Apr. 6th, 2011

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I made the mistake of reading the comments over at this Miss Manners post:

I enjoy having conversations with people. What I don't enjoy are the times when I am happily or seriously chatting away with someone only to have a random stranger sitting or standing nearby suddenly sticking themselves into my conversation, either answering a question directed at me or my companion, or else inserting their own opinions on our topic of discussion. I find it really insensitive and rude. I am not talking to them, so why do they feel like they should just butt in? How can I tell these people politely that I find their actions rude and insensitive without coming off as rude myself? Is there a polite way to tell them that they have no business in our conversation, or does the fact that my conversations are audible render them free-game for public comment?


A whole lot of the comments boil down to: Well, you went outside, didn't you?  You're trying to have a private conversation [note: not a phrase anywhere in the LW's query] out of doors!  Clearly you were just asking for it.

Bah.  I actually did two things that annoyed me very much:

1) I created an account on Boston.com.
2) I defended talkers.

I have annoyed myself.

But goddammit, sometimes I'm out having a pint and having a conversation with a friend -- not shootin' the shit with them, which is totally different in terms of body language -- and why, why, does everybody goddamn need to interject in our goddamn conversation?  Why can I not get out of the house, have some beers, and have a conversation, without everyone treating this like Make A Friend Day?

Blessedly, there's a bar up the street where I know no one, so I can go there and read my books and drink beer and listen to country in peace.

Originally posted on Dreamwidth.  Number of comments so far: comment count unavailable
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A note, that I may have noted before, for those of you who are on Dreamwidth and are crossposting to Livejournal:

In case you weren't aware, there's an option here to display the crosspost link on your DW post.  (So, this post on DW will have a link to the crossposted post on LJ.)  This is helpful for me, because then I can read additional comments without having to (a) keep you in my default view in both places* or (b) go to your LJ directly and find the post.

* I've been trying to wean myself off of LJ, so those who are on DW and crossposting, I remove from my default view on LJ.

If not then not, no worries, just figured I'd mention.
nonethefewer: (Default)
A note, that I may have noted before, for those of you who are on Dreamwidth and are crossposting to Livejournal:

In case you weren't aware, there's an option here to display the crosspost link on your DW post.  (So, this post on DW will have a link to the crossposted post on LJ.)  This is helpful for me, because then I can read additional comments without having to (a) keep you in my default view in both places* or (b) go to your LJ directly and find the post.

* I've been trying to wean myself off of LJ, so those who are on DW and crossposting, I remove from my default view on LJ.

If not then not, no worries, just figured I'd mention.

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