Politics of the Playground

[poliphilo]

Someone unfriended me yesterday ("unfriended" is that the right word, or should it be "unbefriended"?) I was quite upset.

And yet this was a person-

a with whom I had nothing in common
b who rarely posted
c who never commented on any of my posts

What a fragile little ego I have!

It takes me back to childhood- to the politics of the playground- and how we manipulated one another with the threat "I'll not be your friend anymore" and the promise "I'll be your bestest friend".

Comments

[archyena.livejournal.com]

Don't ya love it, I never unfriend people myself. Even when they piss me off.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Well yeah, I think it's a mean thing to do.

I've never unfriended anyone myself and find it hard to think of circumstances in which I would. Even if they started cheerleading for the Third Reich I think I'd let 'em stay. It would, after all, be "interesting"

[archyena.livejournal.com]

Gimme an H! Gimme an I! Gimme a T! Gimme a.... uh... like, what letter totally comes after T? U! Gimme a V! Gimme a W! What's it spell?!

Think about the master race, Hitler went East when he should have simply moved to Beverly Hills.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

But one of the odd things about Hitler is he doesn't come across well on film. You hear about his massive charisma- and then you see footage of this silly-looking little chap screaming and flinging his arms about and you think "huh?"

The camera is merciless to fakers.

[archyena.livejournal.com]

For Hitler, I've long liked the description: "an angry Chaplainesque rapscallion."