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You are probably an aggravating person

schopenhauer1 June 12, 2021 at 01:51 8475 views 27 comments
Admit it. Consensus is your enemy. Smugness is your friend.

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Jack Cummins June 12, 2021 at 01:56 #549220
Reply to schopenhauer1
I aggravate myself, let alone anyone else. But, I think that the people who are the most smug aggravate so much because they cannot see their faults. Maybe, there is even the possibility of being smug with faults as well.
Sir2u June 12, 2021 at 04:07 #549258
Quoting schopenhauer1
Admit it. Consensus is your enemy. Smugness is your friend.


Who cares? Or is that being snug? :wink:
Wheatley June 12, 2021 at 05:55 #549295
There is wisdom within the crowds.
baker June 17, 2021 at 15:14 #552008
Reply to schopenhauer1 But what if a person is only perceived as aggravating by some other people?
Sir2u June 18, 2021 at 01:49 #552363
Quoting baker
But what if a person is only perceived as aggravating by some other people?


That is probably just because the rest of the people don't know them. If they did they would probably perceive that person to be aggravating as well
baker June 20, 2021 at 07:37 #553842
Quoting Sir2u
That is probably just because the rest of the people don't know them. If they did they would probably perceive that person to be aggravating as well


As if "being aggravating" were an objective, inherent characteristic of a person, and have nothing to do with the way two people interact with one another?
Sir2u June 21, 2021 at 01:55 #554401
Quoting baker
As if "being aggravating" were an objective, inherent characteristic of a person, and have nothing to do with the way two people interact with one another?


Did I say anything about that?

But to be truthful, when "some" People find another person aggravating it is because of some trait or characteristic they have that is the cause. It would be logical to suppose that other would find that person to be aggravating for the same reason.

Most people do not have "being aggravating" as an objective but it is usually a inherent part of then.
Ying June 21, 2021 at 07:46 #554446
Quoting schopenhauer1
Admit it.


I used to be worse.
baker June 25, 2021 at 05:51 #556366
Quoting Sir2u
As if "being aggravating" were an objective, inherent characteristic of a person, and have nothing to do with the way two people interact with one another?
— baker

Did I say anything about that?

I infer that this is what you're saying. Esp. when you put it like that:

But to be truthful, when "some" People find another person aggravating it is because of some trait or characteristic they have that is the cause. It would be logical to suppose that other would find that person to be aggravating for the same reason.

Most people do not have "being aggravating" as an objective but it is usually a inherent part of then.


Do you think that if Tom thinks Dick is aggravating, this has nothing in any way to do with Tom?

And that Tom is completey helpless in the face of Dick's aggravation? Ie. that if Tom is in Dick's presence, Tom will become aggravated, and there's nothing Tom can do about that?
Sir2u June 26, 2021 at 01:04 #556730
Quoting baker
Do you think that if Tom thinks Dick is aggravating, this has nothing in any way to do with Tom?


Of course it has something to do with them both. One has a low tolerance for a specific characteristic of the other. For example, I have a low tolerance for people that ask pointless questions, therefore those that have a tendency to do that irritate me.

Quoting baker
And that Tom is completey helpless in the face of Dick's aggravation? Ie. that if Tom is in Dick's presence, Tom will become aggravated, and there's nothing Tom can do about that?


Tom can quite easily walk away or just tell Dick to piss off. How is this relevant to what I said?
baker June 26, 2021 at 18:06 #557112
Quoting Sir2u
Of course it has something to do with them both. One has a low tolerance for a specific characteristic of the other. For example, I have a low tolerance for people that ask pointless questions, therefore those that have a tendency to do that irritate me.


So you neither feel nor take any responsibility for how you feel about (and react to) others.

It must be terrible to have one's state of mind so affected/directed by others.
Sir2u June 26, 2021 at 18:51 #557134
Quoting baker
So you neither feel nor take any responsibility for how you feel about (and react to) others.


I don't know how you came to that conclusion. Is it not obvious that I am the one that decided that I have a low tolerance threshold for people that ask pointless questions, or are you imagining that it is somehow genetic or programmed into me.

Quoting baker
It must be terrible to have one's state of mind so affected/directed by others.


