the clothes will be clean. It seems that two people can physically do the same thing yet get different results. Why is that? Any of you notice that too?

I mentally know the proper technique and motion of throwing a bowling ball too, however, I cannot execute it properly for some reason, no matter how many times I try. Something just doesn't connect. Thus an average person can often beat me in bowling.

When me and my friend Amber hung out in Washington a lot, we experienced something strange. When we were in Portland, and I gave her the keys my Geo Prizm car to drive around while I was at work, she could not turn the ignition with my keys. Somehow, her touch and finger movement caused the ignition to jam. And when she asked my friend's dad to come and try it, he could not either. When I got off from work, they told me what happened, so I went to my car and tried it and was able to turn the ignition on just one try. That was bizarre. I joked that my car had a "consciousness" and would only allow me to drive it. lol

When I asked around about it, I was told by "logical thinking guys" that it was due to the stress of my fingers which over time become accustomed to the particular sensitivity of my car's ignition turning lock. (it was a 1991 car) That sounds like a logical explanation. However, there are many things and anomalies in our world/reality that defy explanation.

For instance, when I brought my electronic Russian/English translator back from Russia in 2003, it suddenly failed to work in America. Even when I replaced the batteries with new ones, it still would not work properly and went berzerk, showing weird characters on the screen. However, in 2004 when I returned to Russia, I brought it with me just in case. And whoila! Right when I stepped out into the Moscow airport, I took out that same electronic translator and it powered on and worked fine, just as it did a year ago when I brought it out of Russia!

No one has ever been able to explain that. It defies logic and conventional science!

Any of you ever have weird experiences like that?

[ladislav]

I have destructive hands too and have broken many things. But the thing is this does not continue. For example, if the things I handle get replaced and then get replaced again, then everything is OK.

Also, my very infamous rant against Thailand an how evil and unfriendly the people there were to me also defies logic. I saw other white guys there with big smiles living a good life and praising the Thais as the most advanced race that the evolution had produced.

Also, no matter how I try and what I do, I cannot find a good job in the USA. Even if I do, then I start having problems with coworkers and bosses of interpersonal nature. I am not lucky with jobs period.

[momopi]

For example, two chefs can cook the same dish in the exact same way, with the exact same ingredients and amount of them, yet due to some "mysterious touch" one of them will prepare dishes that somehow taste better, for some reason that logic cannot explain.

Also, I know how to wash clothes by hand. But when I execute the task, the clothes will not be clean. They still smell dirty afterward, even after I scrub and rinse them the way other people do it. Yet Dianne can do the same thing and the clothes will be clean. It seems that two people can physically do the same thing yet get different results. Why is that? Any of you notice that too?

People who tend to break things are the type who don't think before they act, i.e. the country bumpkin cousin who decided to ignore the rolls of fresh towels on the counter & wash his face with your $30 decorative towel. As for cooking, the kind of recipes that produce consistent quality food has already been idiot-proofed. I volunteered for Project Angel Food in LA and we followed a strict idiot-proofed process, designed for clueless volunteers. Granted, the food isn't gourmet, but it's healthy and delivered fresh to your door for free.




Non-idiot proof recipes require the chef to taste. This kind of cooking is not about following some recipe card, you have to taste your food/sauce and adjust accordingly. Not everyone has the same taste buds & preferences. In the restaurant business, you deal with customers who hate celery but won't tell you, and when he/she gets the plate with celery on it, he/she is pissed off and go on the internet and write a bad review on yelp, which you (the restaurant owner) can do nothing about.

Baking, on the other hand, is far more exact & precise with very low tolerance of error. If you're whipping egg whites and accidentally got some egg yolks in, it just won't come out right.

If you have trouble hand-washing your cloths, try pre-soaking (15-30 mins in soapy water) or use a washboard. If the cloths feel/smell dirty, it might be because you didn't rinse it enough times in clean water. Also, if you can't find washboards for sale locally in PH, consider starting a business to make an sell wooden washboards. If you need design ideas just ask your mother or older relatives in Taiwan.

[Winston]

But Dianne only washed and rinsed once, I saw her, and the clothes are clean. Like I said, touch is not purely physical or technical. There are subtleties and features of it that are beyond logical explanation. (e.g. therapeutic touch).

How do you explain the electronic translator anomaly I described above?

Or the car key anomaly?

