tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post7710107129740737996..comments2023-06-15T11:59:39.572-04:00Comments on DYVERS: The Fault in Our Heroes Lies with UsDyvershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-44829792464035060002014-08-12T14:10:43.924-04:002014-08-12T14:10:43.924-04:00It is important to not dogmatically follow anyone ...It is important to not dogmatically follow anyone else’s opinions. We should be skeptical of everything.<br /><br />It is equally important, however, to realize that others—especially our elders—have accumulated some wisdom. It is in our interests to avail ourselves of that wisdom even as we are skeptical of it.<br /><br />When I quote Gygax, e.g., it is because I found some of his wisdom to passRoberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16733274876782876659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-78205586900207226852014-08-12T10:56:46.208-04:002014-08-12T10:56:46.208-04:00It seems children benefit most from histories, pre...It seems children benefit most from histories, precedents, and family traditions -- aligning themselves with figures who have achieved almost mythical status -- right up to the point where they start making decisions for themselves.<br /><br />--Ditherditherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16636135891319380870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-31538972875577203212014-08-12T00:19:52.100-04:002014-08-12T00:19:52.100-04:00Thank you! Now if I could just get paid for blogge...Thank you! Now if I could just get paid for bloggers the world over . . .Dyvershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-83221276453084462232014-08-12T00:16:31.167-04:002014-08-12T00:16:31.167-04:00"I don't have a point here. I just needed..."I don't have a point here. I just needed to say these things out loud." - Dyvers<br /><br />You speak for bloggers the world over!Darcy Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02385198563203931754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-11773468521747450682014-08-11T23:00:43.425-04:002014-08-11T23:00:43.425-04:00Winner!Winner!Dyvershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-7706848767783168422014-08-11T23:00:09.267-04:002014-08-11T23:00:09.267-04:00Damn Andrew, you were on a great roll!
"one...Damn Andrew, you were on a great roll! <br /><br />"one can take his bourgeoisie ass home and cry in his trophy wife's phony bosom"<br /><br />Fantastic line there, absolutely fantastic!Dyvershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-26483594646245171502014-08-11T17:31:59.770-04:002014-08-11T17:31:59.770-04:00I am a staunch Hamiltonian. You Jeffersonians can ...I am a staunch Hamiltonian. You Jeffersonians can all go to hell!Raging Owlbearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10556804177905125874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-13592209019703658012014-08-11T16:01:13.845-04:002014-08-11T16:01:13.845-04:00My first thoughts are rarely my own. Opinions rea...My first thoughts are rarely my own. Opinions read or heard that are taken in end up one way or another having a cause/effect on identity. I'll tell you what was good television when I was growing up, I've watched it all from reruns of Andy Griffith and the Waltons to every damn episode of Seinfeld and Malcom in the Middle. My deadpan is so dry that stopping to think about it desiccatesJohnnySakohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10712350883947796924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-10980888650691564112014-08-11T15:37:25.726-04:002014-08-11T15:37:25.726-04:00Well put Tom. I completely overlooked that side of...Well put Tom. I completely overlooked that side of things as I was a bit dissatisfied with some things I was reading earlier. <br /><br />:) <br /><br />Thank you for reminding me of the good side of quotations. Dyvershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-91829244080689080682014-08-11T15:25:00.742-04:002014-08-11T15:25:00.742-04:00Or perhaps the quote just very eloquently expresse...Or perhaps the quote just very eloquently expressed something you are trying to say, and we quote rather than clumsily paraphrasing, or trying to get away with plagiarism. <br /><br />I quote liberally ... from all over the place ... often song lyrics, not because I need the appeal to authority (I'm way too arrogant for that) but for humor value, or irony, or because I like a particular tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06653459162258850269noreply@blogger.com