Comments on: The unteasable http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/10/31/the-unteasable/ writing, reading, eating, drinking, sport Thu, 17 May 2012 20:45:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Elmo http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/10/31/the-unteasable/comment-page-1/#comment-60643 Elmo Sat, 03 Nov 2007 23:36:57 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=847#comment-60643 ... a little late, and probably irrelevent... Rebecca: No, we don't have halloween. Teasing is the best. in my circle if you can't tease someone they are one of two things: not your friend, or a stick in the mud. Amy: so true. … a little late, and probably irrelevent…
Rebecca: No, we don’t have halloween.

Teasing is the best. in my circle if you can’t tease someone they are one of two things: not your friend, or a stick in the mud.

Amy: so true.

]]> By: hillary! http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/10/31/the-unteasable/comment-page-1/#comment-60560 hillary! Thu, 01 Nov 2007 20:51:19 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=847#comment-60560 I am very teasable, but the fun thing about teasing me is that I go along with it and help you tease me better. Because teasing is funny, but only when no one gets hurt. I am very teasable, but the fun thing about teasing me is that I go along with it and help you tease me better. Because teasing is funny, but only when no one gets hurt.

]]> By: amy fiske http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/10/31/the-unteasable/comment-page-1/#comment-60553 amy fiske Thu, 01 Nov 2007 15:09:49 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=847#comment-60553 well, there's two kinds of teasing. there's the mean kind and the fun kind. the mean kind is when someone wants to be mean and tries to cover it with a joke. that's not cool. the fun kind is, well, fun. i've received plenty of both. the aussies i've met seem to have mastered the art of good-natured teasing. many americans have not. couldn't tell you why... well, there’s two kinds of teasing. there’s the mean kind and the fun kind. the mean kind is when someone wants to be mean and tries to cover it with a joke. that’s not cool. the fun kind is, well, fun. i’ve received plenty of both.

the aussies i’ve met seem to have mastered the art of good-natured teasing. many americans have not. couldn’t tell you why…

]]> By: Diana http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/10/31/the-unteasable/comment-page-1/#comment-60544 Diana Thu, 01 Nov 2007 04:22:15 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=847#comment-60544 as your teasing of me has turned into an entire freaking movement I don't know if I'm qualified to answer this question. as your teasing of me has turned into an entire freaking movement I don’t know if I’m qualified to answer this question.

]]> By: kelly g http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/10/31/the-unteasable/comment-page-1/#comment-60542 kelly g Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:51:21 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=847#comment-60542 gosh. I can't believe that some people have never been teased. for my family, teasing is a way of life. and i tease my friends. and they never stop teasing me. i'm quirky...of course everyone teases me. but almost always in good fun. what is up with my fellow usians? how can they not be teased? gosh. I can’t believe that some people have never been teased. for my family, teasing is a way of life. and i tease my friends. and they never stop teasing me. i’m quirky…of course everyone teases me. but almost always in good fun.

what is up with my fellow usians? how can they not be teased?

]]> By: e. Lockhart http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/10/31/the-unteasable/comment-page-1/#comment-60541 e. Lockhart Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:34:06 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=847#comment-60541 when I was young and did any kind of teasing, my psychotherapist mother would say, "there's truth in every joke" and I was soon cured of ever teasing anyone or taking any pleasure in being teased i can take a small bit of teasing on some subjects but am easily hurt by that now-ingrained idea that a criticism is actually meant, or an anger expressed, beneath the surface. I rarely tease other people and when I do it often goes wrong, somehow (I am American! not sure what that has to do with it, but there you go) Please do not tickle me, either when I was young and did any kind of teasing, my psychotherapist mother would say, “there’s truth in every joke” and I was soon cured of ever teasing anyone or taking any pleasure in being teased

i can take a small bit of teasing on some subjects but am easily hurt by that now-ingrained idea that a criticism is actually meant, or an anger expressed, beneath the surface.

I rarely tease other people and when I do it often goes wrong, somehow

(I am American! not sure what that has to do with it, but there you go)

Please do not tickle me, either

]]> By: Kenina-chan http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/10/31/the-unteasable/comment-page-1/#comment-60537 Kenina-chan Wed, 31 Oct 2007 20:54:38 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=847#comment-60537 Maybe her posture puts off little red flags into everyone's brains not to tease her. Usually the way people hold themselves can influence how other people talk to them. Maybe her posture puts off little red flags into everyone’s brains not to tease her. Usually the way people hold themselves can influence how other people talk to them.

