tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607122.post1344285213915639813..comments2024-03-28T04:18:20.063-04:00Comments on Minor American: Minor Americanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11479733049496723149noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607122.post-48641731363227815192007-09-02T10:09:00.000-04:002007-09-02T10:09:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.kathryn l. pringlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831086525026455482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607122.post-83489622555095002642007-09-01T22:28:00.000-04:002007-09-01T22:28:00.000-04:00i think the discomfort around being asked has to d...i think the discomfort around being asked has to do with one's own difficulty valuing what it is one 'does' or 'does not'. it's often hard to answer the question in a foreign context, isn't it? <BR/><BR/>the guy who says 'no one asks that at burning man' is an insensitive ass, an ass because obviously if you're all getting hot and dusty at burning man you all have one fantastic [and ridiculous] thing in common: you want to be at burning man. you're already speaking the same language. and insensitive, because a gentler person would know in one second that carrie hunter is asking in order to invite conversation, not gauge that person's social value or financial net worth. <BR/><BR/>the question, what do you do? i think is most generally asked by people who want to find some common ground--or lack of--and while it might not be the most socially gracious method of inviting conversation, that's what it is: an invitation. You can't change how your answer resounds inside that particular person's system of value, but you CAN receive that question always as an invitation, instead of as assault, and change your own experience infinitely and permanently for the better.suzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00560448913805617034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607122.post-771328887100675912007-08-31T00:21:00.000-04:002007-08-31T00:21:00.000-04:00I ask this guy that once at a party when I didn't ...I ask this guy that once at a party when I didn't know what else to say. He got really mad at me too, and said No one ever asks that question at burning man! <BR/><BR/>People should really stop all the doing. I'm sick of doing.carrie hunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17352324263810007643noreply@blogger.com