Posted my other comment before reading yours... uh oh. Trends forming.

Anyway lil I haven't read your post yet just the bit you wrote up there and mknod's reply, but I will come back to it soon.

EDIT: okay I just read it now actually and I don't think that's what I meant by attitude (or I assumed a different definition upon reading your title) -- I think everyone has some sort of attitude, first of all, and the vast majority don't manifest themselves as 'anger', although the two words are sort of linked ... "attitude problems" etc. Blame kindergarten probably.

EDIT2: I once said on hubski that I approach most conversations with the assumption that the other party knows more than I do about the topic. It's right more often that not; I'm young. Unfortunately in my daily life through some sort of self-defense I do the exact opposite. That's my "attitude." With a handful of exceptions, it's correct ... but a bit hopeless in terms of conversations. However the alternative is to subject myself willingly to mostly boring stupid interactions forever.