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I also suspect that if you were to read an article about narcissism, you'd think "How is this a diagnosis? Everyone feels this way! I know I do!"
Quote from: ZEGH8578 on April 18, 2016, 08:30:48 AM I also suspect that if you were to read an article about narcissism, you'd think "How is this a diagnosis? Everyone feels this way! I know I do!"We have a saying in America, "It takes one to know one".
Quote from: odeon on April 20, 2016, 02:10:14 PMAl, please go on if you like. Me, I'm tired of this. I've repeated myself endlessly, told you I'm doing so, stating that I don't actually have more to add, but you're not listening. Hence the , which was more in jest, in case you think I was being serious.We have differing views on this. I do think you were being intellectually dishonest with that whole "not reading Zegh but he is an ass anyway" thing. I've explained why I think so.Obviously you have not accepted any of it. Obviously you've not admitted to being intellectually dishonest, but you've also not accepted that I can have this opinion or think that I am right about it.Similarly, you've not admitted to tiptoeing around DFG, which really goes without saying, but you've not accepted or allowed me to hold such a view.Objectively, the latter is unprovable. The former, in my humble opinion, is not. yet I don't think we will agree on either.I happen to think that your behaviour in both cases was out of character. You don't. What can I say?I am not sure why you were being so conceited and condescending?
Al, please go on if you like. Me, I'm tired of this. I've repeated myself endlessly, told you I'm doing so, stating that I don't actually have more to add, but you're not listening. Hence the , which was more in jest, in case you think I was being serious.We have differing views on this. I do think you were being intellectually dishonest with that whole "not reading Zegh but he is an ass anyway" thing. I've explained why I think so.Obviously you have not accepted any of it. Obviously you've not admitted to being intellectually dishonest, but you've also not accepted that I can have this opinion or think that I am right about it.Similarly, you've not admitted to tiptoeing around DFG, which really goes without saying, but you've not accepted or allowed me to hold such a view.Objectively, the latter is unprovable. The former, in my humble opinion, is not. yet I don't think we will agree on either.I happen to think that your behaviour in both cases was out of character. You don't. What can I say?
Quote from: Al Swearengen on April 21, 2016, 04:58:21 AMQuote from: odeon on April 20, 2016, 02:10:14 PMAl, please go on if you like. Me, I'm tired of this. I've repeated myself endlessly, told you I'm doing so, stating that I don't actually have more to add, but you're not listening. Hence the , which was more in jest, in case you think I was being serious.We have differing views on this. I do think you were being intellectually dishonest with that whole "not reading Zegh but he is an ass anyway" thing. I've explained why I think so.Obviously you have not accepted any of it. Obviously you've not admitted to being intellectually dishonest, but you've also not accepted that I can have this opinion or think that I am right about it.Similarly, you've not admitted to tiptoeing around DFG, which really goes without saying, but you've not accepted or allowed me to hold such a view.Objectively, the latter is unprovable. The former, in my humble opinion, is not. yet I don't think we will agree on either.I happen to think that your behaviour in both cases was out of character. You don't. What can I say?I am not sure why you were being so conceited and condescending?Is that a question or a statement?
In which case my answer to the question is another question, namely what are you on about?
Nouncondescension (usually uncountable, plural condescensions)The act of condescending; a manner of behaving toward others in an outwardly polite way that nevertheless implies one’s own superiority to the others; patronizing courtesy toward inferiors. syn. [quotations ▼]Conscious condescension breeds panderers and enemies, not friends.(usually uncountable, pejorative) A patronizing attitude or behavior. [from 1930s] [quotations ▼]Related termscondescendcondescending (adjective)Synonyms(the act of condescending def.): condescendence
noun1.an excessively favorable opinion of one's own ability, importance, wit, etc.2.something that is conceived in the mind; a thought; idea:He jotted down the conceits of his idle hours.3.imagination; fancy.4.a fancy; whim; fanciful notion.5.an elaborate, fanciful metaphor, especially of a strained or far-fetched nature.6.the use of such metaphors as a literary characteristic, especially in poetry.7.a fancy, purely decorative article.verb (used with object)10.to flatter (especially oneself).11.British Dialect. to take a fancy to; have a good opinion of.12.Obsolete.to imagine.to conceive; apprehend.
/shrugYou have the right to your opinion.
Quote from: Al Swearengen on April 18, 2016, 05:36:33 AMThat said, do you imagine your efforts here have achieved anything?I wonder if you hear yourself, when you say stuff like this.Or when you compare yourself to "a mighty bear"What I'm suspecting now, though, is that you DO hear yourself, and that you nod - to yourself - and even give yourself a little applause. I also suspect that if you were to read an article about narcissism, you'd think "How is this a diagnosis? Everyone feels this way! I know I do!"
That said, do you imagine your efforts here have achieved anything?
