* M.R. I love your kind responses Keneth. Kenneth Udut - does
anything phase you?
K.U.
Thank you Maxim :)* Internally, for a brief moment, yes they
do. But then I laugh to myself at the absurdity of reacting
to pixels on a screen as if they contain the magical power
to change who I am.
[as if my appearance and my "self" had any connection, other
than social impressions, which they do if I choose, but I
can also choose to turn the switch off so that they don't]
I flip the the switch and chuckle at my own absurdity.
Then, I figure out what role the other person was playing.
In this case, H.S.M.H - was playing the role of my
schoolteacher. Once I could see that, I imagined what the
perfect response of a student would be that would resolve
the conflict.
There's always a place for diplomacy and civility in any
conversation.
So, as he was now my teacher, I was now his student, and I
accepted his rebuke, which was, in fact, correct, and gave
an explanation for my behavior in a manner that a teacher
would be pleased with, while also remaining myself. I was
myself as expressed through a role.
He clicked "Like", which was the end of the movie.
This movie had a happy ending.
That's my secret. Treat all human conversation as if it is a
movie, and I have a role to play.
Discover what scene it is and perform my role to the best of
my ability.
However, I do not stick to the common script. Rather, I
rewrite my own part during each encounter with other humans,
and I customize the words my role uses in order to end up
with a civil, diplomatic and happy ending, where all become
best of friends.
Now you know a little bit of my technique, and a LOT about
how I approach human conversation.
