04-09-2015, 04:52 PM
I very rarely watch the television, but there are I guess a handful of shows that I watch semi-regularly to regularly. One of these shows is The Talk. It probably seems kind of strange that someone who watches television rarely is into watching a gossipy daytime talk show. But what I like about it is the interesting spin that they put on the gossip. They also seem to select the best and funniest things that have gone on in the last 24 hours. I also like, to a certain extent, the personalities of the hosts (there are some I like more than others).
But when I really do tune out, and even turn the television off, is when the various guests come on in a later segment to promote whatever it is that they are promoting. The reason it turns me off is because of how obviously narcissistic the entertainers are. I realize that entertainers have to have a sort of "out there" kind of personality to be successful. But if I were around that kind of person in my daily life, I would try to avoid them as much as possible to avoid getting sucked into their BS. And, trust me, there are some people that I do know in my real life that I try to expertly avoid so that that doesn't happen. When I say real life, I mean the opposite of internet life as may be obvious. And there are certain actors that I believe to not be narcissists at all. One of the ones that comes to mind is Joaquin Phoenix. He rarely promotes himself (even though he probably should from time to time).
Now, I'm not going to go so far as to say that most actors and musicians are STS. I don't really know if that's true. From what I've learned about the LOO material, it seems to be really hard to develop the purity of negativity to actually be an STS entity. I'm not saying that it's impossible for them to be STS. I'd think that a narcissist has a leg up on the competition for being STS. But that's something that would be really hard to know. It's hard for that person, him or herself, to know since it's virtually impossible to know if you're being 45% STS or 91% STS, for example. I would like to think that I'm STO, but I really don't know. And, to be honest, I'm not obsessed with polarizing (as I've mentioned elsewhere), either way. I don't think it's healthy to be obsessed with that. If you're trying too hard to be STO then you're probably not doing it right.
I guess this is in-between a rant and a stream of consciousness OP. A brain drain, if you will. Just some things that I have been considering and that have fully materialized into words, I guess you could say.
But when I really do tune out, and even turn the television off, is when the various guests come on in a later segment to promote whatever it is that they are promoting. The reason it turns me off is because of how obviously narcissistic the entertainers are. I realize that entertainers have to have a sort of "out there" kind of personality to be successful. But if I were around that kind of person in my daily life, I would try to avoid them as much as possible to avoid getting sucked into their BS. And, trust me, there are some people that I do know in my real life that I try to expertly avoid so that that doesn't happen. When I say real life, I mean the opposite of internet life as may be obvious. And there are certain actors that I believe to not be narcissists at all. One of the ones that comes to mind is Joaquin Phoenix. He rarely promotes himself (even though he probably should from time to time).
Now, I'm not going to go so far as to say that most actors and musicians are STS. I don't really know if that's true. From what I've learned about the LOO material, it seems to be really hard to develop the purity of negativity to actually be an STS entity. I'm not saying that it's impossible for them to be STS. I'd think that a narcissist has a leg up on the competition for being STS. But that's something that would be really hard to know. It's hard for that person, him or herself, to know since it's virtually impossible to know if you're being 45% STS or 91% STS, for example. I would like to think that I'm STO, but I really don't know. And, to be honest, I'm not obsessed with polarizing (as I've mentioned elsewhere), either way. I don't think it's healthy to be obsessed with that. If you're trying too hard to be STO then you're probably not doing it right.
I guess this is in-between a rant and a stream of consciousness OP. A brain drain, if you will. Just some things that I have been considering and that have fully materialized into words, I guess you could say.