There are things we can't explain. And there are more than that exists beyond the known laws of physics. I don't know why that makes some people uncomfortable. lol

[Rock]

Also, no matter how I try and what I do, I cannot find a good job in the USA. Even if I do, then I start having problems with coworkers and bosses of interpersonal nature. I am not lucky with jobs period.

Well from what I've read so far, it sounds like you've had amazing luck in Saudi.

I wish you would write more about how westerners, even those with no easy to market skills, can find relatively high paying contract work there. Making money is a key component of the lifestyle (Happier Abroad) and some people just don't wanna end-up as overworked and underpaid no future English teachers in the country of their choice. Saudi sounds like it may offer some very interesting and attractive alternatives to becoming a burned-out teacher.

[momopi]

But Dianne only washed and rinsed once, I saw her, and the clothes are clean. Like I said, touch is not purely physical or technical. There are subtleties and features of it that are beyond logical explanation. (e.g. therapeutic touch).
How do you explain the electronic translator anomaly I described above?
Or the car key anomaly?
There are things we can't explain. And there are more than that exists beyond the known laws of physics. I don't know why that makes some people uncomfortable. lol

1. If the cloths isn't clean, you simply wash/rinse it again. The subtleties of touch can be observed by taking a pottery class, or at a sushi bar. Not everyone has the aptitude to become a good sushi chef, those who fail will stay in the back kitchen washing rice and cleaning fish.
2. Without the electronic translator in hand for diagnostics, the question cannot be answered.
3. Move/turn the steering wheel back and forth while turning the key. If the lock tumblers aren't dropping, you could tap the key with something to get it to drop. When was the last time you cleaned the ignition lock cylinder? Use compressed air then spray with silicone based lubricant (or WD-40).
4. If I ever thought my car was jinxed and not allowing the key to turn, I'd simply drill out the ignition lock cylinder and replace it with a new one.
5. In worse case, you could hot-wire your car, but I'm not in the business of teaching others how to steal cars. ;p

[odbo]

winston there is definitely more to life than what we're told to believe from the media and such "experts" as carl sagan.
have you read or watched "the secret"? it's luciferian propoganda as far as i'm concerned, with"rosicrucian" subliminally (but blatantly) flashed repeatedly throughout the film. and the book looks even more like an infomercial than the film.
but there truly is something to the 'mind over matter' idea, or 'the law of attraction' as the secret called it.

good comes with good, and shit piles up on shit

living with my family, of the 50 or so light bulbs that burned out (burst) over 2 decades, i 'caused' 90% of them. meaning i was there to see it happen and "predicted" many. i didn't do anything special with the light switch, it's like thinking negative thoughts brought it to fruition. in one terrible week i had 4 energy efficient light bulbs burst in one hallway when they are supposed to last years

i remember many peculiar moments. like the day i was going to sell my car (me and the buyer already agreed so i was just waiting a couple hours for him to show up with the money). i decide to run an errand. so i get in the car and before i turn the key i have a premonition of blowing a fuse. and thats exactly what happened. not a single problem over the course of ownership prior to that.. and fuses don't blow unless you have an electrical problem, which i didn't. so i ran to the dealership because it was one of the big (not generic) fuses and replaced it. i told him a blew an $8 fuse, leaving out that my telekinesis made it happen. from what i hear he never have a problem

another strange occurrence is my computer kept freezing at the exact same time (same hour and minute) every day for almost a week, in the middle of the night just as i was finishing my work. this was on linux, which doesn't normally freeze nor get any viruses. i remember asking a bunch of people and doing some research. i figured the system triggered a scan or test i didn't know about once every 24hours. but it was the kind of freeze which comes from a faulty power supply or power spike. unlikely to happen so precise, and after a while it just went away. in those kind of moments you'd swear your mind (the expectation of it) was causing it to happen.

i've heard rh negative people (thats a blood type/group) are more sensitive to electronics and can affect them more as well, stopping clocks, disrupting medical equipment, etc.
i don't know if i'm one of those but i think it goes beyond that. how do you break a metal facet while thinking positive thoughts? you don't. i don't care if you're chuck norris, shit like this doesn't happen under normal circumstances.

it's when people have a lack of respect, or lack of appreciation for material things. there's a lot of slobs like that in the US.

and for you atheist, only science types, brainwashed by nazi nasa and all the rest that 'soul' and 'spirit' are worthless "liberal values", go ahead and debunk this.. check out kinesiology and tell me what you think in relation to thoughts determining an outcome.



we're all electromagnetic beings and that side of the human body is not studied in medical school at all, only the chemical side is focused on. though the various militaries around the world with "black ops" study it, probably for mind control purposes. which should scare the shit out of you. then again, bad thoughts bring bad results. maybe that's why they released all that "2012" end of the world nonsense. if everyone thought positive instead of living out of fear, maybe we could break free from our shackles.

