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<blockquote data-quote="satellitedriver" data-source="post: 556315" data-attributes="member: 1664"><p>Quote:</p><p> Originally Posted by <strong>satellitedriver</strong></p><p><em>True,(in a sense)</em></p><p><em>my analytical friend.</em></p><p><em>All responses, to any given post, meet your criteria.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><strong>I suppose you are correct, people reveal much about themselves in a post<span style="color: Red"> Missed Period.</span></strong><span style="color: Red"><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/FeltTip/happy2.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":happy2:" title="Happy2 :happy2:" data-shortname=":happy2:" /></span></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>BTW,you misspelled Rorschach.(petty on my part)</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><strong>you<span style="color: Red">(Y, should be capitalized)</span> got me there,<span style="color: Red">(period, instead of comma)</span> I admit I knew it was<span style="color: Red">(</span> a wrong<span style="color: Red">)(an incorrect)</span> spelling, but too lazy<span style="color: Red">(comma) (delete,</span> to open another window to find the spelling.<span style="color: Red">) </span></strong></em></p><p><em><strong><span style="color: Red">(Add,to correct my spelling)</span>.</strong></em></p><p><em><strong><span style="color: Red">(Paragraph break)</span></strong></em></p><p> <em><strong>(petty?<span style="color: Red">)</span> nah<span style="color: Red">(N, should be capitalized)</span>, maybe<span style="color: Red">(comma)</span> you helped raise the bar for my future postings,<span style="color: Red">(period,instead of comma)</span> I'll be keeping an eye out for any errors in your future postings<span style="color: Red">(comma)</span> as well<span style="color: DarkGreen"><span style="color: Red">(period) </span></span></strong></em></p><p><em><strong><span style="color: DarkGreen">( many will occur, in my posts)</span></strong></em></p><p><em><strong><span style="color: Red">(</span>and<span style="color: Red">)(delete, and)</span> I will make it a point to tell you if there are any errors.<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/FeltTip/wink.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":wink2:" title="Wink :wink2:" data-shortname=":wink2:" /> </strong></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Define; true feelings. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><strong>It looks like you should have put a colon after the word "Define"<span style="color: Red">(A semi-colon is proper grammar, in this case.)(comma)</span> but hey<span style="color: Red">(comma)</span> I am being petty. By true feelings, <span style="color: Red">(</span>I suppose<span style="color: Red">,delete)</span> I meant that<span style="color: Red">(it is)</span> one's way of looking at things. To many<span style="color: Red">(comma)</span> this is a black and white issue. But<span style="color: Red">(comma)</span> we seem to all have different opinions<span style="color: Red">(comma)</span> of what "it is what it is" actually means. I see some posters have firm opinions on this and I am not suprised<span style="color: Red">(sp)(comma)</span> as these same posters have firm opinions on a lot of things</strong></em></p><p><em><span style="color: Green">Just having fun, acting like Sister Mary Margret Whoop Your *** grading papers with her red pencil. </span></em></p><p><em><span style="color: Green"></span> </em></p><p><em>You told us your observations,not your feelings. <strong>Well, unlike some posters,<span style="color: SeaGreen">(meaning,me?)</span> I don't state facts as if they were written on two tablets by god and handed to them to announce as if these facts are not open to interpretation. I try to base my opinions on observation not make my observations fit my opinions. (I try anyway)<span style="color: DarkOliveGreen">(<span style="color: Green">Me, too</span></span>.<span style="color: DarkOliveGreen">)</span> I suppose a short story is in order about "observing".</strong></em></p><p><em><strong></strong></em></p><p><em><strong>A man by the name of J.J. Thompson won a nobel prize for "observing" through experiments and instruments, that the electron is a particle. </strong></em></p><p><em><strong>His son, many years later, won a nobel prize for "observing" through experiments and instruments, that the electron is a wave.(Sort of like a greek myth where the son upsurps the father) Both are right, but depends though how you observe and depends on the biases of the experiment and the instruments used. Maybe I should have posted this under the thread "Wave or not Wave"</strong></em></p><p><em><strong></strong></em></p><p><em><strong>I remember seeing a movie many years ago when I was a kid . It was a western, I suppose, where a shooting/murder took place in a small town. A sheriff or investigator comes out and interviews the three witnesses separately. All three witnesses witnessed three different events when relaying the scene they witnessed. All three stories were seemingly mutually exclusive And then I believe the event as it actually happened was shown in flashback. All three stories now made sense, but were different because they were from three different viewpoints. </strong></em></p><p><em><strong><span style="color: Green">A. Einstein explained this phenomenon, in his theory of relativity, about 100yrs ago.</span></strong></em></p><p><em><strong><span style="color: Green">My favorite quote from Albert.