HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: tlode@nyx.cs.du.edu (trygve lode)
Subject: Re: Psychobabble
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix @ U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 92 19:14:09 GMT

In article <2984.1787.uupcb@spacebbs.com> mike.mcaulay@spacebbs.com (Mike Mcaulay) writes:
>
>kevin@nuchat.sccsi.com (Kevin Brown) writes:
>
>KB>We all end up starting off with a set of assumptions, this much is true.  No
>KB>logical system is without a base set of axioms.  To me, then, it's a questio
>KB>of simplifying my assumptions as much as possible without detracting from th
>KB>usefulness (i.e., ability to enable one to achieve the goals he wants to
>KB>achieve).
>
>AAAAIIIIEEEE!!!!!  You just DO NOT GET IT, do you?  It doesn't have any
>ANYTHING WHATSOEVER to do with logic!  Throw a bucket of ice water in
>your face *NOW!!!!!!*  Turn your fucking word machine off and listen to
>the other centers of intelligence.  Listen to your dick, and your guts,
>and your heart.  Listen to your *humor gland!*

[rest of flame deleted]

See, Kevin?  Be careful, or you could turn out like this--frustrated,
confused, losing control of your caps-lock key, and wind up sitting
in a corner having conversations with your genitalia.

Seriously, though, logical thought is useful in all situations and in
no way excludes intuition and emotion (indeed, without at least a bit
of logical thought, intuition tends to become rather unreliable).

On the down side, humans are very complex beasties and it's difficult
to analyze more than a tiny corner of human behavior logically at a
time; on the up side, when you do manage to do it, you find yourself
a publisher and go on the talk show circuit and get to meet lots of
MOTAS when they come to have you autograph copies of your book.
From: johnf@Auspex.COM (John Fereira)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Married Men and Single Women
Date: 13 Aug 92 00:31:25 GMT
Organization: Auspex Systems, Inc.

In article <59@cnmhnet.UUCP> keithg@cnmhnet.UUCP (keith garrard) writes:
|She said she had heard something about
|me, and was wondering if it was true?  I asked her what it was, and she
|had heard that [cleaned up for the net] I was pretty good. 

Oh yeah,  we'll I once was told be a guy who heard from his sister who
was married to this guy whose daughter that went to separate schools with
this girl whose  mother that was friends with this woman that said I was "the 
best she'd ever had".

But I don't take any chances so I sneak into womens bathrooms and write
it on the wall myself.

-- 
+============================================================================++
| John Fereira            "Is that all you ever think about?"                |
| johnf@auspex.com                                                           |
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Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: graydon@micor.ocunix.on.ca (Graydon)
Subject: Re: Various ramblings...
Organization: M.B. Cormier INC.
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 92 00:21:23 EDT

Ross Ridge <ross@zooid.guild.org> writes:

> kevin@nuchat.sccsi.com (Kevin Brown) writes:
> >>Relationships are very complex, too complex for anyone to
> >>understand.  
> >
> >How can anyone possibly succeed at something they don't understand,
> >except through sheer luck?
> 
Nine names of the Mother.

You can do things you don't intellectually understand; I have
no intellectual understanding of how I *talk*, and I doubt you
do either.  (I mean, make meaningful noises; I do have so idea
about what's driving my word choices.  Really.)

You *cannot* succeed if you won't *try*.  Go read Satan's
speaches in the first half of Paradise Lost, or something,
but believe that you have no chance if you don't try.

No one else has an intellectual understanding of what's going on,
either, remember.  (and a good thing, too...)

Graydon

        Graydon the Curious         /graydon@micor.ocunix.on.ca
  Skraeling Althing, EAldormere, MK / "Nihil est quin obsisti possit"
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: hymowitz@whatever.cs.jhu.edu (Hymie!)
Subject: Re: Romance
Organization: Creative Sensualities dept, Jacquie's House of Underwear
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 22:16:35 GMT

margoli@watson.ibm.com writes:
>In  <1992Aug17.133353.24503@cbnewsd.cb.att.com>  nance@cbnewsd.cb.att.com (nancy.l.colucci) writes:
>>
>> Yesterday my best bud and I had a talk about the amount of romance
>> in our relationship.  Usually when I mention that "R" word he looks
>> at me as though I've asked him to sodomize my cat,
>
>Enquiring minds want to know - just what sort of look *is* that?
>
>(I suppose the obvious answer would be cat-ass-trophic.)
>
>Sodomizing a cat is illegal.  (In some states, it's a feliny.)

now, i will try to think of the purrfect response...

