I want people to friend me if they have a genuine interest in what I have to say. I don't want people to friend me simply because you asked them to do so.
The fact that he asked them to friend you does not imply that they have no interest (or have insincere interest) in what you have to say. The two aren't mutually exclusive. And if all those people had stumbled upon your journal by chance and then friended you, you still wouldn't have any assurance that they did so because of a genuine interest in what you have to say.
This stubborn insistence that people have a genuine interest in you is just narcissism. It's almost as bad as Stephen. Get over yourself.
The fact that he asked them to friend you does not imply that they have no interest (or have insincere interest) in what you have to say. The two aren't mutually exclusive.
Yes, I'm aware of this.
And if all those people had stumbled upon your journal by chance and then friended you, you still wouldn't have any assurance that they did so because of a genuine interest in what you have to say.
True. But right now, I know that their initial reason for friending me is because he asked them to.
This stubborn insistence that people have a genuine interest in you is just narcissism. It's almost as bad as Stephen. Get over yourself.
No, I couldn't care less if people on the Internet have an interest in me. If they didn't pay attention to me at all, believe me, I would not feel the slightest bit hurt. And yeah, maybe I shouldn't care about why they friend me. But seriously, I think that anyone who just follows idiotic instructions is, well, an idiot.
But right now, I know that their initial reason for friending me is because he asked them to.
No, you don't know what their initial reason for friending you was. You have a suspicion about it, not knowledge.
But seriously, I think that anyone who just follows idiotic instructions is, well, an idiot.
vox_diabolica isn't an idiot, though, so it's not likely that he would want to befriend idiots on livejournal. If his friends aren't idiots, then there's no way they would have blindly followed any allegedly idiotic instructions. It follows, then, that those friends of his who did follow the instructions must have done so for their own reasons, and the fact of their having followed the instructions is merely coincident with their having acted from their own motives.
No, you don't know what their initial reason for friending you was. You have a suspicion about it, not knowledge.
Fine. And if they friended me for any other reason than to piss off Stephen, then I don't mind them being here. I just think that it's a lame joke to friend someone simply to piss off someone else.
[info]vox_diabolica isn't an idiot, though, so it's not likely that he would want to befriend idiots on livejournal. If his friends aren't idiots, then there's no way they would have blindly followed any allegedly idiotic instructions. It follows, then, that those friends of his who did follow the instructions must have done so for their own reasons, and the fact of their having followed the instructions is merely coincident with their having acted from their own motives.
Perhaps you are correct. However, in this one case, I would suggest that you are wrong.
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The fact that he asked them to friend you does not imply that they have no interest (or have insincere interest) in what you have to say. The two aren't mutually exclusive. And if all those people had stumbled upon your journal by chance and then friended you, you still wouldn't have any assurance that they did so because of a genuine interest in what you have to say.
This stubborn insistence that people have a genuine interest in you is just narcissism. It's almost as bad as Stephen. Get over yourself.
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Yes, I'm aware of this.
And if all those people had stumbled upon your journal by chance and then friended you, you still wouldn't have any assurance that they did so because of a genuine interest in what you have to say.
True. But right now, I know that their initial reason for friending me is because he asked them to.
This stubborn insistence that people have a genuine interest in you is just narcissism. It's almost as bad as Stephen. Get over yourself.
No, I couldn't care less if people on the Internet have an interest in me. If they didn't pay attention to me at all, believe me, I would not feel the slightest bit hurt. And yeah, maybe I shouldn't care about why they friend me. But seriously, I think that anyone who just follows idiotic instructions is, well, an idiot.
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No, you don't know what their initial reason for friending you was. You have a suspicion about it, not knowledge.
But seriously, I think that anyone who just follows idiotic instructions is, well, an idiot.
vox_diabolica isn't an idiot, though, so it's not likely that he would want to befriend idiots on livejournal. If his friends aren't idiots, then there's no way they would have blindly followed any allegedly idiotic instructions. It follows, then, that those friends of his who did follow the instructions must have done so for their own reasons, and the fact of their having followed the instructions is merely coincident with their having acted from their own motives.
And so you are wrong.
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Fine. And if they friended me for any other reason than to piss off Stephen, then I don't mind them being here. I just think that it's a lame joke to friend someone simply to piss off someone else.
[info]vox_diabolica isn't an idiot, though, so it's not likely that he would want to befriend idiots on livejournal. If his friends aren't idiots, then there's no way they would have blindly followed any allegedly idiotic instructions. It follows, then, that those friends of his who did follow the instructions must have done so for their own reasons, and the fact of their having followed the instructions is merely coincident with their having acted from their own motives.
Perhaps you are correct. However, in this one case, I would suggest that you are wrong.
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