I had a comment in real life regarding my last post and it was rather a surprise. I thought I may blog about it further and perhaps explain some related philosophical musings. I’m learning a lot about this kind of thing at the moment and because knowledge is power, I wish to be able to look back on this to consolidate it all, and therefore make the best use of it.

A friend of mine who I have got to know quite well in the dull boredom of ICT recently noted that he was ‘touched’ by my latest post. Evidentally I was shocked due to the fact that so few people read my blog and even less so from real life. We discussed the precise nature of the situation that he described throughout the lesson and, eventually, came to a strange conclusion: he is of the opinion that I am one of the most popular people in the year. My opinion of this has always been that I don’t really care, but for purely factual purposes I (thought I) knew that I was pretty looked down upon, despite the fact I spend a lot of time looking down on the rest of the school. However, as noted in my previous post, this seems to have changed in the past year or so.

He then struck back by saying that he thinks I care about my reputation/what others think of me more than I let on. I think he is probably right here from his perspective, but not right in terms of what I actually think, because I think I give out a rather different picture. Essentially I have very few social inhibitions, and aside from moral principles which are always maintained, I don’t mind making a fool of myself (exceptions are grammatical/factual errors etc.).

But don’t think any of this means I am going to start proactively changing anything! I’m just commenting on what I see happening around me, as it seems to work out for the best.