(relax, no bad puns.  i was just kitten.)

--hymie
hymowitz@cs.jhu.edu                                         hymie@jhuvms.bitnet
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From: Larry Margolis <margoli@watson.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: Finding Romantic Partners (long)
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 21:24:41 GMT
Reply-To: margoli@watson.IBM.com
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not necessarily those of IBM
Organization: The Village Waterbed

In  <thurlow.713977621@convex.convex.com>  thurlow@convex.com (Robert Thurlow) writes:
>
> In fact, if you can't get out of the habit of mainly posting huge
> line-by-line rebuttals, you should save net bandwidth and use your
> time to go out and try to find a life, because I promise you that
> fewer people are going to trouble themselves offering you advice.

Funny - I asked my girlfriend what Kevin should do, and she said,
   Get off the fucking computer and go out and get a life!

Larry Margolis, MARGOLI@YKTVMV (Bitnet), margoli@watson.IBM.com (Internet)
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From: catcher@netcom.com (Paul W. Francisco)
Subject: Cooling things off... - Update
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 92 21:22:43 GMT
Organization: The Vampyre's Lair

Here's an update from my friend, pretty much a summed response to
everybody.  It is again anonymous.  As before, I will forward any
and all responses to her that I get.  However, in 1-1/2 days I will
be leaving town for about 10 days, and I will be unsure of my access
during that time.  So if you have something to say that you want her
to see earlier than that, please post it.

Begin anonymous, forwarded post:
==========
Paul, thanks for your help so far.  I wanted to wait until quite
a few replies had been posted, so that I could make *one* reply,
and a non-trivial one, at that.

First, the observation that Paul (the person posting this) made
is true:  The guy in question did not actually threaten suicide
in this case, it is (based on past events) one possibility.  He
*is* extremely emotionally unstable, in any case.  As I said, I
would really like to sever things with the least amount of friction
possible, because even if he doesn't actually hurt himself as a
result, he *is* fragile.

Also, I wrote the first article right after leaving town to visit
my fiance, and I will not return for about two more weeks.  Several
people suggested a period of separation, and I agree that this is
a promising approach, and a convenient one as well.  It's giving
me a chance to think about what further things to do, if any things
are necessary.

In reference to the issue of finding him a girlfriend--nononononono.
Not only do I agree with the person who says it isn't my responsibility,
I think that it would do more harm than good (to him and to the
hypothetical her).  Getting into a relationship if you're that
emotionally needy can be really destructive.  IMNSHO, you should
be at least fairly secure as an individual before you try to
mesh lives with someone(s) else.  Otherwise you get this co-
dependence stuff.  Trust me--I've been the needy one in such
a relationship.

I had a lucid dream last night (if you don't know what one is,
read alt.dreams FAQ or one of the articles), and once I
realized I was dreaming, I looked to my left (I was sitting
on a train) and there was Seth (the guy).  I decided to
try and explain to the dream-Seth that I felt uncomfortable,
why I did, and that I wanted to drop down to being office
acquaintances rather than friends.  After doing so, he nodded
and said that he understood and would back off...things
faded back into me not knowing it was a dream, again, but
now I feel a lot better about the situation.  i.e., if I
actually do have to confront him, send him mail, or write
a note, I think that both he and I can deal with it a lot
better than I originally thought.  Hopefully that's true.

Thanks for all of your help, and if you do have more to say,
still feel free to offer suggestions.  I'm actually starting
to look forward to the fall again...

