Because you are an obsessive person that takes people's praises to heart and uses it to pump up your ego and perceived "legendary" status. It's painfully obvious for anyone that has read your posts to see what's going on.Winston wrote:Dear Repatriate:
I don't get why you have this double standard of thinking that if someone says positive things about me, then it must be polite flattery and not true, but if someone says negative things about me, then it must be true.
I never said it was extreme. I think you have basic social skills..that much is for certain. I don't think you are suffering from asperger's or something and I don't believe you are a "bad" person per se. I believe my exact words were that you're emotionally fragile, childish, and narcissistic. To me that points to someone who is in fact very very insecure and tries hard to compensate for it. The way you lash out in the most over the top ways at criticism and your general neurotic behavior lends credence to that theory.So why do you act like me being nice, open and friendly is an extreme claim?
Your personality type is actually pretty common. It has nothing to do with whether you're nice or not. I think you probably actually have a personality disorder of sorts as well. I don't know though but your medical history is none of my business.
There are plenty of individuals in Asia and elsewhere who don't follow this societal pattern also so what's your point? Their choices in life are no less or more valid than those who do "follow" the herd as you so simplistically put it. Working, being productive, and starting a family are urges that aren't so much dictated just by society but one part of the whole function of wanting to procreate and pass into the gene pool.Also, why do you fail to understand what a "hive mind" is? It's not some far out sci fi concept. It simply means that people follow the pack or herd. Not just that they use yahoo messenger or MSN messenger. They have the same values and beliefs. For example, Asians believe that the purpose of life is to work and be productive, and to raise a family too. That's not an independent belief they came to through deep philosophical thinking. That's a cultural belief and norm that they follow because society says so and everyone else does it.
Because your definition of it is obtuse and your reasoning is totally absurd.That's what the hive is. Why is that hard for you to understand? Is your IQ below average? Sheesh.
You should take your own (poor) analogies to heart and stop pretending you're above it all like it's high school and you think you live a supposedly non conventional lifestyle with a unique mindset.Here's a lesson for you Repatriate: Just because two things are incompatible, doesn't mean that there is something wrong with one of them.