hate on faith lesson 1
i'm going to give you a scenario. imagine that i'm talking to you and i'm telling you the events in the scenario. i will then give you options as to what your reply potentially could be then we will discuss the correct answers.
ready?
what? no you don't need a pen, just pay attention, sheesh...
background: i had tons of problems last year with my project. some were my fault. others i had no control over. many were mis-handled by my major prof. and he furthered muddied the waters with regard to my reputation with others in order to dodge blame for his own misconduct. now i'm dealing with one of the others and there is still some apparent residual bad feelings from them and they are passive aggressively taking it out on me. in email. i receive an email saying essential equipment that i absolutely positively need for my research which is supposed to be made available to any who is qualified to use it and requests it should get will not be available for me to use. i can't emphasize enough that no part of my reseach can take place without this equipment.
scenario: you're my friend and i walk into your office because i'm very upset about this email. i even have a little hitch in my voice and the tears are threatening to fall. i tell you about the email. you respond:
a) that FUCKER!
b) that ASSWIPE!
c) what aPRICK!
d) well, i think the best thing to do in this scenario is to calm down and make a trip out to the lab to talk to them in person because it's easier for people to be mean over email and if you just suck it up and take responsibility for what happened and reassure him that you would get the equipment back in a timely manner and blahblahblah blahdyblah blah blahdyblahdyfucking blahblah blah alsdk;jfewoiru tql;rkjal
e) that's so FUCKing unfair!
f) let's go have a beer
ok, if you answered a, b, c, e, or f you are a true friend and a competent practitioner of "hate on faith" meaning i need to vent and you may not even know this person i'm hating but because you're my friend and they are making my life hard that in the exact moment of the vent, YOU hate them too. and that means you rock! and i would so totally return the favor.
if you answered d, i fucking hate you because i don't need advice! i don't need to be told how to behave and how to get things done! i'm VENTING! i'm not going to reply to his email saying "hey, thanks for the help. oh wait you're NOT helping PRICK!" i may want to but for reals people, i'm not GOING TO. all i want/need is to get my frustrations off my chest to a friend and then move on. but no, sometimes someone you thought was a good friend turns out to apparently think you're a social fucking retard and need to be told how to handle the situation.
ack!
so read this. study this. practice this. and get back to me when you can hate properly.
ready?
what? no you don't need a pen, just pay attention, sheesh...
background: i had tons of problems last year with my project. some were my fault. others i had no control over. many were mis-handled by my major prof. and he furthered muddied the waters with regard to my reputation with others in order to dodge blame for his own misconduct. now i'm dealing with one of the others and there is still some apparent residual bad feelings from them and they are passive aggressively taking it out on me. in email. i receive an email saying essential equipment that i absolutely positively need for my research which is supposed to be made available to any who is qualified to use it and requests it should get will not be available for me to use. i can't emphasize enough that no part of my reseach can take place without this equipment.
scenario: you're my friend and i walk into your office because i'm very upset about this email. i even have a little hitch in my voice and the tears are threatening to fall. i tell you about the email. you respond:
a) that FUCKER!
b) that ASSWIPE!
c) what aPRICK!
d) well, i think the best thing to do in this scenario is to calm down and make a trip out to the lab to talk to them in person because it's easier for people to be mean over email and if you just suck it up and take responsibility for what happened and reassure him that you would get the equipment back in a timely manner and blahblahblah blahdyblah blah blahdyblahdyfucking blahblah blah alsdk;jfewoiru tql;rkjal
e) that's so FUCKing unfair!
f) let's go have a beer
ok, if you answered a, b, c, e, or f you are a true friend and a competent practitioner of "hate on faith" meaning i need to vent and you may not even know this person i'm hating but because you're my friend and they are making my life hard that in the exact moment of the vent, YOU hate them too. and that means you rock! and i would so totally return the favor.
if you answered d, i fucking hate you because i don't need advice! i don't need to be told how to behave and how to get things done! i'm VENTING! i'm not going to reply to his email saying "hey, thanks for the help. oh wait you're NOT helping PRICK!" i may want to but for reals people, i'm not GOING TO. all i want/need is to get my frustrations off my chest to a friend and then move on. but no, sometimes someone you thought was a good friend turns out to apparently think you're a social fucking retard and need to be told how to handle the situation.
ack!
so read this. study this. practice this. and get back to me when you can hate properly.
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