So after reading my blog, I was told that my comments can be ruthlessly candid at times and I should try to be rounder in expressing my thoughts in future. I really can’t agree more with that and I really do feel uncomfortable being blunt and impolite to others because I find it a pretty uncivilized thing to do. In fact, I am always very conscious of my choice of words and sentence structure to convey the tone and meaning of my message. However, there comes a point of time when some people are just daft and need to be told off right into their face. What’s the point of packaging the message nicely because we are afraid of hurting or offending them when at the end of the day they just don’t get it and we have to repeat ourselves all over again. So if my messages came across really blunt to you, then its probably not the first time I’m telling you or you’re pissing me off really bad.
Speaking of being blunt, I really prefer being blunt with a purpose than to be blunt for the sake of being blunt. I really do find myself out of this world because its really hard to blend in and understand people nowadays. They are blunt to just about anything that it becomes them, their character. Totally uncultivated. When you speak to them properly, they will snap, curse and swear at you at any opportunity they find that it becomes really hard to talk to them nicely. Maybe one day everyone will be scolding one another for every little thing. Here’s an example I saw while surfing a forum on NS related topics:
Heres what happened:
Guy who just joined the forum posted a question to ask if a sergeant could be coverted into an officer. Instead of answering the harmless question, which could have been just a simple yes or no, members started flaming instead of giving him an answer. When told that all he needed was answers, one of the member became sarcastic and tried to provoke him.
Whats with these people. Infact, its not just a few of them. There’s a lot of such people. What do they gain out of it? I mean, if someone asks a question you either,
- Answer nicely, or,
- Leave the poor guy alone if you don’t know the answer, or,
- Keep your comments to yourself if you find the question stupid.
It’s a public domain. If you are unhappy, just ignore the thread. Why stir shit out of nothing?
So it becomes harder to live in this society with the right values. Or has the right values changed? What are their parents really teaching them? Or am I outdated and irrelavant already? Should I just join in and start snapping away?
