Finally, a woman who gets it!paratactical wrote: Women are best when silent.
Also, IBTL?
Finally, a woman who gets it!paratactical wrote: Women are best when silent.
If my engineer friends went around using tech speak all the time, I would want them to STFU. Professional language is for professional settings. It is not good for casual conversation because then you sound like a douchecanoe. Same goes for picking up girls.d34dluk3 wrote:To be fair, it's sad that you can't use the accepted nomenclature of your field of study without sounding like a douchebag.
romothesavior wrote:Finally, a woman who gets it!paratactical wrote: Women are best when silent.
Also, IBTL?
They just don't make girls as cool as Para in the midwest. Must be something in the water out east.rad law wrote:Yall would make a great couple.romothesavior wrote:<3Everything para has ever said
To be fair, I did grow up on a cattle farm in rural PA. It's not really midwest, but it's not also east coast either. Not sure how you'd say it. But growing up shoveling cow shit will keep you from getting a big ego.romothesavior wrote: They just don't make girls as cool as Para in the midwest. Must be something in the water out east.
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The only reason anyone would ever use a term like that in casual conversation is to sound smart. That makes using it douchey.d34dluk3 wrote:To be fair, it's sad that you can't use the accepted nomenclature of your field of study without sounding like a douchebag.
For para:paratactical wrote:To be fair, I did grow up on a cattle farm in rural PA. It's not really midwest, but it's not also east coast either. Not sure how you'd say it. But growing up shoveling cow shit will keep you from getting a big ego.romothesavior wrote: They just don't make girls as cool as Para in the midwest. Must be something in the water out east.
NayBoer wrote:For para:paratactical wrote:To be fair, I did grow up on a cattle farm in rural PA. It's not really midwest, but it's not also east coast either. Not sure how you'd say it. But growing up shoveling cow shit will keep you from getting a big ego.romothesavior wrote: They just don't make girls as cool as Para in the midwest. Must be something in the water out east.
Pennsyltucky FTW.paratactical wrote:To be fair, I did grow up on a cattle farm in rural PA. It's not really midwest, but it's not also east coast either. Not sure how you'd say it. But growing up shoveling cow shit will keep you from getting a big ego.romothesavior wrote: They just don't make girls as cool as Para in the midwest. Must be something in the water out east.
That's what's sad. Life would be so much cooler if it was socially acceptable to be sincere about academics.romothesavior wrote:The only reason anyone would ever use a term like that in casual conversation is to sound smart. That makes using it douchey.d34dluk3 wrote:To be fair, it's sad that you can't use the accepted nomenclature of your field of study without sounding like a douchebag.
But it isn't said sincerely, it's said to show off.d34dluk3 wrote:That's what's sad. Life would be so much cooler if it was socially acceptable to be sincere about academics.romothesavior wrote:The only reason anyone would ever use a term like that in casual conversation is to sound smart. That makes using it douchey.d34dluk3 wrote:To be fair, it's sad that you can't use the accepted nomenclature of your field of study without sounding like a douchebag.
paratactical wrote:But it isn't said sincerely, it's said to show off.
Now we're going in circles.d34dluk3 wrote:To be fair, it's sad that you can't use the accepted nomenclature of your field of study without sounding like a douchebag.
Let me try to clarify:d34dluk3 wrote:paratactical wrote:But it isn't said sincerely, it's said to show off.Now we're going in circles.d34dluk3 wrote:To be fair, it's sad that you can't use the accepted nomenclature of your field of study without sounding like a douchebag.
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I know, I want everyone to be a polymath so that that would be normal.paratactical wrote:If I was sitting with someone in a bar and we were having a conversation about a legal case and they used legal terminology, that would not be douchtastic because it's being done because the language is appropriate to the conversation. If I am talking with someone about what schools to apply to, or some girl I like and they start using legal terminology, that's douchtastic because it has fuck all do to with the conversation and is done to show off.
Using intelligent language in a conversation about a relevant topic = appropriate.
Using complex terminology in a simple conversation where someone just wants advice = douchtastic.
