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To people who spent many years of university education and research, whose work is highly respected in the scientific community, what do they care about obese gamers in basements all over america proclaiming their work is meaningless?
de·ceive dəˈsēv/ verb past tense: deceived; past participle: deceived
(of a person) cause (someone) to believe something that is not true, typically in order to gain some personal advantage. "I didn't intend to deceive people into thinking it was French champagne"
synonyms: swindle, defraud, cheat, trick, hoodwink, hoax, dupe, take in, mislead, delude, fool, outwit, lead on, inveigle, beguile, double-cross, gull;
More: informalcon, bamboozle, do, gyp, diddle, rip off, shaft, pull a fast one on, take for a ride, pull the wool over someone's eyes, sucker, snooker, stiff
(of a thing) give a mistaken impression.
"the area may seem to offer nothing of interest, but don't be deceived"
fail to admit to oneself that something is true. "enabling the rulers to deceive themselves about the nature of their own rule"
trans·gres·sion transˈɡreSHən,tranzˈɡreSHən/ noun noun: transgression; plural noun: transgressions an act that goes against a law, rule, or code of conduct; an offense. "I'll be keeping an eye out for further transgressions" synonyms: offense, crime, sin, wrong, wrongdoing, misdemeanor, impropriety, infraction, misdeed, lawbreaking; More
originally posted by: undo
a reply to: hounddoghowlie
i did say, logically speaking, if someone is deceived the blame is normally on the deceiver not the deceived.
originally posted by: cloaked4u
Getting out of hand, check it.
originally posted by: KyoZero
a reply to: TM62
Last night I had a really weird moment talking to a good friend of mine and some things occurred to me regarding your very first few sentences
What precisely is the proper balance? I don't claim to know politics, national scene or...well anything really. I'm just Kyo trying to move through the world right?
This idea of competition feels like such a tight rope sometimes. Over the past couple of years the concept of balance has really encapsulated me. Not that we must always live inside perfect center; rather that balance CAN and should be struck where possible. I desire, as it pertains to this discussion, that people of all groups, be they gender, religion, race whatever, start on a truly equal playing platform and trained equally. From that point on, that person makes decisions and sees if their platform is stable enough to climb to another, or if they slip and fall
Should they fall, I don't see the problem with offering a helping hand or accepting one. So for me it becomes a question of:
What is worse? "I'm better than you?" or "everyone gets a trophy?" mentality?
Truthfully, I don't know the answer but I bet it is in there somewhere
Thanks for your reply
originally posted by: undo
a reply to: SubTruth
health also plays a role in that. for example, i homeschooled all 3 of my children, then, i went into a coma, survived it but was kinda messed up, had breast cancer, the chemo gave me diabetes and nearly blinded me, the chemo port got infected and got a septic infection while having no immune system to speak of cause the chemo killed it, as a result, nearly died again. i was so weak i couldn't take the lid off a jar that was already opened, nor lift a coffee cup to my mouth. so smack in the middle of their educations, i was a medical disaster area. many times they had to pick up the slack where i was not able, and this included being responsible for their homework. you can guess how well that went. hehe
originally posted by: undo
a reply to: SubTruth
no need to apologize. i didn't have any problem with your post. i was thinking about how health of the parents (and there are so many people with serious medical problems now) can play a role in how good they are at parenting.