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Jul 3 2011: A jerk is one who aggressively imposes his ego upon others with little regard for their feelings or needs. [view in context] 5425
Jul 3 2011: When a passenger berates an airline gate agent for a delay the agent obviously has no control over, we say, "What a jerk!" 5426
Jul 3 2011: Jerks can be technically competent and rise high in organizations, where they make life hell for everyone around them. 5427
Jul 3 2011: Deputy Barney Fife of Mayberry is a classic jerk—pompous, full of himself, abusive of those weaker than him, yet deeply insecure. 5428
Jul 3 2011: A jerk can be comical to watch from a distance but hell to deal with up close, especially if he has any sort of power over you. 5429
Jul 3 2011: A jerk is highly narcissistic. He can't see beyond the fog of his own needs to the needs of others. 5430
Jul 3 2011: "Paranoid" and "jerk" go together. Most abusive jerk-like behavior arises from the perception of an imaginary threat. 5431
Jul 3 2011: Some jerks are know-it-alls who have the solution to everything even if you didn't ask for it. 5432
Jul 3 2011: Some jerks will talk your ear off, filling the air with words without detecting your waning interest. Try to pull away and they talk louder. 5433
Jul 3 2011: Some jerks seem perfectly nice on first meeting. They reveal themselves only (a) when under stress or (b) when given power. 5434
Jul 3 2011: Give a jerk any sort of power and he will use it to abuse others. 5435
Jul 3 2011: Jerks are easy to understand because we have all been one: aggressively self-confident on the outside, insecure on the inside. 5436
Jul 3 2011: There is no treatment for jerks, at least from the outside. You can only get away from them or manage them cautiously like wild animals. 5437
Jul 3 2011: Avoid being generous to a jerk. Don't give him more than you have to—especially information—because it could be used against you. 5438
Jul 3 2011: The opposite of a jerk is someone with "no ego" who acknowledges the needs of others and doesn't bulldoze over them. 5439
Jul 3 2011: The non-jerk just wants to get the job done with the minimum of conflict. 5440
Jul 3 2011: If you are truly secure and self-confident then you don't have to aggressively assert your worth in every interaction. 5441
Jul 3 2011: #### End. 1-hour essay: "Jerks" 5442
Jul 3 2011: Also see our earlier tweeted essay on Jerks: http://baddalailama.com/archive/?essay=jerks (March 2011) 5443
Jul 3 2011: RT @SethMacFarlane: We Americans are proud and will not debase ourselves for anything, except to get on TV, or for a free t-shirt, or fo ... 5444
Jul 3 2011: RT @HisHoliness: Anything that contradicts experience and logic should be abandoned. 5445
Jul 3 2011: Someone who expects to be cheated responds to the world in such a way that their prediction usually comes true. #paranoia [view in context]
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