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InvisibleSclorch
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Loc: On the Brink of Madness
Re: The science of social interaction. [Re: Larrythescaryrex]
    #1213042 - 01/12/03 10:00 PM (21 years, 19 days ago)

{no hierarchy of progression implied}

I know exactly what you're going through.  However, my experience is slightly different than yours.

In the past, my "social functioning button" would be on or off at random intervals.  I'd be quiet and shy one minute and BAM! it was if I were shot out of a cannon.  I'd ramble off about things no one else understood or saw... so I got that "weirdo..." label alot.  Whatever...  I couldn't control either side for shit (not manic-depressive).  It wasn't until I learned to use that quiet, introspective side that I began to understand what the hell was going on.  It seems like you have this end taken care of.

So now you're looking for a prescription, right?

Well, what do you want?  You want to learn how to communicate with the "pinks"?  It doesn't really matter what you say to them... so you might as well have fun with 'em.  Hell, I try to screw with them as much as possible.  Sure, I start out with the small talk... but I work in the insanity whenever possible.
Think Dr. Hunter S. Thompson LITE.

Sure, talk about the weather... but toss in the crazy:

Pink: How about that weather, eh?
YOU: No kiddin'... hot one day, cold the next...
P: Yep.  I just don't understand it.
Y: I do. [/confidence]
P: *Pause... quizzical look*  What do you mean?
Y: *quick side to side scan... lowered volume* well, I'm not supposed to talk about it... but you seem like a good person, so I'll let you in on the inside scoop.
P: *ears perk up* Yeah? What's that?
Y: I'm an aerospace engineer... I work for the military.  We've been working on it for years, and last year we had a breakthrough when the boys at MIT cracked the anti-quark alpha emission problem...
P: *in awe*
Y: ...it's allowed us to manipulate certain meteorological patterns, if you will... and the military has been testing out these theorems with much success...
P: What are you saying, exactly?
Y: *another side to side scan* I'm talking about a WEATHER CONTROL DEVICE!!
P: Noooo?! [/shocked]
Y: *nodding head* Yes.... I wouldn't doubt that they've thought of using it in Iraq this summer... but I'm not certain on that... it's all hush-hush, you know?
P: Yeah... geez...
Y: Anyways... I guess it's better than nuking them, right?
P: Right. *still dumbfounded*
Y: *checks time* Whoa, I gotta go... I have a meeting to get to... nice talking to ya.
P: Nice talking to y...
Y: *interrupts* Oh, you'll make sure not to mention this to anyone, won't you?
P: Oh... sure sure... no problem, my lips are sealed.
Y: Great. Have a good one! *walks away*

You don't have to be that drastic, but you know what I'm saying... small talk is boring.  Liven things up a bit. :wink: 


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