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I've been plagued with a lot of "bah... no one wants to hear about that; nobody gives a shit anyway" feelings lately about anything it might have occurred to me to post (both here and in ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
treeofstars. This is one of my very most major utterly McLargehuge issues, by the way: fear not just of active rejection, but of rejection by apathy.
Which one is worse is slightly different under different conditions. I think active is worse if it's something I presented in full confidence, although depending on mood I might be able to get into a discussion, defend myself and come out feeling fine. Passive in that case isn't so bad because then I just go away feeling "well, fine, I still liked it and I don't care if no one else does." If it's something I presented in a trembling hope of acceptance, I think both are pretty close, but passive might be a bit worse; it's that silence that says "this is so dumb stupid we're not even going to bother to tell you about it, because you should have known better. what were you thinking?" If it's something I figured people wouldn't like anyway, then hm... probably active, because I'll feel put upon or annoyed. "If it sucked so much, why did you have to tell me about it?" kind of feeling.
treeofstars. This is one of my very most major utterly McLargehuge issues, by the way: fear not just of active rejection, but of rejection by apathy.Which one is worse is slightly different under different conditions. I think active is worse if it's something I presented in full confidence, although depending on mood I might be able to get into a discussion, defend myself and come out feeling fine. Passive in that case isn't so bad because then I just go away feeling "well, fine, I still liked it and I don't care if no one else does." If it's something I presented in a trembling hope of acceptance, I think both are pretty close, but passive might be a bit worse; it's that silence that says "this is so dumb stupid we're not even going to bother to tell you about it, because you should have known better. what were you thinking?" If it's something I figured people wouldn't like anyway, then hm... probably active, because I'll feel put upon or annoyed. "If it sucked so much, why did you have to tell me about it?" kind of feeling.
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Date: Apr. 1st, 2005 12:58 am (UTC)From:I don't talk a lot online, but from me, that doesn't mean that I disapprove. It often simply means that I agree, but don't see the issue strongly enough to comment, or that I haven't considered something from that angle. In the latter case, I like to let things percolate for awhile, to see how they fit with the rest of my mental meanderings.