Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ttidcc.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!ttidca!ttidcc!hollombe From: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: Emotions & choice, a comment by an observer Message-ID: <652@ttidcc.UUCP> Date: Thu, 8-Aug-85 14:47:35 EDT Article-I.D.: ttidcc.652 Posted: Thu Aug 8 14:47:35 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 11-Aug-85 06:13:40 EDT References: <5557@cbscc.UUCP><591@unc.UUCP> Reply-To: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath) Organization: The Cat Factory Lines: 26 Summary: In article <1421@pyuxd.UUCP> rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen) writes: >What irks me about some of these same people (many of whom come off of >some grand weekend therapy with this great new insight in their lives) >is the very nature of this selfishness in proclaiming "I'm not >responsible for other people's feelings". Simple problems in human >communication aside, they use this to their advantage. I think the common term for people like this is "est-holes". Fortunately, the phenomenon isn't usually permanent. After about 6 months they notice that all their former friends are now avoiding them and life has become rather lonely. They're also having a hard time finding new friends. (Even est-holes need friends (-: ). Social pressure now takes the form of operant conditioning and the obnoxious behavior fades away pretty rapidly. Whenever someone tells me they're off to an est-like seminar I wait and see how they come out of it. If they're an est-hole I just write them out of my social calendar for six months or so (just to get the social pressure ball rolling). That's usually long enough for the problem to go away. -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ The Polymath (aka: Jerry Hollombe) Citicorp TTI Common Sense is what tells you that a ten 3100 Ocean Park Blvd. pound weight falls ten times as fast as a Santa Monica, CA 90405 one pound weight. (213) 450-9111, ext. 2483 {philabs,randvax,trwrb,vortex}!ttidca!ttidcc!hollombe