Proud of myself becoming more and more s**t

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19 Aug 2007, 1:04 pm

I was very proud of myself today at work, because I really managed to lie through my teeth, feign positive feelings towards an abuser (who is in a powerful position in relation to me) and take revenge in a passive-aggressive way that hurt her but she can't know for sure it was on purpose, so she can't do anything about it.

After being ashamed of myself all my life for being honest and assertive and open about my feelings and respectful of people enough as not to lie to them, now I'm proud of me at last.

How sad, that in the society we live in our self-esteem can only grow the more s**t we become....


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19 Aug 2007, 1:14 pm

The first to get plucked are the prettiest.
Survival of the shittiest. :)



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19 Aug 2007, 1:16 pm

Well, with me, you are PREACHING TO THE CHOIR! :cry:

I have been saying that ALL THIS TIME.

SAD! The JERKS that lie/steal/cheat get accolades and money, and the GOOD guys have to keep their wits and work three times as hard, as ANYONE else, or be LUCKY to have a chance at the same.



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19 Aug 2007, 1:42 pm

humility is a gift that not enough people in this world have....ive played both roles but even though i try to be the a***hole i fail myself in the end...by failing myself i mean that i am not being me and i would rahter deal with relentless BS and be myself than have to compromise my person to get by....this is what has taken me some 26 years and counting to figure out....i dont think the point is to be a sh*^&y person but to learn when to stand firm and when not to...see we aspies all have this internal lie detector within us, and to say otherwise and fight it would seem to bring more harm than good...i just hope you can find the nice gooey inbetween and remain...

if you do please show me how i can find it as well..


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19 Aug 2007, 1:46 pm

Awwww, that's so sad to be proud of becoming something you clearly despise.



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19 Aug 2007, 2:16 pm

Not the only way but... I guess it is a way.


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19 Aug 2007, 2:54 pm

Yeah, try to avoid all those games if you can.

But if you're gonna play, do it properly :x


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19 Aug 2007, 2:58 pm

Greentea wrote:
I was very proud of myself today at work, because I really managed to lie through my teeth, feign positive feelings towards an abuser (who is in a powerful position in relation to me) and take revenge in a passive-aggressive way that hurt her but she can't know for sure it was on purpose, so she can't do anything about it.

After being ashamed of myself all my life for being honest and assertive and open about my feelings and respectful of people enough as not to lie to them, now I'm proud of me at last.

How sad, that in the society we live in our self-esteem can only grow the more sh** we become....

Why do you have to feign positive emotions towards this person? Even if she's your boss, there should be no expectation that you'll like her personally.



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19 Aug 2007, 3:44 pm

NeantHumain wrote:
Greentea wrote:
I was very proud of myself today at work, because I really managed to lie through my teeth, feign positive feelings towards an abuser (who is in a powerful position in relation to me) and take revenge in a passive-aggressive way that hurt her but she can't know for sure it was on purpose, so she can't do anything about it.

After being ashamed of myself all my life for being honest and assertive and open about my feelings and respectful of people enough as not to lie to them, now I'm proud of me at last.

How sad, that in the society we live in our self-esteem can only grow the more sh** we become....

Why do you have to feign positive emotions towards this person? Even if she's your boss, there should be no expectation that you'll like her personally.


Wow, I guess you aren't working in a non union job, huh? There isn't an expectation, but there IS a correlation between freindliness and ability. If you hate her guts, and she knows it, you may have to be VERY good. If you and she hit it off, you could probably steal and destroy thousands of dollars of stuff, and hurt the company, and STILL keep your job.