Humor will not be tolerated!! -Portia

Hahahaha. Sorry. I think I totally forgot to mention to both of you that you weren't the only one being consulted.

Yayfulness is a player.

He clearly is!

mic0 wrote:Link to the question about teaching the family some obscure language.

I really liked Katya's answer! Also, I feel like my answer was really silly now. Yayfulness should've warned me about Katya's great essay! Oh well, I still like the idea of taking an existing language and making a language game from it.

If it's any consolation, I now feel like my answer was silly, too. Because Pig Latin (or some variant of it) is a much simpler solution!

yayfulness wrote:Hahahaha. Sorry. I think I totally forgot to mention to both of you that you weren't the only one being consulted.

HELL HATH NO FURY (like a linguist doubly consulted).

http://theboard.byu.edu/questions/69197/

Crowley wrote:I typically use nerd as a synonym for geek . . .

I read this and immediately thought "They're not the same thing!" and then I continued reading:

Crowley wrote:. . . and if you want to argue the semantics between those two terms, congratulations: you are one.

Well played, Crowley. Well played.

http://theboard.byu.edu/questions/69189/

I really like this idea.

That's similar to how my family "paid" for getting food from the Bishop's storehouse: we always volunteered to clean the church, often more or less by ourselves, and we attended every service activity the ward had.

http://theboard.byu.edu/questions/69235/

Laser Jock wrote:I think the issue is that people get discomfort mixed up with a spiritual confirmation that something is wrong. I won't get into that too much here, because this is already long enough, but suffice it to say that feeling uncomfortable is not the same as the Spirit telling you something is wrong. Clearly, if the Spirit tells you that something is wrong, obey it. But don't assume that it is speaking just because you feel uncomfortable about something.

This. Forever. Underlined. Bolded. (It fits with the topic in the question, but I think it applies much more broadly, as well.)

Katya wrote:http://theboard.byu.edu/questions/69235/

Laser Jock wrote:I think the issue is that people get discomfort mixed up with a spiritual confirmation that something is wrong. I won't get into that too much here, because this is already long enough, but suffice it to say that feeling uncomfortable is not the same as the Spirit telling you something is wrong. Clearly, if the Spirit tells you that something is wrong, obey it. But don't assume that it is speaking just because you feel uncomfortable about something.

This. Forever. Underlined. Bolded. (It fits with the topic in the question, but I think it applies much more broadly, as well.)

It was a good response and I hope doesn't reignite the firestorm that such queries seem to provoke. I've been forced to conclude that I have the opposite of Good Girl Syndrome, BGS, I guess, and probably would benefit more from the bullhorn-in-my-face approach extended to the Elders than the rather vague, laissez-faire treatment we sisters seem to get. I pretty much think about it as much as men are accused of thinking about it, and I am a poor gatekeeper.

To extend the thought, if something makes you feel AWESOME, is it wrong, then, to assume that the Spirit is a-ok with it?

Short answer: yes.

I had a companion on my mission who was crazy, in the bad way. However, he did say something important once, which I will adapt so that it is a bit more truthful. Emotions and spiritual impressions are not the same thing. I suppose they're not completely independent, but there is no implicit correlation.

yayfulness wrote:Short answer: yes.

I had a companion on my mission who was crazy, in the bad way. However, he did say something important once, which I will adapt so that it is a bit more truthful. Emotions and spiritual impressions are not the same thing. I suppose they're not completely independent, but there is no implicit correlation.

I was mostly thinking about this in regards to sexual feelings, but I think it could be just as relevant to the feelings outlined in the missionary-age thread. Something for me to mull over as I sleep.

To put it another way, I'd say that the statements "anything that feels this good can't be right" and "if it feels so good, then how can it be wrong?" are equally fallacious, whether you're talking about sex or something else.

yayfulness wrote:"if it feels so good, then how can it be wrong?"

One step at a time, playerfulness. Let's get you seeing oceans first. :D

The Most Unwanted Song
I absolutely loved this--kudos Yog and Anne!

Dead Cat wrote:The Most Unwanted Song
I absolutely loved this--kudos Yog and Anne!

I got about three minutes into this before the children started singing and I couldn't take it anymore ... Yog and Anne's commentary was pretty awesome, though.

I don't remember the question anymore and I'm too lazy to go look for it, but one of the writers enlightened someone as to the fact that there is no third world anymore because there is no second world anymore and it made me very happy. Welcome to the 90s, kids. The Soviet Union is no more!!

NerdGirl wrote:I don't remember the question anymore and I'm too lazy to go look for it, but one of the writers enlightened someone as to the fact that there is no third world anymore because there is no second world anymore and it made me very happy. Welcome to the 90s, kids. The Soviet Union is no more!!

You're welcome. I wouldn't say it quite reaches the level of a pet peeve for me, but the term is outdated and there are better and more descriptive words for the developing world.

yayfulness wrote:

NerdGirl wrote:I don't remember the question anymore and I'm too lazy to go look for it, but one of the writers enlightened someone as to the fact that there is no third world anymore because there is no second world anymore and it made me very happy. Welcome to the 90s, kids. The Soviet Union is no more!!

You're welcome. I wouldn't say it quite reaches the level of a pet peeve for me, but the term is outdated and there are better and more descriptive words for the developing world.

I was thinking that was you!!

yayfulness wrote:

NerdGirl wrote:I don't remember the question anymore and I'm too lazy to go look for it, but one of the writers enlightened someone as to the fact that there is no third world anymore because there is no second world anymore and it made me very happy. Welcome to the 90s, kids. The Soviet Union is no more!!

You're welcome. I wouldn't say it quite reaches the level of a pet peeve for me, but the term is outdated and there are better and more descriptive words for the developing world.

I think your overall point is sound, but I miss the phrase "the second world" because it was an instant indicator that the person using it was pretty well informed, since most people had no clue what it referred to.