Oh I can get on a rant about the noun thing. ^ is basically a
rant on misusing nouns. I can make the same rant about love and
a HUGE number of concepts that are stuck in the wrong places,
leading people to horrendously awful conceptualizations of ....
concepts... [yes, I just did that] - .... ok I'll stop there...
conceptualizations of concepts.. I can't believe I just said
that. == My gripe (maybe similar/same?) is the idea of the "This
Word = This Definition" fixed for all time. Total misuse of the
flexibility of language imo. Language is inherently limited but
very useful means of moving ideas/thoughts/concepts/brain
patterns/whatever from one person to another so they go, "Oh, I
understand what you mean" (at least internally) ... If I say
Grumble Grue, Mal-fucking-piss-face Shackle-dom fetished
word-war mongering douche-boxes... there's a PRETTY good chance
you'll know what I mean, at least in 'gist'... or what I'm
referring to, even though it might be otherwise appearing as
nonsense with little in definition form. Yeah, I have several
rants about several things. == yup - I wrote and re-wrote about
wiggleroom a couple of times but couldn't get it together nicely
enough tongue emoticon let's see what I edited out... ...ah yes.
Exit doors. "When entering a strange room, always look for the
exit sign". Something I learned as a kid, or figured out. I
don't like room traps, people traps or logic traps. I play along
sometimes, just as a friendly gesture, but I never feel trapped
by it. == "exit strategy", usually proceeded with, "we have
no..." - I mean there's commitment and that's great for those
dedicated to commitment but... yeah. I look for the best
interests of all around me yet if I'm not strictly necessary at
some point, I scoot out the back 'cause I got other stuff to do.
== Control. I can understand why they want it and do it, but I
only play along with games up to a point. Then I'm like, "ok,
cut the shit" when I see that I'm the mouse in a cat and mouse
situation. == I'm Mr. Nice Guy with people. I play the role
REALLY well because... well, I AM (generally) a nice guy. But...
I keep both eyes open and give people plenty of rope. I let
people get away with stuff pretty freely but if it encroaches on
something that matters significantly to me, they're usually
surprised at the me they see. I let people think me the fool
frequently if that's what they want. I only play my card when I
must and I prefer not to if possible. == Indeed. "I don't know
if I can trust you" and then telling you a secret (or
visa-versa) puts you in a position where you have to prove it to
him by NOT revealing the secret. [I prefer NOT knowing people's
secrets. it's an annoying burden honestly] == lol yup same. "You
can keep a secret right?" "Nope". They're dying to tell someone
because THEY were entrusted with a secret but THEY can't keep
it, so they want you to have the burden instead. Then you hear,
"I told you not to tell anybody - I was supposed to keep it a
secret". My reply, "They why did you tell me? That was dumb
wasn't it?" == Yeah. I mean there's SOME THINGS I'd rather not
have to hear about myself from other people, but 90%, I don't
care. 9% is irritating and maybe 1% that I'll die with. Gotta
have somethin'. == Florida has open records. I like that. You do
something bad, police, courts, whatever, it's out there online.
Great system. In New Jersey, everything's top secret, hush hush,
protect-da-privacy. Having been in both worlds, I like the
openness here. Keeps ppl from messing up and if they do, it's
'out there'. Even govt officials are held to that. Perfect? No,
but still better. == I treat everything I say online as if it's
monitored by every agency on the planet and viewable by every
citizen anywhere because - it is. If I think it isn't then I'm
just fooling myself. No privacy online. Never was. Can't be.
System's not designed for privacy. Privacy's an afterthought,
poorly implemented and overturnable by anybody with authority
anyhow. So, I gladly stand naked before the net. ...
metaphorically. == Well the good news is, they don't care. The
high volume of info is too much to sift though. They're not as
advanced as we give them credit for. It's government. It's
inefficient. Backwards. I could rant but actually I kinda like
it that way. And you're right about the psychic - people with
inner walls just hurt themselves anyhow and they miss out on
good connections with others. ==
