Writer's Block: Tricky Questions

[thebitterguy]

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I realized that I didn't really answer this too well the first time I posted it.

As I posited in papajoemambo's lj, this is a power thing.

If someone who has power over you says it, either socially, at work, or anywhere else, then you assume there's either a new responsibility to be offered or you're about to be punished for something.

If you're a person with responsibilities, and someone who is subordinate to you says it, you know they've come to ask you for something.

Being powerless, if anyone says something to me, I kinda freak.

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[uhlrik.livejournal.com]

In that case, you have only two options: a> shiver in horror and dread or b> ruthlessly accumulate such vast power and prestige that all other persons everywhere address you only in the form of pleas for succor.