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Offline iamzack

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I suck at making friends. The first friend I have made all semester, is a guy in my physics class. He seems cool on the surface... until he added me on facebook.

His ideology is such that we can probably never comfortably be friends.

Does anyone else suck this hard?
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Offline Mongoose

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I'm diametrically opposed to the majority of my online friends from an ideological standpoint, but we still get along just fine.  Maybe the issue's on your end.

 

Offline iamzack

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Well, yeah. I tend to blurt out things, many of which are terribly offensive to people who don't share my ideals. Therefore, people with very different ideals are not good people for me to try to befriend. And I accidentally did this. So. I suck.
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Offline Mongoose

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...oh.  I see what you mean, then.

 

Offline iamzack

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"Do you have any plans for Easter?"
"All manner of ungodly things."
*lack of laughter*
*awkward silence*
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Maybe you could work on your delivery?

 

Offline iamzack

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Or not say that to a Seventh Day Adventist..
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Offline watsisname

Eh.  If people are offended by your random blurts, I think part of the blame goes to them, too.  Or you can try to keep away from topics that are prone to that, or try to keep to people who share your ideals, like you said.  I dunno, people are difficult and confusing creatures.  :ick:
In my world of sleepers, everything will be erased.
I'll be your religion, your only endless ideal.
Slowly we crawl in the dark.
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Offline iamzack

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I need a How2. :[
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Offline watsisname

1:  Find the most high-class social gathering possible, and show up pretending you were invited.
2:  Make lengthy arguments in favor of communism and how Hitler was the greatest thing to happen since sliced bread.
3:  ????
4:  Profit!
In my world of sleepers, everything will be erased.
I'll be your religion, your only endless ideal.
Slowly we crawl in the dark.
Swallowed by the seductive night.

 

Offline StarSlayer

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Piece of advice, useful for making friends and even more important when you get into the professional world where an improper comment gets you in deep do do.  Unless you know who your talking to is kosher with political/religious discussions, avoid the subject.  Quite frankly religion and politics are prickly subject matter.
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Offline NGTM-1R

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If all else fails, wear a mask and be a different person for different people. (I'd argue this is a survival skill for the work world.)  You can always keep being a liberal elitest asshole along with us, we like that sort of thing. :P
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Offline iamzack

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What else is there to talk about? Weather? Sports?

Ugh, I'd rather not talk to people if we're not going to talk about something worthwhile.
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Offline IceFire

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I think I know people like iamzack.  Either you need to get a job as a critic for movies, books, whatever, where your outspokeness will be looked at with distant understanding or you're going to have to learn to put a cork on it and figure out when it is and isn't appropriate to say something.

Given the crap I've had to endure for the last 4 months... me giving that advise is saying something.  Because right now I'd love to blurt out some of the thoughts going through my head.  But that would be unprofessional.
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Offline iamzack

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McDonald's is good practice maybe. I'm not allowed t say anything when the customer starts spouting racist bull**** at my coworkers, or calls me a retard.
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Offline IceFire

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McDonald's is good practice maybe. I'm not allowed t say anything when the customer starts spouting racist bull**** at my coworkers, or calls me a retard.
There are lines... that would be one of them in my book.  Racism and personal insults are not acceptable.  If I were receiving anything like that where I'm at right now... then I would definitely open my mouth.
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Offline Deka1184

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I hope for your sake that you never have to go to court.  :)

They ripped me a new asshole.  :)

 

Offline Mongoose

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What else is there to talk about? Weather? Sports?

Ugh, I'd rather not talk to people if we're not going to talk about something worthwhile.
Not every conversation you have can be about some deep, world-affecting issue, nor is every topic under the sun appropriate for every social situation.  If you never want to do anything but discuss srs bzns topics, most people are generally going to see you as being boring, and not much fun to be around.  If you find someone in class you think is interesting, why not start off by sticking to talking about why the professor sucks, or a good movie you've seen recently?  Save the heavier stuff for the people you know who generally share your views, or who have differing views but are open to having a civil discussion about them.  One of the main reasons why my online group of friends has managed to remain close for so long is because we generally steer clear of potentially-divisive topics, or else treat them in a more lighthearted matter.  That way, we avoid coming into conflict over petty ideological differences.  (Hell, we once had a two-hour conversation that consisted of nothing but replacing random words in movie/TV/song titles with the word "ass."  It was glorious.)

The bottom line here is that most people see their personal political and religious views (particularly, I think, the latter) as being major factors in their fundamental definition of themselves as human beings.  You may disagree with that sentiment yourself, but it doesn't change the fact that it generally holds true.  When you flat-out insult or disparage these views, it's akin to personally insulting that person's own worth, which produces a predictably-negative reaction.  I think that the occasional lack of recognition of this by all of us has been the main contributor to the flare-ups that GenDisc has experienced over the years.

 

Offline Nuclear1

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Just talk about something that isn't politics.  You know, cars, baseball, fart jokes--every American enjoys it.
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Offline iamzack

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:<

Trying to think of things I could talk to an acquaintance about. Small-talk. Perhaps I am too serious.
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