Get a life

That's a phrase that always bugs me.  Just like, "You have too much time on your hands."  You say that like it's a bad thing.

But seriously, what life is one supposed to get?  You say that like some style of living is better than others, like certain lifestyles aren't actually "a life", like there's only certain ways that life ought to be lived.  But there can't be an answer to that, unless... you've found the meaning of life?!  Tell me, cause I'd love to know!  In fact, you ought to tell the entire world your meaning of life, cause I'm sure the world would love to know too.

How good are you?

Well how do you answer that question?  I mean, what definition of good do you use?  And why that definition?  I mean, I could give a definition of good, but would you completely agree with it..?

Hm... I feel like I've already written this.  But I guess there's other things to write about that go with this title.

Opinions as facts

People seem to ask a lot about how good things are, like “Is this a good movie?” or “How good is that game?” and I always find it a hard question to answer.  I mean, what do you want me to say?  At best I can say I liked that movie or I didn’t like that game, but that doesn’t mean that you or anyone else will feel the same way.  But a lot of people had no problem asking those questions, and a lot of people had no problem answering them too.

Not that I had any problem with that.  What I disliked, was when people expected others to feel the same way.

Constructive Criticism

People give constructive criticism and advice to be helpful.  Surely that’s not a bad thing.  But even good intentions aren’t enough to ensure that constructive criticism will be helpful.  There are some people who just don’t appreciate advice as much as others.  I mean, I guess I am one of those people.

The thing was, if you just plainly give advice, it’s likely that it will seem as though you’re making a lot of assumptions.  Assumptions that can be seen as insulting.  Assumptions such as: the person you are advising has never considered what you are saying before, or that you are completely right, or that the other person is completely wrong.

Never in anger

I said that I gained a lot from living with a personality that considered all the options and was willing to accept anything.  One thing was that I could take all the problems the world gave me, and never get angry, as long as I didn’t want to.  If you could accept anything, then you could forgive anyone for any mistakes they ever made.