Is he sincere or is he pushing "the crisis button" to get us in *his*
investment?
I am trying to understand this.
Tom Loeber wrote something which triggered quite a bit of emotions up to "a
polite but firm 'Fuck You!'" from Reed Konsler. It looked like Tom
considered himself as more than a human. In response I confessed I was from
planet TeTa (I really am) and I sent him a heart.
Then I received a private mail from no-more-no-less Richard Brodie. I
thought he was trying to intimidate me with a question if I knew what a
"meme" was. It appears, the question was just a part of his signature (I
think so now). *The only other contents* of his mail was "ROFL!", which I
did not understand. I asked several people in Vancouver (educated here) and
they had no idea what this "ROFL" meant, which made me feel little less
guilty about my Polish upbringing. Then I asked the group. Reed Konsler
explained (thank you) and then Richard Brodie wrote :
>ROFL=Rolling On the Floor, Laughing. =)
>
>I certainly didn't mean to be intimidating, but of course those
>Microsoft memes had years to infect me...
>Richard
What *did* you mean, Richard?
I suggested Richard was using an "undocumented meme". I think his book
explains quite a few "manipulating people" memes (as well as Robert
Cialdini's "Influence, Science and Practice"), but does not contain this one.
Knowing the formal meaning of the abbreviation I still don't understand it.
ROFL may mean "I liked your joke" (why didn' you just say so., Richard?) --
or -- quite a contrary: "What a stupid joke".
This was *the only* message sent to me. What was the purpose of it, Richard?
If we want to save the Planet, I suggest we start learning how to communicate.
Tad Niwinski
(from TeTa)