Originally posted by MimorHow could anyone find such a brooding sap to be attractive? Can't even eat a cheeseburger without the broad bringing up murder? No thankee!
I think I get what you're saying. You feel that people who are happy all the time are often those who choose to live superficially. They see everyday things only in terms of how those things gratify without thinking beyond their own gratification. So a happy person might say, "Yum, a hamburger!" But a deeper person might say, "some poor cow had to die for ...[text shortened]... they get angry or sad - to people who just kind of skim along the surface. Is that right?
Originally posted by Bad wolfSo it's not that you necessarily prefer the sad or depressed, you simply prefer the thoughtful to the shallow. And you take darker emotions as an indication that the person experiencing them is of the deeper variety. Am I still on the right track?
Yes, yes, that's it I think! 🙂
Please keep in mind that mopey people can be as shallow as the perennially perky. You have to be willing to look beyond the surface yourself to really get to know a person's nature and character.
Originally posted by MimorTo add to this, characteristics such as thoughtfulness and superficiality are completely independent of a person's natural disposition. There is no rule that states that someone who is happy must or will likely be be superficial - that's nonsense in my opinion.
So it's not that you necessarily prefer the sad or depressed, you simply prefer the thoughtful to the shallow. And you take darker emotions as an indication that the person experiencing them is of the deeper variety. Am I still on the right track?
Please keep in mind that mopey people can be as shallow as the perennially perky. You have to be willing to look beyond the surface yourself to really get to know a person's nature and character.
Just because you're someone who looks deeper into things in search of a dark side, doesn't mean you're any more thoughtful than a person who looks deeper into things and sees their positive aspects.
If I'm walking down the street with a smile on my face, appreciating the nice weather, the trees, admiring the birds in the sky and marveling at it all, am I a shallow person? Am I more shallow than a person who's walking down the street, sees something objectionable (a piece of litter, maybe), and gets pissed off about it?
Note: I am neither of the above.
Originally posted by rbmorrisThat's me.
Just because you're someone who looks deeper into things in search of a dark side, doesn't mean you're any more thoughtful than a person who looks deeper into things and sees their positive aspects.
If I'm walking down the street with a smile on my face, appreciating the nice weather, the trees, admiring the birds in the sky and marveling at it all, am I ...[text shortened]... ece of litter, maybe), and gets pissed off about it?
Note: I am neither of the above.
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Originally posted by MimorSorta, I also like darker emotions for the sake of them being darker emotions, not just for the lack of shallowness as well. lol 😕
So it's not that you necessarily prefer the sad or depressed, you simply prefer the thoughtful to the shallow. And you take darker emotions as an indication that the person experiencing them is of the deeper variety. Am I still on the right track?
Please keep in mind that mopey people can be as shallow as the perennially perky. You have to be willing to look beyond the surface yourself to really get to know a person's nature and character.