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Prelude to Post of Dr. William G. McCown Q&A

snidely333
snidely333
Feb 25, 2012
1:07pm
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What did I do? I'm creeping you out?? I'm not the one extolling the virtues of wiping my hiney with a goose's neck.
erininsd
erininsd
Feb 25, 2012
1:15pm
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Ugh, I don't know why, but I thought this was going to be a thread about plastic surgery.

Wrong forum, lol

But I do enjoy gambling and VP. My last trip to Vegas was crazy, hit a royal, aces with a kicker twice and 4oak, including aces, left and right. I heart Paris, lol!
Number51
Number51
Feb 25, 2012
5:57pm
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Originally posted by: DonDiego
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Originally posted by: Number51
"Nowadays"? DD remembers a time before homosexuality?

How the hell old are you?
It was the webpage How to Become a Teacher's Pet, which DonDiego referenced, that explicitly addressed the issue of flirting with one's teacher "of the opposite sex", not DonDiego. Apparently the website is behind the times. DonDiego was just trying to be more inclusive for the benefit of those who practice gender roles other than or in addition to those typical of heterosexuals, like f'rinstance alanleroy.

The issue is not whether there was "a time before homosexuality". It's that before "nowadays" society was less inclusive of those engaging in it.

The term "homosexuality" did not appear in American dictionaries until the 1909 edition of Merriam Webster's New International Dictionary. It was deemed a medical term meaning "morbid sexual passion for one of the same sex." "Heterosexuality" was not defined until the 1923 edition. And it was also deemed a medical term meaning ""morbid sexual passion for one of the opposite sex." Apparently nothing back then was normal.

But by 1934 things had changed. Websters edition of 1934 defined "homosexuality" as "eroticism for one of the same sex.", . . . and "heterosexuality" as "manifestation of sexual passion for one of the opposite sex; normal sexuality."

And that's the way things were until, . . . nowadays. So in the United States at least nowadays arose sometime between 1934 and 2012. DonDiego was born within this interval. Nowadays probably arrived earlier in, f'rinstance Berlin and Paris.

Oh, and alanleroy and snidely333 are creeping poor old DonDiego out.


That is some solid dictionary quoting. But I just asked how old you are.

"Mr. Over Sensitivity"

Relax, there is at least one teechur out there that appreciates your hetero style. DD has nothing to explain.




Don
Don
Feb 25, 2012
9:36pm
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Originally posted by: alanleroy
As in Kahneman's epiphany, DonDiego has “grossly misinterpreted information and come to not only wrong conclusions, but answers that are diametrically opposed to reality".
Umm, . . . OK. So what's the problem?



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Originally posted by: alanleroy
I'm wondering if DD would be open to some experimental, modified Kahneman/Tversky cognitive behavioral therapy to see if we can better understand the root cause of his condition.
Don Diego finds the paradigmatic uncertainty inherent in the development of, especially Dr. Amos Tversky's, cognitive behavioral therapy suggests that subjecting oneself to this regime would be unproductive at best, and potentially pernicious.
Not to mention the thought of lying on a couch in a darkened room with alanleroy creeps poor old DonDiego out.


alanleroy
alanleroy
Feb 25, 2012
10:47pm
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Originally posted by: DonDiego

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Originally posted by: alanleroy
....Not to mention the thought of lying on a couch in a darkened room with alanleroy creeps poor old DonDiego out.


Arbitrary inference, selective abstraction, overgeneralization, magnification...DonDiego's cognitive distortions are really quite troubling. There is nothing to creep out Poor Old Don Diego. I'm suggesting a Modified Experimental version of Cognitive Therapy. No Couch. No Darkened Room. Only the Internet...a few pointed questions from 'Dr' Leroy, Electrodes and Kittens...oh and a single goose. Nothing creepy about it. When would DonDiego like to begin?

snidely333
snidely333
Feb 25, 2012
11:04pm
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Originally posted by: alanleroy
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Originally posted by: DonDiego

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Originally posted by: alanleroy
....Not to mention the thought of lying on a couch in a darkened room with alanleroy creeps poor old DonDiego out.


Arbitrary inference, selective abstraction, overgeneralization, magnification...DonDiego's cognitive distortions are really quite troubling. There is nothing to creep out Poor Old Don Diego. I'm suggesting a Modified Experimental version of Cognitive Therapy. No Couch. No Darkened Room. Only the Internet...a few pointed questions from 'Dr' Leroy, Electrodes and Kittens...oh and a single goose. Nothing creepy about it. When would DonDiego like to begin?


Can I be in charge of the electrodes?
alanleroy
alanleroy
Feb 25, 2012
11:18pm
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Originally posted by: snidely333
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Originally posted by: alanleroy
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Originally posted by: DonDiego

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Originally posted by: alanleroy
....Not to mention the thought of lying on a couch in a darkened room with alanleroy creeps poor old DonDiego out.


Arbitrary inference, selective abstraction, overgeneralization, magnification...DonDiego's cognitive distortions are really quite troubling. There is nothing to creep out Poor Old Don Diego. I'm suggesting a Modified Experimental version of Cognitive Therapy. No Couch. No Darkened Room. Only the Internet...a few pointed questions from 'Dr' Leroy, Electrodes and Kittens...oh and a single goose. Nothing creepy about it. When would DonDiego like to begin?


Can I be in charge of the electrodes?

You're in charge of the goose.

snidely333
snidely333
Feb 25, 2012
11:57pm
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Originally posted by: alanleroy
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Originally posted by: snidely333
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Originally posted by: alanleroy
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Originally posted by: DonDiego

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Originally posted by: alanleroy
....Not to mention the thought of lying on a couch in a darkened room with alanleroy creeps poor old DonDiego out.


Arbitrary inference, selective abstraction, overgeneralization, magnification...DonDiego's cognitive distortions are really quite troubling. There is nothing to creep out Poor Old Don Diego. I'm suggesting a Modified Experimental version of Cognitive Therapy. No Couch. No Darkened Room. Only the Internet...a few pointed questions from 'Dr' Leroy, Electrodes and Kittens...oh and a single goose. Nothing creepy about it. When would DonDiego like to begin?


Can I be in charge of the electrodes?

You're in charge of the goose.


You're creeping me out, man.
Don
Don
Feb 26, 2012
12:22am
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DonDiego posits that the person who keeps creeping other people out is more likely the person who needs therapy.

If poor old DonDiego were in charge of such therapy he would gladly cede control of the electrodes to, say, snidely333 and retain authority over the goose for himself.
alanleroy
alanleroy
Feb 26, 2012
12:29am
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Originally posted by: DonDiego
If poor old DonDiego were in charge of such therapy he would gladly cede control of the electrodes to, say, snidely333 and retain authority over the goose for himself.

Alrighty then. Just as I planned. snidely is in charge of the electrodes and DonDiego is in charge of the goose. Are we ready to begin? I've got a feeling Frank is going to be very proud of our progress when he returns in a week.

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