Yeah I apologize when I do that. It happens too often.
Would you/do you engage in casual conversation with an acquaintance on a topic on which you are far better informed, without letting the other person know of your depth of knowledge?
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Yeah I apologize when I do that. It happens too often.
Would you/do you engage in casual conversation with an acquaintance on a topic on which you are far better informed, without letting the other person know of your depth of knowledge?
I think that depends on the circumstances, if the topic casually came up I wouldn't feel the need to declare my knowledge but I wouldn't intentionally conceal how much I knew.
You see a beggar on the street and you decide to give them money. You mean to give them 5 dollars but accidentally pull out a 50 and don't realize it until after you give it to them. Would you ask for the money back? Or just let it slide?
I wouldn't ask for the money back, that'd be bad form... but for $50 I would ask for a blow job.
Have you ever paid for sex?
Heh heh.Quote:
Originally Posted by Iain Sparrow
No, despite many opportunities. But if the lady doesn't really wan't to be there, then neither do I.Quote:
Originally Posted by Iain Sparrow
If you despised and disrespected your father's second wife, and on his deathbed he begged you to look after her in old age, would you promise to do it, even though you had no intention of even seeing her a day after the funeral?
Yes, I rather think I would grant a man's dying wish.
When you die, and if you were cremated, where would you want them to scatter your ashes?
In the sea. I'm not a sailor, and I don't harbor (no pun intended) a lot of romantic notions about the sea, but sharing a tomb with Hudson, Drake, Cook, Diaz, Zheng He, etc., etc., etc. sounds like good company to me. (Although to be honest, I could care less what happens to the dead parts of me when I'm gone).
Would you apologize to someone for something that was your fault if you were virtually certain that your apology would be treated with contempt?
Depends on the circumstances, generally I do apologize for things which are my fault, but I also dislike being treated with contempt enough that I might skip it. But okay i'll say yes, I've done this with girlfriends who I knew weren't willing to hear an apology and certainly treated it with contempt at the time.
Would you still choose to maintain your position as bodyguard to Adolf Hitler even if your job description suspiciously included gunning down a surprising number of time travelling vigilantes?
If my contract had any sort of time traveller clause, I would probably assume the guy was nuts, and join the resistance (not that there was much of a resistance in the Third Reich). And if time traveling vigilantes ever did show up, I'd at least hear them out.
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While I appreciate Iain's integrity, what I was really asking is if you would lie to your father on his deathbed, or say, No, Dad, I just can't do that. Question is open to anyone.Quote:
Originally Posted by Iain Sparrow
If I know that I absolutely can not do it then yes, I am lying to him on his deathbed. I like my father's second wife just fine though, but yeh, hypothetically I would lie to him.
If you discovered that you were adopted would you attempt to find your birth parents or any siblings you may have?
Not my biological parents, although later on life I would probably try to see if I had brothers and sisters, and that might lead me to them. But my adoptive parents would still be my "real" parents. If I ever did meet my biological parents, I would make that clear to everyone.
Same question.
Yes I would try to find my biological parents and any brothers or sisters I might have.
Would you ever consider adopting a child yourself?
Of course, assuming I was financially stable.
Would you pay $28 for a t-shirt with your favorite author or book on it?
If I liked the shirt yes, $28 is pretty reasonable.
Would you let your girlfriend dress you if she really wanted to?
No! If they still need dolls, they're too young to see you naked in the first place. Don't let them put braids in your hair either!
Would you wear black cowboy boots to a funeral?
No... not unless it was somehow important to the deceased that I do so.
Would you ever pay upwards of $300 for a meal and wine?
Never. Nor would I tip if I did! :)
Would you put return your plane seat to upright if the person behind you requested it politely (the person in front of you certainly isn't going to do it for you)?
Yes, I would move mine and I wouldn't ever request anyone move their seat to accommodate me haha. I don't know why but I am always 100% acquiescent to reasonable demands made by strangers in public and also 100% reluctant to bother anyone else if I don't know them.
Would you object to a restaurant billing you an automatic 18% gratuity for service (as they do here, for large tables and parties)?
they do the same here, but it's 15%. It's policy for many restuarants and i pay the 15%.
Would you hunt animals for sport?
Yes for fish. No for mammals. It's just a preference.
Same question.
No. I don't have any moral objection (unless thinking a lot of wild animals are cute and seeing them dead would be sad is a moral objection), but it doesn't sound like a fun time at all.
Would you try to persuade your friend to be more sensible if he or she suddenly started believing in a bunch of conspiracy theories?
Hahahaha go to Hell.
No I would not!
Would you rather watch My Little Pony, Digimon or Monster High with a bunch of two-four year old kids?
It's awfully hard to pursuade someone to sense. Most people just need time to grow out of that sort of thing. Shrugging and changing the subject until that day comes is probably the best way to handle it.Quote:
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Would you tell a good friend that you thought he or she was becoming an alcoholic, even if you were pretty sure it would cause a rift in your friendship (until AA)?
Edit: Sorry Clopin. Can't you read them Yeats?
