Gear Grinding 9: I Need a Wine!

[joecct]

There is an extremely loud lady in a nearby cube that gives a running commentary to everything she does during the day. She needs to be shot. Also, she talks with food in her mouth.

Maybe she's communicating with the cube spirits?

[MissThundercat]

Doing a social problem analysis for grad school. On my topic, LGBT suicide rate, i could write for 50 pages at least. But the annoyance is trying to condense it to 5 pages and still hit on everything I'm supposed to discuss.

[joecct]

Doing a social problem analysis for grad school. On my topic, LGBT suicide rate, i could write for 50 pages at least. But the annoyance is trying to condense it to 5 pages and still hit on everything I'm supposed to discuss.

Can you condense it down to something that would fit in a reply?

Should we be worried about you?

[LynahFan]

Doing a social problem analysis for grad school. On my topic, LGBT suicide rate, i could write for 50 pages at least. But the annoyance is trying to condense it to 5 pages and still hit on everything I'm supposed to discuss.

Don't think of that as an annoyance - learning to write concisely without losing content is probably the most valuable part of the assignment. It may be cliche, but view this as an opportunity to hone that skill instead and your annoyance is what will end up on the cutting room floor.

Good luck!

[Slap Shot]

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Can you condense it down to something that would fit in a reply?

Should we be worried about you?

Huh.

[Jimjamesak]

Huh.

Reading comprehension doesn’t seem to be strong in him.

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

Re: Gear Grinding 9: I Need a Wine!

Doing a social problem analysis for grad school. On my topic, LGBT suicide rate, i could write for 50 pages at least. But the annoyance is trying to condense it to 5 pages and still hit on everything I'm supposed to discuss.

Write 10 pages, then review and trim or cut the parts that belabor the point.

[MissThundercat]

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Can you condense it down to something that would fit in a reply?

Should we be worried about you?

I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.

[joecct]

I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.

Cripes! You talk about LGBT suicide issues. You're transitioning. I don't keep up on those things because it doesn't directly concern me.

But if there is an increased risk of suicide in your population pool, I'm concerned that if you feel that way we'd be here for you.

But, if you want to believe something different, gobright ahead.

[leswp1]

Re: Gear Grinding 9: I Need a Wine!

Cripes! You talk about LGBT suicide issues. You're transitioning. I don't keep up on those things because it doesn't directly concern me.

But if there is an increased risk of suicide in your population pool, I'm concerned that if you feel that way we'd be here for you.

But, if you want to believe something different, gobright ahead.

That's is what I read. I wasn't sure why everyone went pearshaped. I thought it was you being caring.

[MissThundercat]

Re: Gear Grinding 9: I Need a Wine!

Cripes! You talk about LGBT suicide issues. You're transitioning. I don't keep up on those things because it doesn't directly concern me.

But if there is an increased risk of suicide in your population pool, I'm concerned that if you feel that way we'd be here for you.

But, if you want to believe something different, gobright ahead.

Oh, that's what you meant. Next time, please provide further context.

[The Rube]

Re: Gear Grinding 9: I Need a Wine!

Doing a social problem analysis for grad school. On my topic, LGBT suicide rate, i could write for 50 pages at least. But the annoyance is trying to condense it to 5 pages and still hit on everything I'm supposed to discuss.

I get what you're saying, I think. Back in 8th grade, we could do a science project or a research paper (10 pages, no more, no less, single spaced, etc etc). A buddy of mine at the time said on his paper on black holes, "I can write 3 pages, or I could write 20. 10 pages is difficult." Our circle of friends all understood.

[dxmnkd316]

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That's is what I read. I wasn't sure why everyone went pearshaped. I thought it was you being caring.

Ditto. People should stop trying to see the shadows on the wall and just turn on a light.

[Slap Shot]

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Ditto. People should stop trying to see the shadows on the wall and just turn on a light.

Considering the subject, the source (previous post history) and the lack of clarity it wasn't that illogical of a question.

[SJHovey]

Re: Gear Grinding 9: I Need a Wine!

Considering the subject, the source (previous post history) and the lack of clarity it wasn't that illogical of a question.

When I read Joe's initial response I honestly had no idea as to what he intended. My first thought was that the response was odd, not necessarily offensive.

But I do think a lot of us here tend to fall back on "the source" as you refer to it in interpreting posts on this site where we can't either see the poster or hear any inflection in their voice. When we do so I think we frequently make mistakes.