
Something I made for my ID on here since I'm switching to Romei for my default.
Category Artwork (Digital) / General Furry Art
Species Lizard
Size 400 x 313px
File Size 58.8 kB
No problem. I guess it may take me a while getting used to associating you with Romei but it's certainly manageable, especially as I've at least heard your name and seen your posts/art back on the FF for a few years now.
(I would have said "known you for X years" but that's not exactly true...it could be argued that I still don't truly "know" you, but I guess that debate is for another time)
(I would have said "known you for X years" but that's not exactly true...it could be argued that I still don't truly "know" you, but I guess that debate is for another time)
-Warning, long psychological philosophical dark mood rubbish up ahead, I apologise-
(If you want just skip to the sane bit)
[start madness]
Precisely. Whilst I dare to say that I know a bit more about you than you do about me due to you publicly displaying it more and me asking about you and taking an interest (and as such obtaining a picture of who you are based on conversations and comments), I don't believe I know who you are. True knowledge of a person can normally only be obtained through a level of intimacy, usually through friendship, love or rivalry. With that in mind I cannot say that I honestly know many people.
If we take my interpretation as correct (although to most people it is no doubt false) then neither of us know each other and as such are acquaintances. Keeping that in mind it is not too absurd to assume that a great many people don't actually know themselves and I feel fairly confident that I am one such person...thus we could reason that if I don't know myself the result of that is even less people actually knowing me well.
In that regard despite having a persona or two used online and in RL, despite being active in several communities spreading a range of interests and through in-depth conversation, comments and self-expression I remain unknown and anonymous to some extent. If this is indeed the case and very few people actually know me there is also no proof that I am just one person or even a person at all.
If we then take in my own lack of true understanding of myself as well as the fact that there is no absolute method to prove my own existence to myself, the evidence would actually point to me not existing in the normal usage of the word...
...and so through this twisted logic we must not only ask if we know each other or if you know me, but also if there's anything to actually know.
[end madness]
And here's the more "normal", "sane" bit. So um...yeah, I apologise for going off on that mad tangent there but I had a rush of thoughts whilst thinking on the topic and felt that they had to be expressed. This also helps give you (and everyone else) a better impression of who I am (or rather what I'm like when in certain moods). I apologise again for the random crap here and for going off like that as it was really uncalled for. As such I can't blame you for any...heated responses.
Bottom line though, sifting away from the crap, is that regardless of how well we know each other or not, I believe that it would be a good idea to try and get to know each other better (if anything to prevent this happening) if that's okay with you. I'm aware that you're quite busy (as am I at times) but all the same I feel that after vaguely "knowing" each other for so long it's only fair that we actually talk a little more or something?
(If you want just skip to the sane bit)
[start madness]
Precisely. Whilst I dare to say that I know a bit more about you than you do about me due to you publicly displaying it more and me asking about you and taking an interest (and as such obtaining a picture of who you are based on conversations and comments), I don't believe I know who you are. True knowledge of a person can normally only be obtained through a level of intimacy, usually through friendship, love or rivalry. With that in mind I cannot say that I honestly know many people.
If we take my interpretation as correct (although to most people it is no doubt false) then neither of us know each other and as such are acquaintances. Keeping that in mind it is not too absurd to assume that a great many people don't actually know themselves and I feel fairly confident that I am one such person...thus we could reason that if I don't know myself the result of that is even less people actually knowing me well.
In that regard despite having a persona or two used online and in RL, despite being active in several communities spreading a range of interests and through in-depth conversation, comments and self-expression I remain unknown and anonymous to some extent. If this is indeed the case and very few people actually know me there is also no proof that I am just one person or even a person at all.
If we then take in my own lack of true understanding of myself as well as the fact that there is no absolute method to prove my own existence to myself, the evidence would actually point to me not existing in the normal usage of the word...
...and so through this twisted logic we must not only ask if we know each other or if you know me, but also if there's anything to actually know.
