thespianbatboy

Re: why not befriend people who see things differently -- well, mostly because there are some situations in which differences of opinion can be interesting and enlightening, and others where you're just left going "uh... no."

Per esempio: often I do not appreciate certain films or types of music. However, even though I don't enjoy watching or listening to those artworks myself, it's interesting to read critical appraisals of those pieces to see what other people have found in them. Similarly, on issues of international relations, it is often enlightening to see what other people, with better information or different worldviews, think the correct policy ought to be.

On the other hand, there are some situations in which opinions are clearly wrong and/or deeply offensive. In those situations, there is little to be gained by listening to them and less reason to subject oneself to the company of those who hold them.

My Goodkind test is, to some extent, a method of getting at the latter. In my view, anyway, which is really important for nothing more than deciding who I want to talk to -- and so not very important at all.

i had a photography crit yesterday and when my work came up a girl raised her hand and said "you know, it looks like you really didn't care about this assignment. if you hadn't just identified those photographs as yours, i would have never guessed they were." stupid cuntface.