Logical Rants

Assumptions/dont assume things about other people

  Don't assume I'm a bad writer. I know I am, you should know also since there is evidence right below. Enjoy my rant!

Moral of this story: don't assume...
anything, unless you have clear evidence.

(Now, don't get me wrong... assumptions are used for good. To save lives and your own. You can assume something about a person, that they may be a thief or they might be trying to kidnap me. So fourth, that's natural instinct)

Many Assumptions are illogical, I mean. Everyday I run into scenarios where someone "assumes" something about someone else, wether it be through gossip, over social media, or on the spot aka (humiliation).

Yes.

It's happened to me a million times and it's one of the biggest anger triggers of all time, I'm sure a lot of other people dislike assumptions as much as I do.

For example, (much relatable) here is something someone has assumed about me, many times and has accused me of:

"Hey, I saw you staring at that boy over there, you have a crush on him huh? I know you do. They way you talk to him. You need to stop flirting, don't let your guard down."

At that moment I sat in pure silence, a red hot face, you could probably see steam firing out of my ears. I was furious, I didn't have a reason to be mad, but somewhat, I found one. I lashed out and told that person I didn't like them what so ever and I didn't stop trying to convince them until they finally believed me.

Teasing, and assumptions are a lot alike, I'm not going into depth or research about the descriptions, because I honestly have no idea, I just define, based merely, off of solid expirience.

Let's go back to what the person said again:

"Hey, I saw you staring at that boy over there, you have a crush on him huh?"

Now you see, I took half of the sentence. I am going to show you, how there are multiple, if maybe 50 assumptions, in one accusation. (now I'm not gonna get to deep into my deep thoughts, I don't wanna confuse the hell out of anyone)...

Let me underline the first assumption the sentence.

"Hey, I saw you staring at that boy over there, you have a crush on him huh?"

Now. You may be thinking, how in Davy Jones locker, is "Hey", and assumption? Let me explain.

This individual, assumed, that I wanted to converse with her. She also assumed, that I would wanted to be approached with the word hey. Okay listen, that's not a bad thing. It could even be a good thing. I mean...it's a normal greeting for this generation. It's not like I ASSUME or EXPECT a long sophisticated greeting that includes my last name...but let's get back on topic.

I have so far concluded 2 assumptions in "hey", and I could think of more, and I'm sure you could too, but it's getting late and my arm is numb so let's continue with:

"I saw you staring at that boy over there"

WOAH, WOAH, WOAH!

Hold. The. ___ Up.
(you assumed the blank line was a bad word) Ha, wrong.

but let's get something STRAAAAAIGHT.

Accusation list:
• You saw me?
• You saw a boy.
• You saw me staring.
• You saw me starting at a boy.

"I saw you staring at a boy over there"

One: it's a big crowd
Two: are you sure it was a boy? I mean, he could be a trans
Three: ...

It's true, I was staring at a boy. Not for that reason. I just stare at people sometimes cause I'd rather observe a humans personality than a brick wall. Which quite interestingly, does have a very deep personality. Yes, I have a lot of thinking time and I do give objects personality's based off of Myer Briggs personality type indicator.

TO BE CONTINUED...