The One Where The Question Asker Words Things Weirdly
Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2015 1:02 pm
Questions like this one and more recently this one. This person has a really unique way of expressing their question, with lots of asides, and what feels (to me) like they know exactly what they mean and importantly they are sincere in saying it, but to a lot of people it comes across as confusing. This reminds me of the way my brother writes and talks (but it is definitely not him). For example, here is the first part of a holiday email my brother sent to my whole immediate family and sister in law:
"Hi,
Like the spanish song I want to wish u a merry kriiiiiiiimus christmas from the bottom of my heart and the top
I dont discriminate
I have compliments and accolades for you........."
Then he goes on to give compliments and accolades (and extremely passive aggressive questions/statements about different family members). Then ends with: "Peace
that is a new 1 fresh from the improv factory me do you have any songs
Thanks to god and you " Then a P.S.
Anyway, I'm not sure what my point is, except I find it really odd. In my family, we suspect my brother has issues expressing himself which causes him to have problems in relationships with people and that he should probably visit a psychiatrist about it because it's beyond regular social awkwardness. He also doesn't interpret things in the most standard way - he is somewhat paranoid and assumes the worst. I would guess there must be some connection between general difficulty with social situations and relationships and speaking, since this way of talking/writing is pretty off-putting. Any psychology-type people know if this has been studied?
P.S. I don't want to talk about this person in particular, because I'm not trying to be critical and obviously we don't know anything about them (their writing here may be nothing like their way of expressing themselves somewhere else). I'm just making a general observation, and as far as my brother goes it is something I've thought about before.
"Hi,
Like the spanish song I want to wish u a merry kriiiiiiiimus christmas from the bottom of my heart and the top
I dont discriminate
I have compliments and accolades for you........."
Then he goes on to give compliments and accolades (and extremely passive aggressive questions/statements about different family members). Then ends with: "Peace
that is a new 1 fresh from the improv factory me do you have any songs
Thanks to god and you " Then a P.S.
Anyway, I'm not sure what my point is, except I find it really odd. In my family, we suspect my brother has issues expressing himself which causes him to have problems in relationships with people and that he should probably visit a psychiatrist about it because it's beyond regular social awkwardness. He also doesn't interpret things in the most standard way - he is somewhat paranoid and assumes the worst. I would guess there must be some connection between general difficulty with social situations and relationships and speaking, since this way of talking/writing is pretty off-putting. Any psychology-type people know if this has been studied?
P.S. I don't want to talk about this person in particular, because I'm not trying to be critical and obviously we don't know anything about them (their writing here may be nothing like their way of expressing themselves somewhere else). I'm just making a general observation, and as far as my brother goes it is something I've thought about before.