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[Duck24]

This has to be one of the most worthless threads I've ever read. You're a douche, you're a sensitive wuss...blah blah blah. Nothing like resorting to playground name-calling to make a point. All we need is a grammar policeman and threats of physical violence and we would be moving towards OLive.

Damn, and I was so hoping you'd go with "grammer"!

Well lucky for me I still remember the grammar skills learned in 8AM Writing 121 class way back in Fall 2003 lol.

Dude, she didn't teach us anything in that class! Why the UO teaches students how to write "enthymeme's" instead of forming an actual thesis is beyond me. Andiel had too much pep that early in the morning as well

Well being hungover/still drunk from the night before wasn't always conducive to learning anyways...even if Writing 121 wasn't a complete waste of time. That was my first class at U of O and I will never forget that the teacher was an overweight goth.

[Elduderino]

This has to be one of the most worthless threads I've ever read. You're a douche, you're a sensitive wuss...blah blah blah. Nothing like resorting to playground name-calling to make a point. All we need is a grammar policeman and threats of physical violence and we would be moving towards OLive.

Damn, and I was so hoping you'd go with "grammer"!

Well lucky for me I still remember the grammar skills learned in 8AM Writing 121 class way back in Fall 2003 lol.

Dude, she didn't teach us anything in that class! Why the UO teaches students how to write "enthymeme's" instead of forming an actual thesis is beyond me. Andiel had too much pep that early in the morning as well

Well being hungover/still drunk from the night before wasn't always conducive to learning anyways...even if Writing 121 wasn't a complete waste of time. That was my first class at U of O and I will never forget that the teacher was an overweight goth.

Yeah I feel like I had WR 121 maybe three times a week, on MWF (not sure, short term memory loss I guess)? I did pretty good for the first two days, but my attendance practices at the end of the week were questionable at best.

[Pontius]

Agreed. Nobody cares. He's not someone I'd invite to a dinner party because he's really, really blunt (i.e. a douche),

If speaking honestly makes someone a douche, what does it makes someone who cannot handle honesty?

If purposefully misinterpreting a statement makes someone intellectually lazy, are you just not smart enough to be able to see nuance? If not, you're an intellectual sloth for committing the strawman fallacy. Speaking honestly can take a lot of forms, some of which are rude, condescending, etc. Just because a statement is correct does not mean it isn't douchey. It would be honest for me to call a fat person fat, an idiot an idiot, a mentally retarded person a retard. Does the fact that I'm factually accurate mean I'm not a jerk for doing so? Honesty does not entitle anyone, including hines and yourself, to carte blanche for how you choose to speak honestly.

You can think that all you want. But a mature way in dealing with negativity is to let is slide and calmly respond. That you might not let it slide and that you might resort to name calling and rudeness, shows that you too lack a certain maturity. So what is one of those people called, an "overreactive douche"?

Hahaha look at my original post again. "Agreed. Nobody cares. He's not someone I'd invite to a dinner party because he's really, really blunt (i.e. a douche), but who gives a rat's ass. He's knowledgeable, so get a thicker skin and deal with it." That's exactly what I was arguing for. What you're up in arms over is the parenthetical observation that hines can be rude and a contrarian (which can be summarized by "douche"), but my main point was that people should "let it slide and calmly respond." What, then, is your problem pontius? What do you actually disagree with about that?

My problem is lack of consistency. Calling one a douche and particular to me worse, does endure you a high-browed regard that you might obliviously dismiss in light of your own perceptions of behavior.

[skdragon1]

the last time i saw this much tittyfighting was at a mud wrestling match

[huckthefuskies]

How does Quizz gain 20lbs of muscle in a matter of weeks?

because he didn't. if anyone would actually get off their butts and look, Rodgers was listed at 191 last season. the person who said he gained 15-20 lbs. since the end of the season is an idiot or lazy. btw, it's not "a matter of weeks", it's called almost 3 full months....but hey...small details are worthless....right?

http://oregonstate.scout.com/a.z?s=182& ... 33&yr=2010

No dog in the race and do not care really, but Hines do you really hold faith in those scout numbers as anything other than ball park with a little imbellishment?