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scott
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response 41 of 54:
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Dec 15 16:36 UTC 2003 |
There was some reference to this in one of the Neal Stephenson books
(Cryptonomicon). It was about regular conversations vs. conversations where
"every statement must be provably true". Which sounds like some of the
arguments on Grex, actually.
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gull
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response 42 of 54:
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Dec 15 17:01 UTC 2003 |
Re resp:40: I have mixed feelings about #8. I dislike it when I'm
talking to someone and they disagree with me, but when I try to talk
about why they feel that way they just say, "It's just my opinion. I
don't want to argue about it." I think a lot of the problems in the
world are caused by people who hold strong opinions that they've never
thought about or tried to justify.
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willcome
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response 43 of 54:
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Dec 15 19:30 UTC 2003 |
Isn't it time to start thinking?
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oval
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response 44 of 54:
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Dec 15 19:49 UTC 2003 |
i still say gsf1 even though i filter one person - it's my way of accepting
that person's existence without having to put others through the bad mood
he puts me in. no need to thank me. there's a few of these i know in my real
life - when they start ranting i usually step out for a smoke.
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twenex
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response 45 of 54:
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Dec 15 19:52 UTC 2003 |
I don't smoke.
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flem
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response 46 of 54:
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Dec 15 20:02 UTC 2003 |
I used to know this girl who, during conversations, would get very
defensive and upset if I disagreed with anything she said. No matter
how mildly I phrased my disagreement, she always felt like I was
attacking her personally. I found it really hard to talk to her for any
length of time. It didn't help that she said a lot of things I
disagreed with. :)
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mary
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response 47 of 54:
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Dec 15 22:58 UTC 2003 |
Girl? Maybe as she moved into adulthood she learned how to converse, just
as boys do. Have you seen her since then? ;-)
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gull
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response 48 of 54:
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Dec 16 00:36 UTC 2003 |
Re resp:46: I've known people like that.
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flem
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response 49 of 54:
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Dec 16 18:00 UTC 2003 |
She was, I believe, 19 when I knew her, as was I. I haven't seen her in
years, and haven't spoken at length with her for even longer.
I've known other people like that, though never quite so extreme;
people for whom there didn't seem to be any middle ground between
agreement and antagonism.
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tod
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response 50 of 54:
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Dec 16 18:21 UTC 2003 |
This response has been erased.
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flem
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response 51 of 54:
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Dec 16 19:43 UTC 2003 |
Yes. And then I turned her over my knee and spanked her!
Okay, well, maybe not. :)
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mynxcat
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response 52 of 54:
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Dec 16 20:57 UTC 2003 |
Kinky.
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gull
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response 53 of 54:
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Dec 17 14:25 UTC 2003 |
I've certainly met a lot of people who felt that making the same
argument again, except louder, was the same thing as supporting their
position.
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twenex
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response 54 of 54:
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Dec 17 16:47 UTC 2003 |
AND AGAIN, DAVID.
(No, I'm not being a troll; David and I really do seem to agree on a
lot of things; as for the caps, call it ironic commentary.)
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