Pissy Rant and Lovely Photo

[celerest]

I have a rant. This rant is about an LJ community, or rather my experiences within said community. As such, it is behind a cut. If you look at it, I do not expect you to argue with me here. I really am too mad for words and anyone trying to tell me that I am wrong on my own turf will not be handled with care. You have been warned.

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[celticess]

Well I am capable of lying but generally don't see the logic in it. I do white lie on occasion but mostly that is because I know what its like to sometimes feel hurt by things and if I sense it may hurt someone I may carefully phrase what I say. Most times it's not so much not lying as just doesn't occur to people and they are blunt.(so more of not realizing you've done some sort of social faux pas)

For manipulative people they bug me. If I spot one I try to avoid them because I don't like being hurt. I also try to avoid the ones though that use language in a twisty way to tie people in knots and in groups walk the grey line of what they know they can get kicked for. I do know someone that does that but has learned to not do it with me and they learned there are concequences.(because you walk that grey line for long enough causing squabbles or blowups with twisty speak people get fed up and you get thrown out of a group... the person in question got tossed off the UF message board though) Now though I think they probably hang in areas where they can get into reasoned debate. I think they are good at it and get a rush from it. But years ago I think they got a rush from messing with people on the board. They aren't ac though. But I think there is one in every crowd like that and they either grow up and knock it off or they end up voted off the island.

[celerest]

Or they end up leading the country :) Oops - there goes my political views of the US getting in the way again.

I used to lie as a child, but now I don't do it - I don't like it and like you don't really see the point. I also white lie. As for manipulation, I know how to do it was my point - people make out like AS folk can't possibly do things like that. News flash - they totaly can. They just do it differently perhaps, or in different situations.

Debate is fun but only if it is reciprocal and dont in light heartedness or on even ground. Debate of one-up-manship is horrid.