Comments on: “Pirates?” Sheep, more like it! http://stilgherrian.com/human-nature/pirates_more_like_sheep/ All publication is a political act. All communication is propaganda. All art is pornography. All business is personal. All hail Eris. Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:52:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Snarky Platypus http://stilgherrian.com/human-nature/pirates_more_like_sheep/#comment-8454 Snarky Platypus Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:29:50 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/human-nature/pirates_more_like_sheep/#comment-8454 Patrick: I offer my first response to you... :) Patrick: I offer my first response to you… :)

]]> By: Stilgherrian http://stilgherrian.com/human-nature/pirates_more_like_sheep/#comment-8453 Stilgherrian Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:23:10 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/human-nature/pirates_more_like_sheep/#comment-8453 <strong>@patrick:</strong> You've missed the point. I really don't care what someone else does, as long as it doesn't frighten the horses -- though I reserve the right to believe that it's stupid, and to tell them so. What I object to is the peer pressure involved when someone implies that someone's a lesser person because they didn't join in, sheep-like. As for "plebs" and "proles", please read more carefully, note who said what and in what order, and turn on your irony detector. You'll get a lot more out of my writing -- and life! -- that way. @patrick: You’ve missed the point. I really don’t care what someone else does, as long as it doesn’t frighten the horses — though I reserve the right to believe that it’s stupid, and to tell them so. What I object to is the peer pressure involved when someone implies that someone’s a lesser person because they didn’t join in, sheep-like.

As for “plebs” and “proles”, please read more carefully, note who said what and in what order, and turn on your irony detector. You’ll get a lot more out of my writing — and life! — that way.

]]> By: patrick http://stilgherrian.com/human-nature/pirates_more_like_sheep/#comment-8445 patrick Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:08:45 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/human-nature/pirates_more_like_sheep/#comment-8445 Yeah, you're overreacting BIG time. People have fun in different ways. Let them be. Just because it doesn't CONFORM to YOUR way, you dismiss them as plebs or proles. Now ... you don't think that's being stupid? I think it is. Yeah, you’re overreacting BIG time. People have fun in different ways. Let them be.

Just because it doesn’t CONFORM to YOUR way, you dismiss them as plebs or proles. Now … you don’t think that’s being stupid? I think it is.

]]> By: Alexey Stakhov http://stilgherrian.com/human-nature/pirates_more_like_sheep/#comment-8443 Alexey Stakhov Wed, 19 Sep 2007 08:05:40 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/human-nature/pirates_more_like_sheep/#comment-8443 Today is also edit-wikipedia-to-change-the-date-of-"talk-like-a-pirate-day"-day Today is also edit-wikipedia-to-change-the-date-of-”talk-like-a-pirate-day”-day

]]> By: Stilgherrian http://stilgherrian.com/human-nature/pirates_more_like_sheep/#comment-8442 Stilgherrian Wed, 19 Sep 2007 06:13:51 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/human-nature/pirates_more_like_sheep/#comment-8442 <strong>@Snarky Platypus:</strong> I was trying to be good and not use the word "plebs". Maybe "proles" or even "gammas"... <strong>@jason:</strong> Agreed. If people want to donate money to genetic research, they can. If they want to wear jeans, they can. But "wearing jeans to show that I'm donating to charity" is just boasting about how good you are. @Snarky Platypus: I was trying to be good and not use the word “plebs”. Maybe “proles” or even “gammas”…

@jason: Agreed. If people want to donate money to genetic research, they can. If they want to wear jeans, they can. But “wearing jeans to show that I’m donating to charity” is just boasting about how good you are.

]]> By: jason http://stilgherrian.com/human-nature/pirates_more_like_sheep/#comment-8440 jason Wed, 19 Sep 2007 03:49:39 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/human-nature/pirates_more_like_sheep/#comment-8440 While we're at it, let's scrap Jeans for Genes and Red Nose day, and all that tedious stuff. While we’re at it, let’s scrap Jeans for Genes and Red Nose day, and all that tedious stuff.

]]> By: Snarky Platypus http://stilgherrian.com/human-nature/pirates_more_like_sheep/#comment-8438 Snarky Platypus Tue, 18 Sep 2007 23:40:33 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/human-nature/pirates_more_like_sheep/#comment-8438 Appropriate responses to people talking at you like a pirate: <ul> <li>"Today may be 'Talk like a pirate' day. However, everyday is 'You're a clueless cunt day'."</li> <li>"Well I'm going onto Limewire and downloading all the Ja Rule mp3s I can find." (ok, bad pun)</liL </ul> I think you're reacting a bit too strongly to this though. Let the plebs have their fun ;) Actually I'm getting rather fond of the first response... Appropriate responses to people talking at you like a pirate:

  • “Today may be ‘Talk like a pirate’ day. However, everyday is ‘You’re a clueless cunt day’.”
  • “Well I’m going onto Limewire and downloading all the Ja Rule mp3s I can find.” (ok, bad pun)

    I think you’re reacting a bit too strongly to this though. Let the plebs have their fun ;) Actually I’m getting rather fond of the first response…

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