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Title: Have you ever thought about how other people perceive you?
Post by: strongbad on December 29, 2010, 04:48:55 AM
I'm pretty sure that almost everyone here has been asked how they thought they were viewed by other people.
This is definitely a marijuana-induced thought, but shit, this blew my fucking mind.

Think about it this way. Think about how you view yourself. All of your individual characteristics, everything that you know about yourself. Then think about how other people view you. Viewing you knowing only what they know and seeing only what they see.

I've always viewed myself as a small, nonthreatening individual who fits in to society and is hardly unique in any way aside from being somewhat of a geek. The small part is a big deal, since up until 9th grade or so, I was always the smallest kid. Shortest in my grade, lightest, etc. I had a huge growth spurt and now am above average, but I still feel small, even when around people my own size. The thing is that other people don't view me as small, that's just how I view myself. Just this realization itself made me realize that there were probably tons of things about my person in general that I had a completely different view on. I almost wish that I could pay somebody to follow me around with a camera for a month, and then edit all the meaningful things (conversations, etc) together into somewhat of a video.

Sorry if this post is kind of scattered. It's 4:48am and I am not tired and wanted to post about this before it left my mind.
Title: Re: Have you ever thought about how other people perceive you?
Post by: Daddy on December 29, 2010, 06:35:57 AM
I have an anxiety disorder.
akudood;

Always
Title: Re: Have you ever thought about how other people perceive you?
Post by: Classic on December 29, 2010, 07:55:37 AM
I used to be really self conscious...but now I really don't care what people think...and everyone seems to admire that for some reason.
Title: Re: Have you ever thought about how other people perceive you?
Post by: just1more on December 29, 2010, 09:09:02 AM
I do it all of the time. In fact, I take it to the next level because almost every time I do something, I make a mental picture of someone else I know who tends to do the same thing I just did, and perceive myself as I would normally perceive that person.

Sometimes it's positive, sometimes it's negative. If it's negative, I always make a note in my head to try not to repeat that action in the future.
Title: Re: Have you ever thought about how other people perceive you?
Post by: Hippopo on December 29, 2010, 10:01:56 AM
I've had people say they view me as a "character" who gets off task faaaar too easily.  akudood;

I'm not sure what that means.
Title: Re: Have you ever thought about how other people perceive you?
Post by: ME## on December 29, 2010, 10:06:58 AM
I'm pretty sure people view me as strange and just all around unpleasant.  confuseddood;
Title: Re: Have you ever thought about how other people perceive you?
Post by: Classic on December 29, 2010, 10:13:52 AM
You are strange.  n_u
Title: Re: Have you ever thought about how other people perceive you?
Post by: ME## on December 29, 2010, 10:14:43 AM
Quote from: Tyler on December 29, 2010, 10:13:52 AM
You are strange.  n_u


But how? cry;
Title: Re: Have you ever thought about how other people perceive you?
Post by: Classic on December 29, 2010, 10:24:59 AM
Your strange obsession with politics, your huge crush on Sarah Palin...etc.   n_u
Title: Re: Have you ever thought about how other people perceive you?
Post by: ME## on December 29, 2010, 10:33:28 AM
Quote from: Tyler on December 29, 2010, 10:24:59 AM
Your strange obsession with politics, your huge crush on Sarah Palin...etc.   n_u


You mean Chancellor Palin. Reichdood;
Title: Re: Have you ever thought about how other people perceive you?
Post by: Classic on December 29, 2010, 10:34:19 AM
Yeah.  n_u
Title: Re: Have you ever thought about how other people perceive you?
Post by: ME## on December 29, 2010, 10:38:14 AM
Quote from: Tyler on December 29, 2010, 10:34:19 AM
Yeah.  n_u


I cannot wait until she annexes Canadia and Europe. SocksDood;
Title: Re: Have you ever thought about how other people perceive you?
Post by: Thyme on December 29, 2010, 10:40:02 AM
Quote from: Spécialiste des écharpes on December 29, 2010, 10:38:14 AM
I cannot wait until she annexes Canadia and Europe. SocksDood;


We might actually have a chance to get good Internet and mobile services then. SocksDood;
Title: Re: Have you ever thought about how other people perceive you?
Post by: ME## on December 29, 2010, 10:46:49 AM
Quote from: Thyme on December 29, 2010, 10:40:02 AM
We might actually have a chance to get good Internet and mobile services then. SocksDood;


