In a message dated 2/15/99 3:00:04 PM Central Standard Time, MemeLab@aol.com writes:
<< "Acting mystical" is another one that I have seen used. It tends to either
suggest that you have some deeper wisdom that you are teasing people with, or
it inspires others to tell you that you are full of shit (that's my usual
response). My version of "acting mystical" is "speaking minimalistically",
where I use the fewest number of words to convey as much meaning as possible
with the fewest number of supporting explanations. If the other person "gets
it", even partially, I can unfold it completely later. If they don't "get
it"
at all, then we probably had nothing to talk about in the first place. (and
they will probably tell m
>>
ooops, I didn't finish that.
(and they will probably tell me that I am "full of shit" - but then so what if we didn't have anything to talk about.)
-Jake