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[WhiteTiger]

Originally Posted by Ped

Did you really have to go and try and ruin what was a perfectly innocuous statement? All he's saying is that he, like a lot of people, really love giving gifts.

Some people's love language is being a Debbie Downer...

[TorqueDog]

Originally Posted by Ped

Did you really have to go and try and ruin what was a perfectly innocuous statement? All he's saying is that he, like a lot of people, really love giving gifts.

First time encountering a GGG post, I take it?

Ignore it. Even given the “problematic” origin (by the way, “problematic origin” is a frankly meaningless issue if its use by people is not), it still has some practical application simply because — as his own quote states — “it provides partners an opportunity to reflect on, discuss, and respond to one another’s needs, which is indeed a fundamental principle in relationship science”. It forces people to think about their needs and wants, and to be open about them.

[Shazam]

GGG fancies himself knowledgeable about many topics, mostly to justify his life.

[Inglewood Jack]

Originally Posted by Shazam

GGG fancies himself knowledgeable about many topics, mostly to justify his life.

I don't even understand 95% of his posts in general

[PepsiFree]

It’s important to remember that we’re all on a spectrum.

[PaperBagger'14]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

It’s important to remember that we’re all on a spectrum.

Which reminds me of one of my all time favourite Reddit threads, woman makes a post about how her 14 year old sons IQ is in the top 90% of the population. She attributes it to being chemical and vaccine free. A little further reading however would have been a bit more enlightening.

https://www.reddit.com/r/facepalm/co...s_reading_the/

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by PaperBagger'14

https://www.reddit.com/r/facepalm/co...s_reading_the/

I've tried reddit a few times but frankly the formatting Grinds my Gears

[SutterBrother]

Originally Posted by GGG

Did you know love languages have no sociological rigor and were developed by a Baptist preacher to teach women how to behave for their husbands. Essentially by calling physical touch (sex) a love language its designed to promote the coercive giving of sex from a partner.

Go read the original book and its case studies. It’s rough.

Essentially there is no evidence to support the concept of love languages as published.

https://www.psychiatrist.com/news/st...ove-languages/

Paper refuting love languages

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10....37214231217663



So it’s a lot like an any of the personality tests, probably right in some way that you could derive learning from but also nonsense with no empirical basis.

But really we shouldn’t use the concept of love languages given its problematic origin.

The best part about love languages was flipping them and laughing our assess off.

Acts of service - Acts of disservice
Gifts - Theft
Physical touch - Physical abuse
Words of affirmation - Words of condescension
Quality time - Crappy time

[bizaro86]

Originally Posted by PaperBagger'14

Which reminds me of one of my all time favourite Reddit threads, woman makes a post about how her 14 year old sons IQ is in the top 90% of the population. She attributes it to being chemical and vaccine free. A little further reading however would have been a bit more enlightening.

https://www.reddit.com/r/facepalm/co...s_reading_the/

Lol. You don't need to click the link there to realize that actually her son's intelligence may have genetic factors at play...

[PaperBagger'14]

Originally Posted by bizaro86

Lol. You don't need to click the link there to realize that actually her son's intelligence may have genetic factors at play...

I’d also bet on some chemical factors as well.

[mikephoen]

The sellers of what seems like every item that I've purchased in the last 6 months have sent me emails this week telling me about their amazing Black Friday sales on the items that I already purchased at full price. Thanks, I really needed to know how much I didn't save. Most of the items I bought when I needed them, and waiting wasn't a realistic option, but still, they didn't need to rub my nose in it.

[Sr. Mints]

Originally Posted by bizaro86

UCB would like Australian Christmas.

Not if he doesn't like pavlova.

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Originally Posted by mikephoen

The sellers of what seems like every item that I've purchased in the last 6 months have sent me emails this week telling me about their amazing Black Friday sales on the items that I already purchased at full price. Thanks, I really needed to know how much I didn't save. Most of the items I bought when I needed them, and waiting wasn't a realistic option, but still, they didn't need to rub my nose in it.

Leons calls me every few months to tell me about their deals since buying one piece of furniture from them years ago.

I gave them my number for the purposes of the delivery/set up in case anything went wrong or was delayed.

But as we know pestering through every form of stored contact information is always a surefire way to retain business.

[RichieRich]

Anything magical happen when this thread hits 1000 pages?
We are a few posts away.

[ResAlien]

Originally Posted by RichieRich

Anything magical happen when this thread hits 1000 pages?
We are a few posts away.

Yeah a bunch of people tell you it’s only 500 pages and to fix your settings.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by RichieRich

Anything magical happen when this thread hits 1000 pages?
We are a few posts away.

Ya, it's pretty cool but you have to have the thread open when it happens.

[Wormius]

Almost at 20k posts.

[Wormius]

Whoa. Seems I was the rollover post that started this version of the thread. Should I give it a cool new name?

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by Wormius

Whoa. Seems I was the rollover post that started this version of the thread. Should I give it a cool new name?

You Know What Really Grinds My Gears? Unique thread names

[TheIronMaiden]

You Know What Really Grinds My Gears? Now with 4x more gears...