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09/13/09
--She attacked his appearance -- so it was tit for tat.
Besides, you don't get to pick which of your vulnerabilities is highlighted when you're insulted. That's why it's painful. And she started it.
09/12/09
"Moving parts in rubbing contact require lubrication to avoid excessive wear. Honorifics and formal politeness provide lubrication where people rub together. Often the very young, the untravelled, the naive, the unsophisticated, deplore these formalities as 'empty,' 'meaningless,' or 'dishonest,' and scorn to use them.
No matter how pure their motives, they thereby throw sand into the machinery that does not work too well at best."
- Robert A. Heinlein from Time Enough for Love (1973)
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When people I don't know are rude, I try to forgive them the first offense, as we all have bad days. If it keeps going, I have been know to call them "stupid, inconsiderate fucks."
I think that part of the problem is "reality culture" where peoples' narcissism is developed by watching too much television and anonymous posting in Web forums, and believing that yelling and repetition are the hallmarks of free speech.
Really, just because you can say something, doesn't mean you should. And sometimes it might be better to be supposed a fool in silence rather than entering the fray and removing all doubt.
09/12/09
My other thought: Why do people feel compelled to express every thought they have, the moment they have them? When did that become the way to go through one's day, instead of the time-honored tradition of biting one's tongue and counting to 10 before opening one's yap?
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Oh, my God. I really hate to like actors that my mother has described as "such a handsome young man." But now I feel forced to have a crush on him. Because seriously, this is such a pet peeve. We're all human, and yes, we are all entitled to our feelings, and pettiness and dreams and opinions. Are we entitled to express them just because we have them? NO. If you're going to voice an opinion, you must be aware that everything you say has consequences, that everything you say is heard by somebody else and that it is your responsibility to inform yourself and have a good argument or something worthy to say before you open your mouth. Do you need to say out loud every single thing that crosses your mind? No. There's a time for expression and a time for introspection. And they're not the same. Manners, in the end, are a set of rules that allow us to be able to live with one another because even the most anti-social of us have to live within a society. I'm not talking about ridiculous over-the-top politeness or hypocrisies or an excessive concern for what others think that make people act cheesy and campy. I'm simply talking about civility, and the basic notion that just as you are entitled to feel the way you do, somebody else is entitled too to feel/think differently. You can either engage in a conversation that even if it doesn't change your mind at least will leave you with an enhanced feeling of knowing how the world works, or you can choose to be a moron and decide that only what you think and feel matters in spurt it out as if what you do has no repercussions for yourself or others. It isn't about being nice. It's about common sense, self-awareness and decency.
End of rant!
Dammit! And now I have to leave for work. See you in a bit.
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Team Clooney.
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