Bobbieo
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Fri Feb-20-09 05:18 PM
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What response do I give this 'freeper'? |
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I e-mailed him a world map of newspspers and their front pages - something to pass the time. He is home bound. His response -
"Yeah, Wall Street just loves the sob. I loved their finish, well at least they didn’t loose as much as Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday. He will never make it through the year."
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Fri Feb-20-09 05:20 PM
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1. Since that doesn't seem to be a cogent thought, I'd ignore it. |
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Fri Feb-20-09 06:38 PM
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There is no response to that. It's gobbeldy-gook.
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Cronus Protagonist
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Fri Feb-20-09 05:21 PM
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2. You could correct his spelling |
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Not that he would be able to remember how to spell "lose" for more than a minute anyway.
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Bobbieo
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Fri Feb-20-09 05:24 PM
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3. "He will never make it through the year." He has made that statement before |
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Fri Feb-20-09 06:39 PM
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But, it seems to suggest that Wall Street will end his Presidency. It's too vague and meaningless to be sure he means it as a prediction of something awful or someone being fired.
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Fri Feb-20-09 05:27 PM
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4. Now "Wall Street" is a Pejorative? |
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Aren't these the smartest and "most economically productive members of society"? The icons of conservatism that Republicans are always looking out for? Don't their opinions count?
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Fri Feb-20-09 05:27 PM
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Edited on Fri Feb-20-09 05:27 PM by Warpy
is the only intelligent response to someone that hostile to you.
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Fri Feb-20-09 05:31 PM
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6. Send him a third grade spelling book. |
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Fri Feb-20-09 05:44 PM
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7. Be aware, you're talking to a stock ticker. |
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Pardon the extended, boring analogy -- but your situation sounds a little like that episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" where an alien "artificial intelligence" device is rescued from a crash site on a barren planet. Then it turns out the device is not only waaaay advanced, technologically, it's a futuristic A.I. kamikaze, a thinking bomb. It co-opts Data, so there are facial expressions, words, moods and other characteristics which one would associate with a human... But -- it's a bomb. Its only purpose is destruction.
You seem to be having a conversation with the human equivalent of that kamikaze character, only yours isn't a weapon of mass destruction, it's just an output device for number display.
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