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3Ring Binder
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12-11-2009 08:50
From: Eli Schlegal
I wonder what would happen if I did 30 minutes of aerobics while staring at boobies.

i think this should be tested. purely for scientific research, of course.
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Pserendipity Daniels
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Join date: 21 Dec 2006
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12-11-2009 09:30
"No, we are not over-emotional!"

"Oh, OK then, we are over-emotional sometimes."

"And yes, it does make us less able to deal rationally with things."

"And actually that's a very good thing."

"And of course, everything is OK because afterwards we apologise for our hysteria."

Pep (A precis of recent "female" posts. Please keep making my argument for me.)
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Chris Norse
Loud Arrogant Redneck
Join date: 1 Oct 2006
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12-11-2009 09:41
When men write advice columns.
http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/93/advicecolumn.jpg
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Pserendipity Daniels
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Join date: 21 Dec 2006
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12-11-2009 09:45
From: Chris Norse
When men write advice columns.
http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/93/advicecolumn.jpg
A little verbose, perhaps?

Pep ("Pull yourself together woman" has always seemed sufficient.)
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Scylla Rhiadra
Gentle is Human
Join date: 11 Oct 2008
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12-11-2009 09:59
From: Pserendipity Daniels
"No, we are not over-emotional!"

"Oh, OK then, we are over-emotional sometimes."

"And yes, it does make us less able to deal rationally with things."

"And actually that's a very good thing."

"And of course, everything is OK because afterwards we apologise for our hysteria."

Pep (A precis of recent "female" posts. Please keep making my argument for me.)

If this is a sample of the kind of "précis" you produced in university, it is no wonder that you have since decided to focus upon the nuts-and-bolts of grammar, rather than upon the content of what people here are saying.

Usually, a précis is expected to tell us something about what is being summarized: this, on the other hand, merely has "PEP" writ in large hand across it.

C-

Please avoid the use of dysphemism and hyperbole in your future efforts, as a précis is intended to do more than reproduce the biases of the summarizer.
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Chris Norse
Loud Arrogant Redneck
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12-11-2009 10:01
From: Pserendipity Daniels
A little verbose, perhaps?

Pep ("Pull yourself together woman" has always seemed sufficient.)
'

That doesn't tell her how to fix her car though.
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Mickey Vandeverre
See you Inworld
Join date: 7 Dec 2006
Posts: 2,542
12-11-2009 10:54
From: Scylla Rhiadra
If this is a sample of the kind of "précis" you produced in university, it is no wonder that you have since decided to focus upon the nuts-and-bolts of grammar, rather than upon the content of what people here are saying.

Usually, a précis is expected to tell us something about what is being summarized: this, on the other hand, merely has "PEP" writ in large hand across it.

C-

Please avoid the use of dysphemism and hyperbole in your future efforts, as a précis is intended to do more than reproduce the biases of the summarizer.


I have no idea what you just said....but I agree. Once he starts picking away at your content....you know that you've broken his heart. Be gentle.
Scylla Rhiadra
Gentle is Human
Join date: 11 Oct 2008
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12-11-2009 10:58
From: Mickey Vandeverre
I have no idea what you just said....but I agree. Once he starts picking away at your content....you know that you've broken his heart. Be gentle.

Oh, fear not Mickey. I'm always gentle. That's why I gave him a C- (rather than the D he so richly deserves). :D
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Lindal Kidd
Dances With Noobs
Join date: 26 Jun 2007
Posts: 8,371
12-11-2009 11:17
/me facepalms.

No, Pep, none of us said any of those things.

That is not a precis. It is a paraphrase, and an inaccurate one. A true paraphrase does not alter the meaning or intent of what was said.

You have yet to respond to Scylla's polite and logical requests for data to support your position.

Hey...here is a good chance for you to try out the interpersonal skill I gave you instruction in earlier in the thread.

Let's see if you were paying attention.
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Lindal Kidd
Seven Okelli
last days of pompeii
Join date: 4 Dec 2008
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12-11-2009 11:48
From: Chris Norse
'

That doesn't tell her how to fix her car though.


He didn't know how.
Twilight Miami
Poetical Iridescence
Join date: 19 Dec 2008
Posts: 43
12-11-2009 18:22
From: Jenshae Werefox
So, I bring a few facts to the party, open up the possibility of a cognitive discussion and ...


nothing.

Sorry Jenshae. My last post was inspired by your factual foray. For me, it really affirmed my propensity for everything female, so much so that I have admitted myself into a program for recovering misogynists (Scylla should be pleased). It also helped me to appreciate the relative significance of cognitive discussion. The world of feeling is wonderfully liberating...
Twilight Miami
Poetical Iridescence
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12-11-2009 18:37
From: Treasure Ballinger
I'm a cry-er too. It doesn't take much, and some things ALWAYS trigger it, like hearing Taps. When I was in college I worked for a funeral home, my dad was a funeral director there; it quickly became understood, do NOT send Treasure to work a military funeral, soon as Taps starts, she's useless......

Sometimes I cry for no apparent reason. In bed at night, driving in my car, thinking about the passage of time, listening to music, remembering, contemplating the vastness of space, solitude. And sometimes I cry for obvious reasons, my football team loses, no beer in the fridge, no chips. Sometimes I cry just to cleanse my eyes. I heard it was a natural way to remove impurities...
Jenshae Werefox
T-ease
Join date: 3 Mar 2009
Posts: 376
12-11-2009 22:33
From: Twilight Miami
Sorry Jenshae. ... The world of feeling is wonderfully liberating...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-5GzjsxGU0
"What do I do with all these feelings tearing me up inside?"
Pserendipity Daniels
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12-12-2009 06:58
From: Scylla Rhiadra
If this is a sample of the kind of "précis" you produced in university, it is no wonder that you have since decided to focus upon the nuts-and-bolts of grammar, rather than upon the content of what people here are saying.

