retired_jenn912010

I ask because I was casually discussing music today with a couple of folks, as I am prone to do, and caught myself saying words to the effect of "Pigeonholing as "indie" *whatever band we were discussing* would disregard all post-modernist aspects of their work". Which is utter bullshit of course, and displays a chronic misuse of the academic terms I was flinging around.

Obviously I'm rather enamoured with my own conversation. But I thought to myself that if I heard someone else venture the above remark I'd most likely think of them as an utter utter ******, deserving of nothing but heartfelt contempt.

So to make this actually relevant for discussion- do you ever operate intellectual double standards where your own opinions are concerned? Specifically, do you ever say things that you'd ridicule or despise someone else for saying, but because it's you saying it let it pass?

retired_jennifer89889

Probably, but I don't think about it.

retired_princess160

Do I ever, it's my job

Technical support for a database, you should hear me going on about relational structures, Cobb-normalisation, advantages and disadvantages of GUI/data separation, whatever. Just all a load of hot air, if I'm really honest. Who cares, as long as the database does what it's supposed to do?

But as long as I can sound long-winded and geeky enough, I might be able to get away with glossing over shortcomings of the product that I'll not be able to solve for the poor fecker who calls me.

If someone tried that on me, I'd call their bs, tbh

retired_amadhani

yeah I hate it when twats try to show off there knowledge of somethign obscure, happened the other day, I heard someone say:

" I think (insert directors name) uses the black and white in his films to convey the feeling of realism in the shot."

come to think of it, might of been Ratinho who said that.

jhon

i was driving home from work yesterday and cos i was bored i was taunting other drivers in a cockney accent with insults under my breath. It was a bit weird.

I just pulled a toenail off and it's killing now

retired_justin05

Rarely. Think the only time I'm prone to sounding like a **** is when I'm drunk and so I'm too drunk to care. I then tend to play back conversations in my head and realise I must of sounded like a twat.

retired_ks reddy

I may spout some awesome ***** but at least I keep it in plain language.

retired_traci29

i get more pompous as i get older, it's in the genes unfortunately.

retired_ashlia80

Years ago now I had the opposite experience to this.

I was in year 12 and speaking in a debating state team selection trial. The team I was lumped with were utter rubbish, so we were getting our arses handed to us. It was the individual performances that mattered, though, so I just had to give a good account of myself and I'd still have a decent chance of getting selected.

Anyway, by the time I got to standing up, our case had been so utterly destroyed I really had nothing of any substance to say. So I started talking and just kind of drifted off. I literally stopped listening to myself. I was still speaking, but to this day I have no idea what I said. I realised I wasn't paying attention about 6 minutes in and got the shock of my life, hurriedly finished up and resigned myself to failure.

Later that night I got the dreaded phone call... I'd got in. Apparently I gave a great speech. No idea how or what I said, but it appears the brain can work quite nicely on auto pilot.

Not relevant to the OP, but hey ho. Fun story.

retired_krishinf

At the professional level, i tend to tailor how i speak, depending on who i speak to. As some people are just not interested in details, and other people prefer to talk at the detailed level.

Socially, don't really think about it, probably sound like an arse on some occasions, like most people.