Comments on: complimented http://cygnoir.net/2008/12/14/complimented/ the black swan with digital wings Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:47:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: pixie http://cygnoir.net/2008/12/14/complimented/comment-page-1/#comment-2313 pixie Tue, 16 Dec 2008 01:23:38 +0000 http://cygnoir.net/?p=2337#comment-2313 people are so critical, I think anytime someone says something nice to us it's okay to be excited or put into a good mood etc by it. Picking apart anything nice I think could ruin the simplicity of someone saying or doing something nice. I do get what your saying, totally... but I guess thinking about a compliment that much would probably just ruin it for me so I would rather be ignorant and happy someone said something nice! SOMETHING spurred the compliment, so why not enjoy it? :) heh. people are so critical, I think anytime someone says something nice to us it’s okay to be excited or put into a good mood etc by it. Picking apart anything nice I think could ruin the simplicity of someone saying or doing something nice. I do get what your saying, totally… but I guess thinking about a compliment that much would probably just ruin it for me so I would rather be ignorant and happy someone said something nice! SOMETHING spurred the compliment, so why not enjoy it? :) heh.

]]> By: Ned http://cygnoir.net/2008/12/14/complimented/comment-page-1/#comment-2305 Ned Mon, 15 Dec 2008 11:54:14 +0000 http://cygnoir.net/?p=2337#comment-2305 I've noticed that "you're the best librarian ever" can translate as "you're the best librarian that I know of, that I can recall right now, based on my own inexpert understanding of the role". I don't know if that would affect how I'd receive a compliment, but it does make me feel inhibited from using superlatives myself. I think compliments and insults reflect the giver's perception of the giver-recipient relationship... but that's wordy. I’ve noticed that “you’re the best librarian ever” can translate as “you’re the best librarian that I know of, that I can recall right now, based on my own inexpert understanding of the role”.

I don’t know if that would affect how I’d receive a compliment, but it does make me feel inhibited from using superlatives myself.

I think compliments and insults reflect the giver’s perception of the giver-recipient relationship… but that’s wordy.

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