I don't think I can contradict anything you say here, because it boils down to "it's pretty much okay for anyone to be however they want to be," which I fundamentally agree with. And because of that, I can't say that if someone else doesn't share a thought, it's wasted. On the other hand, for myself, I'm not sure I feel that way. A lot of the time, a can't fully elaborate a thought if I don't share it in some way, and that's what drives me to share the kind of thoughts I talk about in that post. Hell, it was what drove me to write that post in the first place; I had a vague idea about the thoughts that come out of nowhere, and how different they are when you share them as them happen, so I wrote as if I were speaking aloud to someone to see how that thought developed. Then, once it was written, I posted it online because there's always a chance that someone will do exactly what you did here and have something to say in reply. I mention in that post that other people have made it seem like being able to talk easily about that kind of thought is a good thing, so I think there are people who might like to be more forthcoming with their silly thoughts but aren't. It's that kind of person that I'm thinking about, rather than the people who are perfectly comfortable not being an open book. It's when people tell me that their life isn't interesting that I tend to get frustrated, not when people just don't tell me about their life. A thought unshared by someone who wants to share it but doesn't is, to me, a thought wasted (insomuch as one can waste thoughts).
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Date: 2014-12-11 11:00 pm (UTC)On the other hand, for myself, I'm not sure I feel that way. A lot of the time, a can't fully elaborate a thought if I don't share it in some way, and that's what drives me to share the kind of thoughts I talk about in that post. Hell, it was what drove me to write that post in the first place; I had a vague idea about the thoughts that come out of nowhere, and how different they are when you share them as them happen, so I wrote as if I were speaking aloud to someone to see how that thought developed. Then, once it was written, I posted it online because there's always a chance that someone will do exactly what you did here and have something to say in reply.
I mention in that post that other people have made it seem like being able to talk easily about that kind of thought is a good thing, so I think there are people who might like to be more forthcoming with their silly thoughts but aren't. It's that kind of person that I'm thinking about, rather than the people who are perfectly comfortable not being an open book. It's when people tell me that their life isn't interesting that I tend to get frustrated, not when people just don't tell me about their life. A thought unshared by someone who wants to share it but doesn't is, to me, a thought wasted (insomuch as one can waste thoughts).