I think I'm facing that situation right now, and apparently I would not say anything :( though I'm not certain she's becoming an alcoholic, as she lives far away, and in any case I think she has started drinking less recently.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pompey Bum
I'll trust you on Monster High, though I've never seen it. My Little Pony might be fun though :D
Same question about a friend's potential alcoholism.
Nah, it's not my business or concern, he can deal with his own life.
If you were watching shows with a three year old girl who refuses to nap with the other kids and who you knew was really excited to see you would you still piss around in forum games or would you try to spend time with her?
You evil creature, Clopin! Go play with her this instant.
Would you rather work in a bookstore or a day-care?
Bookstore probably, I've worked in both and while a good home daycare can be amazing, most daycares are sort of child jails and they don't necessarily treat the staff well, plus it's high noise, high stress.
Would you eat dog and cat?
I've had that conversation with a friend who was getting drunk ever night and laid every weekend, and asked me if I thought she should try to have a child before she got to be too old. I told her that I doubted she could even conceive at present because her health was such a mess, and that she would not be a fit mother until she got her drinking under control, and that she should get help. She got pissed and I didn't hear from her for years (admittedly I moved shortly after that), but then one night came the inevitable "I'm in AA now and I wan't to apologize" call. I never heard if she had the kid. But my advice is yes, talk about it. You're a nicer person than me, Lykren, so I'm sure you would be more delicate about it. Just be aware that the response may be less delicate.Quote:
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And yes, Clopin, go do your job.
I'd rather be retired.
If you were walking outdoors with a casual female acquaintance, and the wind blew her skirt up over her waist, would you make a joke about it, or just pretend that it didn't happen?
Edit: I've eaten cat. I wouldn't want to eat dog, but when in Rome...
With some friends I could safely make a little joke, with most I couldn't in that situation.
Thanks for the advice, Pompey. I'm visiting her in June, so I can see how she's doing then.
Do you ever tire of phrases like 'stream-of-consciousness' or 'sheets of sound?'
Haha a little, actually, along with other literary descriptive terms which can get a bit overused.
Would you attend a one student (you) class taught by Harold Bloom?
I'd prefer it if there were other students. Among the most beneficial things in attending a class is to hear what others ask from the teacher.Quote:
Originally Posted by Clopin
Same question.
I agree with North Star. I would be too nervous to say anything, probably, and that wouldn't be any fun.
Would you eat the last specimen of an endangered species?
Of course not! Though if it's the last one then the species is doomed anyway obviously.
Would you dig up and dig through a corpse if you had good reason to believe it had been buried after swallowing a substantial number of diamonds and gems?
Only if they were my diamonds and gems.
Is the belief that a corpse is still a person a superstition?
Do people believe that? I suppose that's a superstition then, yes.
Would you strip corpses after a particularly bloody battle in medieval England or France? You are not wealthy yourself, but not a serf either.
In morally and psychologically dicey situations like combat, it is important to maintain discipline, or self-control if the standard of discipline is coming apart; so I lean towards no. If I were drawing no other pay, however, and the norm was to plunder after a victory to compensate for that (as it often was in ancient times), I would probably not even struggle with the idea.
Would you hesitate to kill your brother if you found yourselves on opposing sides in a civil war?
I absolutely wouldn't do it, he can kill me if he wants I suppose, but he wouldn't do it either I don't think. Assuming I was going to be executed for cowardice or something if I don't kill him I'll take the firing squad, this isn't even a question. Even assuming I know for a fact that if we lay down our arms we are both going to be executed there's still no way I'm killing my own brother with my own hands.
Your best friend/brother/wife/anyone you deeply care about is being executed by firing squad, there is absolutely nothing you can do to prevent this, you have been assigned to this firing squad and if you do not participate you're next on the chopping block, would you shoot?
No, certainly not. And if I were in such a society, I would prefer to be dead.
If you were a supervisor of a fair to good worker, and you were ordered by your boss to trump up some problem to justify firing him (to make room for the boss's nephew, you think), and you were pretty sure that you'd be next if you screwed it up, and you had a wife and three kids depending on your paycheck and healthcare, would you do it?
Yes I would, my kids come first, he's going to be fired by someone anyway and firing someone isn't exactly evil. I wouldn't lose sleep over it, but I would start quietly searching for a new job.
I agree with you about preferring death.
Would you frame someone you really hated in your workplace for some petty crime which would see him or her terminated if you knew you could get away with it scot-free?
Not for a crime, but if I was convinced the person was trying to get me fired, and I knew that the person had already committed fire-able offenses and gotten away with it, then no, I wouldn't hesitate to use what I had to defend myself. Or at least I did in those days. Nice to have the rat race behind me, though.
You oppose unions but have a chance to increase your income substantially by taking a job with mandatory union membership. Do you do it?
Honestly at this point in my life, yes. I'm not going to give up a good job because of the mandatory union membership (and I oppose unions in real life too), it wouldn't be the right move for me and I need to consider the absolute realities of my situation right at this moment.
Would you work for a company whose practices you considered ethically unsound if the salary was comparatively enormous to what you were making at a job working for a perfectly moral firm?