]]> By: Robert Legault http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/10/31/the-unteasable/comment-page-1/#comment-60535 Robert Legault Wed, 31 Oct 2007 20:45:35 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=847#comment-60535 I like teasing, but it's gotta be a two-way street. I like teasing, but it’s gotta be a two-way street.

]]> By: Dess http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/10/31/the-unteasable/comment-page-1/#comment-60534 Dess Wed, 31 Oct 2007 20:29:12 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=847#comment-60534 i'm definitly not unteasable. i don't really know anyone who would fit that. hmmm... i've never met anyone like that before. i’m definitly not unteasable. i don’t really know anyone who would fit that. hmmm… i’ve never met anyone like that before.

]]> By: Kadie-Wa http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/10/31/the-unteasable/comment-page-1/#comment-60532 Kadie-Wa Wed, 31 Oct 2007 19:57:32 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=847#comment-60532 So, can people from australia be called 'australian' and 'aussies'?? Just wondering i really want to read the books from the other authors that were there too. i've never teased either. So, can people from australia be called ‘australian’ and ‘aussies’?? Just wondering

i really want to read the books from the other authors that were there too.

i’ve never teased either.

]]> By: Lauren http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/10/31/the-unteasable/comment-page-1/#comment-60531 Lauren Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:35:14 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=847#comment-60531 I should point out that, while never teased, I have been hated on more than one occasion. I should point out that, while never teased, I have been hated on more than one occasion.

]]> By: Tim http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/10/31/the-unteasable/comment-page-1/#comment-60530 Tim Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:59:56 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=847#comment-60530 very well then, I will stick to the "read and admire, but no teasing" agenda. very well then, I will stick to the “read and admire, but no teasing” agenda.

]]> By: Justine http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/10/31/the-unteasable/comment-page-1/#comment-60529 Justine Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:29:50 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=847#comment-60529 Tim: Nope. Tim: Nope.

]]> By: Tim http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/10/31/the-unteasable/comment-page-1/#comment-60528 Tim Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:25:29 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=847#comment-60528 just to be clear, are the u.s.-ians in the audience supposed to start teasing you to prove our chops? because I can start any time. just to be clear, are the u.s.-ians in the audience supposed to start teasing you to prove our chops? because I can start any time.

]]> By: Rebecca http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/10/31/the-unteasable/comment-page-1/#comment-60527 Rebecca Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:08:01 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=847#comment-60527 hmm, i wanna know that secret. i'm plenty teasable. :P and it seems like it's been forever since you blogged from australia. i thought you were supposed to go there for half the year. wooohooo, halloween!! do they have that in australia? it's my favorite holiday. hmm, i wanna know that secret. i’m plenty teasable. :P and it seems like it’s been forever since you blogged from australia. i thought you were supposed to go there for half the year.

wooohooo, halloween!! do they have that in australia? it’s my favorite holiday.

]]> By: john klima http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/10/31/the-unteasable/comment-page-1/#comment-60526 john klima Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:25:27 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=847#comment-60526 that's so weird. teasing (ribbing as we call it, as in an elbow to the ribs) is a way of life for me; my wife and i tease each other mercilessly. her family is terrible that way and it's awesome. in my mind, you can't take yourself too seriously. but I hear from non-USians all the time that united states people do not take kindly to teasing. I wonder why that is? that’s so weird. teasing (ribbing as we call it, as in an elbow to the ribs) is a way of life for me; my wife and i tease each other mercilessly. her family is terrible that way and it’s awesome. in my mind, you can’t take yourself too seriously.

but I hear from non-USians all the time that united states people do not take kindly to teasing. I wonder why that is?

]]> By: romblogreader http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/10/31/the-unteasable/comment-page-1/#comment-60525 romblogreader Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:04:25 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=847#comment-60525 I don't particularly like being teased, and when I'm trying fend it off, I find the best "unteaseable" defense is to take absolutely everything the teaser is saying literally (like you misunderstand them or actually agree with them). Do this long enough and with a straight enough face, and the results can be entertaining :) I don’t particularly like being teased, and when I’m trying fend it off, I find the best “unteaseable” defense is to take absolutely everything the teaser is saying literally (like you misunderstand them or actually agree with them). Do this long enough and with a straight enough face, and the results can be entertaining :)

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