When I was engaged to my ex-wife, we went on a trip with my father-in-law and his wife. As we're walking out of the hotel, on our way to do something, somewhere, I saw a set of twins.
"Look at the pair of twins," I said.
"Your mother was a teacher. They are
twins or a
set of twins, not a
pair! What sort of things did she teach you?" exclaimed my father-in-law, with a mischievous grin.
"She taught me not to correct people in public," I replied.
He loved me after that.
(Though, I find
myself hard-pressed not to correct people in public.
)
There's one thing that makes me furious and "grinds my gears" - I can not stand people who use the ignorance of others for their own selfish gain. I just can't. When I see this happening, I get incensed. I can't abide it. I find myself forced to speak out. I can accept the blind leading the blind, but I can't accept those who know better deliberately "informing" someone falsely, just to get that person to do what they want them to do or to agree with their point of view. Mistakes happen and I can allow for that. But, when it's obviously done purposefully and knowingly, I consider it unforgivable... Well, it's something that would require those who commit such a violation of basic human trust to do wonderful and numerous deeds in order to be forgiven, at any rate.
This is probably why I dislike polarized politics...
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Originally Posted by Schrody
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