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This seems to be a humor piece, but it honestly just makes me sad. My only feeling is that I wish I hadn't read it. Maybe this resonates differently to someone
by cachance 6y ago
This seems to be a humor piece, but it honestly just makes me sad. My only feeling is that I wish I hadn't read it. Maybe this resonates differently to someone else?
- dorkwood 6y agoI thought it was funny. I'm not in a relationship, though. Maybe that's the difference.
- cachance 6y agoPerhaps. I can't imagine sniping at my significant other like that. We state plainly what we mean as best we can and always try to argue in good faith. This caricature of a communication breakdown is more grotesque than relatable.
- rabbitonrails 6y agoDon’t jinx yourself
- jeppebemad 6y agoIt got me the same way at first. But then I realized that the questions simply bring out the essence of being human, the same flaws and insecurities that most people feel. That had me feeling that we’re all connected on a human level through good and bad, diminishing the importance of the issues one might have in a relationship. That was my take away from those annoying questions, anyway.
- totetsu 6y agoI was thinking yesterday about how even if you don't agree with someones way of thinking, it can still be useful to understand it. People might use different words, and structure their explanations in different ways, but they responding to and trying to rationalize their experience of the same underlying wetware. looking at the way other people try to explain human nature can help reveal things about the experience of being human.
- pstuart 6y agoIt made me laugh. Humor is based on pain, after all. I saw it as a snarky refutation of "this one weird trick for love!"
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- otabdeveloper4 6y ago> My only feeling is that I wish I hadn't read it. Welcome to the Internet.