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When someone you hate acts reasonable or has a point
It's really annoying.
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It's more annoying when someone you like is acting unreasonable.
Haven't you made this topic already?
Also blah blah context blah blah myrm being myrm blah blah.
Yep.
i don't see how this is cryptic.
^He's being cryptic by not giving any sort of context for whatever situation he's in. Again.
Highlight your glee at the occurance of such a rare thing. Backhanded compliments are best compliments.
I know the pain. There are ways to cope with this, for example reminding yourself of all that guy's wrong and repeating the mantra "even a broken clock is right twice a day".
On the one hand, the person I hate most here in my IRL environment just said something reasonable on Facebook. On the other hand, it was about something trivial.
He rarely ever acts reasonable or has a point. He's not smart enough. This is all part of why I hate him.
but context is not really needed for the topic of discussion at hand. We're just discussing a general situation and making him bring up the reason why he decided to make a thread about this seems a bit like pushing it. If he's interested in doing so, he's welcome to do so, but there's a difference between being cryptic and just keeping stuff to yourself.
I feel like instances when someone you hate is reasonable or has a point suggest that hating that person may actually be unreasonable.
Honestly, I am not sure what the point of hating people really is anyway. I mean, maybe you could make the argument that it is worthwhile when the person in question has committed crimes against humanity or something, but I think hating people just because you find them annoying is a lot more common and a lot less justified.
I realize that it is easier to talk about hate being bad than to actually not hate people. Still, I believe hating other people can often be a harmful way to make you feel better about yourself by looking down on others. I think the fact that it would bug someone to see that the target of their hatred actually was right about something suggests that hatred might be functioning as such a messed up self-esteem booster.
^^So I can monitor his stupidity and see if he occasionally has redeeming moments. Because I'm too lazy to unfriend basically anyone. And because I can deal with him on Facebook (where we have basically no direct contact anyway) until the cows come home...it's the in-person interaction that I can't stand, and I only wish I could remove people from such a sphere as easily as Facebook unfriending.
Hate is a bit of a strong word. I just really don't like interacting with him at all. I've mentioned this guy before, I know: I find him extremely unnatural and offputting, like some sort of android that was programmed all wrong, always moving and talking the same no matter what but in a very boring way that verges on unintentionally creepy. None of this would matter if not for the fact that he has nothing interesting to say, ever, and because he's so stupid, it's more like worse than nothing, like most of what he says makes you want to hit him. After three years, I still can't understand his political views, I can't understand how his sense of humor works, and I have no idea how aware he is of his own shortcomings. I frankly don't think he should even be going to college like this, because I either don't see him getting and holding a proper job without a lot of string-pulling...or if he does get a proper job of some importance, I fear for the effect it will have on the world.
He's not a bad person except for maybe some apparent stalking and accidental emotional manipulation, and never intentionally mean or unpleasant. As stoners go, he probably could be worse, though he shoots any sort of "lovable, cool stoner" trope right down. He's just naturally unpleasant, and everyone who doesn't like him, which is most people, has learned to stay away from him, which causes him to mostly forget about you. Mostly. The problem is, he still remembers everyone he meets somehow, and if you're nice to him early on before you realize how bad he is, he'll permanently think you're a friend of sorts. This all ties into why I've never exploded at him like I so badly want to. He's still got enough friends, who are somewhat better people than him, and some perfectly fine, that he'd drag my name through the mud as he worked out his feelings, and suddenly I'd have enemies of a sort. And also, yes, I don't hate him so much that I could stand to see him emotionally shattered because I know that can throw a person off for a long time, and we all have lives that we need to get on with, and I know how bad it can throw me off too.
This is off-topic, yes, but extremely cathartic, so I hope you let it stand. To get sort of back on topic, I will repeat again, this guy is usually only reasonable or has a point in regard to things that don't matter, or things that basically any decent person can agree on. Otherwise, it's just facepalm-induction all the way down.
I think I need a thread of my own just to complain about this guy, so I can get my frustration out and stop dumping it into other threads every few weeks. Is this ok?
^Do it. I adore threads that go on in length about vexing meatspace idiots.
^^Agreed. I'm morbidly curious.