[geeks] Re: RE: [rescue] OT: ADD - MOVING to geeks

[Andrew Weiss]

On Wednesday, July 10, 2002, at 04:03 PM, Jonathan C. Patschke wrote:

> On Wed, 10 Jul 2002, Mike Hebel wrote:
>
>> "You need to slow down and not work you body so hard - you'll get sick.
>>   You're not thin you know."
>>
>> instead of
>>
>> "Are you looking after your body.  You might get sick if you work it 
>> too
>> hard.  You could stand to lose a little weight."
>
> Am I the only one here that doesn't interpret these two differently?  My
> fiancee is constantly correcting me on this, but, when they're said to 
> me,
> they sound equivalent.  Both of them are someone expressing their 
> opinion
> that I could be treating myself better, and I regard the both of them 
> with
> equal amounts of contempt and/or appreciation, depending on the tone or
> who is delivering the message.

Both are insulting, but I find the second one part three to be worse.... 
response... You could stand to read a book... <insert favorite get 
smarter/be smarter/be more tactful phrase here>  OR if you're sitting... 
just stand up and say... funneh I dun'a feel nothin hahppenin....yer 
dee-eht prograhm dun'a work so well.

-Andrew
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