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On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 3:34 PM, Douglas Roberts <d...@parrot-farm.net>wrote: > EYE! TWINKEL IN HIS FUCKING EYE! > > > On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 3:34 PM, Douglas Roberts <d...@parrot-farm.net>wrote: > >> Well, (he said with a twinkle in his, yet hoping for a >> friendly riposte in return), that explains a lot. >> >> :) >> >> --Doug >> >> >> On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 3:30 PM, glen <g...@ropella.name> wrote: >> >>> >>> The interesting thing about making fun of people is the amount of >>> peripheral or contextual information that's necessary. I'm not really a >>> fan of Louis C.K. But if you watch his stand-up, you can see him say >>> the nastiest things without it seeming so nasty. He says these things >>> while smiling or laughing. Of course, he's not a wild-type subject >>> because you know he's a comedian tuned to his audience. >>> >>> But I can also confess that my dad was a master at deadpan cruelty. Not >>> only were we (his family, but mostly my mom) his victims, but I would >>> watch him, in bars [*] and at the Wurstfest, shred someone completely >>> without them having any clue what was happening. The smarter ones would >>> notice that, while he was "ribbing" them, he would watch them extra >>> closely. So, they learned to recognize when they were the butt of the >>> joke by watching him as he told his "story". At his funeral, they would >>> wax poetic about the "twinkle in his eye" when he was telling a joke. >>> Of course, this behavior tended to slough off the people who were just >>> smart enough, yet just insecure enough to recognize when they were the >>> butt of a joke, but not able to recognize it as a joke. >>> >>> That said, my dad was a bully of the first order. If you were too >>> insecure to _take_ the joke, then you were a wimp and a coward. He used >>> his abilities to engineer swaths of people so that they behaved as he >>> wanted them to behave. And the ones that didn't play along were >>> ridiculed and pushed out of the clique. Luckily, he couldn't do that to >>> me. ;-) >>> >>> [*] I was practically reared in a bar called Lloyd's. Lloyd was a >>> one-armed bartender who taught me how to open a beer with one hand at >>> the age of about 8. Oh, and Lloyd had also had a laryngectomy and while >>> not opening beers with his one arm, had to hold a wand to his throat in >>> order to speak. >>> >>> Steve Smith wrote at 01/18/2013 11:43 AM: >>> > OK... so as an example of insider/outsider behaviour, my cartoons >>> > starring Doug are a form of ribbing that has the same quality as >>> > practical jokes. I feel I know Doug well enough on and off list to >>> > know what he would find rude or hurtful and what he would not, so I am >>> > comfortable poking a little fun at him. For example, I know that >>> > Doug's self identity includes that of being a Skeptic (Zhiangzi >>> > reference) and of being tenacious (as stated). >>> > >>> > I also know Stephen well enough to do this, but he wisely (or out of >>> > boredom with us!) stays out of the fray here, so he is relatively >>> > safe. I'm getting to know others well enough that I think I could >>> > parody some of you with impunity and possibly with appreciation by the >>> > recipients as well as the audience. >>> > >>> > Glen and I have not finished our back-n-forth about technology, but >>> deep >>> > in that conversation is another subconversation about insider/outsider >>> > and language... >>> >>> >>> -- >>> glen >>> >>> ============================================================ >>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >>> to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> *Doug Roberts >> drobe...@rti.org >> d...@parrot-farm.net* >> *http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins*<http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins> >> * <http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins> >> 505-455-7333 - Office >> 505-672-8213 - Mobile* >> > > > > -- > *Doug Roberts > drobe...@rti.org > d...@parrot-farm.net* > *http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins*<http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins> > * <http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins> > 505-455-7333 - Office > 505-672-8213 - Mobile* > -- *Doug Roberts drobe...@rti.org d...@parrot-farm.net* *http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins*<http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins> * <http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins> 505-455-7333 - Office 505-672-8213 - Mobile*
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