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19 Aug 2005, 9:50 pm

adversarial wrote:

Vetivert wrote:

can i post about Lacan and his somewhat peculiar ideas about "i" (as in i = the square root of minus 1)? it's well worth the laugh, and has only two rude words in it.

Lacan is virtually impenetrable to me. I had to read at least some of his stuff and it really made no sense to me whatsoever. Language can be very slippery when used to obscure rather than enlighten.

I like the cut of your jib (not sure what exactly that means). I'll give you a thousand points for your words of wisdom.

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| p=77489_1 |   +15      |  20   |       A conservative's flip-flopping       |
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| p=77489_2 |   +10      |  30   | Distinguished between AS and Histrionic PD |
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19 Aug 2005, 10:26 pm

Half time!

Okay, it's half time, everybody, so let's check those scores!

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|     MEMBER       |      SCORE     |
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|   adversarial    |          1,020 |
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|   DeepThought    |          1,003 |
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| MishLuvsHer2Boys |             93 |
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|     vetivert     |             20 |
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|     nayashi      |              7 |
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|     eamonn       | -1,000,000,000 |
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20 Aug 2005, 2:24 am

adversarial wrote:

Vetivert wrote:

can i post about Lacan and his somewhat peculiar ideas about "i" (as in i = the square root of minus 1)? it's well worth the laugh, and has only two rude words in it.

Lacan is virtually impenetrable to me. I had to read at least some of his stuff and it really made no sense to me whatsoever. Language can be very slippery when used to obscure rather than enlighten.

absolutely! he needed to get out more, i reckon...

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20 Aug 2005, 2:27 am

NeantHumain wrote:

vetivert wrote:

can i post about Lacan and his somewhat peculiar ideas about "i" (as in i = the square root of minus 1)? it's well worth the laugh, and has only two rude words in it.

Yes, please, go ahead and make a post about those blasted imaginary numbers! They're all fake, anyway.

you sure?

and where did i get 20 points from?

this sounds like unwarranted pointage to me.

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20 Aug 2005, 2:39 am

vetivert wrote:

you sure?

Yes, I never cared for calculus much. I found those imaginary numbers suspicious right from the start; and, when they colluded with the numbers that keep it real, numbers only became more complicated.

vertivert wrote:

and where did i get 20 points from?

this sounds like unwarranted pointage to me.

NeantHumain wrote:

I will also use other specific criteria to award points.

In this case, I awarded you a +1,000,000,020 point adjustment on a whim. Yes, my whim is one of the specific criteria!

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20 Aug 2005, 2:53 am

LOL

i LIKE that criterion! i'm all for whims...

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20 Aug 2005, 2:59 am

Neanthumain wrote:

I like the cut of your jib (not sure what exactly that means)

I am not sure what that means either, so I have interpreted it to mean 'style of argument', 'line of reasoning', or something similar.

I looked up the phrase on Urban Dictionary and these two definitions give some insight into what the term might mean:

To snowboard on something other than snow... logs, grass... etc.
"We jibbed the woods today"

and

a way of being or thinking. I like the cut of your jib.

I am not sure the above definitions help matters, they seem to obscure rather than enlighten.

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20 Aug 2005, 3:33 am

it's the second version, i do believe. well, that's the one i've always used/understod.

snowboarding is a bit recent, isn't it? (said she, the dinosaur :roll: )

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20 Aug 2005, 7:34 am

NeantHumain wrote:

I drew something last night, so now I think it's time I gave the right hemisphere of my cortex a rest. This thread opposes all things general, generally speaking. Specificity, detail, and accuracy are paramount! This is a game; you will be rewarded points for your participation. The winner gets a particular prize I am thinking of right now.

You may choose from these specific topics:

States and their respective capitals (5 points)
Differentiating between Asperger's syndrome and other mental or behavioral disorders (10 points for each disorder distinguished)
Kant's categorical imperative (25 points per thread with a maximum of 75 points)
Beatles' lyrics (1,000 points total; to be distributed as I see fit)
The price of gasoline (petroleum) (3 points per capita)
Phonetics (25 points per thread)
Phonology (25 points per thread)

U.S. national politics (15 points per thread)

I will also use other specific criteria to award points. For bonus points!, guess what I'm thinking.

I am actually in second? Wow! republicans and democrats must be jumping up and down in a totally bipartisan way right about now and singing "let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be, whisper words of wisdom, let it be!"

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