Saturday, September 09, 2006

Sweet vs. Kind

I noticed something earlier this week : I really get irritated by the word "sweet", as "He/She is so sweet." It's an incredibly banal meaningless word.
"Oh, you know Heather? She's very sweet."
Translation: I've interacted with this person many times, but I've never seen her in a stressful situation which would allow me to assess her personality or character in any meaningful way.

The fact is, sweet is equivalent to nice, but neither equates with kind. Kind implies that you've seen the person behave nicely under duress. Sweet is basically a fair-weather nice.

But I digress.

I've got a new phrase I think I'm gonna bust out more often: "You're BLOWING my MIIIIIIIIND."

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