Yes it is terrible having people ask pointless questions because they are either failing to understand what I am saying or purposely misunderstanding my words to try and provoke reaction.

But it does not really bother my state of mind, when I have reached the threshold I tell them to piss off.

There are three people in the room, a rich man, a sexy young lady and an hunky athlete.
The rich man spends a lot of time talk about his possessions.
The athlete spends the time talking about his exploits on the field and with the ladies.
The young lady listens to both with interest for a while and imagines what life would be like with lots of money to spend and with a handsome hunk. But then decides that they are both arseholes and walks out telling them that she will see them later on the golf course.

People can have tolerance for some aspects of other people while loathing others parts of their personality. Try to remember that everything is not black and white.
baker June 26, 2021 at 19:21 #557151
Quoting Sir2u
But then decides that they are both arseholes

So what? If they don't think they are arseholes, they are wrong, in denial?

Reply to Sir2u We're talking past eachother ...

I'm saying that other people don't have characteristics that would exist or have relevance regardless of the observer.
Also, "aggravating" is not the same kind of personal characteristic like "Caucasian".

You're externalizing, you talk of other people as if you're the one who decides who they really are or what is true about them. You use you-messages, not I-messages. Most people are like that. But it still makes for very low quality interactions.

Sir2u June 26, 2021 at 19:48 #557161
Quoting baker
I'm saying that other people don't have characteristics that would exist or have relevance regardless of the observer.


I am really sorry to say that this makes no sense. If people don't have characteristic that would exist regardless of the observer then there is nothing to talk about here.

Quoting baker
Also, "aggravating" is not the same kind of personal characteristic like "Caucasian".


Both are descriptive of people, one is physical the other is personality. Did you just figure that out or do you think I am not able to recognize the difference.

Quoting baker
You're externalizing, you talk of other people as if you're the one who decides who they really are or what is true about them.


Exactly where did I say something like that? I am the one that decides what I think about them, or is that not obvious to you?

Quoting baker
You use you-messages, not I-messages. Most people are like that. But it still makes for very low quality interactions.


Again I do not understand what you are trying to say. Maybe you could give an example of what I have said that makes you think something like this.
baker June 26, 2021 at 20:05 #557173
Quoting Sir2u
I am really sorry to say that this makes no sense. If people don't have characteristic that would exist regardless of the observer then there is nothing to talk about here.

One can always talk about one's own perceptions and formulate one's verbal expressions accordingly. It's a whole other world of interacting with people.

Also, "aggravating" is not the same kind of personal characteristic like "Caucasian".
— baker

Both are descriptive of people, one is physical the other is personality. Did you just figure that out or do you think I am not able to recognize the difference.

That's not the difference I'm talking about.
Whether someone is Caucasian or not is not up to you (except if you were in some racial identity comission or some such).
But whether someone "is" aggravating or not is 1. up to you, and 2. how you interact with that person.

The same person can "be" aggravating or not, possibly depending on how one treats them. Which just goes to show that it's not their personal characteristic, but an interactional one.

You're externalizing, you talk of other people as if you're the one who decides who they really are or what is true about them.
— baker
Exactly where did I say something like that?

In the way you formulate your statements.
As if "Tom is aggravating" would ontologically and epistemologically be the same type of statement as "A cube has 6 surfaces."

I am the one that decides what I think about them, or is that not obvious to you?

Except that you don't formulate it as your thought, as your opinion, but as if it were an objective fact about the other person.

You use you-messages, not I-messages. Most people are like that. But it still makes for very low quality interactions.
— baker
Again I do not understand what you are trying to say. Maybe you could give an example of what I have said that makes you think something like this.

Have you read the link?

You said things like "this makes no sense", "people that ask pointless questions". You didn't say "I don't understand this" (until now, after all my trying to change the mode of the conversation).
Sir2u June 26, 2021 at 20:40 #557189
Quoting baker
Whether someone is Caucasian or not is not up to you (except if you were in some racial identity comission or some such).


Well that is pretty obvious.

Quoting baker
But whether someone "is" aggravating or not is 1. up to you, and 2. how you interact with that person.