But we'll never get great service like T-Mobile offers in der Vaterland cry;
Title: Re: Have you ever thought about how other people perceive you?
Post by: Nyerp on December 29, 2010, 10:47:37 AM
i wonder what it looks like to other people when i eat my toenails under the lunch table at school confuseddood;
Title: Re: Have you ever thought about how other people perceive you?
Post by: Thyme on December 29, 2010, 10:48:45 AM
Quote from: Spécialiste des écharpes on December 29, 2010, 10:46:49 AM
But we'll never get great service like T-Mobile offers in der Vaterland cry;


well by we i meant canadia 5thgrade;

we clearly need it more than you guys n_u
Title: Re: Have you ever thought about how other people perceive you?
Post by: Classic on December 29, 2010, 10:49:04 AM
I get this cartoon like image and I giggle.  cjlubdoods;
Title: Re: Have you ever thought about how other people perceive you?
Post by: ME## on December 29, 2010, 10:50:08 AM
Quote from: Thyme on December 29, 2010, 10:48:45 AM
well by we i meant canadia 5thgrade;

we clearly need it more than you guys n_u


True.  n_u
Title: Re: Have you ever thought about how other people perceive you?
Post by: YPrrrr on December 29, 2010, 12:55:44 PM
I'm pretty sure every one at some point has thought about this whether they decided to care or not. It's definitely not a drug induced thought exclusively, but may be given more thought especially when one is paranoid
Title: Re: Have you ever thought about how other people perceive you?
Post by: ME## on December 29, 2010, 12:57:10 PM
I'm paranoid far too often. :(
Title: Re: Have you ever thought about how other people perceive you?
Post by: Thyme on December 29, 2010, 12:58:21 PM
Quote from: Spécialiste des écharpes on December 29, 2010, 12:57:10 PM
I'm paranoid far too often. :(


Squawk!
Title: Re: Have you ever thought about how other people perceive you?
Post by: YPrrrr on December 29, 2010, 01:01:00 PM
Quote from: Thyme on December 29, 2010, 12:58:21 PM
Squawk!
why are you so full of animal sounds? n_u
Title: Re: Have you ever thought about how other people perceive you?
Post by: ME## on December 29, 2010, 01:02:27 PM
Quote from: YPR on December 29, 2010, 01:01:00 PM
why are you so full of animal sounds? n_u


Paranoid Parrot. n_u
Quote from: Thyme on December 29, 2010, 12:58:21 PM
Squawk!


But he's so wise. :(
Title: Re: Have you ever thought about how other people perceive you?
Post by: Thyme on December 29, 2010, 01:03:18 PM
Quote from: YPR on December 29, 2010, 01:01:00 PM
why are you so full of animal sounds? n_u


>mfw this is how germans see the french
Title: Re: Have you ever thought about how other people perceive you?
Post by: YPrrrr on December 29, 2010, 01:21:14 PM
U
Quote from: Thyme on December 29, 2010, 01:03:18 PM
>mfw this is how germans see the french
lol girl;

What's mfw befuddlement
Title: Re: Have you ever thought about how other people perceive you?
Post by: Thyme on December 29, 2010, 01:23:02 PM
Quote from: YPR on December 29, 2010, 01:21:14 PM
lol girl;

What's mfw befuddlement


mein gesicht wenn
Title: Re: Have you ever thought about how other people perceive you?
Post by: Samus Aran on December 29, 2010, 01:30:41 PM
while I do wonder, I certainly don't let it bother me a whole lot, partially out of laziness

I generally assume that people see me as little more than a kid, because of the way I look and the way I sound

beyond that, though, I'm not really sure
Title: Re: Have you ever thought about how other people perceive you?
Post by: Nyerp on December 29, 2010, 01:47:15 PM
kaz you don't sound like a kid wtf
Title: Re: Have you ever thought about how other people perceive you?
Post by: Samus Aran on December 29, 2010, 01:59:53 PM
Quote from: Panty on December 29, 2010, 01:47:15 PM
kaz you don't sound like a kid wtf


my voice is kinda nasally and high-pitched, i thought

at least, high-pitched for a 22-year-old
Title: Re: Have you ever thought about how other people perceive you?
Post by: Nyerp on December 29, 2010, 02:14:30 PM
nasally yes high-pitched no 5thgrade;
Title: Re: Have you ever thought about how other people perceive you?
Post by: ME## on December 29, 2010, 02:15:14 PM
I would say that it's fairly high-pitched. befuddlement
Title: Re: Have you ever thought about how other people perceive you?
Post by: Classic on December 29, 2010, 02:17:04 PM
DAVID DESCRIBE MY BEAUTIFUL VOICE
I need more ego. girl;
Title: Re: Have you ever thought about how other people perceive you?
Post by: Thyme on December 29, 2010, 02:17:15 PM
Quote from: Double Doppelkreuz on December 29, 2010, 02:15:14 PM
I would say that it's fairly high-pitched. befuddlement


Of course you would, you tenor. baddood;
Title: Re: Have you ever thought about how other people perceive you?
Post by: Nyerp on December 29, 2010, 02:18:24 PM
Quote from: Double Doppelkreuz on December 29, 2010, 02:15:14 PM
I would say that it's fairly high-pitched. befuddlement


not compared to me madood;
Title: Re: Have you ever thought about how other people perceive you?
Post by: ME## on December 29, 2010, 02:19:17 PM
Quote from: Tyler on December 29, 2010, 02:17:04 PM
DAVID DESCRIBE MY BEAUTIFUL VOICE
I need more ego. girl;


