One mooooore thing,
Sunday, April 02, 2006, posted by Timothy at 11:51 PM
Someone should do a Psyche Thesis on the psycho-social interactions in an MMOG with regards to Roleplay. Seriously....a lot of the people who engage in Roleplay in an MMOG can't seem to sepearte reality form the pixels on the screen. I never cease to be amazed at the jealousy displayed with regards to these games and what amounts to a cartoon character. If someone plays with you, even as a GF or So, they are playing a role......you may actually create a friendship but if you've never really met this person then how in the hell can you "form a relationship"? No...really?

OK...so the title is slightly wrong....I have one moooooore thing....people suck. If you accept that and plan on that then you will be pleasantly suprised when they turn out to be ok. If you plan on them being "nice", a staggering amount of the time you will be sadly disappointed...or hurt.

PS: to the dynamic duo........#$%$*&^ please!
 
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At 9:51 AM, Blogger Boulder Dude

*chuckles*

Say it again. :)

 

At 7:02 PM, Blogger Sean

"...people suck. If you accept that and plan on that then you will be pleasantly suprised when they turn out to be ok. If you plan on them being "nice", a staggering amount of the time you will be sadly disappointed...or hurt."

Well, I'm certainly not going to argue with you...

Wait, yes I am.

Might I suggest something called "confirmation bias?" That is, if one has a theory, one tends to look for evidence to support it and ignore evidence that refutes it. In my mind, holding the theory that "people suck" (if indeed you were seriously advancing it as a theory) and holding the theory that "people are good" you will end up finding evidence for either one.

It seems to me such a question is inherently impossible to answer. But for me, lving my life assuming people are "sucky" and planning on that will destroy most opportunities for finding out people are good. Planning on someone's "suckiness" will make it impossible to do a great many things, will it not?

Will one get hurt if one trusts people? Abso-frelling-lutely. Will one be "safer" emotionally if one withdraws and assumes all other people are bad apples? I suppose so.

But at what cost, I wonder.

Sorry, I just react strongly to the negativity...becuase I truly think, in my artless, naive way, that it makes folks unhappy when they don't need to be.

But then again, I might be putting the cart before the horse.

--Sean (a.k.a. Player-76)

 

At 3:27 AM, Blogger Timothy

Perhaps "plan on them sucking" was too strong. Be prepared for them to suck is more accurate.

I used to assume the best about everyone. I am afraid I would not be deemed a "good christian" as I have long ago run out of "other cheeks" to turn. How does it go...."Fool me once, shame on you....Fool me twice, shame on me".


Perhaps it would be better stated thusly;
"...most people suck. If you accept that and are prepared for that then you can be pleasantly surprised when they turn out to be ok. If you assume that most or all people are going to be "nice", a staggering amount of the time you will be sadly disappointed...or hurt."

Truely, I need look no further than the living social experiment that is our world to find support for this hypothesis. Be prepared for the worst and be happy that it never comes, should you be so lucky. Far too many are not.

 

At 10:45 AM, Blogger Mark Means

How does it go...."Fool me once, shame on you....Fool me twice, shame on me".

Keep repeating this to yourself....some, it would seem, have short memories.

 

At 12:08 PM, Blogger Mark Means

On thinking more, I guess I should specify that my previous post was meant as a 'general statement' and not directed at any certain persons/people.

 


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