Lost... and finally found again.

[kickaha]

One of those things that really needs to be passed around more often. I was quite disappointed when it was no longer showing up at the old URL, but I'm very glad to see that someone else archived it so I can bookmark it again. :)

Five Geek Social Fallacies

Unfortunately, it's not limited to just geeks. #4 seems to be the one with the widest distribution... which is sad, since it's probably the one most people grow out of first.

Happy Emotional Codependence Day, everyone! :D

Comments

[franktheavenger.livejournal.com]

Those aren't 'fallacies,' they're signs of someone that needs the acceptance of others to have any kind of self-worth, IE signs of an emotionally undeveloped personality. Pathological.

[kickaha.livejournal.com]

Well... yeah... :)

I think most people have had one or more of those delusions at one point in their life or another, but it's a pretty sad way to live one's life on an on-going basis. Relying on other people to define your sense of self-worth is just setting yourself up for constant disappointment.

Unfortunately, a lot of people seem to rely on that misery for their existence, it seems. Ah well. They're welcome to it.

[franktheavenger.livejournal.com]

Agreed except for theym being welcome to it; they annoy me and therefore must be purged. :p

[georgmi.livejournal.com]

You, sir, are an Ostracizer, and therefore Evil.

Mind if I crash on your couch sometime?

[franktheavenger.livejournal.com]

Hey, I have no problem interacting with people, I just want most of them off my planet. ;)

[georgmi.livejournal.com]

Most of us aren't the best choice to define our own self-worth either. :)

[franktheavenger.livejournal.com]

Psh, I am. I accept nobody's judgement of me but my own. :p

[georgmi.livejournal.com]

Oh, I don't accept anybody else's judgment of me either--nobody else is working with the full set of data--it's just that my own self-judgment is not conducive to elevated feelings of self-worth. I am a lazy perfectionist; not a happy combination.

[franktheavenger.livejournal.com]

Haha, I can see how that could cause trouble. ;D