[Winston]

But Dianne only washed and rinsed once, I saw her, and the clothes are clean. Like I said, touch is not purely physical or technical. There are subtleties and features of it that are beyond logical explanation. (e.g. therapeutic touch).
How do you explain the electronic translator anomaly I described above?
Or the car key anomaly?
There are things we can't explain. And there are more than that exists beyond the known laws of physics. I don't know why that makes some people uncomfortable. lol

1. If the cloths isn't clean, you simply wash/rinse it again. The subtleties of touch can be observed by taking a pottery class, or at a sushi bar. Not everyone has the aptitude to become a good sushi chef, those who fail will stay in the back kitchen washing rice and cleaning fish.
2. Without the electronic translator in hand for diagnostics, the question cannot be answered.
3. Move/turn the steering wheel back and forth while turning the key. If the lock tumblers aren't dropping, you could tap the key with something to get it to drop. When was the last time you cleaned the ignition lock cylinder? Use compressed air then spray with silicone based lubricant (or WD-40).
4. If I ever thought my car was jinxed and not allowing the key to turn, I'd simply drill out the ignition lock cylinder and replace it with a new one.
5. In worse case, you could hot-wire your car, but I'm not in the business of teaching others how to steal cars. ;p

I doubt whether diagnostics would reveal anything. It'd simply work in Russia but not in the US. lol

Why would I need to dismantle my ignition? That would be a messy job for no purpose. The ignition works for me when I turn it. Remember? It's not broke. It's just that other people can't turn the key in it for some reason. It's calibrated for my touch and personal finger pressure.

[momopi]

Why would I need to dismantle my ignition? That would be a messy job for no purpose. The ignition works for me when I turn it. Remember? It's not broke. It's just that other people can't turn the key in it for some reason. It's calibrated for my touch and personal finger pressure.

That would only be acceptable if you don't want anyone else to drive your car. Otherwise I'd suggest WD-40. Use the straw nozzle to spray inside the key lock, and have a cotton cloth ready to wipe.

Not everyone will recommend WD-40, but it's the cheap/easy solution. Some would suggest graphite powder, machne oil, silicon-based lubericant spray, grease, compressed air, etc.

On my 1996 Honda Accord, I have to take the door off to clean/lube the window rails, otherwise the powered windows would get stuck. There's a certain trick to get it to go up, but it's better to just lube it.

[Winston]

Btw, in the video game script I'm working on, one of the characters mention something about the heart of the chef making the food taste better. I think there is truth in that. People who put their heart into their food also put some kind of good energy into it that makes it taste more delicious and wholesome. Thus, taste is not all about ingredients, like materialists and atheists would claim. The heart and intention of the chef affect it too. That is why food prepared with a loving heart tends to taste better.

Have any of you tasted holy water before? I have and there is definitely a difference in it, as though the water had an extra purity of energy in it after it has been blessed. Anyone notice the same thing when drinking holy water?

[globetrotter]

I have destructive hands too and have broken many things. But the thing is this does not continue. For example, if the things I handle get replaced and then get replaced again, then everything is OK.

Also, my very infamous rant against Thailand an how evil and unfriendly the people there were to me also defies logic. I saw other white guys there with big smiles living a good life and praising the Thais as the most advanced race that the evolution had produced.

Also, no matter how I try and what I do, I cannot find a good job in the USA. Even if I do, then I start having problems with coworkers and bosses of interpersonal nature. I am not lucky with jobs period.

Dave, everything you post makes me wonder why you ever bothered to move to the USA in the first place. Clearly you simply do not like the place, and you do not fit in at all. I do not see how you benefit at all. You went through all that trouble and you fled the USA within 10 years.

[keius]

It's a mental thing. As far as i'm concerned, it's just a placebo effect. I've actually had someone bottle holy water and give it to me before. Tasted like tap water to me because it was tap water. And yeah, i didn't know he had taken the water from a church. I recall complaining that it tasted funky for spring water.

