Here I am trying to type a coherent post and I've dropped tuna sandwich all down my bosom %$^$^%£
I was thinking about why it is so hard to talk about the things you're good out without apologising profusely and undermining everything. For me, i think it's because I'm terrified that a) i'll be contradicted and therefore find out the awful truth that in fact I am crap and have only been fooling myself all these years OR b) I won't be contradicted to my face but people will be sniggering behind my back about what a self-deluded fool I am OR c) People will think I'm big cow who thinks I'm great.
'Thinks she's great' - that's an interesting insult, what's wrong with thinking you're great? In Ireland, anyway, it's a total no-no. It's been so engrained in us that anyone who simply says what they are good at causes total confusion and fear amongst the audience who have no idea how to respond. Sometimes the result is muttering and shuffling of feet, sometimes a direct attack. But the question is, how did it come about that this became such a strong element of our culture? (Hey all UK people am aware that similar things have been said of youse but don't want to make pronouncements about UK culture - let me know if things are different or same and why you think it is)
GO HELEN GO HELEN GO HELEN GO HELEN
PS - has anyone taken her advice yet and done a similar post? I haven't because I am a big chicken buck buck
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Date: 2005-12-05 06:53 am (UTC)I was thinking about why it is so hard to talk about the things you're good out without apologising profusely and undermining everything. For me, i think it's because I'm terrified that
a) i'll be contradicted and therefore find out the awful truth that in fact I am crap and have only been fooling myself all these years
OR
b) I won't be contradicted to my face but people will be sniggering behind my back about what a self-deluded fool I am
OR
c) People will think I'm big cow who thinks I'm great.
'Thinks she's great' - that's an interesting insult, what's wrong with thinking you're great? In Ireland, anyway, it's a total no-no. It's been so engrained in us that anyone who simply says what they are good at causes total confusion and fear amongst the audience who have no idea how to respond. Sometimes the result is muttering and shuffling of feet, sometimes a direct attack. But the question is, how did it come about that this became such a strong element of our culture? (Hey all UK people am aware that similar things have been said of youse but don't want to make pronouncements about UK culture - let me know if things are different or same and why you think it is)
GO HELEN GO HELEN GO HELEN GO HELEN
PS - has anyone taken her advice yet and done a similar post? I haven't because I am a big chicken buck buck