by Forum Pirate Mon Jun 03, 2013 4:20 pmI found this, it describes me well.
1) Expect debate. I enjoy tearing things apart to understand them and to prove (or disprove) their worthiness.
I will gladly argue a point I don't actually support, just for the sake of argument or to probe things. This bears repeating: I can easily and persuasively assume a point of view which is wholly contrary to my actual conviction. If in doubt, ask.
2) I do have a strong sense of humour, often dry and quick, but also a bit warped. It can easily take a morbid streak.
3) Expect blunt, honest, sometimes even hurtful answers: if you don't want to hear the truth, you wouldn't ask, would you?
4) I like to do lists, enumerations, pattern sorting and putting things into an ordered state (ordered for me, not necessarily for the rest of the world).
5) Statements you can't back up with either solid facts or solid reasoning will at best be ignored and at worst poked fun at in ways not many people would describe as nice.
6) Try to be both concise and precise. Using 81 woolly words where 18 sharp ones would suffice will not endear you to me.
I do love wordplay though: if you can re-package your 81 woolly words in a witty, unexpected, esoteric fashion, I'll appreciate that.
7) Don't expect me to respect anything you (or some other authorities) say just because you (or some other authorities) say it. I bow to one authority only: rationality.
8) For me truth is more important than simply being right, so I will readily admit errors or mistakes (once they have been convinced something they said or did was indeed wrong — to convince them may not be easy though). I unfortunately expect others to work likewise (and react bewildered if they don't).
9) Stick to a statement after being proven wrong by facts or reasoning and I will treat you as an irrational idiot and everything you say as probable nonsense.
10) Try not to be repetitive. It bores me to death.
11) Clumsy attempts at political correctness and similar aberrations will greatly amuse them.
12) Don't be surprised at sarcasm, hyperbole and flippancy. In fact, a non-sarcastic me must be severely ill.
13) Expect punctuality and exactness. They try hard to be on time and they hate unpunctual-ness, especially of the casual sort: the words obsessive-compulsive come to mind.
14) They tend to be quite forgetful in everyday life, especially for trivial things like car keys, dropped tools or anniversaries.
15) You can't trust that I take something, anything for granted. I do take some things for granted, but you'll never know what and what not.
16) Remember that I believe in workable solutions. I am open-minded to all and every possibility, but I will quickly discard any concept they deem unfeasible.
17) My way of showing that something you say (an idea, a suggestion) has potential or merit is by trying to pull it apart (which shocks those poor souls who instead expected awe or admiration). The ultimate insult to an idea or suggestion is to ignore it altogether, because that means it's not even interesting enough to deconstruct.
18) I can and will make themselves and everything else (and again, I mean everything) the butt of my jokes, witticisms and deeply nonsensical remarks.
19) Do not expect me to care very much about how you view me. I already know that many people see me as "arrogant bastard with a weird sense of humour" and I long since got used to it.
1) Expect debate. I enjoy tearing things apart to understand them and to prove (or disprove) their worthiness.
I will gladly argue a point I don't actually support, just for the sake of argument or to probe things. This bears repeating: I can easily and persuasively assume a point of view which is wholly contrary to my actual conviction. If in doubt, ask.
2) I do have a strong sense of humour, often dry and quick, but also a bit warped. It can easily take a morbid streak.
3) Expect blunt, honest, sometimes even hurtful answers: if you don't want to hear the truth, you wouldn't ask, would you?
4) I like to do lists, enumerations, pattern sorting and putting things into an ordered state (ordered for me, not necessarily for the rest of the world).
5) Statements you can't back up with either solid facts or solid reasoning will at best be ignored and at worst poked fun at in ways not many people would describe as nice.
6) Try to be both concise and precise. Using 81 woolly words where 18 sharp ones would suffice will not endear you to me.
I do love wordplay though: if you can re-package your 81 woolly words in a witty, unexpected, esoteric fashion, I'll appreciate that.
7) Don't expect me to respect anything you (or some other authorities) say just because you (or some other authorities) say it. I bow to one authority only: rationality.
8) For me truth is more important than simply being right, so I will readily admit errors or mistakes (once they have been convinced something they said or did was indeed wrong — to convince them may not be easy though). I unfortunately expect others to work likewise (and react bewildered if they don't).
9) Stick to a statement after being proven wrong by facts or reasoning and I will treat you as an irrational idiot and everything you say as probable nonsense.
10) Try not to be repetitive. It bores me to death.
11) Clumsy attempts at political correctness and similar aberrations will greatly amuse them.
12) Don't be surprised at sarcasm, hyperbole and flippancy. In fact, a non-sarcastic me must be severely ill.
13) Expect punctuality and exactness. They try hard to be on time and they hate unpunctual-ness, especially of the casual sort: the words obsessive-compulsive come to mind.
14) They tend to be quite forgetful in everyday life, especially for trivial things like car keys, dropped tools or anniversaries.
15) You can't trust that I take something, anything for granted. I do take some things for granted, but you'll never know what and what not.
16) Remember that I believe in workable solutions. I am open-minded to all and every possibility, but I will quickly discard any concept they deem unfeasible.
17) My way of showing that something you say (an idea, a suggestion) has potential or merit is by trying to pull it apart (which shocks those poor souls who instead expected awe or admiration). The ultimate insult to an idea or suggestion is to ignore it altogether, because that means it's not even interesting enough to deconstruct.
18) I can and will make themselves and everything else (and again, I mean everything) the butt of my jokes, witticisms and deeply nonsensical remarks.
19) Do not expect me to care very much about how you view me. I already know that many people see me as "arrogant bastard with a weird sense of humour" and I long since got used to it.
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