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Kyrand -> RE: Empty profiles: What does it tell you about a person? (12/29/2006 2:53:54 PM)
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One of the most wonderful things, as well as one of the saddest things, about we humans is that we are alone within our minds. Our feelings, thoughts, dreams, hopes and nightmares are ours and ours alone. A person can choose to throw open the windows of their soul, allowing others to gaze into the essence of who they are but more often we give little peeks instead. We shutter away the embarrassing truths even from ourselves, preferring to present facades’ based on our own perception of who we are or more often who we prefer to be.
We walk through our lives in the midst of a social maelstrom while retaining the ability to participate or not as suits our mood from moment to moment. This is not, in and of itself, a bad thing. As a separate being we are unable to truly merge with another, and in so doing allow that person to fully understand who we are. Misunderstandings are rampant in the simplest conversations, our ability to communicate what we think and feel often resemble a baby’s first attempt at speech rather than coherent conversation. So instead we nibble at the edges, thrusting out our opinions and perceived expertise in an attempt to connect in some way, good or bad.
One could say that a profile creates one type of attempted connection with a social community. The lack of content in that profile does not indicate a corresponding lack of depth or intent but only that the person has chosen another path in their attempts to connect with the social community in question.
As with any social community, those participating in it range across the spectrum from good to bad with all shades of gray between. Speculation is pointless and yet also inescapable, people will be the emotional, irrational animals we were born to be. One can only hope that over time we learn to base opinions upon experience and action instead of assumption, gossip and rumor.
Goodness, could I sound any more pretentious ? Apologies *smile*
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