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Discussion in 'The Chatterbox' started by Shep, Nov 30, 2008.

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  1. TomPike

    TomPike Active Member

    'night, Dave...
     
  2. Dridecker

    Dridecker Sherlock

    I agree with Tom... Noodles.

    Laundry is finished and brownies are done. Time for me to head out.

    Have a good night all!
     
  3. TomPike

    TomPike Active Member

    'night, Bill...
     
  4. Adeptus_Minor

    Adeptus_Minor Active Member

    And on that note, I think I shall fire up WoW for a while.
    I need to help a friend level her death knight.
     
  5. Truckman

    Truckman New Member

    g'night Bill!

    I think it's my turn, too...

    see y'all in a few hours....:sleep001
     
  6. gatto

    gatto *Not a dude*

    wahh I want to sleep or play WoW but I can't until I finish this sociology chapter
     
  7. TomPike

    TomPike Active Member

    'night Matt
     
  8. gatto

    gatto *Not a dude*

    Imagine for a moment that
    you have gone to a store to purchase milk:
    Suppose the clerk says, “I won’t sell you any milk. We’re overstocked with soda, and I’m
    not going to sell anyone milk until our soda inventory is reduced.”
    You don’t like it, but you decide to buy a case of soda. At the checkout, the clerk says,
    “I hope you don’t mind, but there’s a $5 service charge on every fifteenth customer.”
    You, of course, are the fifteenth.
    Just as you start to leave, another clerk stops you and says, “We’re not working any
    more. We decided to have a party.” Suddenly a CD player begins to blast, and everyone
    in the store begins to dance. “Oh, good, you’ve brought the soda,” says a different clerk,
    who takes your package and passes sodas all around.
     
  9. TomPike

    TomPike Active Member

    That makes my brain hurt.

    Jen, sociology is starting to affect you in, um, interesting ways...

    [​IMG]

    Is this the book you're reading?
     
  10. gatto

    gatto *Not a dude*

    that's a quote right out of the book about the importance of norms
     
  11. TomPike

    TomPike Active Member

    Yep, Norm's always been pretty important to me, but he's a nice guy :happy102

    See picture edited into post above, please...

    Quote from the book review:

    Puhleese!
     
  12. gatto

    gatto *Not a dude*

    mine is sociology, a down to earth approach. It's a digital book so I don't have a picture of the cover
     
  13. TomPike

    TomPike Active Member

    Yeah, I remember sociology as a pretty bizarre class, although the one I took was stats-based. I came away with it thinking "what good is this crap? It just averages out all individuality to help insurance companies get stinking rich."

    I realize now (twentymumble years later) that soc can actually be interesting to those outside The Hartford. Actually, this whole thread is an interesting study in micro sociology, isn't it?
     
  14. gatto

    gatto *Not a dude*

    yeah it could be considered a train wreck of a microsoiological experiment... Ray ruined it with his normlessness.

    I really like sociology and psych, I hope I can get minors in both of them.
     
  15. TomPike

    TomPike Active Member

    I think that's my new favorite word - thanks, Jen!

    Practice random acts of kindness and senseless acts of normlessness... (have to figure out ways to use it so I'll remember it).
     
  16. gatto

    gatto *Not a dude*

    normlessness can also be called anomie. be careful... too much anomie causes suicide.


    for the record I wasn't saying Ray wants to kill himself, I'm saying he's weird :D I was using the wrong term before but you get the idea.
     
  17. TomPike

    TomPike Active Member

    Yep, it's like a strong spice: "just a light sprinkling of anomie". Too much can ruin your whole day, but a little adds just the right flavor. Life is a balancing act, is it not?

    Okay, I'm getting philosophical (which, late at night, can lead to thoughts of Nihilism). Gotta sleep... thanks for yacking with me, Jen!

    Night All!
     
  18. Mordecai

    Mordecai New Member

    And I'm back... Who won, me or Han? :happy102:happy102
     
  19. Mordecai

    Mordecai New Member

    Ours all seem to be in that program as well. :D
     
  20. Truckman

    Truckman New Member

    wow....:eek:


    glad I slept through all that! :rolleyes: :happy102

    back to bed
     
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