Beautiful.  baddood;
Quote from: Thyme on December 29, 2010, 02:17:15 PM
Of course you would, you tenor. baddood;


It's strange, it doesn't sound that deep in my head, but then if I hear it on a recording or something it's like, 'Really, I sound like that?  huhdoodame;'.
Title: Re: Have you ever thought about how other people perceive you?
Post by: Thyme on December 29, 2010, 02:20:15 PM
Quote from: Double Doppelkreuz on December 29, 2010, 02:19:17 PM
It's strange, it doesn't sound that deep in my head, but then if I hear it on a recording or something it's like, 'Really, I sound like that?  huhdoodame;'.


Complete opposite for me. smithicide;
Title: Re: Have you ever thought about how other people perceive you?
Post by: Samus Aran on December 29, 2010, 02:20:39 PM
Quote from: Panty on December 29, 2010, 02:18:24 PM
not compared to me madood;


lol n_u
Title: Re: Have you ever thought about how other people perceive you?
Post by: ME## on December 29, 2010, 02:21:29 PM
Quote from: Thyme on December 29, 2010, 02:20:15 PM
Complete opposite for me. smithicide;


Your voice isn't that bad.  befuddlement



My voice is turrible.
Title: Re: Have you ever thought about how other people perceive you?
Post by: strongbad on December 29, 2010, 03:38:09 PM
Quote from: YPR on December 29, 2010, 12:55:44 PM
I'm pretty sure every one at some point has thought about this whether they decided to care or not. It's definitely not a drug induced thought exclusively, but may be given more thought especially when one is paranoid

I don't know. Cannabis has led to some crazy realizations about life, and I smoke a lot. I see life a lot more clear now. It's weird. Like I said, I had thought about this numerous times before I started smoking, but smoking took it to the next level. I can't explain it.
Title: Re: Have you ever thought about how other people perceive you?
Post by: YPrrrr on December 29, 2010, 03:44:46 PM
Quote from: Runner Up: Strongbutt on December 29, 2010, 03:38:09 PM
I don't know. Cannabis has led to some crazy realizations about life, and I smoke a lot. I see life a lot more clear now. It's weird. Like I said, I had thought about this numerous times before I started smoking, but smoking took it to the next level. I can't explain it.
Shrooms will make you do that way more
Title: Re: Have you ever thought about how other people perceive you?
Post by: ?????? on December 29, 2010, 05:21:14 PM
Hmm, a cannabis-induced thought, eh?
I perceive myself very negatively and harshly.
Others see me in a light that's unknown to me--hence why I cannot trust them, they threaten the foundation that I've built for myself. I can only believe some pieces of their words once I trust them, but the process is difficult and painful--unless I get a sense that they're "safe".
Title: Re: Have you ever thought about how other people perceive you?
Post by: Socks on December 29, 2010, 06:32:49 PM
this is a serious question? wow.
Title: Re: Have you ever thought about how other people perceive you?
Post by: Nyerp on December 29, 2010, 07:06:39 PM
i agree with socks

EVERYONE does this
Title: Re: Have you ever thought about how other people perceive you?
Post by: Hippopo on December 29, 2010, 09:34:31 PM
Quote from: Double Doppelkreuz on December 29, 2010, 02:21:29 PM
Your voice isn't that bad.  befuddlement



My voice is turrible.
You think your voice is bad.  Wait until you hear mine.  akudood;
Title: Re: Have you ever thought about how other people perceive you?
Post by: ME## on December 29, 2010, 09:39:38 PM
Quote from: Snowy620 on December 29, 2010, 07:23:35 PM
How about my voice? :3


Not bad.
Quote from: Potty Moss on December 29, 2010, 09:34:31 PM
You think your voice is bad.  Wait until you hear mine.  akudood;



Silly.  Nobody's voice is worse than mine. baddood;

Title: Re: Have you ever thought about how other people perceive you?
Post by: Hippopo on December 29, 2010, 09:40:40 PM
Quote from: Double Doppelkreuz on December 29, 2010, 09:39:38 PM
Not bad.

Silly.  Nobody's voice is worse than mine. baddood;


THIS IS NOT TRUE!!!

My voice is the worst I have ever heard.  I think my tongue is too big for my skull.
Title: Re: Have you ever thought about how other people perceive you?
Post by: ME## on December 29, 2010, 09:42:26 PM
Quote from: Potty Moss on December 29, 2010, 09:40:40 PM
THIS IS NOT TRUE!!!

My voice is the worst I have ever heard.  I think my tongue is too big for my skull.


