I frustrate people

[greybeta]

I get a certain comment from my friends a lot:
"You frustrate me."

Apparently, I frustrate people for a lot of reasons, one of the chief ones being that they can't tell whether I'm being serious or just joking most of the time. I'm the type of person who says absurd statements to purposely rile up my friends, only to have them later agree with me. Most of all, I'm the type of person who reflects back faulty logic at my friends to show them where they are wrong.

People hardly ever joke around me unless it's a very good joke because I'm liable to pick them apart. Sorry, if you want to be my friend then you have to put up with my insane ability to show you the flaws in your logic. I'll be happy to admit when you how the errors of my ways, but please expect me to correct you more often then you'll correct me.

Does this sound arrogant? Perhaps, but I'm only telling you what other people tell me. Allow me to share with you one humorous example...

[D2 and a female friend walk by a Victoria's Secret store.]

Girl: [Seductively] Hey, Daniel, let's go pick up some lingerie for me! *winks*
D2: Alright, I'll be sure to pick out something that will look sexy on you.

[Girl shuts up and turns red-faced.]

Comments

[meopta.livejournal.com]

Hm. The flaw with the example is that it's not a joke - it's a manipulative bluff then called.

[greybeta.livejournal.com]

Joke, manipulative bluff, whatever you want to call it...should definitely not be used around me! ^_^