hilarious

...in that disgusting kind of way. A few things, which should be obvious yet I feel need to be stated anyway:

"It's not you, it's me" should always be translated as, "It's not me, it's you." I am guilty of using this one in the past (thankfully only once, before I admitted to myself what a load of shit it was), and have decided to never use it again.

Language. This isn't much of a subject change, more of a broad statement, really. I had a speech class professor once, who happened to be the best teacher I've ever had. Among his countless words of wisdom was this advice: "You have no control over other people's (re)actions, only over your own conscious acts. Since the majority of people form opinions based on what other people say, what you say should be something you think about very carefully before doing."

Every word you say should be meant to the fullest. If you don't fully mean what the word means, don't say it. If it's a temporally null concept (meaning restrictions/limits of time don't apply to it, for you laymen. And no, I'm not going to define what "laymen" means) such as, oh, I don't know, love or hate (to choose two at random), then the statement of either emotion should be considered highly before spoken, as the listener must be assumed to know the full meaning of either word and will base their (re)actions upon them accordingly.

So why not apply this to everyday life? How many people would be happier? Fucking tons. Can you even imagine that? Everyone meaning everything they said. All the time. Granted, there would be a lot less talking, but if you heard somebody speak you'd know it was worth listening to. Might be kinda nice.

So I've started it on my own. Not recently, really, but in the not-too-distant past. You'd think that my life would be much more fulfilling and my relationships with people would be absolutely amazing. And they would be. There's just one problem: No one else is doing what I'm doing. At least, nobody I've met so far. Where I mean every word I say (whether positively or negatively), other people twist words to mean what they do not, state things in such a way as to mislead you from the truth, leave out key words and don't consider it "lying," and/or generally just lie to your face.

If this sounds too analytical for your taste, think about what you've just read. What kind of person would you rather be?