--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > Ah, Judy's back from another long, relaxing, > > > rejuvenating weekend away :-), firing off nine > > > posts in a row, each distinguished by...uh, wait > > > for it...I know it'll come as a surprise...her > > > "correcting" someone on this forum and "setting > > > them straight" about how the world "really" is > > > and what the "truth" about things "really" is. :-) > > > > > > Me, I just "think out loud." > > > > > > They're just thoughts. Opinions. > > > > > > And, as I've said *many times* here, I DON'T > > > KNOW THE TRUTH. I don't even *believe* in > > > such a thing as "TRUTH." > > > > Which is, it seems, why you make stuff up all > > the time. > > > > Such as, for example, putting in quotes, as if > > they were words I had used, "setting them > > straight." You made that up entirely out of > > your own head. > > Someday, Judy, *as* someone who corrects other > people's writing for a living, you might figure > out that a very common usage of quotation marks, > in the absence of italics, is *as* italics, as > a way of highlighting words and phrases.
Bull, and you know it. Quote marks are *not* a common or even an accepted substitute for italics. What you and many others use is asterisks, as you just did above. > Only the truly paranoid would see them as an > attempt to quote *them* every time they're used. :-) Nope. You've been using quote marks around your own words in an attempt to imply they're someone else's as long as I've known you. It's just one of your many dishonest tricks. > <snip to> Restoring part of what you couldn't respond to: > I understand. Judy seems to have the classic > inferiority complex that manifests itself in posing > as being superior. She chose a profession in which > she gets to pose as the expert and correct other > people's writing all day, every day. And then, to > "relax," she comes here and corrects other people's > writing all night, every night. The bottom line of > this lifestyle is that everyone else is consistently > WRONG, and Judy is consistently RIGHT. Nope, everything you said in this paragraph is wrong, including the last sentence. > Cool, I guess, if that's the kind of fantasy that > gets you off and gets you over your feelings of > insecurity and non-worth. But it doesn't really > float my boat. Right, you make things up to exalt yourself in the interests of getting over your feelings of insecurity and non-worth. How's that workin' for you, Barry? > So I think I'll continue to just "think out loud" > here, with NO declarations that my words have anything > to DO with "truth." They're just opinion, and pretty > second-rate opinion at that. That last is the single accurate statement you've made in this entire post. > > > If you're lookin' for a philosophy and a lifestyle > > > to adopt, and someone else's path to follow, rather > > > than mine, I'd suggest that you go with Judy's. She > > > seems to enjoy presenting it here, as if it's RIGHT, > > > and it may well be just the ticket to help you > > > become as happy and as fulfilled as she is. I mean, > > > look at what it's done for her... > > > > Editorial comment: If you're going to drop your > > g's in an attempt to make yourself seem folksy > > and down to earth, you'd do a lot better to be > > consistent about it, at least within a paragraph > > (preferably within the entire post). > > Have you ever noticed that, when I say something > that gets your goat and flusters you, you always > drop into "editor mode" and try to criticize my > writing? In fact, as you know, I criticize your writing very rarely. And it's your fantasy that you get my goat and fluster me. Only someone for whom I have respect could do that. > While I appreciate the advice, I'll stick to my > own style, thanks. It's mine, as are my ideas. > When you can say that about your own writing, > get back to me. :-) I can, and I do. But if I couldn't do any better than you in both those areas, I'd give up. Your style is self-conscious and phony--See Barry Write-- and your "ideas" are shallow and poorly thought out, as well as typically based on your own fantasies. As I've said many times before, you're a phony.
