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LaraMN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 10:56 AM Original message |
Why do people waste their energy being mean? |
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MissMillie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
1. I always cringe when people talk about doing something just to "piss off" someone else |
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LaraMN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 11:00 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Yeah. I try to make my interactions with other people positive ones, |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
3. Lara, that was an incredible display of jealousy and insecurity on that girl's part. |
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LaraMN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 11:04 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Probably. I just felt like she hated me, and I've never done anything |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 11:07 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. It certainly sounds like there's no love lost there... |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 11:12 AM Response to Reply #3 |
18. I totally agree with Writer's opinion. |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
4. They are simply jealous of you! |
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LaraMN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 11:06 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. I pretty much ignored it. I was too shell-shocked to repond, anyway. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
5. Some people's flux capacitors are reversed. |
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LaraMN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 11:07 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. She is a rather inflammatory type. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 11:17 AM Response to Reply #5 |
22. I think you have something there. Some people love to fight. |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
6. it's simple insecurity |
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LaraMN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 11:08 AM Response to Reply #6 |
14. You're probably right. |
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1gobluedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
9. Insecurity |
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LaraMN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 11:09 AM Response to Reply #9 |
15. I won't. I'll just chalk it up to being her problem. |
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meegbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
12. "Thanks! You know, you show consider coloring your hair a different color" |
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LaraMN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 11:09 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. She actually has really beautiful hair. |
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BluePatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
13. Blow it off. |
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LaraMN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 11:10 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. It's almost the end of the semester, anyway. |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
19. Some people think they're being witty |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 11:16 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. My sister is the same way. |
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LaraMN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 11:16 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. That's sad about your sister. |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
23. If you'd have eaten a sandwich before the class, |
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Debi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
24. Without mean we wouldn't know what nice was? |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 11:25 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Perhaps that's the first step... admitting that you're a vindiholic. |
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Debi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 11:38 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. I don't need help, I just need to cut down a little bit |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 11:42 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Well I think it's cool that you are that honest about yourself. |
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Debi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 11:51 AM Response to Reply #31 |
35. I wish I had a little electric shock mechanism in me that went off |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 12:02 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. Well if you're going to be this forthright... |
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Debi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 02:32 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. Now you're being mean to all the other meanies out there |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 11:44 AM Response to Reply #24 |
32. nobody can be nice or pretend to be nice all the time |
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Debi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 11:49 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. That is a very deep response |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
26. Obviously insecurity on her part. People use the insults they are most afraid of. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
27. If you are not over-weight, then how is it not a compliment? |
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LaraMN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 11:53 AM Response to Reply #27 |
36. It's not a compliment. It's an assertion that I'm excessively thin. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 12:09 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. I have said the same thing on DU a few times |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
29. A Dalek once asked it best... |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 11:50 AM Response to Reply #29 |
34. "seek! Locate! Exterminate!" |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
30. By going out of your way to be nice |
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LaraMN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 11:56 AM Response to Reply #30 |
37. I consider it worthwhile to go out of my way to be kind, |
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Whoa_Nelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
38. Next time she's mean/says something directly derogatory to you |
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Beer Snob-50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
41. has she tended to be bitchy before? |
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LaraMN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 02:43 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. In fact she has- just not to me. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
42. I would have kicked her ass good |
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LaraMN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 02:43 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. I should have. |
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ForrestGump (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
43. Often insecurity. Sometimes just plain organic meanness. |
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Wapsie B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
47. They're projecting their deep-seated anger onto you. |
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stuntcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
48. PROBLEMS |
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