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chargirlgenius ([personal profile] chargirlgenius) wrote2008-08-18 10:10 am

Dreaded "truthtellers"

Has anybody else ever noticed that the phrase “I have an A-type personality” usually is a euphemism for “I’m a jerk”? Likewise “I like to tell it like it is” or “I call a spade a spade” usually means “I’m rude.”

I know a lot of people who have a-type personalities that *don’t* manage to offend everybody that they meet.

[identity profile] chargirlgenius.livejournal.com 2008-08-18 02:55 pm (UTC)(link)
putting you on your guard that they intend to behave poorly

Yes. Or now making excuses why somebody else thinks they’re a jerk.