Further to my rant yesterday about YouTube's shortcomings, I have noticed there are two types of failings that seem to make people particularly angry.
One is the case that I mentioned yesterday, namely, when someone seems capable of great things but falls painfully short of the standards you expect of them. They may be achieving higher than 99% of the population but because you placed such high expectations on them (rightly or wrongly) you end up really disappointed with their failure to achieve.
A second one I've noticed is when you see yourself in someone else's failings. I know I do this myself and based on my observations, other people do it too. I'm not sure what it is but I definitely have a tendency to get more angry with someone when they're doing something that I know is one of my bad habits. The thought process goes something like this:
"That person really pisses me off...
"I do that as well...
"I hate being reminded of what a fuck-up I am...
"Man, fuck other people! Like I give a shit about what anyone else thinks...
"HEY DICKHEAD, WAKE THE FUCK UP TO YOURSELF"
Or maybe I'm the only one who's this neurotic. Does anyone else react this way?
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