Gödel, Escher, Bach video lectures

[Elder Iptuous]

^That^

when i read Hoffstadter's 'I am a strange loop', i thought it was awesome, up to the point that he started talking about the actual interconnectedness of the human soul with other people they were close to, such that one lives on beyond this mortal coil, and he discussed this in the context of his deceased wife.  i thought it was stretching things in order to assuage his grieving for the loss of her.  if he submitted that to me personally for evaluation, i would have told him so, but i would hope that he wouldn't think me an asshole for saying it.  He seems a decent fellow, and from your story it seems like a case of over sensitivity on your and your classmates part.
then again, i didn't hear his tone of voice when critiquing.  that counts for a lot...

[Kai]

what does "out of running for the elite" mean?

[Template]

what does "out of running for the elite" mean?

i also want to know.

[Brotep]

Did he tear the kid a new asshole, or did he... as you originally said... rip the poem to shreds?

There is a difference. Picking out every flaw in a poem submitted for critique is not the same as slamming the author. Did he personally slam the kid? Or did he just pick apart the poem, which would, in fact, be his job?

He anally raped him and forced us to watch.  You done?

[Elder Iptuous]

what does "out of running for the elite" mean?

as in 'a little person';  not able to ascend to the elite echelons of society, for one reason or another.
at least, that's what i meant when i asked Anton.  perhaps he meant something else when he used the phrase?

[Brotep]

Oh, I knew what you meant.  Also, he didn't use the phrase--you did.

[Kai]

Those who have opinions of people are based on social class are assholes.

[rong]

Those who have opinions of people are based on social class are assholes.

i think it's directional.  i think the "elite" can eat a bag of dicks, but i don't think that makes me an asshole.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Did he tear the kid a new asshole, or did he... as you originally said... rip the poem to shreds?

There is a difference. Picking out every flaw in a poem submitted for critique is not the same as slamming the author. Did he personally slam the kid? Or did he just pick apart the poem, which would, in fact, be his job?

He anally raped him and forced us to watch.  You done?

You're the one who brought it up- I was just asking you to clarify. Apparently you're not comfortable with that, so I'll just assume you were being as whiny as you sounded and that your opinion is invalid.  

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Oh, I knew what you meant.  Also, he didn't use the phrase--you did.

When I told him I liked structured verse, he made some statement to the effect that everyone else was out of the running for the elite. 

[Brotep]

Now that we've finished with the Biblical exegesis, shouldn't you get back to your missionary post in Afghanistan?

[Nast]

The more and more I go about life the more I learn out that poetry  is, apparently, SRS BSNS.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Now that we've finished with the Biblical exegesis, shouldn't you get back to your missionary post in Afghanistan?

oooh sounds like someone takes themselves terribly seriously and doesn't like to answer questions! 

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

The more and more I go about life the more I learn out that poetry  is, apparently, SRS BSNS.

Of course it is. But the people who take it most seriously are usually the worst at it.

[Cainad (dec.)]

Anton, grow a pair. I've been dogpiled twice as hard more times than I care to admit I deserved.

See, if you had gone into more detail to explain what he meant by "out of the running for the elite" and done it in such a way as to thoroughly portray him as a prick, that would have caused us to be swayed by the Fundamental Attribution Error and interpret his harsh poetry critique as utter dickishness. But you fucked that up and now everyone will hate you forever and there is no salvation from the ever-deepening pit of fail into which you have fallen; your voice shall join the hellish chorus of the wails and gnashing of teeth of a million thin-skinned weenies in that pit.





</facetious interjection into a conversation I had no part in>