Okay, I get that you honestly don't want to piss people off, but...
If you don't want to piss people off, why do you SAY things like "Well, when I didn't want to eat brussels sprouts, my mother always insisted I try them first." That tells me that you think I am five and that you are my mom. My honest reaction to a comment like that when I am genuinely upset is, "Bitch, PLEASE." It's not cute, and if you thought it was, that's because it was cute to you, but of course it's cute to you--you're not on the end of it that's been made to look five in public.
(And winniewong made you and me both look like a goddess of tact.)
Also, you can't make people try things like the Nav Strip. I never "tried" it. I went, "oh shit, there's something ugly on my screen, how do I turn it the fuck off?" and did so. Then I had to do it or help someone else do it 200 more times, which, I might add, really put me in a great frame of mind for a comment like that. The CProds were pushing Phone Post at me like crazy "We've noticed you never made a Phone Post!" before I turned them off. I have auditory discrimination problems and two of my computers don't even have sound enabled. I am not going to Phone Post any time before the Messiah comes unless, like, I'm trapped in the wilderness with no internet access save thru my RAZR. I frankly hate Phone Post, I go to LJ to write and to read? How do I know I won't like Phone Post? Well, I like email better than voicemail and text messaging better than phone calls. This is not a giant leap of logic here.
no subject
If you don't want to piss people off, why do you SAY things like "Well, when I didn't want to eat brussels sprouts, my mother always insisted I try them first." That tells me that you think I am five and that you are my mom. My honest reaction to a comment like that when I am genuinely upset is, "Bitch, PLEASE." It's not cute, and if you thought it was, that's because it was cute to you, but of course it's cute to you--you're not on the end of it that's been made to look five in public.
(And
Also, you can't make people try things like the Nav Strip. I never "tried" it. I went, "oh shit, there's something ugly on my screen, how do I turn it the fuck off?" and did so. Then I had to do it or help someone else do it 200 more times, which, I might add, really put me in a great frame of mind for a comment like that. The CProds were pushing Phone Post at me like crazy "We've noticed you never made a Phone Post!" before I turned them off. I have auditory discrimination problems and two of my computers don't even have sound enabled. I am not going to Phone Post any time before the Messiah comes unless, like, I'm trapped in the wilderness with no internet access save thru my RAZR. I frankly hate Phone Post, I go to LJ to write and to read? How do I know I won't like Phone Post? Well, I like email better than voicemail and text messaging better than phone calls. This is not a giant leap of logic here.