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moominmollyI have buttons! I do not like having them pressed. Things that will help you not press my buttons:
* Knowledge and intelligence are different things. Don't assume they're the same. It makes you look like an asshole.
* I'm smart. You probably think you know this about me, but most of you are wrong.
* If we're having a conversation, feel free to assume I know what you're talking about. If I don't, I'll ask, and then you can excitedly explain it to me. It'll be fun! I promise.
* I seriously, seriously will want to punch you in the face if you come off as condescending. Seriously.
* If you want to offer me basic advice about something, ask first, THEN offer. I might want it! I probably don't, though.
People, I love you. You are fantastic. Please, keep having ideas and thought processes and fascinations and hobbies that are different from my own, so I can keep hearing about them all and learning from you. Just, for the love of all that's good in the world, give me a bit of credit sometimes. Christ almighty, it's like I'm NINE.
* Knowledge and intelligence are different things. Don't assume they're the same. It makes you look like an asshole.
* I'm smart. You probably think you know this about me, but most of you are wrong.
* If we're having a conversation, feel free to assume I know what you're talking about. If I don't, I'll ask, and then you can excitedly explain it to me. It'll be fun! I promise.
* I seriously, seriously will want to punch you in the face if you come off as condescending. Seriously.
* If you want to offer me basic advice about something, ask first, THEN offer. I might want it! I probably don't, though.
People, I love you. You are fantastic. Please, keep having ideas and thought processes and fascinations and hobbies that are different from my own, so I can keep hearing about them all and learning from you. Just, for the love of all that's good in the world, give me a bit of credit sometimes. Christ almighty, it's like I'm NINE.
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Date: 2008-08-04 06:23 pm (UTC)(And, ditto.)
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Date: 2008-08-04 06:51 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2008-08-04 09:52 pm (UTC)*insert frantic nodding*
Date: 2008-08-04 06:59 pm (UTC)HEAR HEAR.
"What she said". Yeah that. etc.
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Date: 2008-08-04 07:44 pm (UTC)nine is actually about the age i started formulating the "i don't know *this*, but i am perfectly *capable* of the knowledge...." notion. i still tend to kind of go with that on both the speaking and receiving ends (with nine-year-olds and up, though i confess i do it with littler kids once in awhile too).
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Date: 2008-08-04 07:53 pm (UTC)I kind of wish I had the blithe-jabbering thing, actually. I could probably stand to do more talking to go along with all of the observing and thinking. :)
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Date: 2008-08-04 08:26 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-08-04 08:05 pm (UTC)The people who piss me off are the ones who give advice or such with this air of "You could not possibly have thought of this". "You should reboot your computer." "Don't be anxious." On hearing me talk about wanting a kitty: "You couldn't have one right now anyways."
My response, universally:
No way. *shock!* I never would've considered that! Just don't be anxious? It's so simple! Wow, I totally didn't know that renting a room at a place where one person is allergic and they already have a cat would be bad! Reboot?? That fixes things??
Sometimes I worry that I put people off trying to respond at all. Other times, I figure not being full of blinding eyeroll is preferable.
(The other party has cast Blinding Eyeroll. You cannot speak non-sarcastically for four turns.)
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Date: 2008-08-04 10:02 pm (UTC)It forces one to be more interactive than discoursive
When giving talks, there's a knack to laying out the groundwork of a subject in a way that's explanatory to the unfamiliar, while feeling like a nice review of the issues at stake to the familiar. I haven't quite mastered it, but it's really impressive to see it in action.
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Date: 2008-08-04 08:57 pm (UTC)LAUREN SCHMIDT
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I think I would like to hand those out. Damn, if I were going to Burning Man, I would totally offer my services in this manner.
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Date: 2008-08-05 02:07 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-08-04 10:00 pm (UTC)I can't offer any beat-down services for the suckah m.c.'s that incurred your ire. I can only suggest you make them punk asses watch some old educational film strips until they surrender. It's an idea...
By the way, I totally need to hijack you for lunch and poke your brain about France. The money for my trip looks like it may be arriving soon and I'd like to talk to you about some ideas I had.
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Date: 2008-08-05 04:37 am (UTC)I'm having this situation, not with the friend-folk, but with that other thing you and I were talking about earlier this week. It makes me want to SCREAM.
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Date: 2008-08-05 06:01 pm (UTC)