The Abrasion of Personalities, Pt. #1

[my_talking_box]

The Abrasion of Personalities, Pt. #1

An Exploration of Friction in Human Interaction

I·ras·ci·ble (ĭ-răs'ə-bəl, ī-răs'-)

adj.

1. Prone to outbursts of temper; easily angered.

2. Characterized by or resulting from anger.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin īrāscibilis, from Latin īrāscī, to be angry, from īra, anger.]

Comments

[conformistsheep]

in the last sentence, do you mean reacted passively?

i hear what you're getting at. a topic of mine as well. disliked for frankness and honesty. people here seem to want to hear nice things or no things. nod and smile and say something like "oh my god, you're so right!" bla bla. not my cuppa tea.

[my_talking_box]

React and impassivly are sort of an oxymoron. Impassivly means to not react at all. On one hand there *are* times that if I had have cared less, held back or even waited a few seconds to make sure I'd understood, I'd have manage to keep my feet flat on the floor instead of wedged between my teeth. Then again, by the same token passion and timing seem to be the key factors in any kind of neogotiating, practical, theoretical or otherwise.

At this point I see the issue in very black and white terms; You can be a nice person, *blend in, be polite, like you said - nice or not at all*
-or- *you can be a good person. Stand up for your friends, and what you believe, own your voice and be truthful.* The purpose of this rant was to get me thinking about the shades of grey.

[conformistsheep]

did it work? did it get you thinking?

[my_talking_box]

A bit. It's strange how the universe seems to key in on these things, one of my friends from school is hmmm.... not simply blunt but hurtfully rude, I consider the types of things she says to people and the responses she recieves. Regardless how right she is the manner she presents comments in is never accepted. Always in poor timing and without compassion.

[peargirlfathead]

is this about me? im so vain. not really, just confused and sometimes lost. i graduated today, it was better than highschool. i m running out of fuel, and I'll stop leaving you these messages soon, but I'll always secretly hope for your call/email/anything at all...I'm going to send you a letter. In the mail.