Usually, a précis is expected to tell us something about what is being summarized: this, on the other hand, merely has "PEP" writ in large hand across it.

C-

Please avoid the use of dysphemism and hyperbole in your future efforts, as a précis is intended to do more than reproduce the biases of the summarizer.
On the contrary, I think I extracted the essence of the content, and made my point succinctly, and if I could be bothered I could point to the original posts which I have summarised for those too lazy to read.

Pep (I am surprised you did not suggest I was being cacophemistic, actually.)
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Pserendipity Daniels
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12-12-2009 06:59
From: Chris Norse
'

That doesn't tell her how to fix her car though.
Why waste time and words?

Pep (Man: "What sort of a car is it?" Woman: "A blue one.";)
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Pserendipity Daniels
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12-12-2009 07:02
From: Mickey Vandeverre
I have no idea what you just said....but I agree.
The "female" approach in a nutshell.

Pep (Emotional support as opposed to logical.)
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Pserendipity Daniels
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12-12-2009 07:03
From: Lindal Kidd
/me facepalms.

No, Pep, none of us said any of those things.

That is not a precis. It is a paraphrase, and an inaccurate one. A true paraphrase does not alter the meaning or intent of what was said.

You have yet to respond to Scylla's polite and logical requests for data to support your position.

Hey...here is a good chance for you to try out the interpersonal skill I gave you instruction in earlier in the thread.

Let's see if you were paying attention.
I have told you before, I gave up doing what "females" told me to when I was six.

Pep (I thought I was on ignore; fickle *is* your middle name though, isn't it.)
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Mickey Vandeverre
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12-12-2009 07:35
From: Pserendipity Daniels
The "female" approach in a nutshell.

Pep (Emotional support as opposed to logical.)


It's called SARCASM, Mr. Mensa.

Mickey ("Assume sarcasm as default" for your tagline - only if you can look it up in the dictionary)
Pserendipity Daniels
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12-12-2009 07:39
From: Mickey Vandeverre
It's called SARCASM, Mr. Mensa.

Mickey ("Assume sarcasm as default" for your tagline - only if you can look it up in the dictionary)
Can't you find the sarcasm smily? Or is it a case of backpedalling at the speed of sound? That's the trouble with using a language in which you are not sufficiently proficient - you have made yourself look even more foolish.

Pep (Hindsight is 20/20, eh?)
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Mickey Vandeverre
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12-12-2009 08:01
From: Pserendipity Daniels
Can't you find the sarcasm smily? Or is it a case of backpedalling at the speed of sound? That's the trouble with using a language in which you are not sufficiently proficient - you have made yourself look even more foolish.

Pep (Hindsight is 20/20, eh?)


ah, yes....the overwrought emotional response, whining and stomping feet again....picking away at "content".....just as I described to Scylla. (predictable) There, there Mr. Mensa....settle down....

Mickey (looks for the smiley reference chart, so that Mr. Mensa may interpret through cartoons, rather than relying on his astute interpretation skills)
Jenshae Werefox
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12-12-2009 08:11
From: Pserendipity Daniels
... - you have made yourself look even more foolish.


Luckily I have some self control, almost sprayed my screen. That is so rich coming from you; if only it were coffee. Then I could sell it and make a mint.
Pserendipity Daniels
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12-12-2009 08:36
From: Mickey Vandeverre
ah, yes....the overwrought emotional response, whining and stomping feet again....picking away at "content".....just as I described to Scylla. (predictable) There, there Mr. Mensa....settle down....

Mickey (looks for the smiley reference chart, so that Mr. Mensa may interpret through cartoons, rather than relying on his astute interpretation skills)
Your tenuous grasp of English is obviously slipping even further. Sarcasm (and its subset, irony) is not discernible from simple text without additional information, usually provided by non-verbal cues in rl, which are lacking in forums such as this, hence the provision of a smily to assist in communication. Otherwise, you end up looking foolish . . .

Pep ( . . . which you do, persistently.)

PS "Content"? What content? I was criticising your lack of presentation skills.
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Pserendipity Daniels
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12-12-2009 08:38
From: Jenshae Werefox
Luckily I have some self control, almost sprayed my screen. That is so rich coming from you; if only it were coffee. Then I could sell it and make a mint.
I almost understood this post . . .

Pep ( . . . despite the bizarre punctuation.)
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Mickey Vandeverre
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12-12-2009 08:48
From: Pserendipity Daniels
Your tenuous grasp of English is obviously slipping even further. Sarcasm (and its subset, irony) is not discernible from simple text without additional information, usually provided by non-verbal cues in rl, which are lacking in forums such as this, hence the provision of a smily to assist in communication. Otherwise, you end up looking foolish . . .

Pep ( . . . which you do, persistently.)

PS "Content"? What content? I was criticising your lack of presentation skills.


There, there, Mr. Mensa. I promise to use the appropriate cartoon characters for you, so that you may interpret.

Mickey (glances up at Scylla....be gentle with him, Scylla....he's reached that groveling phase that I mentioned....so sad) :( <-----------cartoon interpretation for the Mensa ESLers
Pserendipity Daniels
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12-12-2009 08:58
From: Mickey Vandeverre
There, there, Mr. Mensa. I promise to use the appropriate cartoon characters for you, so that you may interpret.

Mickey (glances up at Scylla....be gentle with him, Scylla....he's reached that groveling phase that I mentioned....so sad) :( <-----------cartoon interpretation for the Mensa ESLers
Congratulations! You are making yourself look even more foolish with each of your posts.

Pep (Your content is now completely lost in translation.)
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