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I think there is something wrong with me, lol.  This is not the first time someone has posted that photo and that saying.  For reasons I can't explain, every time I see it, it confuses me and aggravates me at the same time.  I don't know, it's the weekend and maybe I just don't want to delve into thoughts that deep.

 

Bottom line, when I read it I go, huh?

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@Bird mama wrote:

I think there is something wrong with me, lol.  This is not the first time someone has posted that photo and that saying.  For reasons I can't explain, every time I see it, it confuses me and aggravates me at the same time.  I don't know, it's the weekend and maybe I just don't want to delve into thoughts that deep.

 

Bottom line, when I read it I go, huh?


 

 

I have read variations before, and it always strikes me as a stuck-out tongue, another way of saying "I know you are but what am I?" and "it's all on youuuu." It's not deep, it's a poetically-framed comeback.

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@Moonchilde

 

You nailed it.

I'm rubber and you're glue, everything you say bounces off of me and sticks to you, hahahahah

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@Bird mama wrote:

@Moonchilde

 

You nailed it.

I'm rubber and you're glue, everything you say bounces off of me and sticks to you, hahahahah


 

LOL, don't think I've heard that one, but yes, same sentiment 😉

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@Moonchilde

 

I had to go back for 1st grade for that saying, lol.

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Deflecting what someone says ("I'm rubber, you're glue, it bounces off me and sticks on you.") is not the same as interpreting through your own filter(s) what someone appears to be

 

The "glue" saying is typically used by grade school kids when someone calls someone else a name.  The OP phrase has to do with viewing someone through one's own past learnings, thoughts, ideas, values, and all the rest. 

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@GingerPeach

 

I get it

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       Interesting thread, @newziesuzie, and great comments!

 

       This reminds me of training I had in “active listening.”  At times I was the first point of contact with veterans calling or arriving at the VA, and it was essential to try and recognize what’s called “emotional flooding,” to really listen to the person, and to try and let them know we were actually hearing them.  

       It’s complicated, but the first part of it (there’s a lot more to it) is recognizing that we arrive to a situation or a person with our own filters (exactly as @GingerPeach said) — the filters might be long-term life experiences, or something good or bad that just happened that day, or subconscious reactions to certain people, their appearance, words, etc.   

       In addition, the other person has their filters.  They even used an image with 2 silhouettes facing one another and 2 filters placed between them — much like the image in the OP.

       As a result, what I see in a situation or person isn’t always going to be exactly what someone else sees.  And it doesn't mean our perception is accurate.

       I think it’s similar to Rorschach “inkblot” studies, or “pareidolia” (in which we perceive images in things like cloud formations, for example).  In this case, even the image itself might be affecting some posters in a way they wouldn't have reacted if only the quote had been posted or if the image had been something different, more appealing to them.

       It’s not the same as the statement that if we see something in others it means we have that particular attribute or characteristic ourselves.  This is different, the way I see it (of course, my perception, via my filtersSmiley).

       It just means what we see is affected, slightly or greatly, by our own personal experiences and “filters” and what others see in us is, slightly or greatly, affected by their own personal experiences and “filters.”  And, also, that we can gain insight into ourselves by how we react to someone or something else, if we want to.

       Very much like all of us have individual reactions to the image and words in the original post, evidenced by the variety of opinions.   It’s not a negative thing, in my opinion.  It’s interesting food for thought.

 

 

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@Bird mama wrote:

I think there is something wrong with me, lol.  This is not the first time someone has posted that photo and that saying.  For reasons I can't explain, every time I see it, it confuses me and aggravates me at the same time.  I don't know, it's the weekend and maybe I just don't want to delve into thoughts that deep.

 

Bottom line, when I read it I go, huh?


@Bird mama... it seems the posts on these forums are getting stranger every day, as are the posters themselves. Thank goodness I can always count on you to have your wits about you, have common sense, and give sane comments. I thank you for that.

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This is an interesting discussion.  It kind of reminds me of the ink blot tests they used to give years ago.  Maybe they still give them.  I don't know.  I wonder how accurate they are considered today.  I had one years ago.