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looby (LOO-bee) noun
An awkward, clumsy, lazy fellow.
[From Middle English loby, from lob (bumpkin).]
I hate guest lecturers who try to "pump you up" but really are only yelling at their audience. Especially when they have awful New York accents.
I care about the situation in Darfur, lady. I really do. But when you scream at me in such uninspiringly frightening tones, I'm liable to go on updating my lj and ignore you. Because you are scary. And I don't like the fact that you're yelling at a basic sociology class in a very accusatory tone. We are 18, 19, 20 years old. Yes, we can do something (if only a little) about it, but even if we're just sitting on our asses uncaring, it's probably because people like you are so very frightening and uninspiring. Seriously. You win more flies with speaking calmly than with shrieking.
I'm not asking to be spoonfed, or have things sugarcoated; but I promise if you tone it down a little and just present the facts, their horror will speak for themselves. We'll listen, because we're human and we like train wrecks and tragedies. You don't have to have an aneurysm over this. It won't do anyone a bit of good.
I'm not saying this woman's points aren't good ones -- they're excellent. But the way she's delivering them absolutely turns me off. Ignoration is in order.
Whoever imagines himself a favorite with God holds others in contempt. -Robert Green Ingersoll
An awkward, clumsy, lazy fellow.
[From Middle English loby, from lob (bumpkin).]
I hate guest lecturers who try to "pump you up" but really are only yelling at their audience. Especially when they have awful New York accents.
I care about the situation in Darfur, lady. I really do. But when you scream at me in such uninspiringly frightening tones, I'm liable to go on updating my lj and ignore you. Because you are scary. And I don't like the fact that you're yelling at a basic sociology class in a very accusatory tone. We are 18, 19, 20 years old. Yes, we can do something (if only a little) about it, but even if we're just sitting on our asses uncaring, it's probably because people like you are so very frightening and uninspiring. Seriously. You win more flies with speaking calmly than with shrieking.
I'm not asking to be spoonfed, or have things sugarcoated; but I promise if you tone it down a little and just present the facts, their horror will speak for themselves. We'll listen, because we're human and we like train wrecks and tragedies. You don't have to have an aneurysm over this. It won't do anyone a bit of good.
I'm not saying this woman's points aren't good ones -- they're excellent. But the way she's delivering them absolutely turns me off. Ignoration is in order.
Whoever imagines himself a favorite with God holds others in contempt. -Robert Green Ingersoll