Do People Have a Right to Your Attention?

Making what I thought was a joke.

 

I can't really read into things right now. You'll have to write out a full sentence with the entirety of your message, not in pieces.

 

K.

 

if I am to interpret you correctly. I am human like anyone else. I don't actively look for a balance, but I will feel it. And no, trade isn't just about tangible things.

 

Close enough.

 

If I'm blocking someone in a grocery store aisle, then yes, at least for the moment they have a right to my attention. As @Eventhorizon stated in one of his posts, in a work environment, it's a different situation. But as far as social interaction, no. It's been a challenge for me to learn to stand on those grounds, even going so far as to telling someone that they are being intrusive and that it's unwelcome.

 

Idk, shouldn't we first get into the question whether people have the right to crave others' attention or aim to get others' attention?

 

Let me get this straight, I think you're asking the right question. But if it were to be concluded people have no right to crave attention from their peers, it could imply attention is something which would be bestowed onto others without any prerequisites, like some altruistic action.

Which would make people who give attention junkies the sought after attention the baddies.

 

Nobody has a right to it except for people in my sphere. That's part of what it means to be there -- by default, they share in the economy of attention, resources, time, wealth, etc.

 

If they're paying me for my attention, yes.

 

Spoiler: Your fragile little Ego

 

You're a good person @Sandie33 , and I mean this without irony, no shennanigans.
And yes, you're right, you deserve all the you time you want. I wish you, your father and other loved ones all the best in the world.

 

Those self-absorbed instagram stereotypes I was thinking of while posting deserve to stub their toes every once in a while though, as to remind them of their mortality.