thought provoking. i believe i spend most of my time worrying about this as well. even when i feel liberated for the most part to speak my mind, i find i still don't want to offend people with what i think might be true for fear of losing popularity.

my excuse is that since i'm not humorous. and i have a vague feeling that it doesn't help to be truthful if someone can't have some humor. otherwise i just look like a crazy grouch.