Men
Dean Esmay is asking women and gay men what about men annoys us/them. My answer?
I can't say that men particularly piss me off. People in general piss me off, although some specific men and women piss me off on a more personal level. The world would be a much better place if everyone would just act the way I want them to.
Believe it or not, this is true. Although there are times I get frustrated and hyperbolically claim that I hate men, this is always in reaction to a specific man pissing me off and my being completely irrational in applying my frustration broadly. Which I recognize when I'm doing it, and the statement is always tongue-in-cheek.
It is also true that people, in general, piss me off. I have taken the Myers-Briggs test several times over the years, always to come up with the same result - INTP (Introverted Intuitive Thinker Perceiver). But recently a group of people, myself included, took the test as part of a team-building exercise. For the first time I had a scale describing where along the spectrum of each of those characteristics I fell. I was most strongly an introvert, scoring at 51 out of a possible 60 on that end of the spectrum. So, yes, people pretty much bug me.
And it would be a better world if everyone acted the way I want them to, so hop to it! If in doubt, ask.
Comments
Men in general don't piss me off at all. Specific men do, and Esmay is one. I hate bullies, and when he accuses Meryl of bullying [which she does NOT do] Esmay just can't see what a bully he is. So HE pisses me off.
Posted by: Mom | October 24, 2003 11:56 AM
Oh, and I'm hopping to it. And asking. Just tell me in private please. ;)
Posted by: Mom | October 24, 2003 11:57 AM
You can tell me what to do anytime. Will you be wearing a leather nun's habit?
Posted by: Justin | October 24, 2003 02:37 PM
I too am an INTP. The I and T are particularly strong. The N on the other hand is so squishy that it occaisionally comes up as an S.
Maybe we ought to scan the help wanted ads for a well paying hermit position?
Posted by: Just John | October 27, 2003 10:18 AM