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zhao

there are no accidents
I live in London and I don't really encounter the kind of chieftainism described by swears and mms (maybe twice in the last year, both at the same party) am I lucky or just too thick to notice?

or... the unthinkable... maybe you are one yourself?!?! just kidding of course. ;)

is it me or are the british particularly good at talking? in the best sense it is witty and entertaining, and in the worst sense it is steam-rolling through a one sided "conversation" not giving the other person a chance to even catch up much less respond or participate. i really hate people who talk at, instead of with or to, others. "dated" a half scottish half english girl very briefly once and i swear she did not shut up for 3 days. what's worse i understood about 1/5 of what she said due to the thick accent. :eek:

i'm usually not an aggressive person in conversation, and prefer a relaxed and slower way of going about things... really hate the feeling of having to compete with someone's bullet-train verbiage...
 

Mr. Tea

Let's Talk About Ceps
I'm with STN on this one, swears must have particularly bad luck with the quality of people he meets at parties or wherever, unless it's me (and STN) who's unusually lucky?
 

swears

preppy-kei
To be honest, I'd love to be able to walk into a room and chief everybody out without even saying a word. Could anything be finer?
 

Mr. Tea

Let's Talk About Ceps
To be honest, I'd love to be able to walk into a room and chief everybody out without even saying a word. Could anything be finer?

I think for that you need to be black and very large, and have a voice an octave lower than everyone else and expert knowledge in all matters relating to romance, seduction and lurrve-making.

Oh, sorry, you said chief - never mind.
 

STN

sou'wester
lol

That's trying too hard, it's got to look like you're not even arsed.

But you'd go into the living room of a party on a camel! And you'd be wearing a top hat and smoking a hookah and surveying all non-camel riders with vague, sneering pity. I'd feel chiefed if I were an onlooker and rightly so, too.
 

Mr. Tea

Let's Talk About Ceps
But you'd go into the living room of a party on a camel! And you'd be wearing a top hat and smoking a hookah and surveying all non-camel riders with vague, sneering pity. I'd feel chiefed if I were an onlooker and rightly so, too.

This needs to be suggested in the 'Office Party' thread NOW.
 
where are these pics from they're amazing.

A book called "series B- a practical course of psychic instruction"

I live in London and I don't really encounter the kind of chieftainism described by swears and mms (maybe twice in the last year, both at the same party) am I lucky or just too thick to notice?

I think this comes down to a kind of sensitivity you either have or don't- you've either assimilated the consensual modes of social interaction so they are second nature, or you're just stood on the outside watching the mechanics. Personally in any broader social situation i'm often extremely aware of the constant jockeying for position to the point where it's paralysing...i don't always feel like having to prove myself.

with regard to openness, that surely involves bringing your personal agenda to bear in a way that can be imposing. if i was just to talk about the things that interest me in a social situation it would be somewhat exclusive, as it's unlikely that many of those present will directly share in my interests. likewise if i was to be immediately emotionally open, it could be said to be rather self indulgent- emotions don't represent absolute human truth, in fact they can be programmatic and sometimes are best internalised. socialising is a very negotiative process that isn't necessarily best founded on openness imo. to expect it should be seems idealistic.

Ride a camel everywhere you go.

:D
 

zhao

there are no accidents
socialising is a very negotiative process that isn't necessarily best founded on openness imo. to expect it should be seems idealistic.

interesting...
 
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