muslimmetalhead
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 Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 12:04 pm Post subject: Do you think being polite to someone is... |
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The post-middle school equivalent of ignoring?
Methinks so.
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DeadOperaStar
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| Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 9:57 pm Post subject: |
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| i dunno your situation, but... in my experience, no. people often still outright ignore rather than just offer politeness. maybe you're hanging around better-bred people than i am. but you know.. 9 times of out 10, i pretty much prefer being ignored, myself. i'm not one to really like the taste of negative attention. |
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AScomposer13413
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| Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 10:33 pm Post subject: |
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| With actions, I don't think so. With words, it depends on the situation, but it can certainly portray that. I've had quite a few instances where I thought some people were my friends only to find out their thoughts of me were the exact opposite. |
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Stargazer43
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| Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 10:38 pm Post subject: |
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| Urm, no? I think most people wanted to be treated politely, but I know very few who want to be ignored lol. To be treated politely means you're at the very least being treated with respect, being ignored often entails the opposite. |
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BMctav
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| Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 5:01 am Post subject: Re: |
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| muslimmetalhead wrote: | Do you think being polite to someone is... The post-middle school equivalent of ignoring?
Methinks so. |
That doesn't make sense. If a person is ignoring you it's because they don't want to talk with you for some reason; which under certain circumstances can be considered impolite. If a person is being polite, they're just being courteous or considerate towards you which is a good thing, I think. |
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muslimmetalhead
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| Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 12:57 pm Post subject: Re: |
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| BMctav wrote: | | muslimmetalhead wrote: | Do you think being polite to someone is... The post-middle school equivalent of ignoring?
Methinks so. |
That doesn't make sense. If a person is ignoring you it's because they don't want to talk with you for some reason; which under certain circumstances can be considered impolite. If a person is being polite, they're just being courteous or considerate towards you which is a good thing, I think. |
I mean, in like middle school, you ignore someone you don't like.
But high school and adulthood, you will be "polite"
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| Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 1:20 pm Post subject: |
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| If one is polite towards those whom one does not like, then how does one behave towards those that one does not like? |
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Smartalex
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| No. |
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muslimmetalhead
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| Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 4:30 pm Post subject: |
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| YourMum wrote: | | If one is polite towards those whom one does not like, then how does one behave towards those that one does not like? |
Just be really fake and give them generic business-type responses.
You dont get personal, you avoid as much as possible, but you deal with them when you have to.
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Smartalex
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| Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 4:42 pm Post subject: |
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| muslim metal head, I think you're dead on for dealing with someone you don't like. That is polite. |
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Gnonymouse
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| Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 5:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Although it can be polite to pretend to ignore somebody who is violating social conventions, being polite is not the same as ignoring. |
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Smartalex
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| Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 6:07 pm Post subject: |
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| it's a polite way to ignore someone. |
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