</span></strong></em></p><p><em><strong><span style="color: Green">"Reality is just an illusion,</span></strong></em></p><p><em><strong><span style="color: Green">albeit,</span></strong></em></p><p><em><strong><span style="color: Green">a very persistent one." </span></strong></em></p><p><em><strong></strong></em></p><p><em><strong>To sum up my feelings about "It is what it is" (besides the fact I wish Hoax never started the thread): It is what it is, or IS IT? </strong></em></p><p><em><strong><span style="color: Green">It is, because it was,and shall be.</span></strong></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Most posters do the same.</em></p><p><em><strong><span style="color: SeaGreen">Pickup,</span></strong></em></p><p><em><strong><span style="color: SeaGreen">Please take my post in the jest intended</span></strong><span style="color: SeaGreen">.</span></em></p><p><em><span style="color: SeaGreen"><strong>I assume, you enjoy linguistics and verbal banter.</strong></span></em></p><p><em><span style="color: SeaGreen"><strong>If I have offended you with my banter, then, I apologize beforehand. </strong></span></em></p><p><em><span style="color: SeaGreen"></span></em></p><p><em><span style="color: SeaGreen"></span></em></p><p><em></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="satellitedriver, post: 556315, member: 1664"] Quote: Originally Posted by [B]satellitedriver[/B] [I]True,(in a sense) my analytical friend. All responses, to any given post, meet your criteria. [B]I suppose you are correct, people reveal much about themselves in a post[COLOR=Red] Missed Period.[/COLOR][/B][COLOR=Red]:happy2:[/COLOR] BTW,you misspelled Rorschach.(petty on my part) [B]you[COLOR=Red](Y, should be capitalized)[/COLOR] got me there,[COLOR=Red](period, instead of comma)[/COLOR] I admit I knew it was[COLOR=Red]([/COLOR] a wrong[COLOR=Red])(an incorrect)[/COLOR] spelling, but too lazy[COLOR=Red](comma) (delete,[/COLOR] to open another window to find the spelling.[COLOR=Red]) (Add,to correct my spelling)[/COLOR]. [COLOR=Red](Paragraph break)[/COLOR] (petty?[COLOR=Red])[/COLOR] nah[COLOR=Red](N, should be capitalized)[/COLOR], maybe[COLOR=Red](comma)[/COLOR] you helped raise the bar for my future postings,[COLOR=Red](period,instead of comma)[/COLOR] I'll be keeping an eye out for any errors in your future postings[COLOR=Red](comma)[/COLOR] as well[COLOR=DarkGreen][COLOR=Red](period) [/COLOR][/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkGreen]( many will occur, in my posts)[/COLOR] [COLOR=Red]([/COLOR]and[COLOR=Red])(delete, and)[/COLOR] I will make it a point to tell you if there are any errors.:wink2: [/B] Define; true feelings. [B]It looks like you should have put a colon after the word "Define"[COLOR=Red](A semi-colon is proper grammar, in this case.)(comma)[/COLOR] but hey[COLOR=Red](comma)[/COLOR] I am being petty. By true feelings, [COLOR=Red]([/COLOR]I suppose[COLOR=Red],delete)[/COLOR] I meant that[COLOR=Red](it is)[/COLOR] one's way of looking at things. To many[COLOR=Red](comma)[/COLOR] this is a black and white issue. But[COLOR=Red](comma)[/COLOR] we seem to all have different opinions[COLOR=Red](comma)[/COLOR] of what "it is what it is" actually means. I see some posters have firm opinions on this and I am not suprised[COLOR=Red](sp)(comma)[/COLOR] as these same posters have firm opinions on a lot of things[/B] [COLOR=Green]Just having fun, acting like Sister Mary Margret Whoop Your *** grading papers with her red pencil. [/COLOR] You told us your observations,not your feelings. [B]Well, unlike some posters,[COLOR=SeaGreen](meaning,me?)[/COLOR] I don't state facts as if they were written on two tablets by god and handed to them to announce as if these facts are not open to interpretation. I try to base my opinions on observation not make my observations fit my opinions. (I try anyway)[COLOR=DarkOliveGreen]([COLOR=Green]Me, too[/COLOR][/COLOR].[COLOR=DarkOliveGreen])[/COLOR] I suppose a short story is in order about "observing". A man by the name of J.J. Thompson won a nobel prize for "observing" through experiments and instruments, that the electron is a particle. His son, many years later, won a nobel prize for "observing" through experiments and instruments, that the electron is a wave.(Sort of like a greek myth where the son upsurps the father) Both are right, but depends though how you observe and depends on the biases of the experiment and the instruments used. Maybe I should have posted this under the thread "Wave or not Wave" I remember seeing a movie many years ago when I was a kid . It was a western, I suppose, where a shooting/murder took place in a small town. A sheriff or investigator comes out and interviews the three witnesses separately. All three witnesses witnessed three different events when relaying the scene they witnessed. All three stories were seemingly mutually exclusive And then I believe the event as it actually happened was shown in flashback. All three stories now made sense, but were different because they were from three different viewpoints. [COLOR=Green]A. Einstein explained this phenomenon, in his theory of relativity, about 100yrs ago. My favorite quote from Albert. "Reality is just an illusion, albeit, a very persistent one." [/COLOR] To sum up my feelings about "It is what it is" (besides the fact I wish Hoax never started the thread): It is what it is, or IS IT? [COLOR=Green]It is, because it was,and shall be.[/COLOR][/B] Most posters do the same. [B][COLOR=SeaGreen]Pickup, Please take my post in the jest intended[/COLOR][/B][COLOR=SeaGreen]. [B]I assume, you enjoy linguistics and verbal banter.[/B] [B]If I have offended you with my banter, then, I apologize beforehand. [/B] [B][/B] [/COLOR] [/I] [/QUOTE]
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