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First of all, intelligent people like to play
logicus tracticus philosophicus Started conversation Jan 21, 2004
My comment achademics hunt in packs
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Good Doctor Zomnker (This must be Tuesday," said GDZ to himself, sinking low over his Dr. Pepper, "I never could get the hang of Tuesdays.") Posted Jan 22, 2004
Academics do tend to hang around eachother. However, others of intellect also hang around them.
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BryceColluphid Posted Jan 22, 2004
As a person who used to have some academic pretensions myself, may I say Academics are grossly overrated!
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Mrs Zen Posted Jan 23, 2004
Academics, with only one exception that I can think of, make me spit. So many of them think that being intelligent is enough...
Ben
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Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences Posted Jan 23, 2004
Enough for what is the question. It can be enough for an interesting conversation. Enough to create a well-rounded human, no.
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Mrs Zen Posted Jan 24, 2004
Precisely.
How are you, KA? Long time no see, lont time no type, even.
B
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Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences Posted Jan 24, 2004
I'm fine thanks dear. You?
Oh, btw, my Granda has decided to piss the Doctors off yet again and is being sent home 
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Asteroid Lil - Offstage Presence Posted Jan 24, 2004
Could I presuade you all to join us in the main salon? Hallo Kerr-Avon.
Lil
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Asteroid Lil - Offstage Presence Posted Jan 24, 2004
I don't mean to chase you away -- you're just doing the equivalent of standing in the hallway, and as hostess I just want to make you welcome. You can go to the library or the conservatory or wherever you like. But I don't know as anyone else has met KerrAvon and I hoped to introduce him or her...
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Mrs Zen Posted Jan 25, 2004
KerrAvon is definitely and wonderfully female, a former member of the Small But Vocal Minority, and a frequenter of the UK meets. I assume that Grey Desk knows her, and possibly Titania. Her posts are interesting, witty, aposite, and to the point. Oh, and quite often sarcastic, but that is just her inner Brit.
Ben
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Asteroid Lil - Offstage Presence Posted Jan 25, 2004
*curtsies* Very pleased to meet you KerrAvon, and I hope you join us in the salon. But there are lots of other virtual place threads here where you can hang out if the crowd is too big for you -- check http://www.asterlil.com/atelierhome.htm for orientation.
And anyway, who is ltp calling academics in post #1? Only a minority of salonistas would count as such.
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logicus tracticus philosophicus Posted Jan 25, 2004
LIL link is faulty .
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/classic/A304354
http://www.asterlil.com/h2g2/atelierhome.htm
as you have missed h2g2 switch,mind you link does take you to your home page .
My comment re achademics was just a "retort" for want of a better word to para in a304,and was inplying that What "intellegent" people call "play" would be more akin to "seek and destroy" and however "trivial" content of any "disscussion/debate" most achademics tend to form groups for/against what they are "defending attacking"
kerr i chated to on a couple of threads last may as bllszbobakahannahs...............ect last may look forward to exchange views again with her and her partner sometime
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Mrs Zen Posted Jan 25, 2004
>> most achademics tend to form groups for/against what they are "defending attacking"
Surely that is a feature of the species as a whole?
Ben
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logicus tracticus philosophicus Posted Jan 25, 2004
yes but the true nature of achademics is to "study write thesis" in secret and only converge in "packs" to destroy opposition "by fair means or foul" signified by topic "like to play"
lil or anyone else A2232631 might add more later
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Asteroid Lil - Offstage Presence Posted Jan 25, 2004
I'll reply as soon as I sort out the registration. Most confusing process.
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logicus tracticus philosophicus Posted Jan 25, 2004
i take it you mean
open brackets The single sign on system close brackets
lots of fun although it will sort itself out but has been handy .
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Mrs Zen Posted Jan 25, 2004
I have said my piece in this thread, and now I am going to
Ben
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Sol Posted Jan 25, 2004
I see what you mean, ltp. Cut and thrust of academic debate and all that. Though I'd imagine it's a bit of freeforall scrum, rather than a pack out to get one itty bitty other academic.
But what the line refers to is the roleplaying aspect of the Altelier and other parts of h2g2 which salonistas engage in. The sort of make believe fantasy story telling bit. I think the point is that while it may seem initially odd to some people that grown up and occassionally sane people enjoy a good run around in a virtual forest shooting magical paintballs and ever more unlikely missiles at each other and ever more unlikely monsters, our position is that this kind of mental play is perfectly consistant with and conpatible to intelligence and is in no way juvenile when done right.
That's not quite what I mean, but...
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- 1: logicus tracticus philosophicus (Jan 21, 2004)
- 2: Good Doctor Zomnker (This must be Tuesday," said GDZ to himself, sinking low over his Dr. Pepper, "I never could get the hang of Tuesdays.") (Jan 22, 2004)
- 3: BryceColluphid (Jan 22, 2004)
- 4: Mrs Zen (Jan 23, 2004)
- 5: Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences (Jan 23, 2004)
- 6: Mrs Zen (Jan 24, 2004)
- 7: Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences (Jan 24, 2004)
- 8: Asteroid Lil - Offstage Presence (Jan 24, 2004)
- 9: Mrs Zen (Jan 24, 2004)
- 10: Asteroid Lil - Offstage Presence (Jan 24, 2004)
- 11: Mrs Zen (Jan 25, 2004)
- 12: Asteroid Lil - Offstage Presence (Jan 25, 2004)
- 13: logicus tracticus philosophicus (Jan 25, 2004)
- 14: Mrs Zen (Jan 25, 2004)
- 15: logicus tracticus philosophicus (Jan 25, 2004)
- 16: Asteroid Lil - Offstage Presence (Jan 25, 2004)
- 17: logicus tracticus philosophicus (Jan 25, 2004)
- 18: Mrs Zen (Jan 25, 2004)
- 19: Sol (Jan 25, 2004)
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