-Sarah (NOT!)
==========
End forwarded post...
-- 
From the Vampyre's Lair, 	    The thirst from a vampire bite
Paul W. Francisco        	    fills the emptiness inside...
catcher@netcom.com                      - Siouxsie and the Banshees
From: jjd1@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (james.j.dutton)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Business Trip to LONG ISLAND
Keywords: What to do ????
Date: 17 Aug 92 15:54:54 GMT
Distribution: ny
Organization: AT&T

In article <1992Aug17.152657.28885@cbnewsd.cb.att.com> nance@cbnewsd.cb.att.com (nancy.l.colucci) writes:
>In article <1992Aug17.141757.1953@cbfsb.cb.att.com> sms@cbnewsf.cb.att.com (steven.m.stein) writes:
>>
>>Any offers for company would also be appreciated, drink and buffalo
>>wings on me!!!
>
>(He musta got tired of crab legs, see ...)  :-)

 Thanks steven, please send my buffalo wings to chicago, chelsea ave.
Thanks again.
 
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From: dbj@cs.washington.edu (Dave Johnson)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Married Men and Single Women
Date: 13 Aug 92 19:42:33 GMT
Organization: Computer Science & Engineering, U. of Washington, Seattle

In article <14028@auspex-gw.auspex.com> johnf@Auspex.COM (John Fereira) writes:
>In article <59@cnmhnet.UUCP> keithg@cnmhnet.UUCP (keith garrard) writes:
>|She said she had heard something about
>|me, and was wondering if it was true?  I asked her what it was, and she
>|had heard that [cleaned up for the net] I was pretty good. 
>
>Oh yeah,  we'll I once was told be a guy who heard from his sister who
>was married to this guy whose daughter that went to separate schools with
>this girl whose  mother that was friends with this woman that said I was "the 
>best she'd ever had".
>
>But I don't take any chances so I sneak into womens bathrooms and write
>it on the wall myself.

Then there was the woman who finally went on a date with 
the mensch who'd been hounding her for so long.  Afterwards
he suggested she put his name and number in the bathrooms,
so she did:

	    For a MEDIOCRE time,
	    call Ace: 555-1212

-- 
  Dave Johnson

"You're not too smart, are you?  I like that in a man."
    --Kathleen Turner in Body Heat 
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: richwing@leland.Stanford.EDU (Rich Wingerter)
Subject: Re: Exactly what I mean by "unattached"...
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 92 08:39:16 GMT

In article <1992Aug10.143954.20525@cbnewsd.cb.att.com>, nance@cbnewsd.cb.att.com (nancy.l.colucci) writes:
|> 
|> I seem to remember this topic being covered once before but I don't remember
|> any concensus about what exactly makes a person "single".  While I might
|> be "single" in terms of marital status, I'm certainly not "unattached" but
|> if that "unattached" suddenly turns into "married" (there are no plans to
|> that effect now) does that mean I can't read or post here?  Nah.
|> In article <1992Aug13.164030.25947@discus.technion.ac.il> davidba@carmel.technion.ac.il (David Ben_Ami) writes:

I thought you just had to be _interested_ in singles.  I didn't know that you
actually had to _be_ single to post here.


--Rich Wingerter
single
Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: fredw@mks.com (Fred Walter)
Subject: Re: Finding Romantic Partners (long)
Organization: Mortice Kern Systems Inc., Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 16:53:31 GMT

kiran@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Kiran Wagle) writes:
>tlode@nyx.cs.du.edu (trygve lode) writes:
>>I find it's very common for one or more people I meet completely at random
>>while on a shopping trip to strike up a conversation with me; 
> 
>People don't talk to strangers at shops in my universe.  

They do in mine - though I'm usually the one that initiates the conversation.
Though it is only small-talk, done to pass the time whilst waiting (in line
for the teller, or whatever).

But my universe isn't Trygve's either (women don't do blatently sexual
things to men they don't know well in mine, and they do in his).

	fred
-- 
Disclaimer: everything I write is my *personal* opinion and does not represent
or reflect the opinion of the company which employs me.
From: mike.mcaulay@spacebbs.com (Mike Mcaulay) 
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Net.assholes
Date: 17 Aug 92 03:29:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: SPACE BBS - Menlo Park, CA - 10 Lines + 4gB - 415-323-4193
Reply-To: mike.mcaulay@spacebbs.com (Mike Mcaulay) 

pbreton@asylum.UUCP (Peter Breton) writes:

PB>>From: lairdpg@lub001.lamar.edu

PB>>Tell us about yourself - do you do the nasty?  Do you have a firm, round
PB>>butt?  Do they stick out when someone rubs them?  Enquiring minds want to
PB>>know!

