Ever wanted to be a fly on the wall or have ESP or would you rather not know what's on others minds?
I barely know what I'm thinking half the time, so ... No.
I once asked a significant other, "What's wrong?" and she said, "Nothing." I knew something was wrong. I asked her to spill it, to tell me the absolute honest truth, to tell me EVERYTHING that was on her mind.
I will never do that again as long as I live.
She, um, shriveled me with her words until I was microscopic. She had an amazing memory.
No, I really wouldn't want to know because that could easily damage friendships, the way you feel about family members, etc. Some just cannot hold their tongue concerning talking about others whether they deserve it or not.
Sometimes I wish I was a fly on the wall in every room I have entered. It is not an ego thing at all. I just want to know what people really think of me...Am I invisible or do I matter?
Sometimes, I am glad I am not a fly on those walls...bad for my confience and may cause anxiety. Probably better not to worry what others think.
Sometimes I have said I wished I was a fly on the wall when I knew there could be something interesting going to be talked about - not just about me
I have no desire to know the future. I prefer to awaken each day with a blank slate and hope. On the other hand, many times I've wished that I could be a fly on the wall. Ah! The great stories I'd be writing!
No, I wouldn't... It doesn't really matter... There is so much stuff that really doesn't matter inside our heads that some things are best left unsaid, unknown, etc, etc. If everybody knew what was on everybody elses' minds, the world would have ended by now. And does it matter? What matters is what we do, after all the thinking, we act a certain way, we say certains things, that is what is important, because that is what we chose to do and say...
I don't know I would be afraid I might hear something I really didn't want to know
Almost everyone wants to know if they are being cheated on or taken advantage of in some way. Wouldn't you want to know who your (real friends) are? Knowing what others want/need or expect helps you determine if there is a good match. Saves time!
Yes I would probably want to know the things concerning myself, but not those that would make others unhappy. That would be a huge responsibility
I would love to read minds! From my perspective, it's the best super power ever! You can know what they are thinking, how to react beforehand, and know their true selves without needing to go through the Big Five.
There are days when I have a hard enough time knowing what's on my mind let alone wanting to know what is on everyone elses. I have no need to know their thoughts. Should they want me to, I am sure they will tell me. Until then my ignorance of the subject is blissful. And I can use my uncluttered brain for more positive adventures.
There are certain times I would like to know what prompts people to do some of the things they do, especially when there seems to be no reasonable explaination behind it but as a rule, not really. I think most of the time it's best not to know.
I would rather not know. The odds are that ESP or its equivalent would suck people into the drama of the drama queens. ESP would over-ride the rationality we have and pull people into the crowd. It would lower the societal discourse to an ocean dominated by the most passionate, if crazy and irrational.
And one terrorist act with a number of hurting victims would literally paralyze a nation instead of merely terrify those watching the news.
What others think about me is non of my business as I know who I am ,others can just think they know who I am but in the end I am the only one that knows me so what others think is of no use to me:)
I wish I had ESP though where ,like winning lottery numbers are concerned ,LOL that would be great!!!
by RPirate 9 years ago
Do you care what others think or say about you behind your back?Does it matter what other people say about you when you're out of hearing range. We come across with two-faced people that have developed this sort of lifestyle. Being a "public chameleon" with opinions that are constantly...
by Catherine Kane 12 years ago
How do you follow your heart?I had a young girl, out of the blue, ask me that the other day through the drive-in window at McDonald'sI gave her what I've found in life on the matter, but I think it's an interesting question, and I'd like to hear your thoughts on this.How do you follow your heart?
by samanthamayer 12 years ago
Why do we care so much about what others think of us?What we say, what is said about us, what we wear, what we eat... There are so many campaigns with the slogan to just "be yourself", and yet, we still seem to get trapped in this cycle of constantly worrying about what other people think...
by Charlu 12 years ago
Have you ever wanted to be somebody else just for a day, if so who was it and why?
by Ryan Hupfer 16 years ago
^ DJ Funktual in the houseOk all of you Hubbers out there, DJ Funktual says that you all need to pay attention to this Forum post because he's decided to do something that no other Hubber has ever done before. Are you listening? So you all know that the past few weeks we have really started to have...
by Penelope Hart 11 years ago
Do you ask questions on Hub Pages because you're looking for answers, conducting a survey or......?You're asking for other reasons?
