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View Poll Results: Does your Skepticism Intrude into your Regular Liife?
Always 7 18.92%
Often 10 27.03%
Sometimes 9 24.32%
Rarely 4 10.81%
Never 7 18.92%
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Old 24-August-2007, 11:58 PM
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Default Is Skepticism itself, Juust Another Selfiish Meme?

Lately I've Found I have a Problem in Whiich My Skepticism About The CT of The Week, Has Manifested itself in My REAL Liife as Well ...

It Came to a Head Last Niight, When a Friend Refused to Talk to me Anymore Because I Refused to Agree to Diisagree about her Belief Men have a Pair of Riibs Fewer than Women have ...

Has Anyone Else Found their Skepticism Makiing itself Unwanted in Other Areas of their Liives as Well?

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Old 25-August-2007, 12:07 AM
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NOT ME: Student A is EVIL!

ME: Student A appears to suffer from mental condition X. If we do Y it should help her to function.

NOT ME: No, we must treat her badly until she quits.
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Yes, quite regularly. Freinds and family tell me "I don't know when to let it drop..."
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NOT ME: No, we must treat her badly until she quits.
That Sounds, Liike an Affiirmative ...

BUT ...

Does That Skepticism Ever Act, When you Juust Wiish you Could Turn it Off for a Niight?

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Yes, quite regularly. Freinds and family tell me "I don't know when to let it drop..."
Ah ...

ANY Remedy ...

Or, Do I Now Hafta Go, And Make New Friends?

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Old 25-August-2007, 12:15 AM
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Only if I am attempting to socialize.
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Ah ...

ANY Remedy ...

Or, Do I Now Hafta Go, And Make New Friends?

Unfortunately, none that I've found so far. I could simply stop talking, but sadly, I rarely think of that at the moment....
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Only if I am attempting to socialize.
IOW, If you Lock yourself in a Room By yourself you Don't Have Thiis Problem ...

GREAT ...

So How are Those of us Who Want to Someday Have Other Plans, Supposed to Deal wiith it?

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Old 25-August-2007, 12:22 AM
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That Sounds, Liike an Affiirmative ...

BUT ...

Does That Skepticism Ever Act, When you Juust Wiish you Could Turn it Off for a Niight?

Juust cuuriiouus: What's wiith the douuble "ii"s and "uu"s? IIs youur keyboard stiickiing?
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Unfortunately, none that I've found so far. I could simply stop talking, but sadly, I rarely think of that at the moment....
Yeah, me Too ...

It Juust Seems Liike The More I Hear The Garbage Out There ...

The Less I Allow Myself, to Actually BELIEVE Anythiing of a Paranormal Bent!

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Juust cuuriiouus: What's wiith the douuble "ii"s and "uu"s? IIs youur keyboard stiickiing?
Stress Briings Out My OCD ...

I Stutter When I Talk, Too ...

The MORE People Point it Out, The More it Seems to Happen!

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Stress Briings Out My OCD ...

I Stutter When I Talk, Too ...
Ah, sorry. I thought it might be a "writing style" thing. You might consider a spell checker to catch it.
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Ah, sorry. I thought it might be a "writing style" thing. You might consider a spell checker to catch it.
It's a Bit of Both ...

I've Actually Been Known, to Avoid Using The Spell-Checker ...

Just to Post that Way, Baby Out with The Bath Water I Suppose!

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I guess it's a matter of "What do I want?" and "How can I get it?" If you want most people to like then you can practice acting like a sheep. If acting like a sheep is too demeaning for you you can put effort into finding people who respect your independance of thought. And this doesn't mean you'll have to forego the company of all illogical people. Some of them will appreciate having you around to tell them when they are about to do something stupid.
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I've Always Tried to Do this Myself ...

However Lately, What I Will Allow My Brain to Be Exposed to Has Been Diminishing ...

I Mean I Can Understand Not Getting Evolution it's a Counter-Intuitive Process, But Not Believing Something you Can Check for yourself in The Mirror COME On!

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EXACTLY ...

But, Is There Any Subject ...

That you Just Wanna Shout from The Rooftops, That it's Simply Absolute Hogwash?

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