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moominmolly ([personal profile] moominmolly) wrote2006-02-12 12:40 am
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joohateme

I want to make a "Johari window" that contains only negative adjectives.

What, you think I'm slovenly and bitter? Crap! I thought I was just weak-willed, unenlightened, and smelly!

[identity profile] chaiya.livejournal.com 2006-02-12 05:52 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, what's up with that? The only negative boxes are, like, "proud" and "self-conscious," if they can be interpreted as such.

Yeah!

[identity profile] moominmolly.livejournal.com 2006-02-12 06:16 am (UTC)(link)
I think there was also "nervous" or something. But yeah, are those really negative? Who isn't nervous or self-conscious from time to time? And if you're *not* occasionally proud, I'd say that's more of an issue than if you *are*.

To be fair, choosing between different positive characteristics to describe someone still has the potential to be an interesting and revealing act. On the other hand, so would choosing between different negative characteristics. :)

[identity profile] kcatalyst.livejournal.com 2006-02-12 06:35 am (UTC)(link)
I am so there. I want that meme desparately, but how can I guard against the worst with the words they provide?

[identity profile] moominmolly.livejournal.com 2006-02-12 06:53 am (UTC)(link)
I should do it. I'm sure that a meme where people have no choice but to insult you will spread like wildfire.

I actually mean no disrespect to the people who posted it. I just want more.

[identity profile] taer-silveroak.livejournal.com 2006-02-12 08:55 am (UTC)(link)
*laughs*

[identity profile] oonh.livejournal.com 2006-02-12 09:45 am (UTC)(link)
"Joohateme strain" -- and some Andromeda strain-esque lab in some indeterminate location in the US southwest would analyze it. A green glowing crystalline meme caught on mesh.

[identity profile] crouchback.livejournal.com 2006-02-12 02:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Someone beat you to it: check out the Nohari (http://kevan.org/nohari) window.

[identity profile] goat.livejournal.com 2006-02-12 05:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Yay bad people!

[identity profile] amare.livejournal.com 2006-02-12 05:58 pm (UTC)(link)
heh, yeah I guess other people are thinking this way too. I would prefer a window that had both good and bad attributes I think that would be more fair.

Re: Yeah!

[identity profile] chaiya.livejournal.com 2006-02-12 06:34 pm (UTC)(link)
I think the part that's interesting to me is trying to use *only* 5 or 6 characteristics to describe one person, so you try to choose ones that most embody the person. This could apply to so-called positive or negative characteristics -- everyone, at one time or another, shows most characteristics available. What might be interesting is seeing whether people of a certain crowd see me more as religious and introspective (if they know me through temple, for example) versus extroverted and silly (if they know me through the SCA). I've created a Johari window shown just to people who've known me well and for a decent amount of time, and will create another for general viewing. Because I like futzing with experimentation, of course. ;)

[identity profile] moominmolly.livejournal.com 2006-02-12 11:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, that would probably be ideal.

[identity profile] ayalanya.livejournal.com 2006-02-13 03:59 pm (UTC)(link)
hah! a(n) f-list person posted this: http://kevan.org/nohari

Blast!

[identity profile] youngwilliam.livejournal.com 2006-02-13 11:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Just woke up, saw Nohari elsewhere and dashed over here like a text-only bunny on fire.

Alas, too late.