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user-inactivated  ·  3979 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Self-Reflection Sunday #2: What are your flaws?

(numbered not in order of importance but for reference)

1. Procrastination (for instance, I ought to be finishing a paper instead of writing this list)

2. Overthinking things

3. Not thinking things through enough (not really a contradiction with 2, I don't think), or perhaps best described as "being impulsive"

4. Lack of self-confidence

5. Too much self-critique

6. Getting overly obsessed over things for less than a week (I once convinced myself that I would learn Lojban, and I remained convinced until a couple days later when I decided to just stick to learning Spanish)

7. Being really bad at small talk (I can make small talk about Smalltalk, though! just not traditional small talk...)

8. I can't prevent myself from laughing in the face of terribly serious situations (I just think "oh god, what if I laughed... don't laugh... don't laugh", and then all of a sudden, I'm knee-deep in the funniest situation I've ever been in), particularly if I'm the one that caused the serious situation

9. I have a really bad short-term memory. I actually don't see this as too bad of a flaw, as it's almost a part of my personality/identity.

10. Having a persistent habit of making lists with ten items.

EDIT: formatting fix

I think that 7 and 4 are my biggest flaws, with 1 and 3 closely following those.





_refugee_  ·  3978 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I have an unfortunate tendency to find other people crying funny. I know it's wrong and I don't find their emotional pain funny, but...have you ever seen someone cry? It just - something about it. I have to choke back a laugh. It's not an attractive thing and the way the face screws up, usually...plus sometimes when people are crying it sounds funny, I've mistaken tears for laughter sometimes.

I'm a terrible person.

On a side note, I'd really love it if no one decided I was a psychopath because of my Hubski posts today. I have feels, I swear. (They taste delicious.)

b_b  ·  3978 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    I have an unfortunate tendency to find other people crying funny...I'm a terrible person.

I guess so. Geez. I thought I was an asshole. I cant touch this. Can't say I cry too often, but on the off chance that I did, I think being laughed at might be enough to make me want to kill someone. Straight up heartless!

_refugee_  ·  3977 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Hey, I'm not saying I burst out in laughter or anything. I know it's inappropriate and I supress the reaction. Also, guys crying I generally find more scary.

I have also laughed:

- when I found out my grandparents died

- when a boyfriend told me his (still-married-to-his-mother) father was gay

Generally I think part of it is I tend to think, for a few seconds, that really bad news is just a joke.