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Thread #30881   Message #398954
Posted By: hesperis
15-Feb-01 - 06:46 PM
Thread Name: The ability to Laugh at YOURSELF!
Subject: RE: The ability to Laugh at YOURSELF!
Who, ME?

Actually, I got mad at someone on another forum once, because I thought that he wasn't respecting a serious idea that I had posted. I was worried that he would take that same attitude elsewhere if he wasn't given a response like "Ouch! You stepped on my foot! Get off!"

He responded very well, and even though the mods asked me to calm down, I was already calm about it. And now, I understand the other person a lot more than if I hadn't said "Ouch!" and had just gone away feeling put down.

So sometimes laughing at yourself isn't the best thing you can do.