zkydz wrote:
Amity wrote:
I like people watching, usually it’s purely observational with some reflection, but I also like to play a one-person game… will they react to something/behave as I predict, or will they surprise me.
That's not a game with me....it's my every interaction as I try at every minute to figure what they say while keeping track of the conversation. Real juggling act there.
I don't imply you are playing games with people in a pejorative sense. I just mean that my mind is so wrapped up in trying to keep track of anything, it has no time to have any sense of "am I right/am I wrong" on the fly. I have to wait until later and play the game tape in my head to review the passes and fumbles.
Edit: OH! And, when I do play the game tape, I use it to practice conversations in my head. I have all kinds of practice conversations in my head. All the time, day or night.
Goodness no, it’s not a game I play with people, while I am actively interacting with them! If I am sitting somewhere busy, usually waiting for someone/thing, I will people watch, sometimes playing that game while I am in a passive role…
e.g. will she turn left or right, will he let that pretty girl onto the bus ahead of him, will anyone offer a seat to the elderly lady and which person is most likely to give up their seat, who will notice the homeless person begging, she has a purposeful stride and expensive shoes, will she stop at the taxi rank, or get the bus?