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Old 12-11-2022, 08:47 PM   #56 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by freebeard View Post
Disagree. One of them.

It's meme warfare. The 'simultaneous sip' cult, vs the Clankers who rattle their cup as a nonverbal protest.

It's actually pretty awsome to watch.
I listen (not much to see) to SA after the sip so I can get a more natural pacing at 1.25 speed. I have listened to a dozen or so clanks, though I don't know the origin of that saying. He's a smug person too. Smart folk tend to condescend.

The shared attribute is that both present a genuine character to their audience. I'm confident that SA and Styx would both be the people they are public facing. I appreciate those that just say what's on their mind; etiquette be damned.

Just yesterday I had figured out the chaos of people, signs, and doors to get into the Keller auditorium and advised inquisitive people of what the system was, only to learn I was completely wrong as I arrived at the door. Smugness is likely to lead more astray than any other personality type.

Generally though, confidence arises from being generally correct. False confidence; don't know what to do about that.

Have you listened to any Peter Z. lectures? They're all approximately the same content, but fascinating to see predictions made pre-pandemic and pre-Russian invasion prove accurate within the years predicted.
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