Sheesh... do you guys have ANY conversational style other than "mocking?"
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The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy...returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Martin Luther King
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Originally posted by Mountain Man View PostSo the smiley means I am negating my own statement? This must be a new rule of internet decorum that I was previously unaware of.
If you were smart then you would simply slink away from this thread without further comment; if you had integrity then you would admit you just stepped in it in another obsessively desperate attempt to prove me wrong. Although I suspect you'll go with option three which is to heedlessly charge ahead without realizing there's a brick wall right in front of you.Jorge: Functional Complex Information is INFORMATION that is complex and functional.
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Originally posted by carpedm9587 View PostSheesh... do you guys have ANY conversational style other than "mocking?"Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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Originally posted by Ignorant Roy View PostI'm going with option 4, which is to ask you to clarify what you meant.Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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Originally posted by Mountain Man View PostSarcasm tends to be my default mode even in face to face conversations.The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy...returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Martin Luther King
I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong. Frederick Douglas
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Originally posted by carpedm9587 View PostWe probably wouldn't be friends long. I find that wearing.
I'm also very blunt and have an extremely dry sense of humor to the point that even my wife of 25-years can't always tell when I'm joking.
You might say I'm an acquired taste.Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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Originally posted by Mountain Man View PostPerhaps.
I'm also very blunt and have an extremely dry sense of humor to the point that even my wife of 25-years can't always tell when I'm joking.
You might say I'm an acquired taste.The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy...returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Martin Luther King
I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong. Frederick Douglas
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PS, I initially was wondering if this thread might not be better in Nat Sci where you might get a better type of discussion (e.g. something more scientific regarding the way polls and predictions work) than in Civics where it will just turn into what it has, people mocking each other and so on.
But I see it is too late.
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Originally posted by Sparko View PostPS, I initially was wondering if this thread might not be better in Nat Sci where you might get a better type of discussion (e.g. something more scientific regarding the way polls and predictions work) than in Civics where it will just turn into what it has, people mocking each other and so on.Enter the Church and wash away your sins. For here there is a hospital and not a court of law. Do not be ashamed to enter the Church; be ashamed when you sin, but not when you repent. – St. John Chrysostom
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I recommend you do not try too hard and ...research as little as possible. Such weighty things give me a headache. - Shunyadragon, Baha'i apologist
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Originally posted by One Bad Pig View PostYeah, that never happens in Nat Sci.
[*Hides peashooter behind back*]
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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Originally posted by Sparko View PostPS, I initially was wondering if this thread might not be better in Nat Sci where you might get a better type of discussion (e.g. something more scientific regarding the way polls and predictions work) than in Civics where it will just turn into what it has, people mocking each other and so on.
But I see it is too late.
And yes - it is too late. It pretty much always is. The default exchange mode on this forum for many of its denizens appears to be "mock."The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy...returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Martin Luther King
I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong. Frederick Douglas
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Originally posted by carpedm9587 View PostI put it here because I here the claim, "the polls were bad" frequently here, followed by a whole lot of examples that demonstrate the people making the claim do NOT understand polling and associated predictions/probabilities.
And yes - it is too late. It pretty much always is. The default exchange mode on this forum for many of its denizens appears to be "mock."Enter the Church and wash away your sins. For here there is a hospital and not a court of law. Do not be ashamed to enter the Church; be ashamed when you sin, but not when you repent. – St. John Chrysostom
Veritas vos Liberabit<>< Learn Greek <>< Look here for an Orthodox Church in America<><Ancient Faith Radio
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I recommend you do not try too hard and ...research as little as possible. Such weighty things give me a headache. - Shunyadragon, Baha'i apologist
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Originally posted by carpedm9587 View PostI put it here because I here the claim...
Awaiting the arrival of the prodder of bovines
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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