h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

re: julzes

not half as harsh as i came close to getting last night

Care to elaborate on that?

he threw up the suicide attempts and i was this '' close to some scathing remarks

things like

'atempted' suicide shows low motivation lack of commitment!!

do you want some tips on how to do it right next time

you were't obviously trying hard enough

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luckily i bit my tongue and unsubbed for a little while

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i don't think its a good idea to talk about suicide in the wee small hours of the morning, i didn't want to push him into something, and i had a few of that type to keep an eye on as well.....

no comments clive???

i know i'm a bad person

Caught me at a busy moment Taff, preparing for a job interview today.

I think it was probably wise to subsub at that point and to focus on that action rather than on any action you contemplated prior.

If as seems likely and by his own admission Julzes is someone receiving treatment for some unspecified condition best we all stay well away from that particular live wire.
and just engaged Julzes on his frankly loopy arguments.

E.g

"evolution on earth is being manipulated by undetectable god-aliens with advanced technology, and julzes has been chosen as some sort of vessel of revelation due to some coincidence in his birthday and some of his relations and a computer winning a chess game"

Taff: I'm impressed that you come close to asking a reasonable question fairly close to representing what I'm saying accurately.

- cuckoo!

Taff, if it makes you feel any better - look what he just left me.


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Clive: You're using science the wrong way! [...] I'm using science the right way. You have to argue with me on the statistics of my specific cases that there is an ordinary natural cause. If I'm lying about birthdays, what is your argument against my general verisimilitude? If I'm telling the truth and it's just some sort of coincidence, what degree of coincidence is it? If it's not just a coincidence, what is your scientific argument that its natural cause was intentional by humans rather than some other intelligence? If you fail these three tests, what is your argument then? You have failed to give any substantial argument on the subject matter of Clarke's Laws in regard to what is possible here. You don't comment in any significant way on the anthropic principle and the Fermi Paradox. You either don't know enough to argue sensibly on such an unusual case, or you don't want to look at it reasonably because of prior convictions.

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science...nonsense, what you do is find the answer you want and cobble together the facts to fit the result

how did the interview go?????

Okay I think.

Slightly odd. Different format than I was used to.

Each had a copy of my CV before them and we discussed it. meaning some of the bits I'd happily of self-edited out (e. failing the PGCE) all came up for discussion.

None of my pre-prepared answers came up on the usual (i.e example of presentation, example of teamwork etc.)

then some questions like strengths and weaknesses (I *hate, HATE that one) where do yuo see yourself in five years time? (ditto)

My gut says the format that didn't really let me boast of my achievements but which honestly covered all thr ground has probably given them enough reasons to reject me on the other hand they did get an honest assessment of me all the good and bad bits. maybe that's what they wanted.

Also the salary while about 2/3rds more than I can dream of receiving on benefits isn;t exactly screaming out of the stratosphere - so my guess is they are looking for competency raher than brilliance. If I left them with that impression then maybe I'm in with a chance.

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i was taught a little trick about that one

what are your weaknesses

im a little bit too regimented and like to keep a tidy desk, so tend to finish work to get it out of the way rather than let it clutter my desk......

turn a weakness into a strength

I'm probably a little too honest. I just gave them one of my faults.

its a loaded question

next time you know

turn a negative into a posative

have you noticed that julzes, when he isn't number ranting is allright,

That always strikes me as just being too bleedin; clever by half. If they wanted me to sing my praises why not up front and ask, why all the subterfuge of list your faults (except not really)

its to spot the clever ones????

the ones that give their weeknesses are just thining themselves out just like the weak and the old in the herd

its all darwin, its allways darwin

i guess that means I didn't get the job/

you never know???

stay posative

There simply aren't the words....




>>I am the closest thing to either the Son of God or the Antichrist or any of a number of expected personages in traditional religions there is likely ever going to be.<<

but i am the anti christ, it says so in the bible

been quoted lots on the other threads

'he who denys christ surely he is the anti christ' sort of thing

and i recon jesus is a load of old tosh.......see anti christ

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