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Offering a perspective. Helene Send a noteboard - 18/03/2011 10:03:58 PM
You mean the thing I copy/pasted from The OF Blog? That was pretty much as what Joel guessed, except originally it was intended to be a fun sort of guessing game among a great many well-read people who visit that blog and who make even better book suggestions than what I do on occasion.


It sounds like the OF blog is a good place for that post. Btw, I wasn't saying these things to be mean or nasty, but because I honestly think that you have a habit of posting things in a way that puts people off.

I learn languages and blog about them not to make myself seem better than/to others, but to better myself without regard to how others perceive that.


Whether or not you intend something doesn't mean there aren't consequences you do not intend. I've never been particularly close to you, but we did chat a for a while back in the day. I've often heard other people complain that you are self centered, and in our conversations, you always talked about yourself. So perhaps that's some baggage I bring with me when I come across your posts. The thing is ,I don't think you actually want to come across as self centered.

Not that it matters, but next month, a story by the Argentine writer Leopold Lugones will be able in a new English translation. I'm finishing up the translation this week and it'll be available via e-book. Maybe that's not quite so exclusionary? ;)


Sounds interesting.

The other part...umm...that assumes that I try and fail to make friendships online. Lately, I just haven't tried here, period. Whether or not there are those who dislike me or not is not and never was the point of the post, so bringing such up is rather odd, almost as odd as thinking 100% of people anywhere would ever like someone 100% of the time.


You stated that you wonder if you have it in you to make friends at this successor site. If a lot of people responded more positively to you, you'd be more interested/inclined to make new friendships. It's a matter of interaction and opportunity. Who would not want to have interesting, positive and stimulating conversations? Whether or not that's possible for you on this site, I don't know. The only thing I know is that everyone can only change one thing in the world, and that is how they approach a situation.

Or maybe, it's just some people who skulk about here choose to cast such in the worst ways possible?


It's easy to look at others, but it tends to be a pretty futile exercise, as it's outside of your scope of control. It's more relevant to look at yourself, even when others are (also) in the wrong.

I want neither. I don't need either. I just noted that things had changed and that it was interesting to reflect back upon it.


Why was it interesting?
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