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A long time ago I decided I don't like being liked. |
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Snout says: |
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Somebody likes me, then what? I need to go on being likable. Because if I do something they don't like, they might stop liking me. Say the wrong thing at the wrong time and I'm left wondering, "Does so-and-so still like me?" It's a basket full of self-doubt I can do without. |
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Snout says: |
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Better to put the shoe on the other foot. If people don't like me, maybe even hate me, and I suddenly impress them, then they're like, "Maybe this pig is okay." |
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Snout says: |
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Then they're left wondering how well they know anybody. They thought I was the illegitimate grandchild of some infamous dictator, but then they find out I haul mercury-tainted fluorescent bulbs 150 miles to the nearest recycler for a local community group (let's say.) What then? How they can trust any of their judgments or pronouncements? |
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Snout says: |
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And I can go on being me. Unlikable except in rare moments of decency. |
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Mushmouth says: |
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Hey, Snout. You know what, I used to not like you much. But I don't not like you any more. You're an okay pig. |
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Snout says: |
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What a coincidence, I didn't like you either, Mushmouth. |
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Mushmouth says: |
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But you like me now that you're used to me, right? |
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Snout says: |
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No, I think I just got used to not liking you. It's not so unpleasant a feeling anymore. |
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this situation you describe is why gertrude stein said writers should not succeed at a very young age –they turn to writing what they imagine their audience will want to read instead of writing what is actually in them. she called this state “i am i because my little dog knows me.” prollee applies to pigs and monkeys as well.
oneken
August 4th, 2007
at 9:37 am
Snout
August 5th, 2007
at 12:59 pm
Exactly. I try not to imagine any audience or what they want. I have a tough enough time imagining what I want. Imaginary audiences in my head I can do without.
I never had a little dog though, so I wouldn’t know anything about that.