EPTMy advice is just get over yourself, relax and learn to enjoy people. Most people aren't going to be judgmental of you, so do them the same kind service. Laugh at a fart joke. You're not the second coming of Einstein.
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South
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My advice is just get over yourself, relax and learn to enjoy people. Most people aren't going to be judgmental of you, so do them the same kind service. Laugh at a fart joke. You're not the second coming of Einstein. | ||
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sam!zdat
United States5559 Posts
Teacher should be fired. | ||
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South
80 Posts
On January 12 2012 09:18 Torte de Lini wrote: I'm thinking of spending more time explaining my viewpoint rather than just leaving them dryly to figure it out on their own. Do you realize how condescending this sounds? If you have trouble making friends...this might be part of the reason why. Consider spending more time trying to be more socially intelligent. | ||
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Torte de Lini
Germany38463 Posts
On January 12 2012 11:50 sam!zdat wrote: "she cut me off and said that I didn't have to talk in class. She said it quickly and disdainly. I apologized for what I felt I sometimes killed the conversations (there were many short bursts of silences after I said my piece) and she interrupted again to ensure I didn't have to talk, it wasn't sympathetic either, just plainly and the intonation was doward rather than inquisitvely upward." Teacher should be fired. No, because she wasn't condescending but reassuring the idea that I don't need to talk if I dont want to (or felt I was killing the conversation). | ||
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sam!zdat
United States5559 Posts
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Torte de Lini
Germany38463 Posts
On January 12 2012 11:54 South wrote: Do you realize how condescending this sounds? If you have trouble making friends...this might be part of the reason why. Consider spending more time trying to be more socially intelligent. I don't have trouble making friends O_O And it doesn't sound condescending at all, it sounds like I'm considerate and taking into account that I have a poor way of making properly-worded arguments and should elaborate further. If you mean leaving them dryly to figure it out on their own, then I'm not sure how you mean. I said my argument, I expect them to figure how to interpret the statement and refute it. | ||
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Torte de Lini
Germany38463 Posts
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Torte de Lini
Germany38463 Posts
On January 12 2012 11:44 StarStruck wrote: It's a running gag between faculties. Think of it as a pyramid. Hard sciences l l V Social Sciences in my view. l l V Liberal Arts. Within Social Sciences things get messy :B I wish SirJolt was here but he doesn't even do statistics pfffffft | ||
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serge
Russian Federation142 Posts
(I want more psychologist friends, they're so hot :'( Screw engineering) E: That is a hazard of any occupation and is one of the ugly truths of this world. I feel that if people knew how narrow sighted and out of touch with reality they became in their little close knit circles of friends, they'd be nicer to everyone. | ||
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Mobius_1
United Kingdom2763 Posts
On January 12 2012 11:26 Torte de Lini wrote: Word of the day blog? How would I do that? Philosophy of Economics, what is that about? So a big word or obscure word or just one that sounds funny. They do (well, now it's did. TT) it on a podcast I listen to (SarcasticGamer Brown) and it's often quite funny and they'd use it in all the wrong (and also right) ways http://nutella.sarcasticgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28116 includes a few of them and more weird words that are making me lol.  Philosophy of Economics was about what should be the purpose of Econs (and other social sciences), whether it is an ends, a means to an end, how it should be conducted, what caveats are there, and examining some of the basic assumptions used throughout the subject and their real-world validity. Quite a lot of deep discussions and was very intriguing subject. | ||
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Torte de Lini
Germany38463 Posts
On January 12 2012 12:03 serge wrote: Communicating solely with anthropologists, sociologists and psychologists tends to turn you into a hillbilly. Make some friends in the math/sciences/engineering departments. Hopefully that will show you that you're not such hot shit after all. (I want more psychologist friends, they're so hot :'( Screw engineering) All the babes are in Psychology. There are a lot of computer science majors too, they're pretty cool too. Most Math/Science and Engineering people are pretty quiet, they don't have to show off anything because they're in some tough shit pft :B | ||
