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applebell

Word Dump

Jun 03, 2006 20:52

I've become really critical of people's speaking styles lately. Not necessarily how "articulate" or "eloquent" they are, but more with how they argue. My mother, logical fallacies galore. And she says so many words without saying a thing ( Read more... )

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fourstrifes June 4 2006, 04:19:17 UTC

I have no idea why, but this post is extremely sexy in the intelligent way.

applebell June 4 2006, 04:22:14 UTC

My english teacher's word for that is "post-modern sexy". I love her.

tiffannyyyy June 4 2006, 19:15:48 UTC

yeah well sometimes people speak just to
assure themselves that they still can.
Sometimes I talk just to talk.
not necessarily to say anything,
but just to make sure I'm still alive.

Nice.
I PMS for a couple days.
It sucks.

applebell June 4 2006, 19:20:48 UTC

Yeah, I do that too sometimes.

tiffannyyyy June 4 2006, 19:24:22 UTC

I actually do it the majority of the time.
I mean, it's basically expected of everyone to talk.

When I don't talk--or when I don't feel like talking,
people take it as something's wrong.
Well why?
Why are we so uncomfortable with silence?
Why do we even have "small talk."

I just never understood it, and it's quite
annoying.

applebell June 4 2006, 19:32:41 UTC

That's true. I used to do that too, but lately I've been much quieter. Some people think it's because I'm depressed or angry or basically that something is wrong (as you said).

Is it because people are afraid of thinking? I've been told that I think too much, usually when I'm quiet.

I guess sometimes I feel like I have nothing to say. And at first I thought that something was wrong with me when I felt that way. It's because I'm learning to sieve through what I could say and only say significant things. I don't make as many idiotic, unwitty, predictable jokes, I don't complain much anymore, etc.

You know what else I don't like. I don't like that people feel awkward when you don't respond to what they tell you. I've always felt that it's more important that the person to whom you are speaking LISTENS to you. I hate it when conversations are competitions, in which the speakers (note, no listeners) just wait for the other to finish so they can speak. People need to realize that sometimes just having someone listen is significant by ( ... )

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greensquiggle June 5 2006, 07:25:43 UTC

ditto your "waking up saturday morning" experience. womanhood! ugh.

balanced conversations = win.

frznblade119 June 6 2006, 06:35:17 UTC

I also did that on the same day. Coincidence?

TMI! *covers ears*