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Subject:	Re: What makes a cool kid cool? (can this get any more blue-sky and ridiculous?)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Sun, 13 May 2001 22:43:01 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Tom Stangl writes: > Read? [...] Do you have to READ something somewhere to make it true? [...] I meant where did you read it as in what brought you to that conclusion? I'm intrigued by your viewpoint because in my experience with people it isn't the case. I've met my share of embittered adults, but I've always assumed they started down that path at an early age. > > > Pot. Kettle. Black. > > > > If it was called "Cool AFOLs" then I would agree with you. > > Ohhhhhh, Okkkkk. So saying "this site created by these guys is cooler than > YOUR site" isn't doing any damage, because it's about the site. I believe there's a large perceptual difference. > No, it's got nothing to do with the people that created the site (I certainly > haven't run into any AI sites that write themselves). I haven't seen any either (not that I know about, anyway! :-). That would sure be cool, though! > Todd, you lost this battle before you started. Battle? I'm still trying to figure out how this turned into a debate. > You're holding TLG to a standard that you ignore yourself, no matter how fine > YOU seem to want to split hairs to get away with it. So you agree then that what TLG is doing with the name "Cool Kids" is potentially damaging? --Todd

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		Re: What makes a cool kid cool? (can this get any more blue-sky and ridiculous?)
(...) I do agree with you that the label is potentially damaging. But then, a lot of things are potentially damaging. This one may be small beer, compared to some other stuff. I imagine there are some (in the viewing audience, at TLC, etc...) that (...) (24 years ago, 14-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: What makes a cool kid cool? (can this get any more blue-sky and ridiculous?)
(...) Not at all. You're the one that is setting the standard here (for TLG, while ignoring it yourself). Personally, I think you take this WAY too seriously. Kids shouldn't be coddled so much. -- Tom Stangl *(URL) Visual FAQ home *(URL) Bay (...) (24 years ago, 14-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Re: What makes a cool kid cool? (can this get any more blue-sky and ridiculous?)
(...) Read? Were you never a kid? Have you never watched kids? In the vast majority of cases, young children will change from crying like the world is coming to an end to laughing in seconds. Adults? Hardly. Do you have to READ something somewhere (...) (24 years ago, 13-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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