Shit I'd be happy if the average person had at least two firing neurons.d34dluk3 wrote: I know, I want everyone to be a polymath so that that would be normal.
You keep that deviant poly lifestyle to yourself.d34dluk3 wrote: I know, I want everyone to be a polymath so that that would be normal.
Okay. I get it, but in my experience, the most polymathic people I've known are also those least likely to engage in deliberately talking over the heads of the other people around them.d34dluk3 wrote: I know, I want everyone to be a polymath so that that would be normal.
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That's what's cool. I've had a few circles of friends where people can randomly make lit jokes / physics references / econ puns and it's cool because (almost) everyone gets it, which makes it even funnier.paratactical wrote:Okay. I get it, but in my experience, the most polymathic people I've known are also those least likely to engage in deliberately talking over the heads of the other people around them.d34dluk3 wrote: I know, I want everyone to be a polymath so that that would be normal.
...it does not seem to me that "ceteris paribus" was used inappropriately. After all, this is a LAW SCHOOL forum where we discuss all things pertaining to LAW school. That's pretty different than talking with "some girl." Besides, I come across this phrase all the time. Maybe it doesn't carry the currency in common conversation that a term like "per se" does, but still I don't see how it is inappropriate to use even in some common conversation, and I certainly don't think its inappropriate to use it in a forum where law school is being discussed. Besides, the phrase isn't even unique to legal talk.If I was sitting with someone in a bar and we were having a conversation about a legal case and they used legal terminology, that would not be douchtastic because it's being done because the language is appropriate to the conversation. If I am talking with someone about what schools to apply to, or some girl I like and they start using legal terminology, that's douchtastic because it has fuck all do to with the conversation and is done to show off.
Using intelligent language in a conversation about a relevant topic = appropriate.
Using complex terminology in a simple conversation where someone just wants advice = douchtastic.
When people say ridiculously stupid things, they deserve ridicule and shame. This is the internet, not Miss Polly's kindergarten class.NDPhil wrote:...it does not seem to me that "ceteris paribus" was used inappropriately. After all, this is a LAW SCHOOL forum where we discuss all things pertaining to LAW school. That's pretty different than talking with "some girl." Besides, I come across this phrase all the time. Maybe it doesn't carry the currency in common conversation that a term like "per se" does, but still I don't see how it is inappropriate to use even in some common conversation, and I certainly don't think its inappropriate to use it in a forum where law school is being discussed. Besides, the phrase isn't even unique to legal talk.
Paulocaster gave what looks like bad advice and it was pointed out by several people. That should be the end of it. I think d34dluk3 is probably on to something. If phrases like "ceteris paribus" cause such a raucous, then maybe those who get ruffled over them aren't as smart as they like to seem (or think they are). If it's that unnatural sounding to you in a law school forum, then it sounds like you're not too bright. Just go over the bar with d34dluk3 and have all the bland, ordinary, unintelligent conversations you like with the fabled "some girl."
Oh man, this made my laugh more than anything else I've read today.NDPhil wrote:If it's that unnatural sounding to you in a law school forum, then it sounds like you're not too bright. Just go over to the bar with paratactical and have all the bland, ordinary, unintelligent conversations you like with the fabled "some girl."
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Since it's your life?Oh man, this made my laugh more than anything else I've read today.
And it's now or never?NDPhil wrote:Since it's your life?Oh man, this made my laugh more than anything else I've read today.
Agree with your sentiment, but the ad homs take away from it IMO.bk187 wrote:When people say ridiculously stupid things, they deserve ridicule and shame. This is the internet, not Miss Polly's kindergarten class.
Also, you do realize this subforum, and most of TLS in general, is geared towards law school applicants and not students? That makes a big difference in the kind of language used. But what para said is most apt, that you use different language in different situations. We are talking about admissions here, not briefing a case or reading a memo. Human beings who have the least sense of decency understand that you need to be able to shift your language depending on the context you are in, but it is idiots like the attacked poster who try and reinforce their image of superiority by using language just to show off.
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