Thanks! That's me in the Hamilton-Sundstrand Mars suit prototype, last summer on Devon Island when we were comparing suited humans to rovers doing geology.
I'm not sure when things changed, but they definitely did.
Does that mean that the polarity changed (i.e., career-asking used to be easier than personal/social-asking) or simply that career-asking became much harder?
approaching pretty girls seems tantamount to facing polar bears
(chuckle) I think I'll make that one a separate posting...
What does it "say about you" Heh. (grin)
It could say one of several things or nothing about me, depending on the underlying meaning... interpreted by inflection, emphasis, body language and attitude, I guess.
If the pretty girl's emphasis was on "I *really* can't...", with no future indication of change, then it sounds like "no, not ever, but I'm letting you down easily." In which case it would say that I'm less interesting/attractive/compatible than any other people with whom the given pretty girl socializes or will in the future. In that particular person's judgement...
If the emphasis was on "...*can't* right now", it might reflect purely external circumstances (and hence say little about me) or a desire to gather more information (in which case I *might* be interesting, but will need to be more accessible before being welcomed as a friend).
If there were a pause before "... __right now," then it would sound like the pretty girl is actually somewhat interested but too busy to do anything at the moment. In which case, it would actually say something mildly positive about me, as viewed by the pretty girl.
So there are multiple interpretations of the same few, simple words that could say vastly-different things about me (or nothing about me at all...). But YMMV ... it is all guesswork.
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Date: 2003-01-31 12:03 am (UTC)I'm not sure when things changed, but they definitely did.
Does that mean that the polarity changed (i.e., career-asking used to be easier than personal/social-asking) or simply that career-asking became much harder?
approaching pretty girls seems tantamount to facing polar bears
(chuckle) I think I'll make that one a separate posting...
What does it "say about you"
Heh. (grin)
It could say one of several things or nothing about me, depending on the underlying meaning... interpreted by inflection, emphasis, body language and attitude, I guess.
If the pretty girl's emphasis was on "I *really* can't...", with no future indication of change, then it sounds like "no, not ever, but I'm letting you down easily." In which case it would say that I'm less interesting/attractive/compatible than any other people with whom the given pretty girl socializes or will in the future. In that particular person's judgement...
If the emphasis was on "...*can't* right now", it might reflect purely external circumstances (and hence say little about me) or a desire to gather more information (in which case I *might* be interesting, but will need to be more accessible before being welcomed as a friend).
If there were a pause before "... __right now," then it would sound like the pretty girl is actually somewhat interested but too busy to do anything at the moment. In which case, it would actually say something mildly positive about me, as viewed by the pretty girl.
So there are multiple interpretations of the same few, simple words that could say vastly-different things about me (or nothing about me at all...). But YMMV ... it is all guesswork.