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tom1


most of us are too set in our own beliefs to allow any insight from a different point of view.

yes, we need to come out from the box.

I was in the closet this morning.


My Lovely Lady asked if I was going to come out of the closet.

bapu

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tom1


most of us are too set in our own beliefs to allow any insight from a different point of view.

yes, we need to come out from the box.

I was in the closet this morning.


My Lovely Lady asked if I was going to come out of the closet.

did you?  if yes, can you give me your lovely lady telephone number?

There is nothing worse than arguing politics or religion online. It screws with your life. I used to do it. You get into these massive, drawn out debates with people in which you're both going away and doing hours of research online and posting links, then the next person responds to all of your last post point for point, then you have to go and argue against all of those arguments, and before you know it you're dreading going back to the forum in case they've replied again, because you know it's going to take another hour to answer everything they've said (and you don't want to back down because, well, you're as pig headed as the other guy). 

It gets to the point where you're an hour late to bed because of this crap, and you're tired the next morning. Never again. 

sharke

 It gets to the point where you're an hour late to bed because of this crap, and you're tired the next morning. Never again. 

I wasn't aware we're talking here about religion or politics....
gush, too many margaritas today.

I thought we you were talking about low pass filtering..
where's Danny?

timidi


I thought we you were talking about low pass filtering..
where's Danny?

like this?

sharke

There is nothing worse than arguing politics or religion online.  

 
That's not true.  Arguing in the bedroom is worse.
http://www.ovwatch.com/2012/04/all-womens-eggs-are-not-the-same-good-eggs-and-bad-eggs/

sharke

It screws with your life. 

What???  It may screw with your head, but not your life (unless you're arguing with revolutionaries or hired minions).
http://www.pasternack.com/screws-and-nuts-category.aspx

sharke

I used to do it.  

Like we're supposed to believe that you stopped???
http://corksandcurds.blogspot.com/2007/08/myths-about-moldy-cheese.html

 
sharke

You get into these massive, drawn out debates with people in which you're both going away and doing hours of research online and posting links, 

Why?  I don't need to do any research.  My opinions are the only ones that matter as far as I'm concerned (and I never try your links anyway).
http://linda-sands.blogspot.com/2007/06/opinions-and-arses-today-im-keeping.html

sharke

...then the next person responds to all of your last post point for point, 

So, what's your point?
http://www.memecenter.com/fun/145518/Luckily-the-transgendermidgetclown-was-tucked-away

sharke

...then you have to go and argue against all of those arguments, 

No you don't!  You should just acknowledge my superior intellect and that's that.
http://www.accountingweb.co.uk/topic/technology/virus-alert-mutant-beagle-loose

sharke

...before you know it you're dreading going back to the forum in case they've replied again, because you know it's going to take another hour to answer everything they've said (and you don't want to back down because, well, you're as pig headed as the other guy). 

That and the fact that you're just WRONG, WRONG, WRONG!
http://www.homesteadingtoday.com/general-homesteading-forums/homesteading-questions/407111-redneck-dentistry.html

sharke

It gets to the point where you're an hour late to bed because of this crap, and you're tired the next morning. 

Hey, I can't help it if your reading comprehension is slow!
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/8666368/woman_driver_vs_parking_garage/

sharke

Never again.

Until tomorrow, right?
http://www.joystiq.com/2007/03/22/gow-tournament-shut-down-by-diaper-gamer

 

(So, how'd I do? )

Naturally all of your points are 100% wrong, but I don't have time to say exactly why - rest assured though I will come back to this thread at a later date, probably a month after you thought it was all done with. 

Hi,
 
Unless you are of the socialist persuasion (hahaha!!!!), why the heck, are you thinking that all of those people are the pariahs of information and knowledge to decide that you can not be creative enough?
 
Are you afraid of your own work?
 
End of story!
 
This is one of the single, most important things to remember in one of these boards ... I like to joke that these people love to put you down, because it helps their own chances of getting ahead ... instead of showing how frustrated they really are with their inability to get better!
 
That said, there are some folks here, that ARE professionals, and in this specific location there are more than one, and .. yeah ... they are good ... but they are not the pariahs, or the God that deciphered the beginning of life and music, to make the call that they know, and you don't. But in many winds, there is wisdom, so make sure you know which fart is not a fart!

One of the things we have really lost, and are far poorer for it, is the ability to have a civil discussion with someone that maintains a differing point of view.

One might actually learn something from the person with the differing view (or at the least, you will better understand why you maintain your position).

To dare get philosophical for a second or three: When one reads many of the "in" Post-modern deconstructionists and their allies, their ivory tower pronoucements do filter down to ye olde popular culture.

What saddens me, is that since there is no "truth" and language has no real meaning (according to them), lying - called creating "fictive history" - and rhetoric are ok to use in making your points when trying to convince others, as there is little else.

Regarding rhetoric: When describing your "superior" position: The brilliant, innovative scholarship, daring progressive thought, blah, blah, blah...

When describing the other "inferior" position: The poorly thought out, backwards, demeaning and reprehensible views of, blah, blah, blah...

None of this is helpful.

As for periods of non-creativity: they happen, and if I don't write for a period of time, that is ok; there are many other things I can keep busy and productive with.

There was a time when I used to listen to talk radio, but I have long since ceased.  There is nothing I can directly do about the situations being discussed, and getting worked into a lather over that stuff was never helpful.  Life is much more peaceful, and I am more productive apart from it.