Copyright © 2024 The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers on this website. HubPages® is a registered trademark of The Arena Platform, Inc. Other product and company names shown may be trademarks of their respective owners. The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers to this website may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website.
Copyright © 2024 Maven Media Brands, LLC and respective owners.
As a user in the EEA, your approval is needed on a few things. To provide a better website experience, hubpages.com uses cookies (and other similar technologies) and may collect, process, and share personal data. Please choose which areas of our service you consent to our doing so.
For more information on managing or withdrawing consents and how we handle data, visit our Privacy Policy at: https://corp.maven.io/privacy-policy
Show DetailsNecessary | |
---|---|
HubPages Device ID | This is used to identify particular browsers or devices when the access the service, and is used for security reasons. |
Login | This is necessary to sign in to the HubPages Service. |
Google Recaptcha | This is used to prevent bots and spam. (Privacy Policy) |
Akismet | This is used to detect comment spam. (Privacy Policy) |
HubPages Google Analytics | This is used to provide data on traffic to our website, all personally identifyable data is anonymized. (Privacy Policy) |
HubPages Traffic Pixel | This is used to collect data on traffic to articles and other pages on our site. Unless you are signed in to a HubPages account, all personally identifiable information is anonymized. |
Amazon Web Services | This is a cloud services platform that we used to host our service. (Privacy Policy) |
Cloudflare | This is a cloud CDN service that we use to efficiently deliver files required for our service to operate such as javascript, cascading style sheets, images, and videos. (Privacy Policy) |
Google Hosted Libraries | Javascript software libraries such as jQuery are loaded at endpoints on the googleapis.com or gstatic.com domains, for performance and efficiency reasons. (Privacy Policy) |
Features | |
---|---|
Google Custom Search | This is feature allows you to search the site. (Privacy Policy) |
Google Maps | Some articles have Google Maps embedded in them. (Privacy Policy) |
Google Charts | This is used to display charts and graphs on articles and the author center. (Privacy Policy) |
Google AdSense Host API | This service allows you to sign up for or associate a Google AdSense account with HubPages, so that you can earn money from ads on your articles. No data is shared unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy) |
Google YouTube | Some articles have YouTube videos embedded in them. (Privacy Policy) |
Vimeo | Some articles have Vimeo videos embedded in them. (Privacy Policy) |
Paypal | This is used for a registered author who enrolls in the HubPages Earnings program and requests to be paid via PayPal. No data is shared with Paypal unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy) |
Facebook Login | You can use this to streamline signing up for, or signing in to your Hubpages account. No data is shared with Facebook unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy) |
Maven | This supports the Maven widget and search functionality. (Privacy Policy) |
Marketing | |
---|---|
Google AdSense | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Google DoubleClick | Google provides ad serving technology and runs an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Index Exchange | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Sovrn | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Facebook Ads | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Amazon Unified Ad Marketplace | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
AppNexus | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Openx | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Rubicon Project | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
TripleLift | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Say Media | We partner with Say Media to deliver ad campaigns on our sites. (Privacy Policy) |
Remarketing Pixels | We may use remarketing pixels from advertising networks such as Google AdWords, Bing Ads, and Facebook in order to advertise the HubPages Service to people that have visited our sites. |
Conversion Tracking Pixels | We may use conversion tracking pixels from advertising networks such as Google AdWords, Bing Ads, and Facebook in order to identify when an advertisement has successfully resulted in the desired action, such as signing up for the HubPages Service or publishing an article on the HubPages Service. |
Statistics | |
---|---|
Author Google Analytics | This is used to provide traffic data and reports to the authors of articles on the HubPages Service. (Privacy Policy) |
Comscore | ComScore is a media measurement and analytics company providing marketing data and analytics to enterprises, media and advertising agencies, and publishers. Non-consent will result in ComScore only processing obfuscated personal data. (Privacy Policy) |
Amazon Tracking Pixel | Some articles display amazon products as part of the Amazon Affiliate program, this pixel provides traffic statistics for those products (Privacy Policy) |
Clicksco | This is a data management platform studying reader behavior (Privacy Policy) |