status quo assumed preferable

[lumberjim]

WELL. it is my perception that you enjoy talking shit. i also percieve that when cornered, you'd rather stick to your guns and talk more shit than to cop to the truth. your device of utilizing long run on sentences with big words and circuituous word paths as a substitution for clearly intended logic is currently being percieved as bullpoopie.

[Beestie]

Originally Posted by lumberjim

...your device of utilizing long run on sentences with big words and circuituous word paths as a substitution for clearly intended logic is currently being percieved as bullpoopie.

Originally Posted by Flint

Oh, that. That's easy. The difference is between observations stated as objective facts and observations stated as admittedly subjective perceptions. The phrase "idea of" is a qualifier which indicates the subjective category. Subjective observations are fine, as long as you don't state them as fact. Hence my use of the "idea of" qualifier.

The statistical analysis was actually an afterthought which we got sidetracked on. But also equally valid.

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