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  • KlausK Klaus

    @taiwan_girl said in Doesn't Really Mean Anything, but fun thought exercise:

    Klaus CL

    In no country different from the US anyone would ever associate me with anything "left". If I'd have to label myself I'd say classical liberal and conservative. Over here I'd be classified as far right in the current political climate.

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    jon-nyc
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    @Klaus said in Doesn't Really Mean Anything, but fun thought exercise:

    Over here I'd be classified as far right in the current political climate.

    AFD is far right. Not you.

    Only non-witches get due process.

    • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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    • L Loki

      Let’s make this interesting and rank the CL and CR in order.

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      Aqua Letifer
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      #39

      @Loki said in Doesn't Really Mean Anything, but fun thought exercise:

      Let’s make this interesting and rank the CL and CR in order.

      Yeah, great call.

      TG, what if you gave everyone a number: 0 being most liberal, 50 centrist, 100 being most conservative?

      Please love yourself.

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      • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

        @Loki said in Doesn't Really Mean Anything, but fun thought exercise:

        Let’s make this interesting and rank the CL and CR in order.

        Yeah, great call.

        TG, what if you gave everyone a number: 0 being most liberal, 50 centrist, 100 being most conservative?

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        Rainman
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        #40

        @Aqua-Letifer
        Aqua, did you mean good - better - best?
        Guess I'm reading too much into it, being mostly perfect and all.

        BTW - based on one of your interesting posts earlier:
        Is there a term for a sentence which begins with a word, and ends with the same word? For example, "Obvious to those that know the distinction, that it is all completely obvious."
        Or, is that just bad grammar?

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        • RainmanR Rainman

          @Aqua-Letifer
          Aqua, did you mean good - better - best?
          Guess I'm reading too much into it, being mostly perfect and all.

          BTW - based on one of your interesting posts earlier:
          Is there a term for a sentence which begins with a word, and ends with the same word? For example, "Obvious to those that know the distinction, that it is all completely obvious."
          Or, is that just bad grammar?

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          Aqua Letifer
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          #41

          @Rainman said in Doesn't Really Mean Anything, but fun thought exercise:

          Aqua, did you mean good - better - best?

          Nahh, arbitrary. I knew I'd be called on it, though.

          And Epanalepsis is a repetition of a beginning phrase at the end of a line or sentence. One of the most well-known examples is Robert Frost's "Mending Wall": "To each the boulders that have fallen to each."

          Please love yourself.

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          • taiwan_girlT Online
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            taiwan_girl
            wrote on last edited by
            #42

            All right, here is my ranking: 🙂

            Some notes:

            • It was tough, because some people I think are very close, but thought I would try. LOL

            • Others (for example 16-20, I dont have enough of a good feel to really tell)

            • What do you guys think?

            7aa6baf9-5d3f-4bc1-a290-39f05c6a8754-image.png
            Larry R 1
            Improviso R 2
            Copper R 3
            Jolly R 4
            Horace R 5
            IvoryThumper CR 6
            Brenda CR 7
            George CR 8
            Rainman CR 9
            LuFIns Dad CR 10
            Kincaid CR 11
            Loki CR 12
            89th CR 13
            Mik CR 14
            Mark CR 15
            MarinerMike CR 16
            Kluurs CR 17
            Jeffery CR 18
            ILM CR 19
            Quantum CR 20
            Renauda CL 21
            Klaus CL 22
            Aqua L CL 23
            Jon CL 24
            Xenon CL 25
            Taiwan Girl CL 26
            Bachophile CL 27
            Rich CL 28
            Dr. Phibes CL 29
            CatsEye CL 30
            Friday CL 31
            Optimistic CL 32
            Axtremus L 33
            WTG L 34
            Nobodys Sock L 35

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              Aqua Letifer
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              #43

              Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right eh jon? EH???

              I once met up with the next most liberal person relative to me and the next most conservative. True story. We had beers.

              Please love yourself.

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              • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

                @Rainman said in Doesn't Really Mean Anything, but fun thought exercise:

                Aqua, did you mean good - better - best?

