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bngbuck
SFN Addict
USA
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Posted - 03/01/2008 : 03:07:43 [Permalink]
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Folks.....
My apologies for the garbage in the post above Valiant Dancer's!
I just got a new Microsoft wireless keyboard and mouse. Hooked them up, installed the drivers, and tried them out - everything seemed OK. I had typed a fairly long post addressing Marf, I moved the mouse, looked up and the entire post had disappeared! The SFN frame stayed on the screen, but no post! I just put in a bunch of random letters in upper and lower to see if the keyboard had died on me.
A red message appeared from SFN - something about a Temporary Overload - Wait ten seconds before posting! I did and then tried again. I hit the keys but no letters appeared on the screen in the posting box. So I disconnected the cordless mouse and keyboard, uninstalled their software, reinstalled the old corded keyboard and mouse and tried some noodling around in Word. Worked fine. I went off to do some other things, came back tonight to re-do my post to Marf, and found the above gibberish posted on the forum! Undoubtedly the nonsense letters I tried to type when the wireless keyboard quit. I have no idea how they got posted because they never appeared on the screen, and I never hit the "post" button! The new wireless mouse has a couple of side buttons on it besides the normal left click and right click. I don't know what they do yet. Maybe I accidentally hit one when I moved the mouse and the posting box went blank. I don't know what the hell happened!
Anybody got any ideas what happened? I'm typing now with the old corded mouse and keyboard, works fine, and I guess I better return the cordless stuff to Costco as defective and get another set. Sorry about the stupidities! And mine!
Your refund check's in the mail, Valiant Dancer Sorry about the nonsense!
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marfknox
SFN Die Hard
USA
3739 Posts |
Posted - 03/01/2008 : 10:14:12 [Permalink]
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Ricky wrote: | That's fine, to each there own. But to hear of someone living their life where they don't make jokes because they're afraid they'll hurt someone's feelings... that's what makes me depressed. |
I rather feel like you are oversimplifying what I've said. If I think a joke is funny, and especially if I think it is more than funny (such as makes a good point about something in society) I would tell it regardless. But if the point of telling the joke is solely to entertain and my sense of empathy makes me realize that it will potentially make another person feel terrible about themselves, at that point it looks more like an act of cruelty to tell the joke. Other jokes also serve to de-sensitize people from serious issues that should be taken seriously, such as jokes about prison rape. I can't laugh at those either, and the only time I find them appropriate is certain context which make the joke just as horrifying as it is laugh-worthy. |
"Too much certainty and clarity could lead to cruel intolerance" -Karen Armstrong
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Zebra
Skeptic Friend
USA
354 Posts |
 Posted - 03/06/2008 : 00:57:09 [Permalink]
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I read this exchange, & the joke via the link marf gave. For what it's worth, I'm the same gender as marf, & have had years to also experience & observe repeated examples of inequality between the sexes. [Bitter remark about my own marriage removed.]
I was expecting something more egregious. I actually found the joke mildly funny, for a couple of reasons. First, the joke blows out of proportion the silly, shallow, offensive stereotypes some men seem to have about most or all women, thus pointing out how stupid those stereotypes are. Maybe that wasn't the author's intent, & maybe it wasn't what most people took away from it, but that was my reaction. Second, I used to be a chemist, so I found the format to be mildly amusing,
The first steps in the sequence here seem reasonable: Person A posts a joke he finds funny. Person B, a member of the group the joke is intended to poke fun at, says she doesn't find it funny & even finds it offensive. Person A chooses to delete the joke. He might have chosen to keep the joke up but reply with an apology. Seems like a very reasonable interaction to me; nobody browbeat anyone else or was unreasonable. The "joke" is really a long list of negative stereotypes. Is it "PC" (in a bad way) to react negatively to a direct slam on you & people like you and then to state your reaction? |
I think, you know, freedom means freedom for everyone* -Dick Cheney
*some restrictions may apply |
| Edited by - Zebra on 03/06/2008 01:00:07 |
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