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[FearfulJesuit]

I have a dangerously expensive mental wishlist of books. Now it looks like my assets will let me choose between Aleut and Three Kingdoms. It's agonizing.

[Tellemurius]

Or write a virus that just pops up a message telling you to verify things before downloading them.

as if windows doesn't bother about stuff enough.

[RedKing]

I have a dangerously expensive mental wishlist of books. Now it looks like my assets will let me choose between Aleut and Three Kingdoms. It's agonizing.

How many Eskimos are you likely to meet? (although the counter-argument is "How many ancient Chinese are you likely to meet?")

[SouthExpected]

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/HighOctaneNightmareFuel/RealLife

Thanks to my sick curiousity, i decided to read all of these pages.

It wasn't a good idea.

[FearfulJesuit]

I have a dangerously expensive mental wishlist of books. Now it looks like my assets will let me choose between Aleut and Three Kingdoms. It's agonizing.

How many Eskimos are you likely to meet? (although the counter-argument is "How many ancient Chinese are you likely to meet?")

1. They're Aleut. Not Inuit.
2. WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING SAYING "ESKIMO?"

[The Merchant Of Menace]

Because the Inuit are a specific tribe of Eskimos? And were you to call a non Inuit Eskimo an Inuit they would probably be very offended?

[FearfulJesuit]

Because calling an Inuk an Eskimo is like using the n-word. That is why.

[RedKing]

Because calling an Inuk an Eskimo is like using the n-word. That is why.

YMMV.

Down here, it's not considered a pejorative. And apparently even they are of two minds on the subject:

The Inuit Circumpolar Conference meeting in Barrow, Alaska, officially adopted "Inuit" as a designation for all Eskimos, regardless of their local usages, in 1977. However, the Inuit Circumpolar Council, as it is known today, uses both "Inuit" and "Eskimo" in its official documents.

EDIT: Also,

The term "Eskimo" is also used world wide in linguistic or ethnographic works to denote the larger branch of Eskimo–Aleut languages, the smaller branch being Aleut.

[FearfulJesuit]

Well, yes, because all the literature says Eskimo-Aleut, but even so...

[Lord Shonus]

I have a dangerously expensive mental wishlist of books. Now it looks like my assets will let me choose between Aleut and Three Kingdoms. It's agonizing.

Depending on shipping, you should be able to get books a lot cheaper than you might think. Most of the stuff my company puts on Amazon is in the 3-4 dollar range, for example.

[Willfor]

Most of the best things I have ever said are things where after I am finished, I am either convinced that it is the very worst thing I could have ever said in the situation, or that no one is going to care enough to read it. Most of the worst things I have ever said are things where after I am done, I am convinced that I am the greatest person on the planet. These feelings only ever last until the reactions come in and I can see where my coin has landed.

I say the dumbest things sometimes, and the only consolation I can ever hope to get from this is the fact that sometimes I can also say the smartest things. I just wish the former were less frequent, and the latter were far, far more frequent.

And in all of this, I am way, way too invested in what people think of what I say. It's good when people like what I say. It's a high like nothing else I could ever experience. People who have sigged me -- ANY TIME I see my words in people's signatures -- I have the utmost feelings of gratitude and joy. This is why I want to be a writer. This is the artist in me. I literally thrive on people's enjoyment of anything I do. And then I fuck it all up, say something supremely stupid, get called on it, and it feels like someone has suckerpunched me in the soul.

At least I don't hate myself. Small blessings, etc.

[Truean]

My skirt got caught on the dresser drawer handle and the clasp ripped. I can probably sew it back together but I don't know that it will ever be the same.

This is somewhat superficial of me perhaps, but I really like that skirt. It was a present.

[Virex]

Most of the best things I have ever said are things where after I am finished, I am either convinced that it is the very worst thing I could have ever said in the situation, or that no one is going to care enough to read it. Most of the worst things I have ever said are things where after I am done, I am convinced that I am the greatest person on the planet. These feelings only ever last until the reactions come in and I can see where my coin has landed.

I say the dumbest things sometimes, and the only consolation I can ever hope to get from this is the fact that sometimes I can also say the smartest things. I just wish the former were less frequent, and the latter were far, far more frequent.

And in all of this, I am way, way too invested in what people think of what I say. It's good when people like what I say. It's a high like nothing else I could ever experience. People who have sigged me -- ANY TIME I see my words in people's signatures -- I have the utmost feelings of gratitude and joy. This is why I want to be a writer. This is the artist in me. I literally thrive on people's enjoyment of anything I do. And then I fuck it all up, say something supremely stupid, get called on it, and it feels like someone has suckerpunched me in the soul.

At least I don't hate myself. Small blessings, etc.

Saying "smart" things is easy. You just need to watch people's general sentiments and act on that. Everyone will agree with you. On the other hand, saying "stupid" things often happens when you have the guts not to agree with everyone.

[Jerick]

Saying "smart" things is easy. You just need to watch people's general sentiments and act on that. Everyone will agree with you. On the other hand, saying "stupid" things often happens when you have the guts not to agree with everyone.

If your refering to the discusion in the rage thread, the problem was not disagreeing with the majority.
The problem was you never really made your point clear.
What you appeared to be doing was trying to logicaly argue that decision making based on emotion was superior to decision making based on logic, which is an indefensible position but not what you where actualy trying to say if I understand it right.
So please don't take issue when, as par the course for heated internet debates, nether side correctly understands the other.

[Truean]

Awww, the little hook and eye clasp above the zipper on the side got a little bent so I bent it back and it broke. [grumble grumble]