Also, is it holy water or possibly unholy water that people have been drinking all their lives if it is found out that their priest blessing the water has been an active pedophile / child abuser his entire life?
I'm an Atheist btw

As for food, I don't tend to think that it's about a loving heart that makes food taste better. I think it's more of the environment, and the mental state of the person. When he's in a relaxed stress free state among loving family, if he didn't know the food was carryout, thinking it was homemade, he'd enjoy it more.

[Winston]

Just because science can't explain something in physical terms doesn't mean it must be due to the placebo effect. That's a fallacy. Reality has many levels, some of which we can't see or decode into our five sense reality. Energies and auras are real. Why can't food have them too?

The Chinese say that picking up food with chopsticks makes it taste better. It does seem to be true, that when you pick up food with chopsticks, it tastes better than if you eat with a spoon or fork.

[MrPeabody]

I have destructive hands too and have broken many things. But the thing is this does not continue. For example, if the things I handle get replaced and then get replaced again, then everything is OK.

Also, my very infamous rant against Thailand an how evil and unfriendly the people there were to me also defies logic. I saw other white guys there with big smiles living a good life and praising the Thais as the most advanced race that the evolution had produced.

Also, no matter how I try and what I do, I cannot find a good job in the USA. Even if I do, then I start having problems with coworkers and bosses of interpersonal nature. I am not lucky with jobs period.

I have found it very easy to get along in Mexico. Mexicans are tolerant of just about anyone. I am really interested to see how I fit in Thailand because I am taking my CELTA there in May.

Recently, I took a collectivo to Tijuana, so I could do some business in the US. A collectivo is a large van which holds about 9 people, and is used as a cheap alternative to Taxis or buses. They operate 24 hours a day, and once you know the routes you can go anywhere inexpensively without a car. I was entering the collectivo, and there was only room in the back seat which already had 3 people. For some reason, the collectivo driver always thinks it is alright to put 4 people in the back most seat even though it is only meant to hold three people. When I got in, the two Mexicans readily made room for me, but the third person was an American man with a large bushy beard. He was mumbling to himself througout the entire trip about how outrageous and disgusting it was that four people were squeezed in the back, when there was only room for three. In contrast, the two Mexicans were talking to each other and having a good time.

The only nasty people I have met in Mexico so far have turned out to be gringos. If somone goes to a third world country, I recommend avoiding gringos and mixing with the local population.

[momopi]

Btw, in the video game script I'm working on, one of the characters mention something about the heart of the chef making the food taste better. I think there is truth in that. People who put their heart into their food also put some kind of good energy into it that makes it taste more delicious and wholesome. Thus, taste is not all about ingredients, like materialists and atheists would claim. The heart and intention of the chef affect it too. That is why food prepared with a loving heart tends to taste better.

A chef who cares will cook better than one who doesn't, but good intentions will only go so far. Back in 1970's when my mother was a stay-at-home mom, she'd try really hard cooking for the family. But she did not know to remove the blood from ox bones before making soup. I'm sure her intentions were wholesome, but that doesn't remove the unpleasant smell and taste. It's unlikely that she'd have known the difference, due to her tendency of covering the soup with black pepper. >_> Fortunately my father saw it fit to send her to culinary school to be properly trained.

There are dishes with more "wiggle room" that you can put a lot of love into, and there are dishes that require precision with very little wiggle room. If you're making Paella on stove-top, you can love it and bless it with handfuls of goodies. But if you're clumsy and can't separate egg whites, your chocolate mousse will never come out right no matter how hard you try.

Certain ingredients like uni (sea urchin) require specialists to taste-test with very small tasting spoons, then sort by quality. If you open fresh sea urchins, they taste different from one to another and there is no guarantee on quality. Professional uni suppliers taste-test and sort out the best quality for delivery to sushi restaurants, at high cost. It doesn't matter how good your chef's skills are or how much love you put into the dish, if you didn't get the right-tasting uni to start with, your dish is not going to be good.

Cooking is a very broad field/subject and "mom's chicken soup" analogy does not apply across the board. If you want to understand this, just start cooking and you'll learn.

Have any of you tasted holy water before? I have and there is definitely a difference in it, as though the water had an extra purity of energy in it after it has been blessed. Anyone notice the same thing when drinking holy water?

People use the restroom without washing their hands, then dip their fingers into the holy water basin at church. So no, I'm not drinking it.