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Subject: Re: Two Kinds of Humor. OFF TOPIC OF COURSE.

Author: Zheng Zhixian

Date: 07:38:41 01/04/06

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On January 03, 2006 at 21:55:12, Fernando Villegas wrote:

Yawn, yet another lecture by Mr Fernando on what is the right attitude to have
towards life, humor and chess and everything else in the universe. If you
disagree, you are a "Asshole", of "low intelligence" etc....


>When you see so long threads about things like ... or like ...., followed with
>such intensity, even fury, with egoes engaged to the full, with arguments coming
>and going as if was being discussed the universal peace, then you laugh in this
>last manner.
> Nobody seems to see the
>esential absurdity of such endeavour.
Nobody laugh.

Humour is in the eye of the beholder..... So is absurdity. I personally think
your whole rant by starting this thread about humour is full of unintended irony
myself and pretty absurd.

So you got a few posts deleted, and it inspires this long post  on the nature of
humour, computer chess, IQs and life? Reading your posts in reply to Graham and
Burcham here's what i see..

"Preposterous seriousness prevails. Heated arguments comes. Insults are said.
Flame wars begins.Nobody seems to see the esential absurdity of such endeavour.
"

Absurd? Over a couple of deleted posts? Surely!


> I never forget this is, exception made for
>some dedicated human units, a hobby. HOBBY. Do you remember the meaning of the
>word? An amateur passtime. Something to get fun and sometimes perhaps an
>entertainning instruction.

Yes i know the meaning of the word Hobby. But pray tell, does the fact that
topic x is your hobby, imply that everyone else should consider topic x the same
way? Might it not be more than a hobby for others?



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