So while watching this girl walk towards me, I found myself admiring her dress. I have to admit, the brilliance of the blue and white was just, well, beautiful. I opened my mouth and told her that I loved her dress, and all she did was glare at me. Now I wonder if it was just a long shirt because she was wearing jeans underneath, but since it came below her butt, naturally I assumed it was a dress. Perhaps I was mistaken.
Later on in the week, I made conversation with this girl next to me (because I was rather lonely walking by myself) and told her how much I loved her florescent orange soccer ball. She gave me a look. Then, silly me, I continued, and asked her if she used it in games? She nodded and turned away. Somehow, I'm wondering if I'm too forthright or my victims (such a bad connotation, I don't mean it that way) are simply shy.
Does this count as a knowledge issue? I'm still a little vague.
I am still a little fuzzy too as to what constitutes a "knowledge issue" but I think that the fact you wrote about it means it was noteworthy to yourself. It is a little odd that she would glare at you for a positive comment. I don't you are to forthright, maybe she just doesn't know you. Plus I almost think people act funny when they get compliments because they aren't sure that the person giving them is honest, almost like it's too good to be true.
ReplyDeleteQuite true, Brikken; our language has been tainted by sarcasm, so now people who try to say compliments (especially with the word "great") may be viewed as sarcastic bullies. Although the case was more likely that they were shy.
ReplyDeleteIn terms of "knowledge issues" this might relate to how language can fail due to the perception of tone and paradigms that point to sarcasm.
Also, we could discuss the parameters that define the word "dress"...maybe?
Karli,
ReplyDeleteThe first time I met you was on a run for track our sophomore year. I didnt really know anyone and suddenly you were beside me striking up a conversation. I found it refreshing that you had the guts to start a conversation with someone you didnt know. I have admired you for it ever since! However I feel like some people our age are so wrapped up in their own friend groups that speaking to people outside of those tight knit circles is unusual for them. That being said, maybe these situtaions were just examples of people being shocked by someone being so outgoing and comfortable enough to break those barriers.
Cody brought up sarcasm and I couldn't resist the urge to respond. As many of you may know, I am a master of sarcasm and speak it fluently.
ReplyDeleteCody- Language fails. We talked about it in English today and I'll just apply the same concept to this post. In speech, we can use sarcasm and many times our receiver will understand and find it funny. However, if we use a different medium of communication such as writing, the effect can change drastically. This is very prevalent on the internet and I will show you an example I found today on Facebook.
Teenage Girl #1: The football players shouldn't have to pick their own superfans. That would be weird. It's something that you decide to do, not something that is assigned.
Teenage Girl #2: Lol I'm sorry that doesn't make any sense to me...I think the players should choose who they want as their superfan so sorry that I went about it that way!
This was a true conversation where Teenage Girl #1 used a simple form of sarcasm. Unfortunately, the desired effect didn't occur because it was via Facebook (Teenage Girl #2 didn't catch on).
Also, this text was pulled from a controversy we are/were talking about on Ally Welle's blog. Feel free to take a look there.