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Intuit?
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Deduction, Watson. Simple, ordinary, elemetary deduction.
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I haven't posted to the board since my last comment in the Hula Hooping thread because I needed not to post my original reaction. I decided that I should have some time to myself to contemplate whether or not I wanted to continue posting. I have been called a b*tch but never catty, and I thought what is the point of my posting if I can't elicit a conversation instead of a name-calling screechfest. That will do nothing for my peacefulness.
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Ya know, forum discussions are awesome for logical, reasoned out discussion, but if you do not know the power of words, the emotions they can illicit via connotation and how they can be misinterpreted as a result, it can be hell. However, I'm not advocating Vulcan lack of emotion in our diction and writing style.
Everyone is different and I think what makes people so interesting is not so much how they are like me, but rather how they are differnent then I. I converse with people around the world. It's always fun to find out what's new in their lives and how much of their culture affects ours. Do you know most of what we consider chinese food here in the US has no equivelant in Shanghai? I've talked to a few Australians and I've always entranced by the dialect and accent, especially if it's a woman speaking. Linking this subject with the prior paragraph, many words that are benign to us are offensive off-shore, or they may be hostile, flirty, who knows.
Lastly, how one person gains their motivation should not be taken as part and parcel of the program. People will always infuse some part of themselves in what they do or say, that's inevitable. We're not Vulcans after all. But, if we filter that out, we're left with the essential, that part we can infuse with our own persona.
I've always like words. Always played with the sound, the rhythm, the metre, even before I started to study literature. I often focus on word use over theme when I study literature. It's the most basic part of communicating ideas and judicious use of words is the basis of individual writing style. Phonemes are just sounds and letters are meaningless until they are used to make a word. Some words are hostile, some flirty. I love em.
If you decide not to continue here, then that is your wish. I know another that was driven off, under different circumstance. This forum is not for everyone but there is enough flexibility to personalize yourself here, if you know how.