tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post6771215685255421003..comments2024-03-28T19:27:59.772+00:00Comments on A K Haart: StellaA K Haarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-61516364057887588592014-03-02T17:12:00.626+00:002014-03-02T17:12:00.626+00:00Demetrius - a journal might work, but who would su...Demetrius - a journal might work, but who would suggest it?A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-54266899674459416592014-03-02T16:43:07.126+00:002014-03-02T16:43:07.126+00:00I have not been Swift enough to comment. Perhaps ...I have not been Swift enough to comment. Perhaps I am tosticated. Has she thought of keeping a journal?Demetriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17198549581667363991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-72125504765999192902014-03-02T16:25:10.446+00:002014-03-02T16:25:10.446+00:00Sam - "Can we imagine a totally self-absorbed...Sam - "Can we imagine a totally self-absorbed person - one who had no interest in us whatsoever - who we liked?"<br /><br />Celebrities? I'm sure we are all strongly self-absorbed, but many of us are genuinely interested in others in our search for social cues.<br /><br />People such as Stella do not seem to search for social cues in the lives of people outside their inner circle.<br /><br />JP - I've never been close enough to find out.<br />A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-53324229736009542062014-03-01T23:01:38.466+00:002014-03-01T23:01:38.466+00:00Stella (the poor love) sounds like a closet crack-...Stella (the poor love) sounds like a closet crack-head - how worn are her incisors?J P Spaghettihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13653231437882759716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-5503870770053853092014-03-01T20:16:58.408+00:002014-03-01T20:16:58.408+00:00This is interesting because we all know people lik...This is interesting because we all know people like Stella; but what are we to make of them? Two possible options. The first is that we are <i>all</i> Stellas, and to exactly the same degree. We differ only to the extent that we disguise our self-obsession and mediate it via an interest in others. That "intro" bit she does - some people only ever let you see that, out of a sort of self-absorbed pride. <br /><br />It might be, though, that we do differ as to how self-absorbed we are. The question is then one of whether this automatically stops Stella being a "nice person" at some point. Can we imagine a totally self-absorbed person - one who had no interest in us whatsoever - who we liked? Children, maybe. Or autistic prodigies, etc., but only seen from a distance. And then we are faced with the question of why this might be so. Are <i>we</i> so self-centred that such a person would be an affront to us? Sam Vegahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05978971199859845931noreply@blogger.com