Jack Monroe #141 Who dat?

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I’ve been thinking about JM (unfortunately not much else to do on furlough).
I don’t think she is really a recovering alcoholic. If you do the work involved with the steps you are told what your character defects are. And then by working the steps you take action to “sort them out”. The steps are ongoing.
IMO one of Jacks problems is the resentment she feels towards the foster children looked after in her home. Also IMO she felt/feels neglected. She may have other problems in addition.
I think her resentments have resulted in a huge sense of entitlement. She thinks she is a special case.
I think she gets away with all her scams because she believes she is hard done by (going back to her childhood. That belief makes it easy for her to lie because she is living in her own version of reality.
End of lecture 🤪
 
DinosaurSenior said:
Just another example of her arrogance...she got lucky once, and thinks she's a maverick genius who doesn't need to try.

Gawd, can you tell she's struck a particular nerve with me today?😳
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I know that nerve, and I think you're on to something about getting lucky once. When people were sharing her old blog posts, messy timeline aside, I was surprised by how authentic her writing seemed was back then. I tried to forget all I know about her today and think of her writing then and yeah, she had a voice. It wasn't that she was an excellent writer by any means, but there was a lot of promise --- she was a promising young writer with an interesting story that directly related to austerity Britain.

She's said many times, particularly when she glommed onto Greta's "autism is my superpower" comment, that she has some unique gift related to cooking and can bang out articles without a thought. She fell into a trap of thinking she's a genius and she's still there, complaining away about the hard work she's getting paid to do.

I'm autistic and I can say with some confidence that I do seem to have a savant-like ability to just know how to play instruments. It would drive my band instructor crazy. He was intense (think Whiplash). He brought grown men to tears during rehearsals. He hated that some things were easy for me. Some not all --- I struggled with a certain technique for years. And for years I would hear, "You're like all those talented ones. As soon as you hit a point where is isn't easy for you, you stop trying. Most people have to try to get where you are. Learn to try! Work hard!" He was absolutely right. I eventually developed a passable version of that technique, and it made a world of difference, but I didn't like trying.

You'd think a tryhard would try harder, tho.
 
Readingismyhobby said:
I’ve been thinking about JM (unfortunately not much else to do on furlough).
I don’t think she is really a recovering alcoholic. If you do the work involved with the steps you are told what your character defects are. And then by working the steps you take action to “sort them out”. The steps are ongoing.
IMO one of Jacks problems is the resentment she feels towards the foster children looked after in her home. Also IMO she felt/feels neglected. She may have other problems in addition.
I think her resentments have resulted in a huge sense of entitlement. She thinks she is a special case.
I think she gets away with all her scams because she believes she is hard done by (going back to her childhood. That belief makes it easy for her to lie because she is living in her own version of reality.
End of lecture 🤪
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Her 'character defect' is essentially her entire personality, at this stage. Would take some serious self-reflection alongside therapy for her to change in any lasting way... I've known a lot of people like her, and they don't at all change without intervention. :confused:
 
Was thinking about her expensive rent. She only needs a 2 bed place. Look at all these.
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I shall try to find out if she’s leaving the crappy bungalow.

As a vegan, I can honestly say, there is no substitute for dairy cheese, unless you can afford £££. So I don’t bother much. And she can piss off with the vegan milk. She gets her milk delivered in the glass bottles that she then keeps.
 
Limey said:
It looks like the IKEA one (have got it 🔺) which was more expensive

www.ikea.com

RÅSKOG white, trolley, 35x45x78 cm - IKEA

This trolley fits in the smallest of spaces and can be moved to wherever you need it. Use it as extra storage for all your kitchen utensils.
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Pigeons in a trolley? Are IKEA behind the spate of pigeon deaths?
 
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