Watching Wasteland

Jumanji, a game that tests your character. I always wished this was real.

Discovering one's character is easier when you stand on the outside and watch then when you are participating in the conversation or interaction itself. If you are interested in another individual that you are...'participating' with, and you want to find out more, do you a) act like an asshole b) play dumb c) interrogate?

What do each of these methods produce?
a) -a conflicted person who does not know how to react because they are interested in you too, but you're being an asshole...
-a violent person (physically or verbally)
-a confused and offended person

b) -a frustrated person who does not want to take the time to explain to an ignorant what he/she knows because you are not cooperating based on your intelligence level....not on the fact that you may just NOT know....
-a patient person who teaches you like a child while also feeling empowered by his/her knowledge and therefore feels superior
-someone who enjoys showing you and tolerates your mistakes....

c)-a scared bewildered person who does not understand why your questions are so direct and rude because they fire like bullets....
-an excited person who wants to play the game of 20 Questions..so he/she fires right back just as quick
-a person who cannot handle the pressure, so crumbles under the insecurity of his/her answers to your pointed questions.

So you get a reaction...
what is a good reaction to play acting? Is what you see is what you get good enough? For anything, job, housing, family, friends, etc.

Can you really twist something out of someone and should it be based on that particular moment where their true character shows? Who knows, but its fun.





Could not resist...