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- From: paleblue@byron.u.washington.edu (Hermes)
- Newsgroups: alt.angst
- Subject: Re: logic confounding people unclear on the concept
- Date: 22 Jan 1993 00:23:29 GMT
- Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
- Lines: 85
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- In article <dsmither.727645242@cunews> dsmither@alfred.carleton.ca (Diane Smithers) writes:
- >Fine. You've never read the group before - that wasn't my point. Look,
- >my point for the narrative device impaired is that you're obviously
- >just a shit-disturber that is putting on an act.
-
- Does shit-disturber mean I don't act the way I'm supposed to act and so
- people can't *re*act the way they're used to? I guess this could be true.
- Like I said, I haven't read this group long. What does putting on an act
- mean? Does it mean I'm laughing at you? But why would I laugh at you
- when you seem like someone smart and interesting? Does it mean I'm not
- being honest? Honest about what? Should I tell you junk about my life
- first before posting anything?
-
- Sorry about all the questions. Like I said, I'm new here.
- >
- >Ha ha; whatever. Again, I should obviously be more literal with you -
- >but that is the image you are conveying: Cheer up; I try to avoid angst;
- >(giggle) should I be a man or a woman? which has less angst - carrots
- >or avaacados? etc..
-
- Are these questions invalid? Is there no way that an interesting
- conversation could start up?
-
- Here I am asking questions again. :) I'm sorry, but I don't see what
- the big deal is. :(
- >
- >Your "dialect"? Please. With all due respect, I doubt it. In
- >context, you obviously have a frame of reference for what you are
- >saying, but you are playing dumb.
-
- Is playing dumb like putting on an act? See, I have some dumb in me and
- it's not dishonest to let it out once in a while. We all have parts and
- we can't show all our parts at once, so people only see some parts. I'm
- sorry if you don't like my parts. :(
- >
- >For the record, the strong reply was for anyone else that was reading.
- >I was meaning that *you* were annoying. Do you need a brick to fall
- >on your head?
-
- I understood what you meant and I still thought it was all right. I'm
- like a saint or something! :)
-
- There are many other groups that would suit your
- >purposes (whatever they are) better
-
- What groups? I'm like a bicycle. Steer me and I'll go!
-
- - but you are not dealing with a
- >homogenous body of people, an 'audience' that can answer your
- >questions about what this thing, 'angst' is that you so cheerfully try
- >to avoid.
-
- Why would I want you to be homogeneous? I like the cheerful variety. :)
-
- And this is not an Angst Research Station, so quit posing
- >theatrical questions about your gender. Again, my advice would be to
- >find somewhere else to post - it is hard enough to negotiate meaning
- >through this technological medium without deliberately shit-disturbing
- >people like yourself.
-
- Is the purpose of your group to eventually reach the truth through like
- logic and reason and stuff? In that case, maybe I am distracting. I
- didn't know that's what you were into. I thought it was like a discussion
- group where ideas come and go like clouds and you all bat them around
- this way and that way. Maybe I was wrong. :(
- >
- >Diane S.
- >
- >
- >- I guess I've answered my own previous question about whether these
- >incursions of meddlingly insensitive 'happy' people happen frequently
- >or not.
-
- Why am I insensitive? I don't remember trying to hurt anyone. But I
- guess if I were insensitive I wouldn't know I was insensitive since I'm
- not sensitive, so there's no way to know really if I'm insensitive. :(
- But if I am insensitive, I'm really sorry!
-
- -Hermes
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