You know, conversational analysts would tie themselves in knots analyzing this. I love that it seems to be over after 9 or so turns (Goodwins Law) but then reboots and just go on and on. Apparently, this is sort of consistent with most conversations. Typically, the first attempt to end a longish conversation surface roughly a third into the conversation. Most conversations need three attempts til it’s properly killed off.
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yabonn 04.10.06 at 4:36 am
First saw the meta thread at Pandagon i think.
I mean :
-“Uninteresting historical detail”.
nameless 04.10.06 at 5:09 am
Myles na gCopaleen would have enjoyed this. To quote Sam Goldwyn “Let’s have some new cliches!”
Dan K 04.10.06 at 2:32 pm
You know, conversational analysts would tie themselves in knots analyzing this. I love that it seems to be over after 9 or so turns (Goodwins Law) but then reboots and just go on and on. Apparently, this is sort of consistent with most conversations. Typically, the first attempt to end a longish conversation surface roughly a third into the conversation. Most conversations need three attempts til it’s properly killed off.
Aaron M 04.10.06 at 6:59 pm
I seem to recall a Doonesbury cartoon from the early 80s in which the university president gives a commencement address in this form.
ben wolfson 04.11.06 at 1:21 am
Posts like that are a subject on which I am liable to wax Farberesque.
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