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Originally Posted by marleyisalegend  this being the internet, it offers immediacy. you can read 2 sentences from someone and make astronomical assumptions about that person, when you may have a friend who has the same views as the person you hate, but your friend has the benefit of catching you at a different time and place. fast-food, the internet, and cars have taught us that everything is expected NOW NOW NOW and we can make blanket statements and decisions NOW NOW NOW rather than taking the time to develop an understanding of someone else. |
Yes, all that, and we can't hear the inflections in the voice that would tell us more about what was meant--and we used to think talking on the phone was limited! The net effect is a mental claustrophobia and sensory overload. That's what is GOOD about the Ignore function: Use it temporarily until things have calmed down, then take the person off Ignore and it's no longer necessary. At least that technique worked for me, and I was really delighted that dragonfly20 and thiink_kink proved they were not holders of grudges (I don't hold them either, but have other terrible character flaws, God knows, and I don't think I can do anything about any of them sometimes...Oh Lord, life is so fucking hard.) It seems you don't hold them too much either, Marley, and I am glad to see it.