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dipsomaniacalman humming birds don't know the words...

stop saying things that i regret saying afterwards

my big mouth 3 years ago

i need to learn how to bite my tongue a bit; my mouth really is far too much faster than my mind. not that i’m slow-witted (or maybe i am), but my mouth seems to run on auto-pilot an unnervingly large percentage of the time. this does me a grand total of: no favours. also, it upsets people that i don’t want to upset. so, all-in-all, i need to shut up more.

xxx.

Apr 19, 2006, 07:41AM PDT | 11 cheers

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May 15, 2006, 11:34AM PDT

dipsomaniacalman humming birds don't know the words...

yea

you were right, i was talking about unnecessary insults. i guess that i just have a mean streak hardwired into my mouth. actually, it’s not that i’m really trying to hurt or insult anyone, i just see the opening for verbal pugilism and leap right on in. foolish, i know. the product of a mispent youth? possibly. no excuses, though; i just need to keep my mouth shut more. except when it comes to stupid people. the really stupid kind. the kind that don’t even know that they’re stupid. they really annoy me. but, no, i should shut up about them, too. i just don’t think they should be allowed to vote. i’m really not doing too well with this goal.

xxx.

May 24, 2006, 03:39PM PDT | Thread | Respond to this 3 cheers

Sera

An old comment, I know...

But thought I’d butt in anyway!

It can be surprising just how much patience you lose when being confronted with stupidity on a regular basis! My housemate (who is moving out) is one of that particular breed of stupids (hopefully she won’t ever find this) that doesn’t often know exactly how dense she is being. She has shared my house for 6 months and it’s amazing she isn’t dead.

I have what I think is best termed as “reflex sarcasm”. Although on occasion it goes over people’s heads. Which doesn’t help either.

Jun 12, 2007, 01:38AM PDT | Thread | Respond to this

dipsomaniacalman humming birds don't know the words...

your butt...

... is totally welcome ;).

yea, ‘reflex sarcasm’... that’s actually rather a neat way of phrasing it (see, you will make a good writer – do it now). why doesn’t the going over people’s head thing help? that way they don’t get upset, although i guess you might feel a bit mean. hmmm, yea, i’ve done that, but i only felt mean becasue everybody else got it and the victim was oblivious. that’s like kicking someone in the back of the head. whilst they are tied up. and asleep.

but yea, things like ‘it is amazing she isn’t dead’, whilst being a bit mean, are still damn funny, and that’s why i can’t help my mouth in this respect; i like to amuse myself.

i’m a bad person.

^{happy, though}

xxx.

Jun 12, 2007, 10:15AM PDT | Thread | Respond to this

Sera

Dodgy! ;)

I think it’s like a reverse “l’espirit d’escalier”. Rather than thinking of all the quick (and usually cutting) replies I could come up with at some point after the event, they sneak up on me before I’ve even consciously considered either them or their potential impact.

And even then, much to my (occasional) dismay, they’re funny. Just mean. And nasty. And generally at other people’s expense. Or filthy (but that’s another topic entirely!)

Anyway, what on earth am I supposed to say about someone who can’t time her cooking so that all the constituent parts of her dinner are ready at the same time even when using the microwave?!!!! These people must be put here for my ridicule!

This is getting a bit long…

Jun 13, 2007, 12:25AM PDT | Thread | Respond to this

true... - dipsomaniacalman

I'm glad... - Sera

evidently... - dipsomaniacalman

Hehe - Sera

it is... - dipsomaniacalman