Timeline for How to respond when people mock a skill or talent they just found out you do/have?
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| Oct 13, 2017 at 13:12 | comment | added | 1006a | It just struck me as odd that neither of you ever get any "positive" responses, especially since part of the issue might be when to give people the benefit of the doubt. | |
| Oct 13, 2017 at 8:19 | comment | added | Fildor | @1006a Question was about the bad responses, so the answer is, too. I don't see why these examples would have been needed to be mentioned. | |
| Oct 12, 2017 at 23:08 | comment | added | 1006a | Really? You never get "that's fascinating, tell me more" or "how did you get into that?" or "that must take a lot of dedication"-type responses? | |
| Oct 12, 2017 at 22:27 | comment | added | the_SJC | Outstanding answer, I'm in the same boat with hobbies and tend to get responses that fit neatly in those 3 categories. | |
| Oct 12, 2017 at 7:58 | comment | added | Walfrat | I can usually tell from the joking tone that they are striving for some sense of connection. Even though the whole answer is great, this is an important part by itself. And distinguish mocking that joking tone may not be so obvious. | |
| Oct 12, 2017 at 7:14 | comment | added | Vylix | the OP has added a clarification that he is seeking for approaching mocking tone rather than joking, so you might want to add to that. | |
| Oct 11, 2017 at 22:27 | comment | added | Catija | I think you added a negative cast to John's first point? People like having things in common with someone... you can choose to take it as a negative or you can take it as their attempt to share something to a lesser degree than the third person... or perhaps there are really four responses? I'm guessing that every grouping will likely mis-categorize someone, as categorizing often leads to this... But I don't think you have to take the first instance as a negative thing and you do a disservice when you do. | |
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| Oct 11, 2017 at 21:50 | history | answered | bethlakshmi | CC BY-SA 3.0 |