Originally Posted by Emil Miller
...though only because Emil continues to permit it.
...though only because Emil continues to permit it.
Oh well, I'll explain it to you.
Just because YOU are prepared to take the abrasive ones, doesn't mean that everyone else should, which is implicit in your statement.
"L'art de la statistique est de tirer des conclusions erronèes a partir de chiffres exacts." Napoléon Bonaparte.
"Je crois que beaucoup de gens sont dans cet état d’esprit: au fond, ils ne sentent pas concernés par l’Histoire. Mais pourtant, de temps à autre, l’Histoire pose sa main sur eux." Michel Houellebecq.
I don't see Mutatis quite fitting in with those you have mentioned. Then again, he might be hiding his light under a bushel, although I somehow doubt it.
"L'art de la statistique est de tirer des conclusions erronèes a partir de chiffres exacts." Napoléon Bonaparte.
"Je crois que beaucoup de gens sont dans cet état d’esprit: au fond, ils ne sentent pas concernés par l’Histoire. Mais pourtant, de temps à autre, l’Histoire pose sa main sur eux." Michel Houellebecq.
Exuant, pursued by a bore.
"L'art de la statistique est de tirer des conclusions erronèes a partir de chiffres exacts." Napoléon Bonaparte.
"Je crois que beaucoup de gens sont dans cet état d’esprit: au fond, ils ne sentent pas concernés par l’Histoire. Mais pourtant, de temps à autre, l’Histoire pose sa main sur eux." Michel Houellebecq.
How is saying I'll take the abrasive ones any day implicit that everyone else should?
And it wasn't a statement of what I am prepared to take, but what I preferred to take. If I'm prepared to take something, that connotes that I wouldn't like it, hence why I'd have to prepar myself. I don't have to prepare myself for abrasive people--I like their company, and that in now wau implies I think everyone else should.
I could easily say the same for you, Emil, and you're much older than me. You're misinterpreting his point, anyways. (You seem to be having problems with interpretation, lately.) It wasn't given as an example of what I can do, but what young people can do in general . . . which perfectly invalidates any sort of claim that young people can't be as intellectual, mature, or productive as older people.
Last edited by Mutatis-Mutandis; 02-14-2012 at 10:50 AM.
Oh all right, I'll let you off this time.
"L'art de la statistique est de tirer des conclusions erronèes a partir de chiffres exacts." Napoléon Bonaparte.
"Je crois que beaucoup de gens sont dans cet état d’esprit: au fond, ils ne sentent pas concernés par l’Histoire. Mais pourtant, de temps à autre, l’Histoire pose sa main sur eux." Michel Houellebecq.
That's 'exeunt'. Your Latin's no better than your English. And, anyway, in this instance, you'd need the singular 'exit'.
It might be better to stick to what you know. Though I realise that would limit your contribution somewhat.
"L'art de la statistique est de tirer des conclusions erronèes a partir de chiffres exacts." Napoléon Bonaparte.
"Je crois que beaucoup de gens sont dans cet état d’esprit: au fond, ils ne sentent pas concernés par l’Histoire. Mais pourtant, de temps à autre, l’Histoire pose sa main sur eux." Michel Houellebecq.
See? All you need is caring, involved support.
Will the penny never drop?
"L'art de la statistique est de tirer des conclusions erronèes a partir de chiffres exacts." Napoléon Bonaparte.
"Je crois que beaucoup de gens sont dans cet état d’esprit: au fond, ils ne sentent pas concernés par l’Histoire. Mais pourtant, de temps à autre, l’Histoire pose sa main sur eux." Michel Houellebecq.
Huzzah! I did not expect that.
Well there's no point in arguing for the sake of it. I leave that to one other member, whose whole contribution in relation to the forum is to try to prove how clever he is by nitpicking over anything that takes his fancy. As you have said yourself, there's nothing unusual in getting snarky comments from this individual, but a bigger bore it would be difficult to find.
"L'art de la statistique est de tirer des conclusions erronèes a partir de chiffres exacts." Napoléon Bonaparte.
"Je crois que beaucoup de gens sont dans cet état d’esprit: au fond, ils ne sentent pas concernés par l’Histoire. Mais pourtant, de temps à autre, l’Histoire pose sa main sur eux." Michel Houellebecq.
I find it interesting that in Australia men and women can be called a c**t but only men are pricks
Before sunlight can shine through a window, the blinds must be raised - American Proverb
It is indeed an interesting point but it most certainly applies to some men more than others.I find it interesting that in Australia men and women can be called a c**t but only men are pricks
"L'art de la statistique est de tirer des conclusions erronèes a partir de chiffres exacts." Napoléon Bonaparte.
"Je crois que beaucoup de gens sont dans cet état d’esprit: au fond, ils ne sentent pas concernés par l’Histoire. Mais pourtant, de temps à autre, l’Histoire pose sa main sur eux." Michel Houellebecq.
So I'm gonna jump in the middle of this conversation without reading a single reply (as is my typical tendency.)
Swearing is a good thing and a bad thing. I cuss constantly. So much as to probably 'degrade my vocabulary' and I don't care. It is a part of who I am. I make absolutely no effort to change that, even with people I don't know. Will I go to hell for it? absolutely not. but I'm sure I've got more to worry about than dropping the F bomb more than once.
As far as 'is it a good thing or a bad thing?' yes and no. I have spoken to people that will not take a point seriously unless there is a serious use of an expletive in the statement. I have used the tactic frequently- someone won't take me seriously until I get in their face and use an impressive display of bad words. On the other hand, using foul language in such excess (such as I tend to do) causes it to lose the weight it once carried. So, in a nutshell, it is not a sin to cuss. They are just words. On the other hand, if everyone continues to use the F bomb as much as I, it will lose effectiveness.
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