Wednesday, May 8, 2013

back again?

I keep turning this thought away, but it keeps nagging at me and anyone will tell you that I am a pushover and give up quite easily. So, I'll say it and leave it at that and maybe it will inturn leave me alone. The nagging thought is how we all think being critical means being nasty, but it is the way to show everyone how smart you are or something. We also complain about politicians being terrible and corrupt, but that admits that the majority of the people are good and politicians do not really represent them, well, who do they respresent?

I always paused to think about it when the Nephites would apologize for the mistakes in their works. I used to think, I wonder how smart you need to be to notice the errors. I must be representative of the stupid majority and not the vocal know-it-alls, cause I know the Nephites feel like their crudeness is offending someone, but I can't even see an offense in the first place. It might be cause I grew up. I used to know-it-all when I was younger. I used to notice that with my exhusband, my mother commented how he was so negative. I just thought he must be so smart to be able to criticize things, cause in band and choir to adjudicate was an honor to your learning. You have to know what to look for to correct others, and you have to have some sort of standard to claim legitimacy. So, I just figured that he was so much better and wiser than me. cause when an "untrained ear" hear the same things they would think it was wonderful, but the judges knew better.

With the internet, namely youtube, we can see the people without their representatives, and I do not see much difference between them and the things politicians do or say. But I still have noticed another thing. The only time people make comments is when they feel strongly. When I did phone support for Microsoft we were asked to end a call by sort of using an Inception by planting the words very satisfied in their mind so when they got a follow up survey they would likely choose that option, because frankly, the vocal people tend to be, not the ones who are important or have the best things to say, but who have negative things to say.

Please, notice that thousands of people will watch something, but only about a hundred say anything. and likely they do not represent the opinions of most viewers. They just have an opinion, and that opinion is that what they have to say is important.

Let me toss in this, I hate it when people say, " There is no such thing as a dumb question. " I can understand the applicatiuon of such a phrase say in a classroom where people do not understand but are afraid to speak up. but, there are stupid questions. The most annoying questions are the ones that others ask with no real desire or expectation of an answer like, "Are you going to wear that?" They don't care they just want to guide your thought cause they think that your opinion would be theirs with more thought. Or, "How are you?" People say this with no curiosity intended, it is merely a greeting to show an interest because asking questions is polite, but it is polite because it demonstrates an interest. Alot of the time, there really is an interest, but that is a stupid question because it is not asking what they want to know like, "Are you happy today?" or something with a yes or no answer.

Oh, crud, my thoughts never stop once the flood gate is opened, sorry. I honestly am trying to keep things in my heart (like Mary did when visited by an angel), but I am failing miserably, huh? Well, chances are I will continue to rain torrentially on this blog, as a reaction to this song: http://youtu.be/MnPICiigM5Q

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