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Porcelain
United States218 Posts
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sam!zdat
United States5559 Posts
On January 12 2012 12:04 Mobius_1 wrote: Philosophy of Economics was about what should be the purpose of Econs (and other social sciences), whether it is an ends, a means to an end, how it should be conducted, what caveats are there, and examining some of the basic assumptions used throughout the subject and their real-world validity. Quite a lot of deep discussions and was very intriguing subject. Basically all the things economists never ever think about. | ||
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NeoSlicerZ
Ireland470 Posts
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Torte de Lini
Germany38463 Posts
On January 12 2012 12:07 Porcelain wrote: Well, why do you believe you must leave them to "figure it out on their own?" Are the other students less intelligent than you? They might be. Your statement sounded a bit pretentious, but that's okay. You may be actually be smarter than them. There really isn't anything wrong with that. The only problem is how you're being perceived by others. I'm not smarter than them (if I felt so assured I was, why would I feel so conflicted and 2. why would I even bother speaking up knowing my own intelligence is above their's?). It does pretentious, I meant in the sense that instead of elaborating, I would just say what I felt was an accurate argument and leave them to figure out how to counter it. When I disagree or argue, I find my point of view to be right, thus it is up to them to show me where there are faults. Is that a poor approach? On January 12 2012 12:08 sam!zdat wrote: Basically all the things economists never ever think about. Ha! Foucault and Marx would disagree! On January 12 2012 12:09 NeoSlicerZ wrote: I'd really be interested to hear how you come across in a spoken argument as through my studies and work over the past 2.5 years I've done a ton of discussion, albeit within electronic engineering. It sounds fascinating being intelligent yet not being able to put your points across to your peers. After reading your prose, god help you if you have to write a research paper for publication with strict formatting and page requirements. You want a sample of my writing? As someone said before, you're not smart if you can't show others why. :B | ||
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serge
Russian Federation142 Posts
On January 12 2012 12:09 NeoSlicerZ wrote: After reading your prose, god help you if you have to write a research paper for publication with strict formatting and page requirements. LOL | ||
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StarStruck
25339 Posts
On January 12 2012 12:04 Mobius_1 wrote: Word of the day blog? How would I do that? Philosophy of Economics, what is that about? Let's get this gasconade blog started considering we're all here. Word of the day is oenophile (n): a wine drinker. Torte is TL's resident oenophile. Cheers! | ||
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Torte de Lini
Germany38463 Posts
Good run :3. I don't think it's fair to judge someone who writes something personally and reflect that on their professional or educational writing work. It's a bit obnoxious and rude. | ||
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serge
Russian Federation142 Posts
On January 12 2012 12:16 Torte de Lini wrote: Hm, 7 good pages of discussion then ill-intended people. Good run :3. I don't think it's fair to judge someone who writes something personally and reflect that on their professional or educational writing work. It's a bit obnoxious and rude. But how can a drama blog be enjoyed without drama? If you decide to post on the internet, might as well grow thicker carapace to good and bad humored trolling. --- I've realized today that the TL blog section is extremely bearable and fun, unlike the rest of the boards, BW section excluded. I'm going to make a blog post about some of the atrocious posters that infest the other boards, not unlike sc2 zerg, in the future. | ||
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sam!zdat
United States5559 Posts
On January 12 2012 12:11 Torte de Lini wrote: Ha! Foucault and Marx would disagree! Oh no. I'm a Marxist actually (i.e. I study literature, and my theoretical affiliation is with the Marxist tradition). Marx and Foucault are both theorists, not economists in the relevant sense. edit: I suppose you could say that they are both philosophers of economics. Marx a little more than Foucault; I'm not aware that Foucault really dealt with economics so much as discourse, although I'll admit I'm not that familiar with Foucault outside of the The History of Sexuality and stuff like the panopticon, etc... | ||
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