Low tolerance

I don't know if it's the happy happy joy joy Xmas season, or just getting old, but I seem as Scott tga rightly said tonight to have a low tolerance with people - specifically what I think are fools or annoying people.

I learned tonight that friends who are very drunk and are being rather too 'vivacious' (throwing things in a bar anyone?) quickly gets on my tits, and that Deadheads join the same club as Apple Evangelists as people not to argue with as their faith gets in the way...the guy even pulled out the classic 'I'm older than you so I know better / you weren't even born how could you know that' gambit which I thought went out as an argument clincher with the dinosaurs (when this bloke was probably born).

I used to get that a lot in my teens/20s but really, it's fucking rude (I just stopped the conversation and then ignored him; he probably thought it was because he'd 'won' but I won't talk to someone as condescending as that) and actually not logical - wisdom or knowledge never automatically follows age; otherwise the world wouldn't be fucked up as it is. And I wasn't going to take the discussion that route as it's pointless arguing with someone like that...move on.

But I have to be careful growling at people, definitely. They may be idiots or drunken or plain wrong in the case of the Grateful Dead fan, you may be right (as John usually is) but you don't win friends that way. Or any prizes...leave people be and not trouble their pretty little heads with troubling facts...but then I don't see a point in going out as you can't have interesting conversations unless about Paris Hilton or some bland inoffensive shite. *Sigh*.

Otherwise had a great drink with Scott at the KA which was then swiftly evacuated for the very good new Intrepid Fox (formerly a lesbian bar) and chatted to some of Scotts friends where I didn't argue about stupid bands or computers or with drunken people.

See it can be done! Usually not with bears or gay men though...I seem to share so little in common with them, to be honest.

Low tolerance

I don't know if it's the happy happy joy joy Xmas season, or just getting old, but I seem as Scott tga rightly said tonight to have a low tolerance with people - specifically what I think are fools or annoying people.

I learned tonight that friends who are very drunk and are being rather too 'vivacious' (throwing things in a bar anyone?) quickly gets on my tits, and that Deadheads join the same club as Apple Evangelists as people not to argue with as their faith gets in the way...the guy even pulled out the classic 'I'm older than you so I know better / you weren't even born how could you know that' gambit which I thought went out as an argument clincher with the dinosaurs (when this bloke was probably born).

I used to get that a lot in my teens/20s but really, it's fucking rude (I just stopped the conversation and then ignored him; he probably thought it was because he'd 'won' but I won't talk to someone as condescending as that) and actually not logical - wisdom or knowledge never automatically follows age; otherwise the world wouldn't be fucked up as it is. And I wasn't going to take the discussion that route as it's pointless arguing with someone like that...move on.

But I have to be careful growling at people, definitely. They may be idiots or drunken or plain wrong in the case of the Grateful Dead fan, you may be right (as John usually is) but you don't win friends that way. Or any prizes...leave people be and not trouble their pretty little heads with troubling facts...but then I don't see a point in going out as you can't have interesting conversations unless about Paris Hilton or some bland inoffensive shite. *Sigh*.

Otherwise had a great drink with Scott at the KA which was then swiftly evacuated for the very good new Intrepid Fox (formerly a lesbian bar) and chatted to some of Scotts friends where I didn't argue about stupid bands or computers or with drunken people.

See it can be done! Usually not with bears or gay men though...I seem to share so little in common with them, to be honest.

Low tolerance

I don't know if it's the happy happy joy joy Xmas season, or just getting old, but I seem as Scott tga rightly said tonight to have a low tolerance with people - specifically what I think are fools or annoying people.

I learned tonight that friends who are very drunk and are being rather too 'vivacious' (throwing things in a bar anyone?) quickly gets on my tits, and that Deadheads join the same club as Apple Evangelists as people not to argue with as their faith gets in the way...the guy even pulled out the classic 'I'm older than you so I know better / you weren't even born how could you know that' gambit which I thought went out as an argument clincher with the dinosaurs (when this bloke was probably born).

I used to get that a lot in my teens/20s but really, it's fucking rude (I just stopped the conversation and then ignored him; he probably thought it was because he'd 'won' but I won't talk to someone as condescending as that) and actually not logical - wisdom or knowledge never automatically follows age; otherwise the world wouldn't be fucked up as it is. And I wasn't going to take the discussion that route as it's pointless arguing with someone like that...move on.

But I have to be careful growling at people, definitely. They may be idiots or drunken or plain wrong in the case of the Grateful Dead fan, you may be right (as John usually is) but you don't win friends that way. Or any prizes...leave people be and not trouble their pretty little heads with troubling facts...but then I don't see a point in going out as you can't have interesting conversations unless about Paris Hilton or some bland inoffensive shite. *Sigh*.

Otherwise had a great drink with Scott at the KA which was then swiftly evacuated for the very good new Intrepid Fox (formerly a lesbian bar) and chatted to some of Scotts friends where I didn't argue about stupid bands or computers or with drunken people.

See it can be done! Usually not with bears or gay men though...I seem to share so little in common with them, to be honest.