On one world, it is almost impossible to ask anyone a question about anything without them responding with a critical remark.
A group of scientists, (okay one guy), from a neighboring planet went there to study this strange phenomena, and what follows is an abstract of his official report. (Alright it was taken from a conversation with him over a couple of six packs.)
He says that while overall, the inhabitants resemble us, there is obviously some distinguishing function operating in their brain that is responsible for their unique and curious quirk. He says that once you get past their opening comment, they are no more ill-tempered or mean spirited than we are, but seem totally unable to refrain from making critical and dreadful statements about whatever subject is into a conversation introduced.
He says at first he expected some among them would already be making note of this, and studying the matter, but found it was not so and quickly realized. It was so all pervasive as to be their norm, and thus none took any more specific notice than did they the air they breathed. He said that in fact when he brought this behavior up to question them about it, everyone to whom he so spoke looked at him bewildered – clearly revealing that they had no conception at all of what he was describing to them about themselves.
Going into greater detail: He says that when talking with them and a subject is mentioned, (a person, an activity, an idea), once they give their initial, seemingly reflexive criticism-of, or warning-about, they abandon it and appear to instantly lose interest in that perspective. Eerily, (says he), as though they are mechanically programmed to say something negative about any matter brought up to them, and then immediately ignore it. They normally display no continuing signs of them ever having had any personal feelings, regarding whatever it was they had just harshly commented on.
J.