Please refer to this public post on G+: https://plus.google.com/116222833568410151476/posts/Ucv4VShtdrt
It's not necessary to understand my entry but it was my jumping point so...copy 'n paste the url please! I can't make the link button work for Chrome for some reason. Sorry. =/

"Personal experience and seemingly random encounters are incredibly informative. There is so much to be learned about a population no matter if it is niche, city-wide or more extensive. It's hard to understand people (in general or specifically) if our daily lives are just brushed off as random coincidences.

I like asking questions. I have been on the receiving end of many a judging look or bewildered comment from my peers after asking a simple direct question. I rarely receive an answer without awkwardness or repeating the question.

On the other hand, there is a risk of thinking too much. "If it's not a random then..." can lead to conspiracy theories (My phone is tapped!) as well as self-delusion (They did this because they hate me for my talent! Jealousy is just sooo ugly.) These can lead to misunderstandings that may or may not be rectified; e.g. creating broken homes, hurting a significant other/friend or getting fired. I think the boundary is easier to spot this way: if it's too outlandish and there isn't enough or any evidence to support it, back away and don't entertain the idea."

Er, comments?

p.s. As you can see, I've kind of decided to post both here and there. My main concern is that what happened on FB may or may not happen on G+. Honestly, I trust Google more than FB but it CAN happen. Namely, something that we thought would be private can become public because of some idiot's error. I believe the incident was that FB allowed one's friends to access private messages (or was it chats). That would not be fun. G+ is linked to me, the REALITY'S ME. This is not, thankfully.

Which brings me to...@MIDDAYMOON: WAS THAT AN INSULT? YO, WATCHA MEAN BY THAT?!

As far as I'm aware, most people do take life as a mixture of random coincidences and intentional actions. Don't know too many (or any?) people who think it's only one way or the other.
» randomjunk on 2011-08-08 06:28:35

I'm with RJ on the random coincidences but I do know people who think that people intentionally does things to her all the time and it is annoying.

Interesting article btw... I would love to be able to get a job where I sit, observe and make comments about people behaviour but unfortunately, there is no job of that sort
» Nuttz on 2011-08-09 07:24:22

My my, you are a very privacy-conscious gal. I would use the word paranoid but that makes you sound a little bit loopy...just very, very cautious about web privacy. The fact that you lack a G+ picture drives me insane because you show up all the time on my Stream, and you are faceless lol.

I COMPLETELY agree that over-thinking is bad. I do it all the freaking time and I hate it. Working to find a balance...and knowing when to tell myself to just stfu lol
» The-Muffin-Man on 2011-08-09 04:01:43

I've been getting the impression that learning to drive is only that horrifying with stick.
» randomjunk on 2011-08-11 04:41:59

What?
» middaymoon on 2011-08-13 03:21:31

OH
No it's not an insult, I mean "you" in the general sense: All of nutang.
» middaymoon on 2011-08-13 03:25:15

Life becomes a lot less random once you adopt a routine. A day job, school, or anything you do with regularity severely restricts the amount of random happenings in your life.
» le_battement on 2011-08-14 12:14:05

Also, being privacy-conscious is smart. I have only a very limited amount of pictures of myself on the internet, and I usually untag myself from friends' photos. It's about the right to your own image and the right to remain private. Things can too easily be exploited. There's been a trend over the last decade of making everything in your life public domain. The point in doing this eludes me. Plus, almost nobody actually cares about what other people are doing/saying.
» le_battement on 2011-08-14 12:18:44

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