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Re: Lugnet/Localities Navigation
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lugnet.admin.general
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Sat, 27 Mar 1999 05:36:54 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, edboxer@aol.com (Ed Jones) writes:
> > > Yes, I know all I have to do is hit <BACK> to go back to the list,
> > > but I use the link back to "Groups" from all the other boards and
> > > can't seem to stop myself from doing so in the localities.
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> > Grok. :) I don't like the way it currently is either -- it's not good
> > for beginners OR experts!
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> Grok???
That single-word sentence was just short for "I grok" or "I grok what
you're saying."
'Grok' is a word with many definitions, I think, but basically, to grok
something means to understand it in a gut/zen/metaphysical way.
In this case, 'grok' meant that understand the problem on a logical level,
but also sympathize and understand the pain and hassle that the problem
presents. (Maybe I don't perceive the hassles exactly the same way that
you do, but I grok what you're saying, man. :)
--Todd
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| (...) You're grokking it. See _Stranger in a Strange Land_ by RAH. I really believe he invented the word for his character Michael Valentine Smith, the Man from Mars. (along with the memorable phrases, "I am only an egg." and "Thou art God.") That (...) (25 years ago, 27-Mar-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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