When I find someone aggravating, it is because of that person having a quality I do not like. It is possible that that person has acquired that specific trait because they have cultured it themselves or because it has been imposed upon them through nature or nurture. The ones I find most irritating are the self cultured traits such as snobby accents, exaggeration of intellect and the worst of all is the overbearing belief that some people have in their own superiority.

Quoting baker
In the way you formulate your statements.
As if "Tom is aggravating" would ontologically and epistemologically be the same type of statement as "A cube has 6 surfaces."


Now this is sort of silly. Where did I make a statement like that?

Quoting baker
except that you don't formulate it as your thought, as your opinion, but as if it were an objective fact about the other person.


OK, so you think that they way I am saying that I think Tom is a dickhead actually means that he is the head of a dick?

When someone says "I think" at the beginning of a sentence it is not to be counted true statement.

For instance, when I say that I find you to be a very irritating person, does that mean that you are one?

I do not know the truth about that, you may be a nice person. But based on the way you are interacting with me, I think I can safely say that you are irritating.

So either get used to everyday use of language and stop thinking that every interaction between parts of the universe HAS to be analyzed philosophically or find a better playpen.

Quoting baker
Have you read the link?


No, I just asked for fun. Anyone that uses the wiki as a serious reference leaves a lot to be desired as a bearer of knowledge.

What I asked, maybe not clearly enough is that I still don't understand what you mean by this. How does this apply to the topic? Are you trying to tell me that you think I am aggravating because of the way I speak and its nonconformity to someones theory about how to use language?

Quoting baker
You said things like "this makes no sense", "people that ask pointless questions". You didn't say "I don't understand this" (until now, after all my trying to change the mode of the conversation).


A person usually speaks what they think, it meant exactly what it said. "This makes no sense". Is it so confusing?
baker June 26, 2021 at 21:03 #557203
Quoting Sir2u
the worst of all is the overbearing belief that some people have in their own superiority.

Will the irony never end!


Anyway, I'd like to see the OP's reply -- Reply to schopenhauer1 ! -- that's why I posted in this thread to begin with.
Sir2u June 26, 2021 at 21:53 #557216
Quoting baker
Will the irony never end!


Well I think that irony is preferable to plain bullshit, but that is only my humble opinion.
And it is always better to get an ironic reply to questions that none at all.

Quoting baker
Anyway, I'd like to see the OP's reply -- ?schopenhauer1
! -- that's why I posted in this thread to begin with.


Which reply? Are you waiting for him to come and explain it all?
baker June 27, 2021 at 16:54 #557492
Reply to Sir2u It's not like we're at a philosophy forum or anything, dude.
Wheatley June 27, 2021 at 17:00 #557495
Sir2u June 28, 2021 at 12:44 #557996
Quoting baker
It's not like we're at a philosophy forum or anything, dude.


Oh, that's right.

So why are we discussing Psychology and sociology? I was sure that peoples' interaction with each other came mostly under those headings.
baker June 28, 2021 at 19:16 #558169
Reply to Sir2u No, I was discussing an epistemological issue.
Sir2u June 29, 2021 at 04:01 #558340
Quoting baker
No, I was discussing an epistemological issue.


Well yes, everything comes under that title.

But your sad attempt to psychoanalyze and explain peoples' behavior using interpersonal communication theories goes a little beyond the scope of an epistemological issue.

But I guess that you could entertain us with an epistemological view of the issue.
baker June 29, 2021 at 17:26 #558533
Reply to Sir2u Your attitude is not conducive to meaningful communication.
Valentinus June 30, 2021 at 02:21 #558905
Reply to schopenhauer1
Quoting schopenhauer1
Admit it. Consensus is your enemy. Smugness is your friend.


Smugness is definitely my friend. I am not sure about the consensus part. Agreement can be conditional to factors one is not able to experience directly.
Communicating what is simple to oneself to others immediately runs into these other ways of ordering experience. We have a great body of common knowledge but keep talking about it in a way that requires a mind blowing amount of effort to not be misunderstood by others.
RoadWarrior9 July 07, 2021 at 14:24 #562638
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Wheatley July 07, 2021 at 21:00 #562858