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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Then they briefly acknowledge you before returning to whatever uninteresting topic they were already discussing

The fact that you call their topic uninteresting means you don't care about others but expect them to care about you. That is you being self centered. You expect others to listen to your interests without first listening to theirs.

That means taking a real interest in their topic even if it's something stupid like sports. If you don't know enough to contribute the conversation that means you are learning something new- which is a good thing.

And just because you listened to them doesn't mean they immediately owe you to listen to you.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I don't care about what kids think about me. I'm trying to help.

Being different is fine. The post above mine was embracing being a narcissist. It's a variation of this attitude:

https://xkcd.com/610/

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

On the subway I'm more Homer

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I didn't argue against what you said because technically you're correct. Divorced of all context, I'd agree with you. However, in the context of the current conversation, I see why the majority of opinions are downvoting you (it's actually closer now than it was when I previously commented, so let's see where public opinion goes).

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 weeks ago

As I already said, public opinion doesn't matter to me.