[end madness]
And here's the more "normal", "sane" bit. So um...yeah, I apologise for going off on that mad tangent there but I had a rush of thoughts whilst thinking on the topic and felt that they had to be expressed. This also helps give you (and everyone else) a better impression of who I am (or rather what I'm like when in certain moods). I apologise again for the random crap here and for going off like that as it was really uncalled for. As such I can't blame you for any...heated responses.
Bottom line though, sifting away from the crap, is that regardless of how well we know each other or not, I believe that it would be a good idea to try and get to know each other better (if anything to prevent this happening) if that's okay with you. I'm aware that you're quite busy (as am I at times) but all the same I feel that after vaguely "knowing" each other for so long it's only fair that we actually talk a little more or something?
I know how that feels. A lot of friends who I thought I knew and cared deeply for have been out of contact for quite some time now and others proved to be...less dependable than I first thought. People drift over time and forge new bonds...
I guess I just find that hard to accept sometimes because I refuse the notion that people are replaceable. I believe in a small circle of close friends and a large group of people who range from just friends to acquaintances...as such I find it difficult to move on from someone who I was close to and to instead look for new people.
Forgive me for making groundless speculations but would I be right in thinking that, whilst you tend to be the one who fades more, that you share a similar view to my own or at least share some aspects of opinion?
I guess I just find that hard to accept sometimes because I refuse the notion that people are replaceable. I believe in a small circle of close friends and a large group of people who range from just friends to acquaintances...as such I find it difficult to move on from someone who I was close to and to instead look for new people.
Forgive me for making groundless speculations but would I be right in thinking that, whilst you tend to be the one who fades more, that you share a similar view to my own or at least share some aspects of opinion?
I personally have been through so much that I find it hard to forge new bonds because I over-analyze a person so much, I can pretty much figure out how the friendship will be and how it won't work. And because of that, I just don't befriend people much and I don't stay long when I do. People irritate me just like they do Rigor.
As ever I am sorry to hear of what you've been through and how it's effected you. People are irritating yes, social interactions are a pain and keeping up appearances can be a waste of time...but not always. Your reasoning behind your actions makes perfect sense and is justifiable. I too have my moments of over-analysis...as you've no doubt gathered and I daresay what I've written below demonstrates.
The interesting thing is about your approach to people based on your analysis and thus predictions based on the evidence before you, which means that on the uncommon occasion that you befriend someone, that would mean that either you can't immediately see how the friendship won't work or the unlikely scenario that the ways it will work overpower the ways it won't. Thus if someone armed with this knowledge was to be approached by you they should feel quite honoured as it means that you've not been able to find much, if any, immediate evidence that this person will end up greatly irritating you in the future. Combined with your more reclusive tendencies, what I already know about and what you've just told me: anyone who is either approached with the possibility of friendship or even considered merely as what I would call an acquaintance by you has thus managed to convince you whether they realise it or not that they're worth your time or that they're one of the few people that irritate you less. Thus if they were aware of this fact the possibility would arise that they would appreciate the relationship with you a lot more...maybe.
I really shouldn't speculate about you or say this as if I know what I'm saying >.<
The interesting thing is about your approach to people based on your analysis and thus predictions based on the evidence before you, which means that on the uncommon occasion that you befriend someone, that would mean that either you can't immediately see how the friendship won't work or the unlikely scenario that the ways it will work overpower the ways it won't. Thus if someone armed with this knowledge was to be approached by you they should feel quite honoured as it means that you've not been able to find much, if any, immediate evidence that this person will end up greatly irritating you in the future. Combined with your more reclusive tendencies, what I already know about and what you've just told me: anyone who is either approached with the possibility of friendship or even considered merely as what I would call an acquaintance by you has thus managed to convince you whether they realise it or not that they're worth your time or that they're one of the few people that irritate you less. Thus if they were aware of this fact the possibility would arise that they would appreciate the relationship with you a lot more...maybe.
I really shouldn't speculate about you or say this as if I know what I'm saying >.<
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