Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>> No, but I *am* the only person on the Haskell mailing list having 
>>> this problem.
>>
>> Can you say "Clique?" Good! I knew you could!
> 
> Uh... I realise this is probably orthoganol to the point you were trying 
> to make, but... actually no, I can't. I have no idea what that means.
> 

Clique -- A close-knit, usually exclusionary, group.

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> Clique -- A close-knit, usually exclusionary, group.

Oh. Right.

How the heck do you pronounce that?

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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>> Clique -- A close-knit, usually exclusionary, group.
> 
> Oh. Right.
> 
> How the heck do you pronounce that?
> 

Click

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"Mike Raiford" <"m[raiford]!at"@gmail.com> wrote in message 
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> Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>> Clique -- A close-knit, usually exclusionary, group.
>>
>> Oh. Right.
>>
>> How the heck do you pronounce that?
>>
>
> Click

  LOL :)

  ~Steve~


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On Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:45:20 +0000, Orchid XP v8 wrote:

>>>> Again, welcome to the real world.  There are assholes out there. 
>>>> Best way of dealing with them is to ignore them.
> 
>>> That still doesn't explain why I'm the only one having this problem.
> 
>> You aren't the only one in the entire world having this problem.
> 
> No, but I *am* the only person on the Haskell mailing list having this
> problem.

That you know of.  And if you are, so what?  Ignore the assholes and talk 
to the others.

Jim

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>>>>> Again, welcome to the real world.  There are assholes out there. 
>>>>> Best way of dealing with them is to ignore them.
>>>> That still doesn't explain why I'm the only one having this problem.
>>> You aren't the only one in the entire world having this problem.
>> No, but I *am* the only person on the Haskell mailing list having this
>> problem.
> 
> That you know of.  And if you are, so what?  Ignore the assholes and talk 
> to the others.

But when the "assholes" are actually smart people who's opinions you 
respect and who you want to be liked by, that's not so easy...

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Orchid XP v8 wrote:

> But when the "assholes" are actually smart people who's opinions you 
> respect and who you want to be liked by, that's not so easy...

Unfortunately, smart people can be assholes, too.

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>> But when the "assholes" are actually smart people who's opinions you 
>> respect and who you want to be liked by, that's not so easy...
> 
> Unfortunately, smart people can be assholes, too.

That still leaves the question of "why is it only me?"

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On Tue, 17 Feb 2009 19:35:11 +0000, Orchid XP v8 wrote:

>>>>>> Again, welcome to the real world.  There are assholes out there.
>>>>>> Best way of dealing with them is to ignore them.
>>>>> That still doesn't explain why I'm the only one having this problem.
>>>> You aren't the only one in the entire world having this problem.
>>> No, but I *am* the only person on the Haskell mailing list having this
>>> problem.
>> 
>> That you know of.  And if you are, so what?  Ignore the assholes and
>> talk to the others.
> 
> But when the "assholes" are actually smart people who's opinions you
> respect and who you want to be liked by, that's not so easy...

Surprise, assholism isn't just the pervue of the stupid.  Brilliant 
people can be assholes as well.

Jim

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On Tue, 17 Feb 2009 19:47:27 +0000, Orchid XP v8 wrote:

>>> But when the "assholes" are actually smart people who's opinions you
>>> respect and who you want to be liked by, that's not so easy...
>> 
>> Unfortunately, smart people can be assholes, too.
> 
> That still leaves the question of "why is it only me?"

Perhaps you're just assuming it's only you.

Jim

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