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21 January 2011

Let Something Go

post by: Miko at: 08:26 | 15 comments

Oh, that's an interesting idea for a website.

But the first balloon I clicked on, the person was apparently hoping to let go of "life", which, hrm. Not so uplifting.

posted by gaspode 21 January | 09:00

Oh god no. I also saw "my bastard children" which was equally depressing.

posted by Miko 21 January | 10:46

This came at a very good time for me. Thanks, it is nice to see the balloon you submit get smaller and float out of range. This seems a lot like the visualization techniques they have you try in yogic meditation but it's nice to have a physical image instead of just a mental one.

posted by rmless2 21 January | 10:52

That's what I liked about it, rmless. I wish you could follow the balloon longer so it really disappears like a pinpoint.

Another visualization I like is to imagine your concern or trouble being placed in a small paper boat, then putting it into the water and pushing it gently out to see and watching it float over the horizon.

posted by Miko 21 January | 10:58

Yeah, the ones I use are bubbles with your problems in them floating and popping at the surface of a pool or your problems are leaves you throw into a river which carries them off

posted by rmless2 21 January | 11:17

Crap, I dropped my mouse!

posted by Eideteker 21 January | 12:18

This doesn't work with my keys, either, Eide.

posted by bearwife 21 January | 14:34

I just turned 8 years old. I wrote "Poop" on a balloon, and I giggled. But I left it white, to stay slightly mature, so maybe I'm 9.

posted by filthy light thief 21 January | 15:18

I like it.

posted by chewatadistance 21 January | 15:25

I just want to watch the balloons float away all day.

posted by deborah 21 January | 17:27

I like this too. It's... calming.

posted by zarq 21 January | 17:56

I got one that said "opossum". Puzzling, but true.

posted by youngergirl44 21 January | 18:30

Yes, you should not hold onto opossums. You don't know where they've been, and when they'll want to bite you (because they will).

posted by filthy light thief 21 January | 19:02

I saw someone who let go of: "Overthinking".

Mefite?

In all my years I don't think I've ever heard that word used anywhere else.

posted by philipy 21 January | 20:41

Here are a few I just saw.

"Trying to contain my hate for Armenian designers."
"Skittles. I am not sure they are what a rainbow really tastes like."
"Prostitution"
...and I saw "poop" go by.

posted by Miko 21 January | 23:04

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