Blue Bossa

   I talk too little, but when I talk, I tend to talk too much and say stupid things. That's no good, is it? It's worse because I'm what someone once described as a judgmental bastard. I have got to try and tone down the spite/malice and judgement...

Maybe we should develop telepathy. I tend to say more stupid things when I am struggling for conversation topics. Human speech is not very efficient, especially when you don't have the vocabulary. Then there are some things or feelings that can't be described by anything. How does one handle that? A direct line from one mind to another would solve the awkwardness of many situations: A guy saying 'I love you' to a girl he likes; a girl saying 'I love you' to a guy she likes; a rebellious teenager saying 'I still love you' to his parents; ...... There are many other examples.... useful situations...

'Let's just enjoy the scenery 'cos I don't have anything to say right now'

'Oi wake up laaa don't pretend to be sleeping, get your lazy butt off that seat and give it to the old lady'

'I'm smiling and shaking hands with you, but I will kill you if you do that again : )'

'Honey, say something that will get us out of here; I'm bored and they stink'

But then people can read my mind anytime they want, and that would cause trouble. 

'Oh no, my hair's too messy and an obvious give-away I wasn't caught in a jam'

'No, she does look fat...'

'WOW, we should mix our genes as an experiment'

It could work the other way too; I might find out about something I would have been better off not knowing. 

'Oh god I really am fat NOOOOOOOOO'

Perhaps we should develop selective telepathy. Something that allows us to choose when to allow people to access our thoughts. At least then we won't have our privacy ravaged. Perhaps it will be an app on the iPhone or its successor before I am dead. 

Or perhaps I could learn how to choose topics more wisely. I could learn to speak more calmly no matter the situation, and learn how to better read people's characteristics and discern their likes and dislikes, interests, and history.

That sounds like being Sherlock Holmes, and he wasn't a very social person either... In fact, I try to practise what little deductive skills I have. Turns out that makes me judgemental too; or at least when I give my opinion.

So people probably don't like to hear the truth, or people's opinions, or negative stuff in general.

Aaaahhhh, there it is. That last point, that little nugget of clarity I should have hit upon so much sooner. Such common sense, how could I have missed it? I just need to learn how not to talk about negative stuff, which my mind is full of.

Or I can go fly a kite...                                  ......I think I'll just shut up for now.