| If you're here then no doubt you've done something just to see people's reactions. What have you done and what have you learned. I have discovered that I am apparently very persuasive when I think I'm obviously joking. Ex 1) At summer camp on the last day when everyone is getting phone numbers/emails/etc. I was in a group with a few people and someone's mom. After getting all my friends numbers, I jokingly asked the mother if she'd give me hers as well. To my surprise she did, what makes it even odder is that I barely talked to her daughter at all so it wasn't like I was an acquaintance, she was just someone I had talked to once or twice while she was chaperoning other people. Ex 2) During the introduction at the start of my senior year of high school, I told the outrageous lie that I was a professional ninja assasin. There was a moment of silence before the teacher asked, "Are you really?" Informing me that I had said this boldfaced untruth with such clarity and force that she had believed it to be true. Ex 3) I suggested to a friend as a joke that she should go to the same college that I go to, she apparently took my suggestion seriously and immediately after graduating Community College came to University with me. Are these all coincidences? Or do people take what I say too seriously even when I think I'm being irreverant and sarcastic....to the point that they can even make life changing decisions off what I suggest as a joke? Comments on this are welcome, share your own experiences as well. |
 |
| Game log 1: Informed one user of MAL that I had begun a game, and that he was the only person I was telling about the existence of said game. I did not reveal what the game was, where it was, or that this was it. Informed him he was free to do with the knowledge whatever he wished. Allowed him to ask me one question about the game Q: "why didja make this game?" A: "because I was bored, and I wanted to see how many bored people are like me" Afterwards he admitted he wanted to ask a lame question. I was disappointed in this result. Thoughts? comments? |
| |
| I'll place something up here as soon as my memory decides to show me something interesting. Off the top of my head would be answering random calls on my cellphone and having normal conversations with the people on the other end. This freaks out some of them. Funniest thing i remember was a women calling me and asking for someone elses name then her husband calling the entire next week asking me where i am what i'm doing and if really didn't sleep with his wife. Those were some interesting conversations since the guy actualy thought i was lying about everything so i indulged him in his delusions. |
| For the most part, I'm just an observer who watches people as they interact with each other. Though I do have a tendency to say whatever is needed to provoke others to elaborate on their viewpoints. Ah, and similar to JustRad, I've been told a few times that I am "too serious". :/ Ex.1) Classmate: "I hate this subject so much! Don't you?" Me (aware that most hate said subject but like it nevertheless): "Mhmm...because it is utter nonsense and a waste of time?" Classmate: "Yes, that and....." Ex.2) Girl: "Forensic autopsy is such a disgusting job. Who would actually do that?" Me (indifferent to said job): "I think it's an awesome job." Girl looks shock and remains that way until I say- Me: "Just kidding." Ex. 3) Film Studies class.... We are watching Eraserhead, the reactions of fellow classmates are very amusing. Maybe being a Film Studies teacher ain't as bad (other than having to deal with kids all day) as it appears. :) |
| About half the stuff I say to people is to see how they respond. I also have multiple personalities that I switch through to see how people respond when I suddenly switch personalities. Or I say something and then wait until someone answers and then switch to the opposite standpoint, normally the other person will switch too. I also say ridiculous stuff that obviously is totally inappropriate for the situation to see how people respond when they are uncomfortable with what someone says. And a lot of other stuff. I probably just sit and watch people more I like to call it "people watching" and no it's not stalking, although I always wondered how someone would respond if I followed them but I'm not at that level yet. And then making up stories like getting chased by bears or attacked by strangers, people always believe them. |
 |
| I would always take the most controversial point in high school social studies just so i could offend as many people as possible. The best part is if you do it right you can make them agree with you even though they just screamed at you. |
 |
| Off the top of my head, here are a few things I enjoy doing when I'm bored: Randomly jumping out at people from behind things. Facing the wrong way in a crowded elevator. Waiting until someone vacuuming gets around a corner and all the way to the end of a long extension cord, then unplugging it. Multiple times. When I worked at a camp a couple of summers ago I enjoyed pointing to an odd looking stump and telling the campers it was bear poop. Watching their wide range of expressions at that was hilarious (about half of them would believe it, the other half would be skeptical, but still glance around nervously). |