PB>[more asshole quotes ommitted]

PB>  Here's a little something from an ex-lurker:

PB>  This guy is, by far, the stupidest, most obnoxious net.asshole I've seen
PB>yet.

I dunno, there's the ever-popular Steve Franklin to contend with.  I
thought he had a lock on the net.asshole title.

M.
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From: taina@cs.Helsinki.FI (Juha Taina)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: FINNS - Nice description, Juha!
Date: 16 Aug 92 10:45:58 GMT
Organization: University of Helsinki, Finland

In <1992Aug15.233736.1445@lub001.lamar.edu> lairdpg@lub001.lamar.edu writes:
>Thanks for the description!  Sounds like you guys have a hard
>time choosing amongst them!  

We choosing them?  I'd say that the women do the choosing.  Or,
perhaps both genders. This is quite a liberal country.

Juha
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From: jjd1@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (james.j.dutton)
Subject: Re: Exactly what I mean by "unattached"...
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 13:28:56 GMT

In article <14189@auspex-gw.auspex.com> johnf@Auspex.COM (John Fereira) writes:
>In article <1992Aug20.195216.8526@cs.ucla.edu> gds@cs.ucla.edu (Greg Skinner) writes:
>|For example, even if they
>|didn't know you, they'd walk up to you and give you a backrub, without
>|asking first if it was ok.
>
>Really.  The guy must have been a real lech.  I bet he had women sitting
>in his lap too.
>

As a man I must say that kind of behaviour is frightening. No wonder
women think men are all......
 
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Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: allisson@turing.toronto.edu (Allisson Roome)
Subject: Re: Boink Blues
Organization: Some and growing
Date: 19 Aug 92 19:18:45 GMT

In article 1992Aug14.075126.15279@muppet.bt.co.uk> bart@muppet.bt.co.uk writes:
>In article 843@csd.brispoly.ac.uk, pm3_norr@csd.brispoly.ac.uk 
(Paul Norris) writes:
>>In article<1992Aug12.114823.2666@muppet.bt.co.uk>bart@muppet.bt.co.uk writes:
>
>>} In particular why not make it 'happening' Ipswich in the heart of
>>}Constable country (orientation for all those art lovers :-)
>>But it's so flat!  Come over to the west coast - hills here, mountains not
>> far (and an awful lot of rain at the moment...)
>
>Gasp, splutter !!!! 
>And what , pray tell, is wrong with flat land ???????? :-)
>
>Instead, you offer Bristol, that's in Wales !!!!! :-)
>
>At least its just about constant sunshine over this side
>
>Tim
>
Tim and Paul --

Before you get into the great debate about which part of Britian is
better, I do have to warn you that I was an exchange student over
there when I was a senior in H.S. (upper sixth) in the Midlands
(Sutton Colefield, to be exact, John Wilmot was the comprehensive).
and I did get to see a reasonable portion of England and Wales (plus I
have ancient realtives in Yorkshire (Huddersfield)) so I know if I were
ever to go there again what parts I'd like to spend more time in/at.
Personally, I don't like flat - my two favourite parts of this country
are both located in mountain regions - granted the sizes of the
mountains differ.  And some of my fondest memories of that experience
were a half-term in Wales (Towyn, Aberdovey(sp?), Harlich, the place
where "The Prisoner" was filmed, etc) - it's the closest to untamed
beauty that you still see in parts of this country.  Besides, for the
past 9 years I've lived in Syracuse, NY which is know for being cold,
wet and grey.

Allisson (besides, I'm going to Long Island - rah(sarcasm for the
	  sarcastically impaired))
-- 
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"Everything that you teach you are learning. Teach only love, and
From: taina@cs.Helsinki.FI (Juha Taina)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Las Vegas
Date: 22 Aug 92 14:49:23 GMT
Organization: University of Helsinki, Finland

In <1992Aug21.213353.1705@news.acns.nwu.edu> drmax@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Marianna Max) writes:


>Anyone else getting what appears to be an email form letter come-on that
>starts something like, I read one of your posts and thought it was
>interesting....  ?  Just curious.

>Max

Twice.