                Nahh, arbitrary. I knew I'd be called on it, though.

                And Epanalepsis is a repetition of a beginning phrase at the end of a line or sentence. One of the most well-known examples is Robert Frost's "Mending Wall": "To each the boulders that have fallen to each."

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                Rainman
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                @Aqua-Letifer said in Doesn't Really Mean Anything, but fun thought exercise:

                @Rainman said in Doesn't Really Mean Anything, but fun thought exercise:

                Aqua, did you mean good - better - best?

                Nahh, arbitrary. I knew I'd be called on it, though.

                And Epanalepsis is a repetition of a beginning phrase at the end of a line or sentence. One of the most well-known examples is Robert Frost's "Mending Wall": "To each the boulders that have fallen to each."

                Thanks! Epanalepsis. Epanalepsis. Need to remember that. I can imagine the shocked stupid look on peoples' faces when I casually remark on their use of an epanalepsis.

                I can imagine the mumbling, "he's getting closer and closer to the middle of the bell curve!" What a compliment that would be!
                Epanalepsis. Type it 100 times.
                Epanalepsis. . .

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                • RainmanR Rainman

                  @Aqua-Letifer said in Doesn't Really Mean Anything, but fun thought exercise:

                  @Rainman said in Doesn't Really Mean Anything, but fun thought exercise:

                  Aqua, did you mean good - better - best?

                  Nahh, arbitrary. I knew I'd be called on it, though.

                  And Epanalepsis is a repetition of a beginning phrase at the end of a line or sentence. One of the most well-known examples is Robert Frost's "Mending Wall": "To each the boulders that have fallen to each."

                  Thanks! Epanalepsis. Epanalepsis. Need to remember that. I can imagine the shocked stupid look on peoples' faces when I casually remark on their use of an epanalepsis.

                  I can imagine the mumbling, "he's getting closer and closer to the middle of the bell curve!" What a compliment that would be!
                  Epanalepsis. Type it 100 times.
                  Epanalepsis. . .

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                  Aqua Letifer
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                  @Rainman said in Doesn't Really Mean Anything, but fun thought exercise:

                  Thanks! Epanalepsis. Epanalepsis. Need to remember that. I can imagine the shocked stupid look on peoples' faces when I casually remark on their use of an epanalepsis.
                  I can imagine the mumbling, "he's getting closer and closer to the middle of the bell curve!" What a compliment that would be!
                  Epanalepsis. Type it 100 times.
                  Epanalepsis. . .

                  😄 If you wanna take the full plunge, get a copy of the Handlist of Rhetorical Terms. You'll be all set.

                  Please love yourself.

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                    jon-nyc
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                    #46

                    Again quibbling aside it isn’t bad, probably he most glaring misplacement is QI. He’s much more to the right I’d say.

                    Markj more to the left

                    Only non-witches get due process.

                    • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                    • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                      Again quibbling aside it isn’t bad, probably he most glaring misplacement is QI. He’s much more to the right I’d say.

                      Markj more to the left

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                      taiwan_girl
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                      @jon-nyc said in Doesn't Really Mean Anything, but fun thought exercise:

                      Again quibbling aside it isn’t bad, probably he most glaring misplacement is QI. He’s much more to the right I’d say.

                      Markj more to the left

                      Good points. Just dont know Quantum enough (or have a good feel of him) to know. He is in my 16-20 group. LOL

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                      • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                        Again quibbling aside it isn’t bad, probably he most glaring misplacement is QI. He’s much more to the right I’d say.

                        Markj more to the left

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                        @jon-nyc said in Doesn't Really Mean Anything, but fun thought exercise:

                        Again quibbling aside it isn’t bad, probably he most glaring misplacement is QI. He’s much more to the right I’d say.

                        Markj more to the left

                        Be fun (although impractical unless Klaus is up for more web scraping) to compare this to total words shared. QI's not the most prolific so I can see how he'd be hard to rank.

                        Please love yourself.

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                        • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

                          All right, here is my ranking: 🙂

                          Some notes:

                          • It was tough, because some people I think are very close, but thought I would try. LOL

                          • Others (for example 16-20, I dont have enough of a good feel to really tell)

                          • What do you guys think?

