Whether to be nice
What is nice and what is bland? This is a question I’ve considered recently. Can I be “nice guy” without being “boring guy?” And if I am “nice guy,” will I get a girlfriend? Because damn, that’d be great.
But seriously, Ryan has pointed out something I was already analyzing recently in my behavior, and those are the troublesome spats of negative, argumentative banter I slip into with various people. It’s sort of like a safety mechanism for me. It’s known and comfortable, so if I’m uncomfortable for some reason—often because I’m intimidated by the person I’m dealing with—I’ll slip into jerk-mode. And yeah, I’m good at it, but who wants to be good at that?
Well, I’ll have to continue my self-centered musings another time. My stomach calls me. Not having a kitchen is very inconvenient, I must say…