61259 - Cooking dinner

[Katya]

Apparently uninformed prescriptivism is my Berserk Button. (It came up again today in another context.) Consider yourself warned, world!

[Laser Jock]

Apparently uninformed prescriptivism is my Berserk Button. (It came up again today in another context.) Consider yourself warned, world!

...instantaneously becomes a screaming, psychotic, salivating, crying-with-anger embodiment of pure, unfiltered insanity, from which you will be lucky to escape with your life.

Yup, sounds like you.

[Katya]

Apparently uninformed prescriptivism is my Berserk Button. (It came up again today in another context.) Consider yourself warned, world!

...instantaneously becomes a screaming, psychotic, salivating, crying-with-anger embodiment of pure, unfiltered insanity, from which you will be lucky to escape with your life.

Yup, sounds like you.

"Don't make me angry. You wouldn't like me . . . angry."

[Whistler]

don't worry, mine is any positive mention of pop psychology

[thebigcheese]

don't worry, mine is any positive mention of pop psychology

Speaking of, I wanted to ask you...have you ever heard of the book How to Win Friends & Influence People? Do you have any thoughts on it?

[Katya]

don't worry, mine is any positive mention of pop psychology

Makes sense (for both of us).

[Whistler]

don't worry, mine is any positive mention of pop psychology

Speaking of, I wanted to ask you...have you ever heard of the book How to Win Friends & Influence People? Do you have any thoughts on it?

I think I read a few pages of it... It's... mostly common-sense advice, some of which is actually a good thing to do, and some of which we just think is a good thing, based on the experience of one charismatic and sometimes lucky person.