Bad Karma

[trouttimes]

I ran into a young guy who had bought a fine artisan pipe. He was proud of it but there was a problem. He was about to get married and his wife to be, was upset he had spent so much with a wedding pending. I offered him pennies on the dollar and reminded him how upset his bride would be every time he smoked this pipe. He agreed sadly and the deal was done. I thought I was soooo cunning.
Yesterday, the first time I smoked the pipe, I dropped it and a cow stepped on it smashing it beyond repair. Karma is a bitch.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Karma is a bitch

Nah, she just likes keeping the playing field level.

 

[highwaycobbery]

Sounds like a new twist on cow pie bingo.

 

[ashdigger]

Sounds like a job for Flex Seal.

 

[peregrinus]

I ran into a young guy who had bought a fine artisan pipe... I dropped it and a cow stepped on it smashing it beyond repair. Karma is a bitch.

Karma, consequences or what happens to a person, happens because they caused it with their actions and is not about punishment or reward. It is action and reaction. The action you already recognized and the reaction was in measure.

If real punishment was intended then the pipe would have been in your mouth when the cow stepped on it. ?

 

[brian64]

Karma is a bitch.

Apparently Karma is a cow too.

 

[Country Bladesmith]

I don’t mean to laugh at your misfortune brother, but the cow stepping on it was just too much! ? I’m sorry!

 

[anotherbob]

I ran into a young guy who had bought a fine artisan pipe. He was proud of it but there was a problem. He was about to get married and his wife to be, was upset he had spent so much with a wedding pending. I offered him pennies on the dollar and reminded him how upset his bride would be every time he smoked this pipe. He agreed sadly and the deal was done. I thought I was soooo cunning.
Yesterday, the first time I smoked the pipe, I dropped it and a cow stepped on it smashing it beyond repair. Karma is a bitch.

not sure that's Karma as much as the pipe committing suicide. Think about it you're a pipe you find your person and then they get rid of you to some stranger for pennies on the dollar. That guy hangs out with cows (pipes don't understand agriculture).

 

[anotherbob]

Karma, consequences or what happens to a person, happens because they caused it with their actions and is not about punishment or reward. It is action and reaction. The action you already recognized and the reaction was in measure.

If real punishment was intended then the pipe would have been in your mouth when the cow stepped on it. ?

NICE. It's awesome to run into someone that understands this out in the wild. Karma the laws of cause and effect. I like putting this way. If you walk down the street punching people in the face, eventually you'll run into someone that knows how to fight levels above what you can handle.....
That said I swear I've seen times where it is a punishment like the time there was this douche bag in a UnderArmour shirt (not that wearing a shirt like that says anyone is a douchebag, however if they are it gives a good hint about the type of douchebag they are). First I see this boy in an adult body puff up and glare at a hobbling old man then laughed at me twisting my ankle then precede to slipping on loose gravel fast first. I just told him to have a nice day. literally. I think that might have been punishment or at least a warning.

 

[weezell]

One old cow finishing a future old cows dirty work. The original owner better dump her ass before she makes him more miserable... ?

 

[mso489]

Why do I suspect that karma only happens to people with consciences? It certainly happens to me. I certainly know or know of distinct bounders who only seem to age well and prosper beyond most. But I suspect that people who suffer from Karma treat others better and may have better relations with other people. As for the insulated egos who benefit from their crimes, maybe that's their deal with the devil. I don't know. Maybe give the kid and his bride an unexpectedly nice wedding gift, within reason, to soften your self-judgement.

 

[bnichols23]

Apparently Karma is a cow too.

Amooooo. Er, I mean, Arooooo!

 

[weezell]

Amooooo. Er, I mean, Arooooo!

 

[didimauw]

I'm a huge believer in karma. Knowing it, is half the excitement.

 

[gerryp]

Why do I suspect that karma only happens to people with consciences? It certainly happens to me. I certainly know or know of distinct bounders who only seem to age well and prosper beyond most. But I suspect that people who suffer from Karma treat others better and may have better relations with other people. As for the insulated egos who benefit from their crimes, maybe that's their deal with the devil. I don't know. Maybe give the kid and his bride an unexpectedly nice wedding gift, within reason, to soften your self-judgement.

I usually opt out of karma conversations, but I'm skeptical of it. I think that doing right by people is its own reward, and that expecting nothing in return means you'll never be disappointed. Being a jerk may never have repurcussions, but that's a shitty way to live. Doing what you know is right, regardless of benefit, is the way to go.

Mood: Zen. ?

 

[FurCoat]

You just can't make this kind of stuff up

 

[Country Bladesmith]

You just can't make this kind of stuff up

I know, right?! Of all the ways a pipe could meet its demise... dropped in a river while fishing? Sure. Burnout? It happens sometimes. Dropped on concrete and cracked? Yeah, I could see that. Trodden on by a bovine? Nope. I’d have never seen that one coming! ?

 

[saltedplug]

Vasubandhu's Abidharmakosa-bhasya says that karma is the base delusion that gives character to all the other delusions of form, perception, ideation and consciousness.

 

[Chasing Embers]

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

You should have done the right thing, tell him to keep the pipe, buy a bunch more like it and dump the girl. Explain how someday, he'd thank you. In all likelihood, he'd ignore this sage advice. Then offer him pennies on the dollar for the pipe. Since you first tried to do the right thing, the karma would be good.