Not again ...

Updated tsunami warning system in action - Chile earthquake- msnbc.com

As my sister texted to me this morning, "I think the Earth didn't get the memo that it's not supposed to try to kill us until 2012." Those poor people (and the ones who have tsunamis to look for, still) ...

Misanthropy, how are ya? (I don't care.)

Odd to lead off a post like this with thank-yous - I got balloons from gryphons_lair and ainsoph15 for my profile page. Gracias, guys! They're really cute!!

And now on to the misanthropy. Or whatever it should be called; I'm not sure. Maybe it's just mental laziness. All I know is I used to fall all over myself explaining something to someone, and if they didn't understand me, I'd keep explaining more. I used to lead off arguments or remarks by over-explaining my thought process. I used to kind of enjoy it.

But now? I do not. I've swung the other direction - if I say something and the person doesn't "get it" right away, I get impatient and annoyed with them. I don't feel like explaining myself, either at the outset so much, or especially on a follow-up. I don't know if I've just gotten tired of hearing this kind of thing in my job - interviewing and re-interviewing people, especially politicians, nets you all kinds of "let me clarify" or "that's not what I meant, this is" - and started associating over-explaining with lying, or what. I don't like to lie, so maybe I'm unconsciously started paring my explanations to show I don't? I don't know. (It doesn't help that in a lot of altercations on LJ, I've seen someone say one thing, and then say something else on the same subject later, when called or questioned on their first remarks.)