![]() ![]() The underlying level contains a message about the listener’s opinion of the speaker. ![]() The transactional level is the obvious one, the content of the conversation. One of the most useful paradigms I learned in my training as a shrink is that there are two levels of messages in every communication. I’m sure you have your own rules that haven’t been codified into rules or laws, but if you have these kinds of personal generalizations, please put them into the comments. What “I am honored” really means is: “Look what I got!” Here is the first one:Īny Facebook post that beings with “I am honored.” inevitably involves braggadocio: a description of some award or achievement that the poster wants either their friends or the whole world to know about. I have begun formulating a new set of laws, which are mine. Unless you look closely, you won’t even notice. There’s also a corollary: “All ice creams eventually become ‘frozen dairy desserts’,” which are cheaper to make. (There are a few exceptions to this: honest companies who proudly offer the full half gallon.) My post about this last June, “ The ice cream scams“, was the third most popular post I ever put on this site, tapping into a hidden vein of resentment permeating the American public. Examples: granola bars, once solidified blocks of tasteless grains, are turning into candy bars, covered with chocolate and sometimes containing raisins or even chocolate chips thanks to Starbucks, coffee has turned into the adult equivalent of ice cream sodas and fizzy water (known to we Jews as “seltzer” or “two cents plain?”) has acquired flavors and now is getting bit of added sugar as it inevitably gets turned into soda pop.Īll ice cream manufacturers eventually shrink the size of their largest container while maintaining the price. Conclusion: many people have no self-awareness.)Īll snack foods that are meant to be healthy eventually evolve into forms of confectionary. (Observation: quite a few people are big-time jerks. (Observation: While this belief is nearly ubiquitous, some people are nuts but not in a nice way.)Ĭoyne’s Third Law: Nobody thinks they’re a jerk. That is, everyone thinks they have some amusing eccentricities. Conclusion: Many people are fooling themselves.)Ĭoyne’s Second Law: Everyone thinks that they’re a “little bit nuts”, but always in a nice way. (Observation: Some people have no sense of humor. I now have several years’ worth.Ĭoyne’s First Law: Everyone thinks that they have a good sense of humor. The stuff is mint-flavored, unwaxed, thin, stretchy, and does a great job. ![]() Immediately order tons of it from Amazon, as it’s still for sale there. I highly recommend Listerine Reach UltraClean Dental Floss®, which my hygienist (who put me onto the stuff) says is no longer made. I make no claims about whether this results from evolution or socialization.)īe sure to floss once a day to save your teeth and gums. Also, this is a generalization, not a law. (This does not apply to problems like how to make a syllabus, which explicitly require a practical solution. That’s why some of my best friends are women, and why, when faced with another’s problem, I try to act in the female-like way. Women, on the other hand, will be empathic and solicitous of your situation. Likewise, men faced with a friend’s problem, regardless of whether the friend is male or female, will immediately try to solve it by giving advice. If a women recounts a problem to you, she wants an empathic hearing and, unless she asks for them, does NOT want solutions. If a man recounts a problem to you, he wants a practical solution. When running a bath or shower, always turn the cold water on first and then the hot this ensures that you won’t get scalded. As I can’t brain today, I’ll give my list I may have mentioned some of these before.Īlways button your shirts from the bottom up that way you will never mis-button them. There aren’t many of them, but I bet readers have their own Laws. Last night I compiled a mental list of “Coyne’s Laws,” a list of observations about life that I began as a teenager. We all have our burdens, and this is mine.Īs the night turtles by, I’m instructed not to worry about falling asleep, which causes anxiety, so I try to think of other things. The result is that I probably get about 1-2 hours of sleep at night and can’t even fall asleep when I attempt a midday nap. Once again I’m racked with insomnia, intensified, I suppose, by jet lag. ![]()
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