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Would you care to share some? Can’t tell if this comment is a setup
I don't know what you mean by setup.
I was a boy scout, the motto of which is "be prepared." So I just subconsciously ask myself "what could go wrong" and prepare for those hypotheticals.
I don't really keep track of these things because it's so frequent.
Thanks for your contribution....
Please re read the question and ask yourself if you have anything to add to this thread before posting again.
You cant say, this happens to me, all the time, but i dont keep score so i cant give any one specific example. I remember that it happens all the time but i dont remember one single instance of it happening.
This makes you either a liar or a compulsive liar from anyone elses perspective.
I've known people like you, this one guy who could play piano until he told me, an actual pianist, then suddenly his piano was at his aunties who lived 3 hours away so he didnt play much anymore. His aunty, who in a different lie lived only 30 minutes away. The same guy could fly an 8 passenger plane. But in a separate lie he could fly a 12 passenger plane.
See how easy that was? I made a statement/claim that i knew people like you. Then i backed it up with a specific example instead of being vague and annoying, pretending i couldn't remember any specific examples.
What you are doing right now is called projection. You observe one aspect I have in common with someone else and declare I must be like them in other ways. Does that sound logically valid to you?
You suggested I reread the OP question. Here it is: "Have you ever seen a Rudolph moment happen in real life?"
Sounds like a yes or no question to me. My answer is yes, but you already knew that.
I never said I could play piano or fly a plane. But I can get people in a room to reveal whether they're a Rudolph or a black-nosed reindeer. You've established you'd rather put someone down than entertain they might have special skills. Sorry bud, you're not a Rudolph, and I don't know if that's something you can change.
That's not exactly the classical definition of projection. At least in psychology, it's not.
Either way, what i did was not projection by your terms or the real definition. It was an accusation. One you have yet to disprove.
When you quote OPs question, you are leaving out a large amount of context, like the fact that they then shared an entire story of their own. Doing this creates an implication that everyone else here understood, which was to share your own story.
If by asking the question OP only required a yes or no, then this thread would just be a bunch of people saying yes and no... and that is clearly not what was intended. So please dont be so disingenuous.
I don't remember saying that you claimed to be able to play piano or fly a plane. Im sure you know that, and i may be misunderstanding an attempt by you to put me down, which would be fairly ironic considering its at the point that you attempt to put me down you are accusing me of doing the same.
So i dont really care if you think im not "a rudolph." All i really care about is that you still haven't backed up your claim. Despite being so adamant that you have "special skills". Just back up your claims or keep your yes/no out of this clear request for elaboration. Because its not helpful and it makes you look like a dick.
Sorry.
I'm still waiting for your Rudolph moment here.
Tell us how you'll guide the sleigh tonight!