@FireIceTalon
A very well thought out reply to my obvious eccentric and confrontational rantings; I respect that greatly. I don't feel like I have a "hot temper" so to speak, but when provoked in a way I perceive as threatening, I becomes immediately enraged to the point I feel all logic and fear flee my body and all I see is red and my objectives become very clear. But it takes quite a bit to get me to that point. I might take this opportunity to point out that as a manager, I respect all my employees greatly and I always "ask" them to do things that need to get done; I never bark orders at them unless it's dire so when I do "order" them around, they know it's serious; I respect them and they respect me and I've been told that many times. I'd like to take a moment to point out that the hulk1 only comes out when I feel personally threatened in a way that will cause myself or someone I love bodily harm, not just because I don't feel listened to, disrespected, or something mundane like that.
As for my choice of words, yeah, perhaps it is a bit of brainwashing - when the incredible hulk1 takes over, the reactionary bit comes out (such as how you "react" when performing martial arts as opposed to thinking your moves out) and I learned that from where? Well, I don't really know; it feels like a kind of self-defense mechanism to me (the hulk bit), and then my whole way of thinking changes but where did I learn to use that choice of words? I suppose you make a truly excellent point there. I'll have to give this some more thought.... Obviously I was not enraged when I wrote that, but I was putting myself in the mindset by imagining myself in Obama's shoes and thinking what I'd do if I were him and, well you get the picture... Damn FIT, you really got me thinking here, lol. Why do you believe it's "capitalist social relations" that has got me thinking this way as opposed to something else? I mean, it's easy to blame a capitalist society when every form of media you can get your hands on reference money, greed, and power, but I'd argue these emotions are intrinsic to even the most noble of thinkers and that capitalism has nothing to do with it. I'm going to have to give this more thought.
1 - I'm using "the Hulk" references here as a metaphor for extreme anger only because it's a fun way to lift the mood and is equally fitting to this thread.
A very well thought out reply to my obvious eccentric and confrontational rantings; I respect that greatly. I don't feel like I have a "hot temper" so to speak, but when provoked in a way I perceive as threatening, I becomes immediately enraged to the point I feel all logic and fear flee my body and all I see is red and my objectives become very clear. But it takes quite a bit to get me to that point. I might take this opportunity to point out that as a manager, I respect all my employees greatly and I always "ask" them to do things that need to get done; I never bark orders at them unless it's dire so when I do "order" them around, they know it's serious; I respect them and they respect me and I've been told that many times. I'd like to take a moment to point out that the hulk1 only comes out when I feel personally threatened in a way that will cause myself or someone I love bodily harm, not just because I don't feel listened to, disrespected, or something mundane like that.
As for my choice of words, yeah, perhaps it is a bit of brainwashing - when the incredible hulk1 takes over, the reactionary bit comes out (such as how you "react" when performing martial arts as opposed to thinking your moves out) and I learned that from where? Well, I don't really know; it feels like a kind of self-defense mechanism to me (the hulk bit), and then my whole way of thinking changes but where did I learn to use that choice of words? I suppose you make a truly excellent point there. I'll have to give this some more thought.... Obviously I was not enraged when I wrote that, but I was putting myself in the mindset by imagining myself in Obama's shoes and thinking what I'd do if I were him and, well you get the picture... Damn FIT, you really got me thinking here, lol. Why do you believe it's "capitalist social relations" that has got me thinking this way as opposed to something else? I mean, it's easy to blame a capitalist society when every form of media you can get your hands on reference money, greed, and power, but I'd argue these emotions are intrinsic to even the most noble of thinkers and that capitalism has nothing to do with it. I'm going to have to give this more thought.
1 - I'm using "the Hulk" references here as a metaphor for extreme anger only because it's a fun way to lift the mood and is equally fitting to this thread.
"The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained liberation from the self." -Albert Einsetin