It's very true.  Your voice is fine.  baddood;
Title: Re: Have you ever thought about how other people perceive you?
Post by: Hippopo on December 29, 2010, 09:44:44 PM
Quote from: Double Doppelkreuz on December 29, 2010, 09:42:26 PM
It's very true.  Your voice is fine.  baddood;
How do you know.  baddood;

Besides, tenors always have beautiful voices.  giggle;
Title: Re: Have you ever thought about how other people perceive you?
Post by: ME## on December 29, 2010, 09:48:15 PM
Quote from: Potty Moss on December 29, 2010, 09:44:44 PM
How do you know.  baddood;

Besides, tenors always have beautiful voices.  giggle;


Because I know all.  You're too kind.  You probably have the most manliest voice of all of us. baddood;
Title: Re: Have you ever thought about how other people perceive you?
Post by: Hippopo on December 29, 2010, 09:49:42 PM
Quote from: Double Doppelkreuz on December 29, 2010, 09:48:15 PM
Because I know all.  You're too kind.  You probably have the most manliest voice of all of us. baddood;
No.

I have a gay voice.  THIS IS NOT MANLY.
Title: Re: Have you ever thought about how other people perceive you?
Post by: Classic on December 29, 2010, 09:49:59 PM
Quote from: Double Doppelkreuz on December 29, 2010, 09:48:15 PM
Because I know all.  You're too kind.  You probably have the most manliest voice of all of us. baddood;
'
Wrong.
Title: Re: Have you ever thought about how other people perceive you?
Post by: ME## on December 29, 2010, 09:53:21 PM
Quote from: Potty Moss on December 29, 2010, 09:49:42 PM
No.

I have a gay voice.  THIS IS NOT MANLY.


J'ai ri. girl;
Quote from: Tyler on December 29, 2010, 09:49:59 PM
'
Wrong.
O_0

Title: Re: Have you ever thought about how other people perceive you?
Post by: just1more on December 30, 2010, 08:13:57 AM
Quote from: Double Doppelkreuz on December 29, 2010, 09:39:38 PM
Not bad.

Silly.  Nobody's voice is worse than mine. baddood;



I don't know. My voice is pretty bad.

Especially when it's recorded.
Title: Re: Have you ever thought about how other people perceive you?
Post by: ?????? on December 30, 2010, 11:46:53 AM
my voice is slowly getting lower since my anxiety doesn't mess with my breathing
but i still hate it--it sounds so WHITE MIDDLE-CLASS AMERICAN
Title: Re: Have you ever thought about how other people perceive you?
Post by: Houdini on January 01, 2011, 01:33:38 PM
Around this time last year I was really obsessed with figuring out what people thought of me. I was pretty hung up on it for a while. Thinking about it got me nowhere. After actually talking to some of my friends about it I found out that I what I thought people saw me as differed completely from their actually perception of me. I generally see myself as quiet, soft-spoken, and somewhat melancholic, but apparently I'm seen as loud, gregarious, constantly joking, and unpredictable.

I thought about this for a while, and it dawned on me that I perceive myself not in terms of how I act but how I think. Obviously the people who aren't me do the opposite. I'm a lot cooler than I give myself credit for.
Title: Re: Have you ever thought about how other people perceive you?
Post by: ME## on January 01, 2011, 07:06:00 PM
Quote from: Analysis Paralysis on December 30, 2010, 11:46:53 AM
my voice is slowly getting lower since my anxiety doesn't mess with my breathing
but i still hate it--it sounds so WHITE MIDDLE-CLASS AMERICAN


As it should. baddood;
Title: Re: Have you ever thought about how other people perceive you?
Post by: christianasianbodybuilder on January 01, 2011, 07:06:20 PM
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Title: Re: Have you ever thought about how other people perceive you?
Post by: burzumfan420 on January 01, 2011, 07:08:07 PM
Quote from: Analysis Paralysis on December 30, 2010, 11:46:53 AM
my voice is slowly getting lower since my anxiety doesn't mess with my breathing
but i still hate it--it sounds so WHITE MIDDLE-CLASS AMERICAN
it sucks that you either have 2 be poor 2 be cool or rich so you are allowed 2 buy out people and you can be ignorant  and cool
Title: Re: Have you ever thought about how other people perceive you?
Post by: christianasianbodybuilder on January 01, 2011, 07:10:35 PM
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Title: Re: Have you ever thought about how other people perceive you?
Post by: Nyerp on January 01, 2011, 07:41:15 PM
hurrikane katirna was jesus christ puutting por ppl in there place an u no it
Title: Re: Have you ever thought about how other people perceive you?
Post by: burzumfan420 on January 01, 2011, 07:41:56 PM
Quote from: Panty on January 01, 2011, 07:41:15 PM
hurrikane katirna was jesus christ puutting por ppl in there place an u no it



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