Siriusly!

Ahh. Harry Potter nerds, UNITE!

When friends say, "I'm serious," my favourite way to reply is "Black? White? Red? Yellow?" Which is usually followed by a one second pause where we share an intense look, then burst out at the same time, "Or blue--AVATAR!" Yes, I have awesome friends.

But that's not what I wanted to talk about today. Today, I wanted to tackle a more sirius (teehee!) topic. And YES, hopping grasses are capable of being serious (sirius!) for more than two seconds. (The only problem is whether or not my attention span is that long. But anyhow...) 

I want to talk about an interesting phenomenon that I have noticed on various test subjects, including myself. Because I am who I am, I must give it an epic title. Hold on...

Presenting... The PSEUDO MULTIPLE PERSONALITY PHENOMENON! ( PMPP!)

Confused? Disgruntled? Think I'm insane? Well, I'm not. Fine. Maybe a little bit. But whatever. I've noticed with people of both genders from various age groups that their personalities really change depending on who they are with/where they are/the situation they are in at the time.

I'm not just talking about a little change. I'm talking about whopper sized shifts in the way they act! Don't believe me? I think I'll write out a couple of real life scenarios just to prove my point. I will not, of course, mention any names. That would just be plain wrong. And to wrap up the preamble, I need to say that some of these scenarios are one-time things, and others are reoccurring. Of course, they can even overlap and become extreme cases of PMPP!

Scenario one: Parasite?

Let's say person one is usually a calm, collected individual who deals with matters in calm, collected ways. That are rational, logical, and generally accepted by the other party.

But when person two, a loud, hot-headed, and insensitive person comes into contact with person one for a period of time (like, on a vacation or something), everything changes. The calm individual seems to feed off all the negative energy of the irrational individual, and quickly escalates into the same kind of behaviour: impulsive, aggressive, and generally not fun to be around. 

Their new persona may disappear after their influence (donor for the parasite, if you will) disappears. More time than not, though, they thrive with displaying the undesirable qualities for quite a while after, before going back to the way they were before. Worst case is when they seem to become a completely new person, who is now a pain in the behind. Not fun.

Scenario two: Reverse parasite.

I don't want to seem like a downer, so I will say that I have seem drastic changes of bad personalities to good personalities within incredibly short amounts of time, but the first scenario is altogether more common. From MY observations, anyhow.

Scenario three: Suddenly Shy! 

When we first meet new people, most feel shy on some kind of level, as they are not familiar with who they are dealing with. For a short period of time, they may seem withdrawn, and look in from outside the circle.

Depending on your personality, you may snap out of it quickly, or the shyness may linger. Thing is, the person's actual personality may be completely different!

That often results in a extreme change when they become comfortable with the crowd. This change can be awkward an very out of place, as people have perceived you in one way, and you've turned 180 degrees and become totally unpredictable, in others' eyes.

Once again, the reverse can happen as well. For some, the automatic reaction to being new is to act extremely social, and quickly gain a reputation of being loud and confident. Deep down, though, things aren't what they seem. As time goes on, surprising facts like that the popular kid actually doesn't talk much, are revealed.

***

So I've only got time for those three scenarios. But anyhow, you can see from my "research" above, PMPP is very common. In fact, it's present everywhere you look! It's surprising how the people and environment you're in can affect you, whether in good or bad ways. 

So what's my point? Yeah... what IS my point? Give me a second to think, alright? 

[please stand by while the Hopping Grass thinks]

Okay, I've got it!

THE POINT OF THIS ENTIRE POST:

Choose your hot dog condiments carefully! 

You thought I was going to say 'choose your friends carefully," didn't you? Well HA! I tricked you. [does happy dance] 

Okay, okay. You were right, that's the real "moral" of the post. You're no fun. :(

It's 11 PM! 

Tata, my glorious cyberspace lurkers!

The Hopping Grass

P.S. I totally failed at being serious, didn't I? 

TEEHEE! [Thanks, Nigahiga!]