Do people take themselves too seriously?
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Some People Enjoy being Competitive.
And Enjoy Winning, Losing, and the Points inbetween.
It isnt a matter of having a Guard. While to you it may seem like some kind of Progress to make someone get all Giggly, to them, theyre probably Frustrated that YOURE not taking things more seriously.
Other than that, you could Die any given Day.
Being Not-Serious is not going to enhance the Days you have for everyone.
Bare that in mind.
And Enjoy Winning, Losing, and the Points inbetween.
It isnt a matter of having a Guard. While to you it may seem like some kind of Progress to make someone get all Giggly, to them, theyre probably Frustrated that YOURE not taking things more seriously.
Other than that, you could Die any given Day.
Being Not-Serious is not going to enhance the Days you have for everyone.
Bare that in mind.
Sometimes, man. There's no problem with being serious about yourself for some occasions, but people who do it too much or too little can be annoying. Some people don't do it enough, some do it too much. If people we're to keep that in balance, the world would be a lot better.
I dont mean people shouldn't take anything seriously, just a bit less. I'm from NYC and it just seems like everyone is in such a rush, so quick to anger, eager to honk, yell, and insult, so easily offended, and so petty. Everything is now or never, life and death, everyone is tense and scared.Estocavio said:
I was in a dunkin donuts last week and the guy ahead of me was $2 short on a $40 dollar order he was geting for a meeting or something, both his creditcards got declined, and i just gave him two bucks. he looked at me like he was on punked or something and said he would have taken this or that off but it was for his boss, trying to justify the money i had already given him. People just seem to have so little faith that there are good people in the world.
what i ment before was that when someone gets bumped into, or accidentally spills a drink on you, rather than berate them, smile, joke how it looks like you pissed yourself, and laugh it off. getting pissed isnt going to turn back time, just bring you closer to a heart attack, and make them feel worse for something they probably already feel bad about. They will feel better, and you will feel better, it just seems pretty simple to me: take everything with a grain of salt and a pinch of sugar. Take life seriously, but dont be petty; relax but responsible.
In ^that^ case, I wouldn't say that people shouldn't be competitive or anything, I'd say that they need to connect more. It seems like the problem isn't that they have too much to do, or that they want to shove that $2 where the sun don't shine, but rather that they are too hesitant to form interpersonal connections. Seems like that would solve a lot of the problems you seem to notice.DBLT4P said:
Depends on the company you keep. People are more defensive around strangers. It's understandable though. A friend can call me an idiot and I know he doesn't mean it, or maybe he does but it's just out of concern. When a stranger calls me an idiot it's generally because he can't grasp why I'd believe in evolution or global warming and he genuinely believes I have the reasoning power of a bag of sand.DBLT4P said:
Some people don't take very many things seriously and either become comedians (even if not in a professional sense) or trolls, but I've seen all too often where people take themselves or what they do far too seriously. I do think that life could be a little better if people could take more time to make fun of the world and all the stupid people in it. Or at the very least were able to take some time to unwind and not have to take things seriously just to have that little mental vacation.
A lot of my enjoyment comes from how seriously some people take themselves.
Sometimes I want to tell people, "Just chill out, man. You're not that important. Getting uptight and defensive over such unimportant things just to satisfy the ego isn't really do anything to change that."
Sometimes I want to tell people, "Just chill out, man. You're not that important. Getting uptight and defensive over such unimportant things just to satisfy the ego isn't really do anything to change that."
"People" don't do anything. "People" can't be generalized to do something universally. Some people do take themselves too seriously and some people don't. And these aren't alway clear-cut issues either. Some situations need to be taken seriously, and it can be frustrating for everyone else if you don't. If it's a matter of "People just take themselves too seriously and are frustrated with me for that reason" the common denominator is you, not them.
I think people take themselves too seriously every-time I see a new story about Star Wars or Sonic. Because as we all know Nostalgia property and childhood memories are serious business.