They can be rather rude, yes - at the same time, surely you realize that we must look the same way?
[The question isn't chiding, however.]
I don't know, I find that humans are an inherently flawed species; so many points of view, most of them so incompatible with each other that each individual person can only tolerate maybe one or two on an intimate level for long periods of time, while everyone else is held at arms' distance. One or two, out of billions of people! It's a wonder humanity has survived as a species, when you take that into account - people really should have ended each other by now, though I suppose the general concept of morality comes into it somewhere...
[He trails off for a moment before seeming to realize how tangential that is and seeming to reset his line of thinking back on track. It's been a while since he's discussed something like this; though his expression remains generally calm, it shows in his eyes - he's pleased with it, excited.]
But really, that sort of conflict and diversity is what makes the world interesting, I think; the truths of the world are things we all have access to, the main difference is in how we understand them. No one is more right than anyone else, on a basic level - your sort of understanding makes just as much sense in relation to the world as that coming from those with more socially "normal" viewpoints, and if anything else, a lack of mental adherence to social cues means that you perceive things that others don't. It's a fair tradeoff for a bit of rudeness once in a while, don't you think?
[He stops himself then; goodness, he has been going on for a while.]
Ah, but speaking of rudeness, I'm saying far too much, aren't I? The point I'm getting to is this - it's possible that eventually I may argue with you on something fundamental, but again, that's just due to a difference in understanding, and I won't just...I don't know, storm out because of that. If that's the reason you're not "as worried" about ruining this, then you need to know that you don't have to be worried at all.
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[The question isn't chiding, however.]
I don't know, I find that humans are an inherently flawed species; so many points of view, most of them so incompatible with each other that each individual person can only tolerate maybe one or two on an intimate level for long periods of time, while everyone else is held at arms' distance. One or two, out of billions of people! It's a wonder humanity has survived as a species, when you take that into account - people really should have ended each other by now, though I suppose the general concept of morality comes into it somewhere...
[He trails off for a moment before seeming to realize how tangential that is and seeming to reset his line of thinking back on track. It's been a while since he's discussed something like this; though his expression remains generally calm, it shows in his eyes - he's pleased with it, excited.]
But really, that sort of conflict and diversity is what makes the world interesting, I think; the truths of the world are things we all have access to, the main difference is in how we understand them. No one is more right than anyone else, on a basic level - your sort of understanding makes just as much sense in relation to the world as that coming from those with more socially "normal" viewpoints, and if anything else, a lack of mental adherence to social cues means that you perceive things that others don't. It's a fair tradeoff for a bit of rudeness once in a while, don't you think?
[He stops himself then; goodness, he has been going on for a while.]
Ah, but speaking of rudeness, I'm saying far too much, aren't I? The point I'm getting to is this - it's possible that eventually I may argue with you on something fundamental, but again, that's just due to a difference in understanding, and I won't just...I don't know, storm out because of that. If that's the reason you're not "as worried" about ruining this, then you need to know that you don't have to be worried at all.