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Riona's new experiment: Care to place odds?
Tuesday, March 13, 2012 5:50 PM
MAGONSDAUGHTER
Tuesday, March 13, 2012 6:56 PM
RIONAEIRE
Beir bua agus beannacht
Tuesday, March 13, 2012 7:14 PM
1KIKI
Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.
Quote:Originally posted by Bytemite: I explained what happened in the other thread. The comments above were a call back to HKCAV calling me a troll in that thread, and also sarcastic. And, as said, I was playing with Frem, who did in fact post in that thread. You don't know me Oonj, you haven't been here long. I'm a fairly neutral person who will take sides in a debate based on what I consider logical or consistent. Niki knows me better. Far better, at least, than to accuse me like this. I once donated money to Niki so that she could go help with the Gulf Oil Spill, and when she first came here, she was under attack by actual trolls who followed her from the board they chased her from, and I stood up for her. As for a "sign of my character," this is a thread about an attempt to measure the amount of personal insults and trolling seen around the board, and I made a joke about Riona making us wait a little before posting our results. I've been playing along with the theme of the thread, which is trolling. And, perhaps you didn't notice, but my name wasn't among any of the people throwing around personal insults in Riona's results. Now, I'm sorry that my attitude came across so harsh in the other thread; it was unintended, and as I explained to HKCAV, there is a BIG difference between serious disagreement and with trolling. But these accusations are simply untrue, and based on a misunderstanding.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012 7:27 PM
Tuesday, March 13, 2012 7:57 PM
Quote:Originally posted by RionaEire: About passive aggressiveness. Ever since Lili said I was I've been trying to understand exactly what it means. Best as I can figure it it means sneakiness and denial if someone confronts you about bad behavior. I think Lili may be right that I do that sometimes. I was dismayed that wikipedia's explanation was lacking and I didn't feel like I understood the concept any better after reading it.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012 8:26 PM
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Tuesday, March 13, 2012 11:00 PM
Quote:Originally posted by 1kiki: So, if I get this right, passive aggressive behavior is meant to diminish someone in some way (like aggressive behavior) but to not look like you're doing it (so as not to invite being targeted back). But it occurs to me what we would consider an unhappy character trait some people would call good tactics. (As opposed to tic-tacs! I'm getting silly. Time to go to bed 1kiki. OK.)
Wednesday, March 14, 2012 3:28 AM
MAL4PREZ
Wednesday, March 14, 2012 5:17 AM
FREMDFIRMA
Wednesday, March 14, 2012 6:49 AM
NIKI2
Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...
Quote:Did you see that are women people thread? LOL! I just had to set up for the deluge of responses that I won't answer.
Wednesday, March 14, 2012 10:07 AM
OONJERAH
Wednesday, March 14, 2012 1:15 PM
KWICKO
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)
Quote: Now depending on culture, personal space generally goes three to six feet, Japanese tend toward less and Germans tend towards more for example...
Wednesday, March 14, 2012 1:33 PM
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HKCAVALIER
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Thursday, March 15, 2012 3:39 AM
BYTEMITE
Thursday, March 15, 2012 4:17 AM
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Thursday, March 15, 2012 12:51 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Fremdfirma: You are far from alone in that Mal4 - I have personal space issues myself which are prolly more severe, and deliberately engage in progressively less vague threat display till folk get the message. Now depending on culture, personal space generally goes three to six feet, Japanese tend toward less
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