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  1. Papoon

    Oh, dear...

    Thank you for sharing this with us YmirGF. I was thinking about it, and the fact that you chose to post at such a time. I realised a few things. One is that you feel a close enough connection with the RF community to share this. You could have just PM'd a few close friends here, and kept it to...
  2. Papoon

    Oh, dear...

    My thoughts are with you my friend. A few days ago I had to assist my beloved 19yo cat, my dearest friend, in passing. Grief can make us more tender and loving. I know you are wise enough to transform grief into compassion. You will carry the best of her in your heart.
  3. Papoon

    What, if anything, are the benefits of being authentic?

    Authenticity means you save yourself a lot of work. The alternative is high maintenance. I'm not in a position to do a study but my gut senses that authenticity would correlate with self esteem. Another benefit is the freedom to speak and behave spontaneously - no cover to blow, or intrigue to...
  4. Papoon

    Check your privilege

    I invented an acronym a decade or so back - SCUM. Single Caucasian Unemployed Male. Oh yeah...Papoon for President ! Not Insane !
  5. Papoon

    Moral Backbone, Empathy, Affinity, Good Will

    Empathy and affinity imply that to me. Empathy is a sense of feeling what others feel, and affinity is a positive sense of connectedness. At least that is what I take as their meanings, in simple terms. It would seem contradictory to me to have affinity and empathy, and yet to not be open to...
  6. Papoon

    Moral Backbone, Empathy, Affinity, Good Will

    Moral backbone, empathy, affinity, good will. Regardless of any religious, political, spiritual or scientific view or belief, or absence of such view or belief - those behavioural qualities are certain markers of awareness and insight, in my opinion. I know there is plenty of room for...
  7. Papoon

    10666666 posts

    PM me when you see it coming.
  8. Papoon

    10666666 posts

    That's really weird. So do I.
  9. Papoon

    10666666 posts

    Something
  10. Papoon

    10666666 posts

    You may be right. Sometimes I have a conversation. Sometimes The Conversation has me.
  11. Papoon

    People Who Discuss Other People

    3%. Ciao
  12. Papoon

    People Who Discuss Other People

    That's how it mostly is for me too actually. But I try not to be a minority who thinks he is fundamentally superior to the majority, so I learned to relate on their level when I leave my cloister ;)
  13. Papoon

    People Who Discuss Other People

    Anyway, the small amount of recharge is just about gone already, and I'm running down too ( late here in Oz), so goodnight.
  14. Papoon

    People Who Discuss Other People

    I didn't stop thinking. I just stopped demanding others do. And meet people on their level. Bozos - no value judgement, just 'what they happen to be', LOL
  15. Papoon

    People Who Discuss Other People

    Possibly. That's a thorny question in itself. There are various characteristics which I have considered as 'just what I happen to be' which have changed substantially in my life. Sometimes by choice/training, sometimes as a result of experiences. I actually made a choice to learn 'small talk'...
  16. Papoon

    People Who Discuss Other People

    Maybe so. I'd like to continue this but my phone battery is dying...later :)
  17. Papoon

    People Who Discuss Other People

    Perhaps you overvalue introversion. Have you considered that possibility ?
  18. Papoon

    People Who Discuss Other People

    Tell them so. They may however stop talking to you at all.
  19. Papoon

    People Who Discuss Other People

    There you go. That's what my first reply addressed. Edit - that was a reply to your second last post
  20. Papoon

    People Who Discuss Other People

    Not everyone is an intellectual. Should they just shut up in your opinion ?
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