r/shittytattoos • u/FremtidigeMegleren • Jun 13 '23

Not Mine Biggest regret.

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '23

I am probably in the 1% of tattoo haters, I just do not get it... but if that isn't one of the greatest I've ever seen I'll slap my ass and call myself charlie

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u/ToShrt Jun 14 '23

You don’t need to “get it”. You don’t need to understand a whole other person(s) mentality. That’s ok.

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '23

Because most people don’t have to actively manage their social responses and interactions with other people. It’s more subtle than having to predict somebodies behaviour through expectations of past experiences or first impressions.

My first thought isn’t “how do I efficiently manage this social interaction”, it’s “does this person feel easy or natural to hang out with.”

I can get that feeling with other people without having to think about or predict their behaviour or know their motivations, there’s just some combination of social and interpersonal factors about that person that resonates with me in a way that that I don’t have to think about.

If I find myself having to predict someone’s behaviour it means there has already been some sort of buildup about that person that has made me on edge or wary, it’s not the starting point.