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'cuz he sounds like a tool to me. apparently you don't feel as witty and quick on your feet around him, but don't feel bullied by this myopic person. personally i laugh at people who say you have to experience everything in order to know something. ah, so i have to be bitten by a cobra to know it's venomous? can't believe anything you read on the internet? but is this not experiencing something? does that include all his e-mails? what about online dictionaries? his online bank statement is most likely a lie? fascinating.
bettering yourself? according to whose standards? his? empathy for one's fellow man around the world is a weakness? like that beautiful comment from DU, "I don't do politics," "Gee, that's too bad, because politics will do you. Got lube?" awareness of law and life on a larger level is valueless? he trust in * because he feels it in his gut he's a good guy. but then he says one should only value personal experience. and yet he's commiserating about the difficulties of making ends meet lately. apparently connecting the great causes to the small effects is not his strong point, nor is learning from experience. fascinating.
from what i'm given to work with i think he's a moron personally, but your mileage may vary. meh, enjoy him treating you to lunch every now and then, but i'd toss his opinions on the pile of ignorable babble from the vapid. and no, i'm not a very diplomatic person to those whose opinions i find are based on utter nonsense. he can't even apply his own advice onto his current state -- why bother listening to his rant atop that? smile sagaciously, roll your eyes, and chime in with, "hey, how about them gas prices?"
about the other guy, flattery is as old as the hills. some people are better at it at others. and sincerity can be well faked -- men are quite good at it, by the way, ask most women (women can be just as bad, btw). but, he apparently could be a useful ally, and he could possibly be genuine, too. he could just be an admirer. attracted, but unless he's strongly coming on to you repeatedly there's nothing wrong with idle attraction. and why do we get oblivious friends, but observant acquaintences? well, it's all written in the stars, my friend, it's all written in the stars. apparently you got some karma with the friend, but you might have some with the acquaintence as well. it's just one is written up to be with you longer. meh, such is the universe.
besides, some people are born spiritually oblivious, but well blessed in the accursed mundane -- it's to provide enough rope with which to bind themselves with. so their gifted fortune is often self-attributed to their "wisdom" (and often their supposedly adept tugging of their bootstraps) and they feel they can tell everyone what's wrong with them because of it. but, oh, how entertaining it is to watch when the trap kicks in. and yet humility is rarely the first lesson grasped from such experience... strange. but no one ever said karma was a gentle teacher. and some people are perceptive from real pain and struggle. they are often not the best looking, wealthiest, whatever, but they got compensated with great wealth of spirit. which might explain why the attraction isn't mutual, yet there's something deeply moving about the person within. you really are better off with the rich in spirit than the rich in corporeal; one has greater dividends. enjoy latter guy's good company, and maybe develop it into a friendship.
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