# Oblivious to what others are thinking, blessing or curse?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 11, 2015, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oblivious-to-what-others-are-thinking-blessing-or-curse/717403 "2015-04-11T03:42:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2015, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oblivious-to-what-others-are-thinking-blessing-or-curse/717403/1 "2015-04-11T03:42:51Z")

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I’m leaning toward blessing, seeing how much mental anguish it causes others who aren’t oblivious.

Or my brain is a lot more empty or quieter than others. I get the obvious things, but the kind of in depth theorizing that others do nope.

I’ll admit it can be a curse with certain jobs.

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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2015, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oblivious-to-what-others-are-thinking-blessing-or-curse/717403/2 "2015-04-11T14:46:21Z")

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If your resulting behavior is a blessing to you and a curse to those around you, how should that be scored?