The Office and "theory of mind".

Hey, so I've just finished watching the US office and something has occurred to me; Jim appears to be a whizz at pointing out what people are going to do, what they think of others and such whereas most of the rest of the characters seem to have literally no clue of how they appear to others, other people's views or how society views them and it looks to me like a very clever play on the idea of "theory of mind".......my only problem is that while he can spot and understand how others interpret others, he finds it hard to look at himself.

Bit rambly but has anyone else watched the office and noticed this?

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  • I've not watched the office, but you're describing me.

    I have freaky like perception of what's going on for someone else, or between them and another person. Everyone consults me, people remark I'm the most emotionally intelligent person they've met, that i'm superhuman, etc. But I simply can't work out or intuit how people feel towards me. Even if I write lists, analyse, discuss with others, everyone's unanimous on their opinion, I can't internalise/feel/"get" how someone feels towards me. It all stays totally rational and cerebral but I can't hold it, so it doesn't influence how i relate to them. I relate to everyone the same, whether i've just met them, been 20 year friend, my siblings, or i'm madly in love with them. Nobody i fall in love with can tell i'm in love with them!

  • The English version is even more obvious....crueler, but more obvious. The way Tim will spend hours just using his words to confuse and misdirect Gareth shouldn't be funny.....but it is.

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