necoandjeff wrote:
> Rykk wrote:
> > "Ryan Ginstrom" wrote
> >> "Rykk" wrote

> >>> If it truly is a fact then maybe you could explain it.
> >>
> >> In the case of interviewing for English teachers, it seems that
> >> spotting the
> >> inability to hold inane conversations with no particular point would
> >> be fairly important.
> >
> > I was asking how it made me conceited not whether or not it is an
> > important ability.
> 
> My original point had nothing to do with conceit, it had to do with being
> self-centered. Conceit is thinking you are better than others, which is
> different. I think the inability to take an interest in what someone else
> wants to talk about indicates self-centeredness, and a judgment that what
> someone else wants to talk about is "inane" or "has not point" is a
> self-centered judgment, because it is based solely on what you consider to
> be important.

Just to clarify, would i be considered self-centered, conceited or 
ironical if i said i was bored with this thread?