I'd forgotten how often we saw Magritte (colubra) wrote,
I'd forgotten how often we saw Magritte
colubra
  • Mood: cynical
  • Music: 'Ricochet', David Bowie

Wherein we make a pithy, catty observation about pithy, catty criticism

When the only commentary you can make about anything is pithy and catty, it becomes hard for anyone else to discern that, at any point in human history, you ever liked anything.

Sometimes, the statement 'the glass was half full' is more reasonable than 'OH MY GOD, THIS GLASS OF MILK, IT WAS NOT COMPLETELY FULL! I AM FILLED WITH ANGUISH AND TORMENT BY ITS HALF-FULLNESS! ALSO I AM LACTOSE INTOLERANT! WHY WAS EVEN HALF A GLASS OF MILK GIVEN TO ME, ARE YOU PEOPLE ALL TRYING TO KILL ME???'

If you're attempting to provide valid criticism to others, it can be of help to step outside of your own subjective opinion and frame your thought as objectively as possible. It can even be of great help to do this.
Tags: social curiosity
Subscribe

  • (no subject)

    So at the show I went to last night, I'm pretty sure that 1 of the 2 people I spotted who were older than me was the father of someone in the band…

  • (no subject)

    For those following along at home: someone was repeatedly shrieking at the top of his lungs, not 30' from my building, last I went out to smoke.…

  • Writer's Block: Free your mind

    I do. However, I think the answer to making this happen is roughly my approach to encouraging it: simply not voicing the racist bullshit that you…

  • Post a new comment

    Error

    Anonymous comments are disabled in this journal

    switch
    default userpic

    Your IP address will be recorded 

    Help
  • 22 comments

  • (no subject)

    So at the show I went to last night, I'm pretty sure that 1 of the 2 people I spotted who were older than me was the father of someone in the band…

  • (no subject)

    For those following along at home: someone was repeatedly shrieking at the top of his lungs, not 30' from my building, last I went out to smoke.…

  • Writer's Block: Free your mind

    I do. However, I think the answer to making this happen is roughly my approach to encouraging it: simply not voicing the racist bullshit that you…