The Watchmaker: my fav argument

[arewethereyet]

Perhaps you're right lol. But I can point to several examples in this thread where his interruption causes the other person to retreat.

How many edits are you going to make to this post?  Some of us saw your original.  Some of us can still see it.

Tell me who Nudger kept from speaking their mind?

[John 6IX Breezy]

I edit my posts as often as it takes to communicate my thoughts effectively and precisely. I'm aware that might not be a concern you share lol.

[The Architect Of Fate]

People need to talk to make their thoughts coherent. To bounce their ideas off other people. Delegating a conversation to someone else is a disservice to themselves and me. Not to mention they fall victim to confirmation bias.

GN needs to relax and go for a walk.

None of this is true

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Oh heaven forfend we mere mortals at af do a disservice to you in your attempts to solicit private moments from strangers on a public board.

Are you having some sort of mental breakdown?

Apparently, we need to treat an open forum like two people alone in a room.

[John 6IX Breezy]

Apparently, we need to treat an open forum like two people alone in a room.

Interruptions can only happen in public lol. They're not a problem in private rooms. That's why etiquettes are important in venues like this.

[arewethereyet]

I edit my posts as often as it takes to communicate my thoughts effectively and precisely. I'm aware that might not be a concern you share lol.

Nice skip on the inquiry regarding who Nudger is keeping from responding.

[The Architect Of Fate]

Apparently, we need to treat an open forum like two people alone in a room.

Interruptions can only happen in public lol. They're not a problem in private rooms. That's why etiquettes are important in public.

You have confused open forums with merely a public space. An open forum by definition allows anyone who wishes to state an opinion to do so. So there can't be interruptions as everyone is permitted to speak whenever they want. Thus the rules of etiquette on interruptions don't apply here. Oh and you can be interrupted in private. If I yell through your window while you're talking to someone and you get distracted. I have interrupted you.

[zwanzig]

Nice skip on the inquiry regarding who Nudger is keeping from responding.

Possibly me? I choose not to respond to John though, so, possibly he doesn't mean me.

[The Grand Nudger]

Yes, concern troll us about netiquette while you throw a fit. That's entirely credible.

[John 6IX Breezy]

So there can't be interruptions as everyone is permitted to speak whenever they want. Thus the rules of etiquette on interruptions don't apply here. Oh and you can be interrupted in private. If I yell through your window while you're talking to someone and you get distracted. I have interrupted you.

Hmm that's a good point lol. But Deborah Tannen has a book on discourse in which she studies the conversational styles of men and women (how men interrupt women specifically).

She argues that an interruption requires two things: For one person to start speaking, and the other person to stop. Therefore, if Nudger starts talking and others stop, an interruption has occurred.

[The Grand Nudger]

-and this, ladies and gentlemen, is how we know that life has an intelligent design.