Do People Take Everything I Say Seriously?
Written by johnleemk on 9:22:13 am May 4, 2005.
Categories: Random Musings
Today a certain "Benjamin Tang" informed me of the existence of people who apparently do take a lot of the things I say at face value. Since I have nothing else to do with my time right now, I might as well clear a few things up.
- Half the time, I open my mouth first and think later. I just operate on auto-pilot and say the first thing that comes into my head. If you spend a bit of time around me, you'll notice I have several canned comments I reuse when talking with people. This is because I'm lazy to come up with a unique riposte for each and every statement addressed to me.
- Half the time, I'm extremely sarcastic. I've developed this from my experience in Internet communities, where the best defense is a good sense of humour and a heavy dose of sarcasm. You can't take what I say at face value here.
- Often, I'm just fooling around. I've always been a joker of sorts, and a good deal of my declarations are often nothing more than cheap filler for eliciting laughs. You certainly cannot take my free, self-deprecating entertainment seriously.
Having said that, when I'm serious I'm serious. But it's still annoying to think that someone out there may just believe I'm a homosexual due to certain of my impromptu jokes/skits. I'm just kidding around. I'm not gay. I don't think I'm that much of a horny bastard, either.
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johnleemk
Infernally Rambling Thoughtless Mind Head Administrator Posts: 949 IP Logged | Posted at 10:55:38 am Feb 21, 2006
Conversation with ben_tang8@hotmail.com at 2006-02-21 21:56:57 on johnleemk@hotmail.com (msn) (21:56:57) Ben Tang: how much du u thiink it costs tu upgrade me memory card (21:57:0  johnleemk: dunno(21:57:05) johnleemk: maybe rm100 or 200 (21:57:14) Ben Tang: WAT THE F***>!>!? (21:57:25) Ben Tang: os expensive..!?????? (21:57:2  Ben Tang: k lo..(21:57:3 Ben Tang: haihz(21:57:36) Ben Tang: mcd this friday (21:57:39) Ben Tang: same tiem (21:57:41) Ben Tang: time (21:57:45) johnleemk: kk (21:58:47) Ben Tang has closed the conversation window. (21:59:1 Ben Tang: D***IT(21:59:16) Ben Tang: i jus found out bven fang is havin a way better life than us (21:59:2 Ben Tang: i mean me (21:59:22) Ben Tang: in bu3 (21:59:29) Ben Tang: he gets tu take IT in his skool (21:59:32) Ben Tang: so unfair (21:59:35) Ben Tang: what did we get..!? (21:59:37) Ben Tang: mr vincent (21:59:4 johnleemk: ^_^(21:59:42) Ben Tang: this is unfair (21:59:47) johnleemk: i oso go to take it while i was der (21:59:5 johnleemk: but it wasnt dat fun(21:59:53) johnleemk: *got (21:59:53) Ben Tang: i so want tu post this s*** (21:59:57) johnleemk: post it la (22:00:03) Ben Tang: i cant (22:00:13) Ben Tang: d*** (22:00:14) Ben Tang: d*** (22:00:14) Ben Tang: d*** (22:00:16) Ben Tang: must resist (22:00:19) Ben Tang: d***it (22:00:24) Ben Tang: eh (22:00:41) Ben Tang: u wanna noe what my sri kdu stanard six fren said tu his malay teacher..? (22:00:43) Ben Tang: he said (22:00:45) Ben Tang: godd*** u (22:00:53) Ben Tang: and im gonna burn ur masjid down tu the ground (22:00:5 Ben Tang: lol(22:01:04) johnleemk: .......................................................... (22:01:14) Ben Tang: i mean (22:01:23) Ben Tang: its fo funny the fact a primary 6 boi said that (22:01:2 Ben Tang: sso*(22:01:29) johnleemk: no it's not (22:01:3 Ben Tang has closed the conversation window.(22:03:5 Ben Tang: so waht now (22:04:0 Ben Tang: what are u duing (22:04:05) johnleemk: wikipedia (22:04:4 Ben Tang: lol(22:05:02) Ben Tang has closed the conversation window. |
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natalinasmpf
Member Posts: 39 IP Logged | Posted at 6:13:45 pm Apr 11, 2006
(21:57:45) johnleemk: kk Your rather frank countenance I see is not merely isolated towards me. I also didn't know you condescended as to resort to degenerate spelling.  |
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johnleemk
Infernally Rambling Thoughtless Mind Head Administrator Posts: 949 IP Logged | Posted at 10:55:19 am Apr 12, 2006
I didn't know you were so astute at abusing bombastic words. ^_^ |
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natalinasmpf
Member Posts: 39 IP Logged | Posted at 9:33:11 pm Apr 12, 2006
Actually to the contrary I just type the words that come into my head which would suit the precise meaning I wanted to signify. It was not an intentional use of lengthy words so much as an attempt at linguistic harmony. I was just rather amused, because I had earlier thought your "kk's" had been expressing displeasure solely at my choice of conversation but I see I was not the only isolated individual as to suffer your quirk. |
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natalinasmpf
Member Posts: 39 IP Logged | Posted at 9:35:11 pm Apr 12, 2006
Quoted from: sinful_saint26 Who, exactly? After all, can frankness be interpreted as rudeness? |
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Vissario
Member Posts: 35 IP Logged | Posted at 12:30:42 pm Apr 25, 2006
After all, can frankness be interpreted as rudeness? Rudeness is the art of not living with pretensions about other people, or yourself. Really, not being rude is a peculiar notion for humans that , as are most things we equate with being "natural" facets of our lives, is trained and honed from the first moments we start communicating. I just type the words that come into my head which would suit the precise meaning I wanted to signify Hawthorne was extremely good at doing that. So much, in fact, his literary style suffered because of it for the fact that not all people in different economic stratospheres and age groups can use the same vivid vocabulary which he gave them. |