                          7aa6baf9-5d3f-4bc1-a290-39f05c6a8754-image.png
                          Larry R 1
                          Improviso R 2
                          Copper R 3
                          Jolly R 4
                          Horace R 5
                          IvoryThumper CR 6
                          Brenda CR 7
                          George CR 8
                          Rainman CR 9
                          LuFIns Dad CR 10
                          Kincaid CR 11
                          Loki CR 12
                          89th CR 13
                          Mik CR 14
                          Mark CR 15
                          MarinerMike CR 16
                          Kluurs CR 17
                          Jeffery CR 18
                          ILM CR 19
                          Quantum CR 20
                          Renauda CL 21
                          Klaus CL 22
                          Aqua L CL 23
                          Jon CL 24
                          Xenon CL 25
                          Taiwan Girl CL 26
                          Bachophile CL 27
                          Rich CL 28
                          Dr. Phibes CL 29
                          CatsEye CL 30
                          Friday CL 31
                          Optimistic CL 32
                          Axtremus L 33
                          WTG L 34
                          Nobodys Sock L 35

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                          @taiwan_girl said in Doesn't Really Mean Anything, but fun thought exercise:

                          All right, here is my ranking:

                          Haha love it! Seems about right to me (at least FOR me).

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                            Horace
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                            I'm to the left of the right, and to the right of the center right. This is the true middle, which makes sense, since I am the most objective one.

                            Education is extremely important.

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                              jon-nyc
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                              #51

                              There you go impersonating important people again.

                              Only non-witches get due process.

                              • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                                I think QI and I come in at pretty similar points. Of course, I also thought I would come in a little to the left of Mik.

                                Of course, it also depends on the issue, how serious that individual takes the issue, and how important the observer seems the issue and their own stance.

                                The Brad

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                                • RainmanR Rainman

                                  @Aqua-Letifer said in Doesn't Really Mean Anything, but fun thought exercise:

                                  @Rainman said in Doesn't Really Mean Anything, but fun thought exercise:

                                  Aqua, did you mean good - better - best?

                                  Nahh, arbitrary. I knew I'd be called on it, though.

                                  And Epanalepsis is a repetition of a beginning phrase at the end of a line or sentence. One of the most well-known examples is Robert Frost's "Mending Wall": "To each the boulders that have fallen to each."

                                  Thanks! Epanalepsis. Epanalepsis. Need to remember that. I can imagine the shocked stupid look on peoples' faces when I casually remark on their use of an epanalepsis.

                                  I can imagine the mumbling, "he's getting closer and closer to the middle of the bell curve!" What a compliment that would be!
                                  Epanalepsis. Type it 100 times.
                                  Epanalepsis. . .

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                                  @Rainman said in Doesn't Really Mean Anything, but fun thought exercise:

                                  Thanks! Epanalepsis. Epanalepsis. Need to remember that.

                                  Epanalepsis overuse is widely disparaged by linguistic elites as a sign of insufferable snobbery amongst British introverts, Harvard graduates, hipsters, and other practitioners of epanalepsis overuse.

                                  Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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                                    Horace
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                                    #54

                                    TG, you should rank how good looking we are next.

                                    Education is extremely important.

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                                    • HoraceH Online
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                                      Horace
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                                      #55

                                      I only say that because when Rainman sees where he is on that list, it will motivate him to finally lose that weight.

                                      Education is extremely important.

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                                        Rainman
                                        wrote on last edited by Rainman
                                        #56

                                        Yeah. I could go on a tongue diet.
                                        Make Gandhi look like a blimp.

                                        Not gonna happen.

                                        hrumph. Fat person calling another a fat person.

                                        That's an epanalepsis BTW. Bet you didn't know that.

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                                          Ha! For the little political posting I do now, it would not be easy to place me in the list. There are also many topics we never discuss here that put me very much in the center. I'm more likely to be closer to Mik. I suspect George would be, too.

                                          It doesn't matter really. It's difficult to create such a list from only posts here.

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