I vote for #2. Making sure that your audience is trustworthy and that shit will not get back to subject. Satisfying AND fun.
Actually, I guess I don't talk actual shit about people, I just say things that are true about them that aren't very nice. Like, D is really a ditz sometimes, B is kind of dorky, other B just blathers on and on before getting to the point, G is kind of an idiot, um, who else can I insult? This is fun, now that I'm getting into it. All your fault.
Actually, I guess I don't talk actual shit about people, I just say things that are true about them that aren't very nice. Which is exactly what I do--I'm not *lying*, I'm just not being terrifically sympathetic.
Once when I was like 16 I knew this girl who never had a bad word to say about anyone; she was always terribly kind, and if she thought badly of people (which she probably did, she wasn't a dolt) she certainly kept it to herself. I really admired this, and one day decided I should follow her lead. It lasted about two hours. I couldn't stand it. I realized that mockery is one of the things that brings the most joy to my life, and if that makes me a bad person, then I'm completely rotten, because snarkiness fills me with joy the way little else does.
Too bad we don't know the same people; we could keep each other entertained for years.
(still getting late comment notifications from lj.....)
Talk about enabling really bad habits.
My mom was actually kind of like that girl. The worst thing I ever heard her say about anyone was "Mrs. X is kind of a cold fish."
Nowadays I save most of my venom for the other drivers around me, who are either a) selfish gits, b) unbelievable morons, or c) asleep at the wheel, which is about the nicest thing you can say about them. Or as G says, "Is there a carbon monoxide leak in this state?" It would be even funnier if he hadn't stolen it from "Arrested Development". Ooh, speaking of talking shit about people, how fucking stupid are Fox's network executives, to cancel the funniest show on TV? It's okay though; it just means we have more time for watching QAF DVDs. (We're up to season 2, disk 2. Justin has laid down the rules for Brian, Michael broke up with hot hunky HIV+ guy (can't remember his name), Lindsay has given up on her parents' approval, and Ted gave in to Emmett's Fetch Dixon's demands. Every time I think it's
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Oh, I'm glad you love Arrested Development. I haven't seen this season yet, b/c I don't have TV, but the first two were incredibly awesome, and if the third season was half as good I'm incredibly bitter to hear it. It's also recieved massive critical praise; it'll be one of those shows everyone regrets cancelling later (like My So-Called Life) but no one will do anything about (unlike Family Guy).
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Actually, I guess I don't talk actual shit about people, I just say things that are true about them that aren't very nice. Like, D is really a ditz sometimes, B is kind of dorky, other B just blathers on and on before getting to the point, G is kind of an idiot, um, who else can I insult? This is fun, now that I'm getting into it. All your fault.
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Which is exactly what I do--I'm not *lying*, I'm just not being terrifically sympathetic.
Once when I was like 16 I knew this girl who never had a bad word to say about anyone; she was always terribly kind, and if she thought badly of people (which she probably did, she wasn't a dolt) she certainly kept it to herself. I really admired this, and one day decided I should follow her lead. It lasted about two hours. I couldn't stand it. I realized that mockery is one of the things that brings the most joy to my life, and if that makes me a bad person, then I'm completely rotten, because snarkiness fills me with joy the way little else does.
Too bad we don't know the same people; we could keep each other entertained for years.
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Talk about enabling really bad habits.
My mom was actually kind of like that girl. The worst thing I ever heard her say about anyone was "Mrs. X is kind of a cold fish."
Nowadays I save most of my venom for the other drivers around me, who are either a) selfish gits, b) unbelievable morons, or c) asleep at the wheel, which is about the nicest thing you can say about them. Or as G says, "Is there a carbon monoxide leak in this state?" It would be even funnier if he hadn't stolen it from "Arrested Development". Ooh, speaking of talking shit about people, how fucking stupid are Fox's network executives, to cancel the funniest show on TV? It's okay though; it just means we have more time for watching QAF DVDs. (We're up to season 2, disk 2. Justin has laid down the rules for Brian, Michael broke up with hot hunky HIV+ guy (can't remember his name), Lindsay has given up on her parents' approval, and Ted gave in to Emmett's Fetch Dixon's demands. Every time I think it's ( ... )
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Oh, I'm glad you love Arrested Development. I haven't seen this season yet, b/c I don't have TV, but the first two were incredibly awesome, and if the third season was half as good I'm incredibly bitter to hear it. It's also recieved massive critical praise; it'll be one of those shows everyone regrets cancelling later (like My So-Called Life) but no one will do anything about (unlike Family Guy).
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