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Joking vs mockery, respect or disrespect?
RE: Joking vs mockery, respect or disrespect?
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(April 3, 2013 at 9:30 am)thesummerqueen Wrote:




I don't know anyone from school anymore. My friendships from school ended on a pretty sour note. I was similar to you partly. I liked talking to almost every different group but I ended up being treated like an outsider for not spending all my time with my closest group of friends. They ended up just excluding me entirely. I'm glad in a way seems now I look back I never want to be like them. Same thing happened at college again with a few friends I had known well for 8-9 years. I used to keep in contact at first I'd get a message from time to time. Then I figured why the fuck do I talk to these people who were so shitty to me. Now I refuse all contact with the lot of them. I'm quite happy to never meet anyone from my school again. Other than my sisters who happened to go there too. Tongue

Stephen Fry really inspired my changing from an idiot kid to actually thinking and being less of an asshole. Sounds strange but I really enjoyed QI and from there I found that IQ2 debate with him and Christopher Hitchens. My favorite classes were science and religious studies so I watched a ton of debates and went out of my way to learn more about both so I could understand the debates better and better and loved the learning as much as the reading. I'm still an idiot just not nearly as frustratingly stupid.

(April 3, 2013 at 9:30 am)thesummerqueen Wrote: And then you have those fuckers who say "high school was the best time of my life."

I don't know why people keep looking to the past like it was in some way better than now. Maybe you have more worries now, but you have more freedom to choose how you solve those worries. Being a kid sucked ass.

I just assume they have terrible memories or love being told what to do.
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Sometimes - I just don't feel like showing respect - although my lack of respect for someone doesn't always mean that it turns into a strong form of hatred or anger.

But, I tend to show respect to people most of the time whether I meet them the first time or see them regularly. That is just a part of who I am.

I don't expect people to show respect to me either. If they do, then that's good. And if they don't, no problem.
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(April 3, 2013 at 5:32 pm)Rayaan Wrote: Sometimes - I just don't feel like showing respect - although my lack of respect for someone doesn't always mean that it turns into a strong form of hatred or anger.

I agree. It takes truly a lot for me to feel more than a slight dislike of someone I don't respect, usually I just ignore people I can't find common ground with (IRL, that is Big Grin). I've come to the conclusion that the opinions of a person I can't respect, should be of no consequence to me, so why bother?

Quote:I don't expect people to show respect to me either. If they do, then that's good. And if they don't, no problem.

Which makes me wonder, what kind of person demands respect and out of what reasons? As I earlier stated, I give all fellow humans the respect they deserve, since I won't put myself higher as a person, and I hope that other people can treat me with the same respect. But to be respected because of anything else and demand it.. Now that I don't understand.
When I was young, there was a god with infinite power protecting me. Is there anyone else who felt that way? And was sure about it? but the first time I fell in love, I was thrown down - or maybe I broke free - and I bade farewell to God and became human. Now I don't have God's protection, and I walk on the ground without wings, but I don't regret this hardship. I want to live as a person. -Arina Tanemura

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(April 3, 2013 at 5:46 pm)Kayenneh Wrote: Which makes me wonder, what kind of person demands respect and out of what reasons?

I think that people who demand the most respect for themselves are just not self-sufficient enough. They care too much about what other people think about them.

Well, I think we all care about getting respect from others - to a certain degree - but it shouldn't come to a point where we feel too concerned about it.
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I'm polite to strangers or people I don't know that well and will be nice to them. I'll even go out of my way to help them. I don't think that's the same as respect.
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(April 4, 2013 at 7:16 am)Insanity x Wrote: I'm polite to strangers or people I don't know that well and will be nice to them. I'll even go out of my way to help them. I don't think that's the same as respect.

Good manners? Smile
When I was young, there was a god with infinite power protecting me. Is there anyone else who felt that way? And was sure about it? but the first time I fell in love, I was thrown down - or maybe I broke free - and I bade farewell to God and became human. Now I don't have God's protection, and I walk on the ground without wings, but I don't regret this hardship. I want to live as a person. -Arina Tanemura

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(April 4, 2013 at 7:54 am)Kayenneh Wrote: Good manners? Smile

Sure, but they get respect if they show me they are worth respecting.
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Door mat?? Tongue

Nah niceness rocks. I came to thinking that mean people get way too many breaks, and so tried to be that way. As much as a doormat ever could. All you get is a burden to carry. Now it doesn't seem so easy to shake. The guilt is killing me! Niceness kills too. Call Violet!!!!
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Initial politeness is what I consider falls under Kay's basic human respect laws. They get that much, and no further. I mean, even someone I argue with, I'm not going to let a door slam in their face or something. Beyond that...
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