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August 12, 2003

Who You Callin' Hostile!?

So I take this idiotic test:

Cynicism Score: 8 • If your score is 0 to 3, your Cynicism level is very low. • If your score is 4 to 6, your Cynicism level is probably high enough to be of some concern. • If your score is 7 or more, your Cynicism level is very high.
Yeah right. They're just trying to get me to buy their stupid book.
Anger Score: 5 • If your score is 0 to 3, your Anger level is very low. • If your score is 4 to 6, your Anger level is probably high enough to deserve your attention. • If your score is 7 or higher, your Anger level is very high.
Shit like this really pisses me off.
Aggression Score: 9 • f your score is 0 to 3, your Aggression level is very low. • If your score is 4 to 6, your Aggression level is borderline, and you may want to consider ways to reduce it. • If your score is 7 or more, you probably need to take serious steps to reduce your Aggression level.

I oughta come over there and slap some sense into these monkeys.

Total Hostility Score: 22
If your Total Hostility score is 10 or less, some research suggests that your hostility level is below the range where it is likely to place you at risk of developing health problems. Any score higher than 10 may place you in the group whose hostility level is high enough to increase your risk of health problems.

Sez you, pinhead. You wanna make something out of it, huh? Bring it.


You can also use the test to rate other people close to you—a spouse, boyfriend, or girlfriend, for instance — to see if their hostility levels may be too high.

tsk. Sowing the seeds of discontent. Things like this make me wonder what has gone wrong. I mean, do people who live well in Argentina really have as many shrinks per capita as we do in the States? We certainly have deep roots of violent aggression in America, but so do underprivileged people. Yet those people can be happy and peaceful without extensive mental health regimes. This level of introspection, mass marketed, is what's sick if you ask me.

Posted by mbowen at August 12, 2003 01:31 PM

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Geez Cobb, I dont think your hostile at all, and I love the new banner on your blog!

Posted by: Liz Fine at August 12, 2003 09:11 PM