circusganesh hurdlecrushin' @ 19/9/2017 16:22

vladykins @ 19/9/2017 14:23 circusganesh hurdlecrushin' @ 19/9/2017 13:57 vladykins @ 19/9/2017 7:06 Also- trying to get around the "not speak" by saying you'll write it down or type it or such is cheating. I read this as "Not able to communicate... period". what a weird pile of assumptions Not really- if you can still communicate, then people have an "out". Kinda like the people who use their "wish" to wish for more wishes. It tells you nothing about the person's choice other than they look to game the system. sounds like you really wish this survey was an entirely different survey. if that's the game we're playing, i'd like a pony and a billion dollars and another wish.

Nope- doing the same survey. Other folks want to still be able to communicate with people while being a B. I call that bullshit. It's either all communication or none- that's the intention of the original question- to make it a challenging decision.

Mercator @ 19/9/2017 16:31

The loophole in Vlady's case is choosing A and "saying" everything that you don't want to say out loud in a form of communication you make up. Like toe wiggling.

Communication requires the transfer of information, so unless someone understands your toe wiggling language, you can't use that as a cop out.

vladykins @ 19/9/2017 14:40

Mercator @ 19/9/2017 16:31 The loophole in Vlady's case is choosing A and "saying" everything that you don't want to say out loud in a form of communication you make up. Like toe wiggling. Communication requires the transfer of information, so unless someone understands your toe wiggling language, you can't use that as a cop out.

It doesn't say communicate, you can express yourself without having an audience.
If you write a book that no one reads, does the book say nothing?

Mercator @ 19/9/2017 16:46

vladykins @ 19/9/2017 14:40 Mercator @ 19/9/2017 16:31 The loophole in Vlady's case is choosing A and "saying" everything that you don't want to say out loud in a form of communication you make up. Like toe wiggling. Communication requires the transfer of information, so unless someone understands your toe wiggling language, you can't use that as a cop out. It doesn't say communicate, you can express yourself without having an audience. If you write a book that no one reads, does the book say nothing?

How did you find out about my book?

:sniff:

And if we're going to "say" everything on our mind through interpretive dance, I don't think that's much of a cop out.

vladykins @ 19/9/2017 16:39

circusganesh hurdlecrushin' @ 19/9/2017 16:22 vladykins @ 19/9/2017 14:23 circusganesh hurdlecrushin' @ 19/9/2017 13:57 vladykins @ 19/9/2017 7:06 Also- trying to get around the "not speak" by saying you'll write it down or type it or such is cheating. I read this as "Not able to communicate... period". what a weird pile of assumptions Not really- if you can still communicate, then people have an "out". Kinda like the people who use their "wish" to wish for more wishes. It tells you nothing about the person's choice other than they look to game the system. sounds like you really wish this survey was an entirely different survey. if that's the game we're playing, i'd like a pony and a billion dollars and another wish. Nope- doing the same survey. Other folks want to still be able to communicate with people while being a B. I call that bullshit. It's either all communication or none- that's the intention of the original question- to make it a challenging decision.

this says so much about your personality. first you elevate your wild guess about "intention" to the level of fact, as if agreeing with yourself means your guesses are always true. then, you pivot on that fake fact to claim that the survey used a word it didn't actually use.

you're welcome to your assumptions, and i'm not saying that assumptions aren't required. i just find it laughable (troubling?) that you think your assumptions aren't assumptions. very, very weird.

Mercator @ 19/9/2017 16:46

If you write a book that no one reads, does the book say nothing?

i can speak to this.

the author is dead bro

This is a fun thread

ZacharyB @ 19/9/2017 16:58

This is a fun thread

wrong.

the intention of the survey is:
A) everything tastes like semen
B) nothing tastes like semen

ffs thanks smiley

circusganesh hurdlecrushin' @ 19/9/2017 16:51

vladykins @ 19/9/2017 16:39 circusganesh hurdlecrushin' @ 19/9/2017 16:22 vladykins @ 19/9/2017 14:23 circusganesh hurdlecrushin' @ 19/9/2017 13:57 vladykins @ 19/9/2017 7:06 Also- trying to get around the "not speak" by saying you'll write it down or type it or such is cheating. I read this as "Not able to communicate... period". what a weird pile of assumptions Not really- if you can still communicate, then people have an "out". Kinda like the people who use their "wish" to wish for more wishes. It tells you nothing about the person's choice other than they look to game the system. sounds like you really wish this survey was an entirely different survey. if that's the game we're playing, i'd like a pony and a billion dollars and another wish. Nope- doing the same survey. Other folks want to still be able to communicate with people while being a B. I call that bullshit. It's either all communication or none- that's the intention of the original question- to make it a challenging decision. this says so much about your personality. first you elevate your wild guess about "intention" to the level of fact, as if agreeing with yourself means your guesses are always true. then, you pivot on that fake fact to claim that the survey used a word it didn't actually use. you're welcome to your assumptions, and i'm not saying that assumptions aren't required. i just find it laughable (troubling?) that you think your assumptions aren't assumptions. very, very weird.

The point of these sort of things is to provide two *extremes* to generate a difficult decision. That is the point of these sort of questions. Not having one end be extreme removes the point of the poll.

It's almost like you expect the question "Would you like to die by ice or fire?" to be more like "Would you like to have a vodka and ice, or die by fire?"

As I've noted, the original question writer didn't do a good job, but that doesn't mean their intention is hard to discern. The extremes are "All communication or none"- it's a pretty easy concept. Trying to sidestep it with "some communication" ruins the entire point of the question- thus leading to cop out answers.

Or we can require that Ahoda express his feelings for his coworkers through interpretive modern dance. That's cool too.

vladykins @ 19/9/2017 17:05

The point of these sort of things is to provide two *extremes* to generate a difficult decision. That is the point of these sort of questions. Not having one end be extreme removes the point of the poll. It's almost like you expect the question "Would you like to die by ice or fire?" to be more like "Would you like to have a vodka and ice, or die by fire?" As I've noted, the original question writer didn't do a good job, but that doesn't mean their intention is hard to discern. The extremes are "All communication or none"- it's a pretty easy concept. Trying to sidestep it with "some communication" ruins the entire point of the question- thus leading to cop out answers. Or we can require that Ahoda express his feelings for his coworkers through interpretive modern dance. That's cool too.

vlady.

it's say everything -vs- say nothing. it was already the two *extremes* you wanted. your attempt to swap words to your liking doesn't improve on that.

circusganesh hurdlecrushin' @ 19/9/2017 18:00

ZacharyB @ 19/9/2017 16:58 This is a fun thread wrong. the intention of the survey is: A) everything tastes like semen B) nothing tastes like semen

Well logically it has to be A. Semen tastes like semen so it can't be B. And by process of elimination it's A!

Look what you did Curt

good