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Discussing a topic with someone not in agreement, where it is clear neither will change the other's mind, is:
a. Unproductive and frustrating 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
b, Useful and interesting 100%  100%  [ 2 ]
Total votes : 2

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30 Nov 2010, 10:34 am

My own vote is for B, but my brother [who would not be caught dead on WP] balances that with an A vote



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30 Nov 2010, 11:51 am

Philologos wrote:
My own vote is for B, but my brother [who would not be caught dead on WP] balances that with an A vote


But you left off neither useful nor instructive but entertaining.



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30 Nov 2010, 12:21 pm

So long as its a sensible debate, not a childish argument with personal insults, it can be very interesting indeed.



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30 Nov 2010, 1:11 pm

While it is true some find self-pleasuring entertaining, what I have written I have written.

Make your own poll.



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30 Nov 2010, 9:57 pm

Philologos wrote:
While it is true some find self-pleasuring entertaining, what I have written I have written.

Make your own poll.


Just trying to indicate that there are other possibilities. I need no polls.



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30 Nov 2010, 10:12 pm

As stated, I am not by inclination a pollster, but no poll ever devised covered all the alternatives. Not possible.



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30 Nov 2010, 10:36 pm

Yes it is. If one of the options is the logical negation of the other.

Edit:

Example:
*Unproductive and frustrating
*Not unproductive or not frustrating



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01 Dec 2010, 2:51 am

Cute. I stand [well, literally sit] corrected.