Christianity is a grotesque blight!

Little 10 Toes said:
In your own words Leumas, please give a summary of the two videos.

Edit: i've heard/seen many people here mention that they won't blindly click on YouTube links

You mention, "many societies" and, "those societies". Which societies are you referring to?
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You can click on the 'I AGREE' icons without actually opening the links, and it will show you the titles of the videos.

The first one is a comedy skit called When You're Hooked on Phonics. This, presumably, is meant to imply that Leumas is a master of English lexicography, and in no way simply uses a thesaurus to embellish otherwise mediocre syntax.

The second is a Kids In The Hall skit I linked to a while back in reference to the OP's writing style, which he apparently still doesn't get. It's almost like he's openly identifying with Bruce's character.
 
p0lka said:
I didn't know that the word mediocre had to involve resentment too...
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It doesn't.

Nor does it have to describe intelligence. It's a humpty dumpty quote in which Rand declares mediocrity means what she wants it to mean. But I presume the point is not to redefine the word but rather to fling a pejorative at her critics and imply they are lesser minds, merely jealous of her boundless genius. It makes me all the more eager to continue not to read her stuff.
 
It's grand to loll in bed next to a professor of classics

JoeMorgue said:
Ercoidem?
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No, I think* you mean the Latin

ERGO IDEM

"Therefore the same." The profound significance of this will surely wake the OP from his uncharacteristic slumber.


* I think, therefore you are. Cogito ergo es.
 
Myriad said:
I think that's a big part of the joke. The employee character isn't a guy who's too smart to fit in with his co-workers or has a large vocabulary. He's learned one "big" word and over-uses it even when it's not the right word. It's also funny that his co-workers would actually complain to management about that, but we can sympathize with how annoying they would find it. He's an insidiously pernicious mediocrity (an entirely fictional one of course).

Now, we could talk about a different hypothetical scenario, where a guy really does have a lot of knowledge and a large vocabulary but has to moderate his usage of it in order to communicate clearly and/or fit in socially with his co-workers. We could decry such imposed mediocrity, but should we? I'll let the OP clarify his position if he wishes, before posting my own opinions based on life experience. My posting style here is pretty similar to my natural vocabulary and speech patterns, and I've worked on loading docks and factory floors.
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Yeah, I was assuming the "Ascertain guy" was somehow self-referential.
 
I don't doubt there is a certain kind of average-type person who envies and resents the excellent, rather than admiring and valuing them. "Mediocre" has negative connotations, so I can see purposing the word to describe that kind of person.
 
If one were of a...cynical mindset, it could appear that this thread was created with the intent of baiting responses that could be used in the OP's ongoing argument that they are being targeted by Christian apologist sex bullies.

if one were of a cynical mindset.

That said, citing Ayn Rand in your OP says a lot.

ETA: Nevermind, I realised that my edit was just repeating an inference made in the post.
 
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In his 1985 anthology Metamagical Themas, Douglas Hofstadter described a recusive game called "Mediocrity".

It is played by three players. Each round, each player picks a number. The player with neither the highest nor the lowest - ie, the middle number - wins. The game is played for a set number of rounds, after which the player who has won the middle number of rounds is the overall winner.

I have never played this game. I don't think I'd be very good at it, but I don't think I'd be the worst, either.
 
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