{"id":2650,"date":"2002-05-23T06:51:24","date_gmt":"2002-05-23T11:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=2650"},"modified":"2002-05-23T06:51:24","modified_gmt":"2002-05-23T11:51:24","slug":"its_time_for_th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/05\/23\/its_time_for_th.html","title":{"rendered":"It’s time for the Thursday Thumb-Twiddler"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s time for the Thursday Thumb-Twiddler<\/a>, where I’m not only some guy mindlessly answering pointless questions asked by some faceless geek out on the Internet, but I get to play the faceless geek, too!<\/p>\n

(I.e., this is my own, new Q&A<\/a> list. Tell your friends. Tell your family. But don’t tell John Ashcroft!)<\/small><\/p>\n

1. Have you ever bought, worn someplace, then returned a new outfit, knowing ahead of time that’s what you were planning to do?<\/b><\/p>\n

No. There are, evidently, people who do, however. I’ve never quite understood this. But, then, I’ve never been such a clothes horse that I absolutely must <\/i>have that outfit!<\/i><\/p>\n

2. When you do something stupid, how much does it bother you to have other folks laugh at you?<\/b><\/p>\n

In some ways it bothers me a lot less than it used to. That’s largely because when my friends laugh at me, there’s usually quite a bit of laughing with me, too, and it makes it easier for me to laugh in such cases as well.<\/p>\n

If it’s something I’m really frustrated over, though, that can evaporate pretty quickly. Ditto if it’s folks who are not my friends. Then I start getting defensive and pissy and overreactive and all that good stuff. I actually get angry, which is better than the way I used to get in such circumstances, which was humiliated.<\/p>\n

3. When were you last in a fight? What was it about, and did you win?<\/b><\/p>\n

In terms of a physical fight, the last one I can remember was in junior high school, when a particularly obnoxious individual didn’t care for the fact that my repartee was sharper than hers. (Yes, hers<\/i>.) She lit into me by the lockers, and … well, I’d like to say that I bested her, or that I was restrained by my gallantry, but the fact is she was outweighed me, outmuscled me, and outviscioused me. Fortunately, we were broken up before any permanent damage ensued, and I got to spend the rest of lunch time sitting outside the principal’s office.<\/p>\n

In terms of an intense inter-personal conflict, I suppose it also depends on what you call a “fight.” Something where I waded in, trying to win (as opposed to being dragged in and tried to get out with minimum injury to all)? I honestly don’t recall. I’m not that kind of guy, and from what I’ve seen, nobody ever “wins” in such circumstances.<\/p>\n

Have I mentioned recently how averse I am to conflict?<\/p>\n

(It’s arguably unfair that I get to answer personal questions that I ask myself. If you don’t like it, go start up your own weekly Q&A. Maybe I’ll answer that, too.)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s time for the Thursday Thumb-Twiddler, where I’m not only some guy mindlessly answering pointless questions asked by some faceless geek out on the Internet, but I get to play…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal-qa"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5036,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/11\/12\/end_of_an_era_2.html","url_meta":{"origin":2650,"position":0},"title":"End of an Era","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 12-Nov-03 9:53pm","format":false,"excerpt":"I've pulled the plug on my Thursday Thumb-Twiddler meme. 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