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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 03:16 PM Original message |
A question of etiquette |
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Katina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
1. no, you wouldn't |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
2. Take it from me. She's looking for your approval, not your opinion. |
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dolo amber (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
3. For a smart kid you sure are dumb |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 03:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Dolo, I've been meaning to tell you about your political views... |
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dolo amber (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 03:22 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Touche! |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 03:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. amber, I'd vote for you |
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arwalden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 05:26 PM Response to Reply #3 |
39. That's Similar To What You Should Say When Shown Ugly-Baby Photos... |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
4. Tact, my friend, tact |
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ohiosmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
5. Is she hot? |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 03:21 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I've seen better |
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ohiosmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 03:23 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Then tell her the unvarnished brutal truth. You will be doing humanity |
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idgiehkt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
11. um |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 03:41 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. I replied to you |
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idgiehkt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 04:27 PM Response to Reply #22 |
30. I got it, thanks. |
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Haole Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
12. Damned if you do, damned if you don't |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
13. Just tell her that you won't drink with her. |
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Haole Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 03:30 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. ROFL |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 03:31 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Ahahahahaha |
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greatauntoftriplets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 03:32 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. ...... |
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Fountain79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
14. Perhpas critiquing parts of it without outrightly saying... |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 03:32 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Well no matter what I wasn't going to be an asshole about it |
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anarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
17. in situations like this, I tend to express myself non-verbally |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 03:43 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. Yeah to me it's always clear when someone says "Oh! Interesting..." |
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Roon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
18. I would just say |
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asthmaticeog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
21. Midlo & Katina's answers are the correct ones. |
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Montauk6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
24. You could always throw in the self-deprecation decoy. |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 03:46 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. As Bill says above, honesty and tact are kind of different |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
26. Truthful answer vs. correct answer. |
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dolo amber (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 04:25 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. See! |
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Sugar Smack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
27. There was once an artist who posted here. Let's call him "Couscous". |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 04:26 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Yeah. You have to be prepared for comments that go against the grain |
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Ariana Celeste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
31. I'm a really bad liar. |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
32. Under NO circumstances tell her the truth. |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
33. Half truths are your friend. |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
34. oh god. Is EVERYTHING about it bad? |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
35. Do the sidestep - don't offer any value judgments (since art is all |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 05:10 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Yeah I would err on the side of "this isn't my thing" even being honest |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 05:21 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Sorry - it's my one awful obsession. |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
37. I would say |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
40. Is this a variation on "Does this dress make me look fat?"? |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-09-06 05:30 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. No. And yes it does. |
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