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- From: dennis@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu (Thomas A. Dennis)
- Subject: Re: the angst.cops ride again?
- References: <86632@ut-emx.uucp> <1k43s6INNpdo@shelley.u.washington.edu>
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 21:46:00 GMT
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- In <1k43s6INNpdo@shelley.u.washington.edu> paleblue@byron.u.washington.edu
- (Hermes) writes:
-
- >In article <86632@ut-emx.uucp> llama@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (sine nomine) writes:
- >>
- >>speaking as nothing more than one of those poor depressed people, i
- >>can say that i don't like being told to cheer up, mostly because i
- >>don't think it would change my life all that much.
-
- >ok, I'd like to just clear something up. In this post and another post,
- >this person sine, who I think is really cool btw, says that I want to
- >cheer everybody up. But it's not like that. I just meant "cheer up" as
- >a supportive thing. It was just my way of saying "I think you're cool" but
- >now that I've gotten responses and stuff, I'll try to "I think you're cool"
- >when that's what I mean instead of "cheer up!" which really works in other
- >groups where happy isn't such a big issue. so, sorry and I hope all this
- >junk washes under the bridge!
-
- ObGrammarClue: "Cheer up" does not translate into "I think you're cool", under
- any circumstances. "Cheer up" is an order. Many people do not like being
- ordered around by others, especially if the self-appointed martinet doesn't
- seem to have any redeeming qualities.
-
- Any questions?
-
- --
- >---<
-
- Tom Dennis | "Every normal man must be tempted at times to
- dennis@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu | spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and
- (217)384-2504 | begin slitting throats." -- H.L. Mencken
-