--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <authfriend@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, oxcart49 <no_reply@> wrote: > <snip> > > I am not aware of too many who have small tantrums over others > > not wanting to respond to them. > > It's pretty rare. And when someone does complain, it's > typically in the context of an extended discussion that > the other person (often the one who initiated it) has > suddenly backed out of. > > Barry's been pushing for *years* the notion that others > get upset when he doesn't respond to them and that any > comments they make about him are attempts to get him to > interact with them. That's just Barry trying to make > himself sound important and at the same time discourage > folks from making comments about him. That tactic has > been a total failure, but he can't seem to give it up. > > > I find most people take umbrage > > at the nature of some interactions between themselves and other > > posters. The problem is not that there ceases to be > > communication but that communications continues in a way that > > one or both parties find inflammatory or unpleasant or untrue. > > Or they take umbrage at gratuitous attacks, such as are > almost always a feature of Barry's "cafe raps" (including > the one you're responding to). Or the drive-by attacks > khazana favors. > > The funniest part about Barry's fulminations is that he > not only fantasizes about other people trying to get his > attention, he indulges in the very behavior he's > fantasizing about--and *boasts about doing it*. > > This is perhaps the most interesting thing about Barry: > he is unable to recognize in himself the behavior that > he compulsively criticizes in others. And he's unable to > recognize it even when he's *made up* the behavior in > those he's criticizing. >
So Barry walking into a psychiatrist's office: Barry: I hate this fucking bullshit. Judy: I know this is difficult. I'm very glad we're having this discussion. Barry: Really, really? Because, I gotta be honest, I think this fucking sucks. Judy: What does? Barry: Therapy! THIS! I hate this fucking bullshit. Judy: Sigh... Barry: We're both adults here, right? So after all is said and done, after all the complaining and the crying, all the fucking bullshit...is this all there is? http://youtu.be/tPxSLXTWy-E
