On the one hand, your result lauds your wit and intellect and hints that your only problem is a preoccupation with humanity's ills. On the other hand, mine's purple.
I like purple, there's nothing wrong with purple. No, mine hints that certain individuals who will go nameless right now are perhaps not coming completely out of left field with statements they have made about me.
I'd have chosen the red, but the bubbles looked too much like blood cells. There's nothing wrong with a little arrogance, so long as it's warranted. Certain individuals even find it attractive.
An inability to relate to others and contempt for their activities--that's being human.
I'm not talking about Jean-Paul's brand of arrogance, which is so over the top as to qualify as parody, but...a deeply held confidence in one's self, one's abilities. It's not about boasting, it's about refusing to hold anything back so that other people might feel more comfortable.
I agree, it's a universal experience, but to consider loneliness the defining element of the human condition...
[locked from JP] You likely know him better than me. But in my opinion his arrogance is similar to that of the adolescent who's really very unsure of himself. I don't consider that true arrogance, just a plea to be taken seriously.[/locked]
Ha! Sez you.
Which is very different, in its essentials, from saying "Humanity is loneliness." All squares are rectangles, not all rectangles are squares.
[locked from JP] I wonder whether even he believes it, I mean. [/locked]
I know a thing or two about fun. Some of it I even learned firsthand.
I took the LSAT, Zippy, I'm familiar with the principles of logic. Your original statement, however, was not a syllogism and consequently defies logical analysis. I direct your attention to its contrapositive (which, as I'm sure you know, should hold true): "If you're not human (or being human), you're not lonely"?
[locked] Ah. Well, he likes to think he does? [/locked]
*sigh* Alright, let me put it this way: I did not mean to imply that I consider loneliness the defining aspect of the human condition. In my mind I didn't imply that, in your mind I did. Since it's going to devolve into semantics, I'll just clarify my intent and leave it there.
[locked] Far be it from me to speculate as to the workings of Jean-Paul's mind. [/lock]
I can't help but notice that for all your talk of implication and intent (to say nothing of squares and rectangles) you haven't actually said you don't consider loneliness the defining aspect of the human condition.
For the record: I don't think loneliness defines the human condition. I think it's a big and inevitable part of being human, but not the biggest, and not the most important.
The Part of You That No One Sees is Lonely
You are unique, witty, and even a little snobby.
You're quite proud of who you are, and nothing is going to change that.
You've paved your own way in life, and you've ended up where you want to be.
Underneath it all, you feel very isolated from the rest of the world.
It's hard to find people to relate to you on every level.
The mundane interests of your friends and family often bore or depress you.
What's the Part of You That No One Sees?
Trade you.
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Yours hints you're human.
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An inability to relate to others and contempt for their activities--that's being human.
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*snorts* Loneliness. That's being human.
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Do you really believe that?
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I believe everybody's lonely some time or another. Most of us more often than we'd like to admit, probably.
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I agree, it's a universal experience, but to consider loneliness the defining element of the human condition...
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Oh, confidence is attractive, sure. Up to a point. The point being where most people get pissed off by it instead.
I didn't say I considered it the defining element.
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The point at which things start to get fun.
"Loneliness is being human"?
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Ha! Sez you.
Which is very different, in its essentials, from saying "Humanity is loneliness." All squares are rectangles, not all rectangles are squares.
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I know a thing or two about fun. Some of it I even learned firsthand.
I took the LSAT, Zippy, I'm familiar with the principles of logic. Your original statement, however, was not a syllogism and consequently defies logical analysis. I direct your attention to its contrapositive (which, as I'm sure you know, should hold true): "If you're not human (or being human), you're not lonely"?
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*sigh* Alright, let me put it this way: I did not mean to imply that I consider loneliness the defining aspect of the human condition. In my mind I didn't imply that, in your mind I did. Since it's going to devolve into semantics, I'll just clarify my intent and leave it there.
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I can't help but notice that for all your talk of implication and intent (to say nothing of squares and rectangles) you haven't actually said you don't consider loneliness the defining aspect of the human condition.
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For the record: I don't think loneliness defines the human condition. I think it's a big and inevitable part of being human, but not the biggest, and not the most important.
Is that better?
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