Why I make Idle Threats?

I make them a lot... and my guess is I make them as simply something to say… because without them I would continue sitting silently. However, a one sentence blog post is highly suspect, so I’ve come up with two plethoras (trust me that’s a word) of other possibilities.

I could make them to exert control. I would be showing superiority over others, instilling a belief in them that they are below me. This might suggest that I make idle threats because I’m insecure. I could see the victim of the verbal assault as better than me, and this is my way of taking a shot at them. I beat others physically, but could be scared of them mentally, so when backed into a corner I try to display dominance over them, with what I’ve got. Aware that I beat others physically, idle threats may be my way of trying to impress someone, by showing them how tough and manly I can talk. Surprisingly this claim is founded. Typically I make idle threats to people I like, perhaps to make myself look tougher / better in their eyes. It’s rare that I would threaten someone that I’d actually be interested in hurting, some people just have it coming. But hopefully, idle threats are not my way of showing someone I like them. Perhaps idle threats are my way of coving things up. They often occur after I’ve made a public mistake. Or when I’m lost for words and socially obligated to speak. Or maybe, I think they are funny in their own way. Because I know that the threat will never be carried out. Per chance, the answer is buried in the way I respond to idle threats, or regular threats. I typically call the aggressor out, and taunt them to follow through. I think I would only fight someone if I knew I could control the fight and guarantee that nobody would be seriously hurt.

Welp, that’s probably enough to have me locked away… Someone recently implied that my idle threatening was being taken negatively… So, I’m thinking that I’ll simply stop making them for awhile.

And after reading the post I realize that I didn’t add a whole lot from my outline… Just barely enough words to connect separate ideas into hard to follow English. Basically, if you replaced every period and comma above, you would get the outline; perhaps I’ll just start posting that.

Well, with summer classes are ramping up soon it’s unlikely that I’ll blog terribly often. However, I do have some good topic ideas… Such as: Levels of Insecurity, What God(s) would mean, and Geri. So if you want to help decide…

Peace -- Michael