Do you secretly know you're doing the wrong thing socially,

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25 Jan 2010, 8:01 pm

Oh. Em. Gee.
Yes.

Lordy lord.

I hate it when I say something and I know that's not the right thing to say in a situation and it's something everyone else probably knows how to react to, but you end up saying that weird thing anyway. It's so frustrating, because afterwards you beat yourself up [or at least I do] like "Why did I even say that?"

There are some things I've said where I seriously just want to smack my past self in the forehead xD



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26 Jan 2010, 5:11 pm

mechanicalgirl39 wrote:
Like once my family were having dinner and one guest started up about "The Law of Attraction" and how everything that happens in your life, you made it happen by thinking it. I thought that was outrageous, considering such things as natural disasters, serious illnesses, etc. And I started an argument, and my mom tried to get me to shut up and let it go but I insisted on arguing anyway because I disagreed that you should just shut up and tolerate that sort of talk for the sake of harmony.


You had a reasonable argument there, so why should you shut up? Had you said something really stupid, I understand.... but this is a perfectly valid argument.

He was probably just referring to the way people treat you in life, but that shouldn't be generalised as "everything that happens in your life". It reminds me of religious concepts like "divine providence" or "karma" and one certainly can argue against that.



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29 Jan 2010, 4:13 pm

A lot of the time I can think of a few things to do, all of which are wrong, but doing nothing would also be wrong. I can't really escape doing the wrong thing then.



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30 Jan 2010, 6:04 pm

Sometimes people around me tell me to act normal and then assume I know how to act normal. When I ask how that would be, they treat me like I'm an idiot.

Example: (although this example doesn't show that people treat me like an idiot when I ask how a normal would act in such a situation, they do, sometimes) I was playing guitar in the living room, and my sister bumped against it, and I got a bit pissed about that, she said something back to me, but my mother got really mad at me for doing that, telling me to act normal. So I ask her how a normal person would act, and she said I should act less angry. And I said it's ridiculous for me to act less angry than I am, because (I didn't say this part) people would not know how angry I was and would dismiss it and do the same thing again(/end). Then she told me to shut up, because the television was on. Which is why I hate the television, it makes people so relentlessly angry at me for simply talking. And what's even worse, I've seen normal people (at least, I thought they were normal, and by this I mean I didn't know they had any kind of mental, neurological or psychological disorder, and I don't know now) get furious at things of little importance, too. I get really angry at people who don't make sense, too. Like my sister, who said "Go cry" a lot (translated, we speak another language at home) and this really makes me angry. I can of course criticize her response, saying she resorts to irrelevant comments because she has nothing worthwhile to say, but I can't. It simply gets me too angry.



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30 Jan 2010, 6:56 pm

Yes. When I say how we should do away with animal testing and use convicted death row criminals or pedophiles instead, I am asked if I value animals over humans. The answer is yes. That seems to be taboo in today's society but I don't personaly care.


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31 Jan 2010, 5:47 am

ursaminor wrote:
Sometimes people around me tell me to act normal and then assume I know how to act normal. When I ask how that would be, they treat me like I'm an idiot.


I think we've all experienced that quite a lot in our lives. It should get better once you grow older because eventually you'll know what is expected of you in which situations.

ursaminor wrote:
Example: (although this example doesn't show that people treat me like an idiot when I ask how a normal would act in such a situation, they do, sometimes) I was playing guitar in the living room, and my sister bumped against it, and I got a bit pissed about that, she said something back to me, but my mother got really mad at me for doing that, telling me to act normal. So I ask her how a normal person would act, and she said I should act less angry.


I disagree. Most people who play the guitar tend to be very attached to their instrument, so I would say it is actually normal for a guitar player to get pissed-off when people show no respect for their guitar. I would actually think it was ackward if you did NOT get pissed-off about it.

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Then she told me to shut up, because the television was on. Which is why I hate the television, it makes people so relentlessly angry at me for simply talking.


If there's ever gonna be a revolution, I think smashing all TVs you encounter might be a great way to vent. TVs are only useful for population control as they have been used for decades now. For entertainment or education it's too shallow and antisocial to be really useful.

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And what's even worse, I've seen normal people (at least, I thought they were normal, and by this I mean I didn't know they had any kind of mental, neurological or psychological disorder, and I don't know now) get furious at things of little importance, too.


That's because to them those things are as important as your guitar is to you. You just don't understand why those things are important to them and vice versa.

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I get really angry at people who don't make sense, too. Like my sister, who said "Go cry" a lot (translated, we speak another language at home) and this really makes me angry. I can of course criticize her response, saying she resorts to irrelevant comments because she has nothing worthwhile to say, but I can't. It simply gets me too angry.


That's typical feminine behavior. If you're ever gonna date neurotypical women, get used to that kind of irrational behavior :wink:



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31 Jan 2010, 5:53 am

PunkyKat wrote:
Yes. When I say how we should do away with animal testing and use convicted death row criminals or pedophiles instead, I am asked if I value animals over humans. The answer is yes. That seems to be taboo in today's society but I don't personaly care.


I don't value animals over humans or vice versa. I value those creatures close to me more than those creatures I have no connection with. I just don't distinguish between species, races or personal opinions for that matter. Similarly, I value those who are good and kind more than those who show no respect for others. Every life is in principle of equal value to me but the closer they are to me and the more kindness they show to others, they more value I will attribute to that particular life. With refards to using onvicted death row criminals, rapists, pedophiles or other extremely dangerous and sociopathic individuals instead of innocent animals for testing medicine I fully agree with you.

Saying that indeed seems to be taboo. Neurotypical people tend to get pissed off when you explain this to them and they usually start asking you these silly "who would you save from a burning building" hypothetical questions to see if they can detect some flaw in your perfectly valid logics :D