When was the last time you laughed at someone's antics, secure in the belief that nobody thinks about you in that way? Not too long ago, right?
We love laughing at each other. Someone does or says something stupid and we pounce on him, making him out to be the most idiotic being alive. Some of us don't even need provocation - the poor fellow could be going about his own business in a perfectly normal way and we'd laugh at him anyway. Call it sadistic pleasure or jealous nitpicking, the point is that we love laughing at others and some of us even live for it. When we laugh at someone, most of us think as follows: Is it possible that people could be laughing at me in the same way? Nah... I'm not an idiot, so that's out of the question.
I wouldn't be so sure. Chances are that people laugh at you, only you're just oblivious to it. You're as much a laughing stock as the weirdo down the proverbial hall. In fact, you could be actually funny to others. Maybe its the way you talk or walk. Maybe its the way you eat. Maybe its the way you think. Maybe its the way you write. You could be the world's funniest person without you even realising it. Only people will be laughing at you, not with you. Think about it.
temple by the sea
14 years ago
2 comments:
two golden rules:
first of all if you're dishing out bullshit to some one you should be ready to take it many fold when it comes your way.
don't take a joke at your expense personally. things said in the spur of the moment are not calculated or given much thought. hence there might not be any malice intended.
so gulati chill man. why so much tension!
All in good humour! Rings a bell?
Learn to come to terms with other people laughing 'at' you. After all, other people are deriving pleasure because of you, besides the fact that it is at your expense. Learn to laugh at yourself so that nobody can ever laugh at you without laughing with you.
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