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roachboy · 10-09-2008, 06:22 AM

otto:
you are mistaken if you think i take this personally. i really don't. no worries.
but if we're going to play, maybe some ground rules are in order.

i don't generally write in generalizations, really--but at the same time, we're operating in a messageboard context, so there's compression. there will always be compression. rather than indulging the game of deciding that a compressed sentence is a generalization, go after the argument. generally, i have no problem with running out what's behind the sentences.

i'd expect the same from you if you gave any real reason--apart from this last post--to expect that it not a waste of time. you bring down the mode of interaction that you seem to want. you have control over your style, and you choose to use it in a particular way. you have control over your way of responding to posts, and choose to play a silly game of inversion over and over.

so you want to change the game, change it.
it's an isometric deal (your move in a game generates a response more or less symmetrical with it).

i'm perfectly willing to reciprocate.
this game bores me stupid: i do not find it interesting or amusing to interact with you in this mode. the only reason i usually do it is because you decide to rehearse something like this ayers business, toss it like a little rock into the pool in order to see what happens. that's all it looks to me that you do.

so change the game. it's easy peasy---just do it.

and don't bother with messing about with the mod title.
when i'm in mod-mode, i use yellow font.
when i'm not using it, i'm not in that mode.
it is a stupid and cheap move to invoke it when you know it isn't at play.

so maybe we can stop this idiocy and have an actual debate about something.
your move.

10-09-2008, 06:22 AM	#50 (permalink)
roachboy Super Moderator Location: essex ma	otto: you are mistaken if you think i take this personally. i really don't. no worries. but if we're going to play, maybe some ground rules are in order. i don't generally write in generalizations, really--but at the same time, we're operating in a messageboard context, so there's compression. there will always be compression. rather than indulging the game of deciding that a compressed sentence is a generalization, go after the argument. generally, i have no problem with running out what's behind the sentences. i'd expect the same from you if you gave any real reason--apart from this last post--to expect that it not a waste of time. you bring down the mode of interaction that you seem to want. you have control over your style, and you choose to use it in a particular way. you have control over your way of responding to posts, and choose to play a silly game of inversion over and over. so you want to change the game, change it. it's an isometric deal (your move in a game generates a response more or less symmetrical with it). i'm perfectly willing to reciprocate. this game bores me stupid: i do not find it interesting or amusing to interact with you in this mode. the only reason i usually do it is because you decide to rehearse something like this ayers business, toss it like a little rock into the pool in order to see what happens. that's all it looks to me that you do. so change the game. it's easy peasy---just do it. and don't bother with messing about with the mod title. when i'm in mod-mode, i use yellow font. when i'm not using it, i'm not in that mode. it is a stupid and cheap move to invoke it when you know it isn't at play. so maybe we can stop this idiocy and have an actual debate about something. your move. __________________ a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear it make you sick. -kamau brathwaite