I think it was this phrase right here that made me think you were more placing yourself in genus homo. "But most of you probably suck too for that same reason. "
See, you can't say "I suck, but so do you" and think that represents an admission of guilt. And everyone YOUR age might do that, but I'm trying to think of someone outside your age that does that, and I really can't think of anyone. Not even the office suck-ups. They agree with ideas, but not with opinions. Of course, that is based on my peer group, which is pretty much restricted to middle-management and musicians. So, it may be different for people my age who work in sales or something. Who knows. I don't even know if I do that. Anyway, you can't call yourself a hypocrite and call the rest of the world sinners in the same breath. That would make you a double-hypocrite (here's where I get weird) which you haven't fessed up to being, which means you're being hypocritical about being a hypocrite. In which case you might as well not have noticed the first layer of hypocrisy anyway.
I think my main issue was the "everybody does it". People who smoke dope use that as their excuse, too. Everybody doesn't do it. 'Sall I'm sayin.
Do "most" and "probably" mean exactly the same thing as "all" and "definitely" nowadays? I took into account when I wrote it that MOST people who are reading this journal are members of my age group. And even of them, I know not all of them do it. And my point was still that I should be more honest with myself and not get angry when people say things that they aren't qualified to say. Because I know I do it too. I had two points I made: 1) People should be more honest and knowledgeable when they make value assessments. Including me. 2) I should stop getting angry when people aren't honest or knowledgeable when people make their value assessments. I never claimed that everybody does it. And I'm sorry you thought I did.
OK, I'm just not careful enough in my replies to comments :P It wasn't what I meant to say. I know not EVERYONE does it. Still, I didn't say it in the body of the post... I don't think... And I didn't mean to say it there. Regardless, I am pissed at me. Deal :P
"But most of you probably suck too for that same reason. "
See, you can't say "I suck, but so do you" and think that represents an admission of guilt. And everyone YOUR age might do that, but I'm trying to think of someone outside your age that does that, and I really can't think of anyone. Not even the office suck-ups. They agree with ideas, but not with opinions. Of course, that is based on my peer group, which is pretty much restricted to middle-management and musicians. So, it may be different for people my age who work in sales or something. Who knows. I don't even know if I do that. Anyway, you can't call yourself a hypocrite and call the rest of the world sinners in the same breath. That would make you a double-hypocrite (here's where I get weird) which you haven't fessed up to being, which means you're being hypocritical about being a hypocrite. In which case you might as well not have noticed the first layer of hypocrisy anyway.
I think my main issue was the "everybody does it". People who smoke dope use that as their excuse, too. Everybody doesn't do it. 'Sall I'm sayin.
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I took into account when I wrote it that MOST people who are reading this journal are members of my age group. And even of them, I know not all of them do it. And my point was still that I should be more honest with myself and not get angry when people say things that they aren't qualified to say. Because I know I do it too. I had two points I made:
1) People should be more honest and knowledgeable when they make value assessments. Including me.
2) I should stop getting angry when people aren't honest or knowledgeable when people make their value assessments.
I never claimed that everybody does it. And I'm sorry you thought I did.
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That looks a lot like you are saying that everyone does that.
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It wasn't what I meant to say. I know not EVERYONE does it.
Still, I didn't say it in the body of the post... I don't think...
And I didn't mean to say it there. Regardless, I am pissed at me. Deal :P
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