Open Discussion

May 11th, 2008

Did something ever occur to you where you’ve said something and you wish you did not say it because it will open a discussion, only that discussion should and must not proceed? Well, it happens to me all the time because of my nature. First off, there are two kinds of me - simpleton and enigmatic. Each kind corresponds to a person’s level of acquaintance with me. I’m a simpleton towards a person if that person is familiar or intimate with me. I am transparent towards that person. Otherwise, I’m a complete enigma. For the sake of this entry, I will be referring to my simpleton self.

The wife and I chatted online, catching up on things. Towards the end when the session was about to end, she asked a question based on her observations of how I speak over the phone, talk online, etc. She can analyze me pretty well - quite a feat of her I must say. She knows how I would express certain things through speech patterns and tones. I guess that’s because we’re the same. There’s no escaping so I answered honestly. Then came the follow up question that MUST always supersede that former question. The answer to the follow up question she posed is of highest significance to complete the thought of my answer to the first question, otherwise it would be dangling. Well, you guessed it. I did not answer the follow up question.

I have a dilemma. I’m troubled. Not answering the follow up question definitely breaks the concept of “open to each other.” I feel guilty. The thing is that I probably would bring the answer to my grave, unless she can completely read my mind. Only I, alone, know the answer to the question. To meet halfway with her (I probably gave her more headaches with it), I encrypted the word (only one word answers the question) using SHA-256 and gave the encrypted string as the answer. A simple brute force decryption would solve the mystery. I couldn’t resist her so I had to tell her. I’m relieved.

Last edited by aovaron on May 11, 2008 at 8:52 AM

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