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[shockingalberto]

I might comment on a few of these myself.

Leave me an anonymous comment pouring your heart out. Say anything. Tell me your stories, your secrets, those things no one ever asks but you wish to tell. Tell me about your love, your hate, your indifference, your joy. Tell me about what's inside of you when you're reading through these entries on your

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[anonymous]

I can correctly identify people attempting to hide their identity online by writing style or pseudonym regardless of their efforts if I have known them long enough. I wonder how common that ability is.

I only take the time and effort to maintain friendships with people who I think stand out in some way. The standing out is usually from having endured something substantial enough in life to change one's perspective away from the typical style of thought. Few people who are any combination of good looking and/or rich match this. Most are spoiled by their good fortune, for which they have no appreciation whatsoever. Few people are aware of the worth of what they have and how easily it can be taken away, and how easily it could have never been.

I also only maintain friendships of any level with people who I think will be of some use to me in the future. They may have a perspective, knowledge set, skill set, or something else that has potential value even if it has no value to me now. It may not be today, or tomorrow, or even 5 or 10+ years from now that I may get any use out of these contacts. But I want to maintain good relations with these contacts in case they are ever needed. Some of these contacts I specifically intend to be of use over 10 years down the line. My only hope is that they'll find me valuable for certain situations, too. This is only half because I prefer reciprocity and hate to owe anyone anything. The other half is so they'll be more likely to aid me when I actually need them.

There are people who may be of use to me but whom I can scarcely tolerate due to personality and more importantly, perspective conflicts. I don't maintain communications with these people for long. But I will tolerate them just enough to get use out of them if the need is immediate. I won't let my hatred for them be known to them just so that if I need something in the future from them, I can get it.

Many of my real-life relationships with people are more or less one sided inwardly, but outwardly I try to maintain a facade of interest for sake of possible need for people in this category. These kinds of people are most often co-workers, acquaintances, roommates, and family members. Some are immediate family.

Many consider me among the most thoughtful and caring people they know. Most of those that hold that opinion are right in doing so. But a few are not.

[shockingalberto]

Now I'm kind of curious what category I fall in to, if any.