NationStates Jolt Archive

What we've got here is... failure to communicate. Some men you just can't reach. So you get what we had here last week, which is the way he wants it... well, he gets it. I don't like it any more than you men.

Communication is an important part of our lives, it affects everything that we do, and there's two side to communicating. One side is the person doing the communication, the talker, and the other side is the person receiving the communication, the listener. It has been my experience that the vast majority of mankind are great communicators but lousy listeners.

While over the years, I have tried to work on my listening skills, I still fall short myself. One thing that always causes me to tune out (and sometimes get an attitude) is lecturing. I HATE it when I am lectured to. The reason being is that I view lecturing as a way for one person to talk down to another. However, as my partner in crime has so aptly point out, lecturing is a part of life, so I guess I'm going to have to find some way to deal with it without tuning out or getting an attitude.

So how are you guys at communication, good, bad, etc. Also, how do you deal with lectures?

*ignores Wilgrove and his thread*

I can listen well, speak not so much.

As for lectures, there are people that I can take it from well and those from whom I can't. Mostly, if I respect them then it's okay but I cannot stand it when my parents lecture me.

Also, how do you deal with lectures?

Paper aeroplanes.

*Sits Wilgrove down*

*Begins 2 hour long lecture*

Paper aeroplanes.

Only if it's a really bad lecture.

You have to start with hangman.

Only if it's a really bad lecture.

You have to start with hangman.

and then escalate to hitting those beside you with a banana skin to the face

and then escalate to hitting those beside you with a banana skin to the face

I'm afraid that I never have that item to hand. Can you suggest a non-banana alternative that would achieve the same effect?

I'm afraid that I never have that item to hand. Can you suggest a non-banana alternative that would achieve the same effect?

Penises.

If you would stop being such a hippie perhaps you wouldn't be lectured too so much.

If you would stop being such a hippie perhaps you wouldn't be lectured too so much.

If you worked on your grammar, you might one day find yourself not being ironically lectured right back, too.

If you would stop being such a hippie perhaps you wouldn't be lectured too so much.Now I might be going out on a limb here, but libertarians and hippies don't mix well, and one quick look at Wilgrove's sig will let you know which of the two categories he belongs to.

Depends on the nature of the lecture. In a learning environment, that's fine. But if someone is lecturing me on something at work or in public or at home, I get annoyed very quickly.

it's also something of a myth. much of what people believe they are or expect there to be communicated.

when computers transfer data, that is communication that works, because it isn't based on expectations that aren't specifically and regorously provided for.

almost only data can be transfered really, even if sometimes that CAN be data ABOUT emotions (the one exception to this might be a kind of nontangable spirit energy), but COMPREHENSION TRANFER, between sentient organic beings, is almost entirely mythilogical.

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thank now i got the Guns&Roses song in my head :headbang:

thank now i got the Guns&Roses song in my head :headbang:

*evil laughter*

Who shot who in the what? I wasn't listening.

Penises.

What? The? Fuck?

Ways to entertain self during lecture:

Play hangman with consensual other
Try to hit lecturer with paper aeroplane
Hit third party with banana skin.
Hit third party with penis.

Add the consideration that you you would need to use someone else's penis, and I conclude:

You're insane.

You're insane.

And you're stating the obvious, which is a terribly boring act and may be called a failure to communicate properly. So?

So how are you guys at communication, good, bad, etc.

Me: Communication is overrated.
A friend: What?

That about sums it up.