Juha

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Newsgroups: soc.singles
From: kiran@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Kiran Wagle)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Exactly what I mean by "unattached"...
Date: 19 Aug 92 12:39:24 GMT
Article-I.D.: bronze.kiran.714227964
Organization: Indiana University

gds@oahu.cs.ucla.edu (Greg Skinner) writes:
>Why do you go to the cons, then?  Just to meet women?  Would you go if
>no women attended, or if the women weren't interested in flirting

He might go to socialise with people who share a common interest, 
but who do not always discuss that interest.
 
>I've never been, actually.  If I went, I'd like to discuss with some
>people what I usually discuss on sf-lovers -- the Lord of the Rings
 
Huh. You'd fit right out.  We talk about barbecue, about movies and 
music and politics and play poker, 
 
and writes about trygve:
 
>Well, primarily, your experiences seem to be most unlike mine, and
>several other frequent male contributors.  
 
Yup.
 
>You have presented yourself as a sensitive, 90's-type guy (not my
>words -- someone on the net described you that way), who apparently is
>in tune with what women want (at least, what some women who post to
>this group want).  If this is an accurate presentation, I think you
 
If this is an accurate presentation, he should have more dates 
and more relationships.... shouldn't he?

-- 
"Squirrels make little or no use of what we call thinking.  They seem
 to be doing all right."
-- 
Kiran Wagle                             <kiran@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu>
P.O.Box 2083 Bloomington IN 47402-2083      (812) 336-7478 [8p-1a EST]
From: cordelkj@ucunix.san.uc.edu (Kevin John Cordell)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Commitment--The C-word?
Date: 21 Aug 92 00:38:21 GMT
Organization: University of Cincinnati

In article <1992Aug20.204009.25208@infonode.ingr.com> rock@medch.b17a.ingr.com writes:
>
>Whoever I marry will have to sign a pre-nuptual agreement.  She can take
>my house, my car, and all my money, but she DAMN well can't have my CDs
                                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                                       AMEN!!!

That's about it.  When I got a divorce, I let her have everything,
except for my stereo and music and my clothes of course.  I did NOT
want any of the other things as they would just remind me of her.

kevin

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From: pw@panix.com (Paul Wallich)
Subject: Re: She's Ba-a-ack!!
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 00:05:32 GMT
Organization: Trivializers R Us

In article <1992Aug13.035459.5668@cbnews.cb.att.com> eleanor@cbnews.cb.att.com (eleanor.j.evans) writes:

>Hi, everyone!  I've returned!!!  And didn't you all miss me.  (Wait
>for it....."why, no, we didn't"....and thanks for _your_ contribution,
>too.)  Hey, it's late, I'm tired and silly.

Are those facts supposed to be causally connected? Welcome back.
We won't even ask about the pym for a while ;-)

>To all you boneheads who missed my party at the Boink with NO Name,
>PLBHBHBHBH!! (with lots of extra spit).  To all those lovely people
>who did show, hehehehehe, let's not tell them the good stuff, ok?

We already told them some of the good stuff; maybe someone has
archived it for our poor newbie here? (Actually, we made up different
good stuff; the real truth will remain forever hidden until urghglglg....)

paul    on deadline as usual
From: skc@Turing.ORG (Shriram K. Chaubal)
Newsgroups: soc.singles
Subject: Re: Chinese single woman seeks caucasian single men
Date: 19 Aug 92 20:49:24 GMT
Organization: The Turing Project, Charlottesville Virginia.

In article <KYTAN.92Aug18132916@mantra.fia.dmg.ml.com> kytan@mantra.fia.dmg.ml.com (Kok-Yong Tan) writes:
>In article <Bt2IKB.IDM@research.canon.oz.au> naylor@research.canon.oz.au (William Naylor) writes:
>
>>Hi!
>
>>I'm a 26 years old Singaporean Chinese, English-educated,
[stuff deleted]
B
>
>
>Sigh.  No wonder us Singaporean Chinese men go looking elsewhere for women...
>

Isnt it always a case that 'grass is greener on the other side'. Off course
what would I know ... I'm in Cincinnati (the cultural groin of the midwest).

*grin* Lets see how this thread ends up now .... 

 

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