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I think maybe I am not in the most patient mood today, well, let's be honest this week.

My big problem today is that people don't seem to understand the difference between knowledge, wisdom, and intelligence.

I won't name names, but most of these people are IRL so you wouldn't know them anyway.

Knowledge is what a person knows, sometimes refered to as "book smarts", I have more knowledge than my 4 year old.

Intelligence is how well a person can learn, not really how much they know, more how they learn. My 4 year old is more intelligent than me.

Wisdom is more than common sense, it's what you gain by life experience, I am more intelligent, and have more knowledge than my grandfather( who only made it to 3rd grade) but he is far more wise than I am ( and you would expect that from someone who is 80 years old)

so anyway, that's my rant (my shortened version anyway)

what annoys you today?

Hormonal, reality-deficient, wet-behind-the-ears teenagers! ;)

Hormonal, reality-deficient, wet-behind-the-ears teenagers! ;)

I never understood the phrase "wet behind the ears" Of course I'm just a 22 year old college student, so yea.

This is easy stuff, people.

Knowledge is a skill.

Intelligence affects how many spells you get if you're a wizard.

Wisdom does the same thing, but for druids and clerics.

what annoys you today?

Pigeons. I may explain why later.

Hormonal, reality-deficient, wet-behind-the-ears teenagers! ;)
yeah, I have dealt with my share of them today, had one call me, annoyed that her daddy wouldn't let her date this boy that she "like totally likes a lot" I tried to explain to her that her dad must have a reason for not wanting her to date this guy, that parent's don't just make rules to ruin your life, that he must have some reason..........

she got mad because I wasn't "on her side" :rolleyes:

seriously, I am not going to buy her "daddy just doesn't want me to have fun" excuse, she wants me to talk to her dad about it, and I refused, told her to talk to him about it...........

I am glad my kids are under 12..........how exactly can I keep them like that? freeze dry them?

Pigeons. I may explain why later.
No need to.

Same thing that always annoys me.

Goths
Emo's
and
Hippies

Pigeons. I may explain why later.
I hate pigeons, they try to dive bomb me everytime I am outside, once this kamikaze pigeon dove right into my windshield on the highway, broke my windshield made a big mess.......I hate pigeons.

Intelligence is how well a person can learn, not really how much they know, more how they learn. My 4 year old is more intelligent than me.
Many dictionaries define intelligence as the capacity to use reason, in which this should continue to increase with age, as you learn more complex forms of argument and have more information with which to reason.

I never understood the phrase "wet behind the ears" Of course I'm just a 22 year old college student, so yea.
I believe it has something to do with aural sex..

Many dictionaries define intelligence as the capacity to use reason, in which this should continue to increase with age, as you learn more complex forms of argument and have more information with which to reason.
so she is just going to get more intelligent?! that's scary........

I believe it has something to do with aural sex..
ROFL

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/404400.html

I believe it has something to do with aural sex..
Hehe... Aural...

A: "Fuck you!"
B: "Fuck you too!"

That's teenagers for you.

I never understood the phrase "wet behind the ears" Of course I'm just a 22 year old college student, so yea.
Heh! It refers to the birthing process. When a child is born, it's covered with amniotic fluid. The nurses dry them off pretty quickly, but supposedly the last place they dry is behind the baby's ears, soooo ... "still wet behind the ears" would mean .... ??? :D

ROFL

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/404400.html
What so only the ears get wet? That makes no sense..

What so only the ears get wet? That makes no sense..
no, that's the last place babies get wiped down, when they are born the nurses wipe down the major areas of thier bodies first, to warm them, when I held my kids they were still "wet behind the ears" even though they had a quick wipe down out of the womb. ;)

(they were still wet between the toes too, maybe that will be a new phrase)

what annoys you today?

I'm actually in a pretty good mood at the moment, despite a mild case of food poisoning. I was annoyed this morning when my puppy peed on my foot for no apparent reason, but got over that quickly enough... I'm sure something will annoy me by the end of the day though. Usually all it takes is watching the news. ;)

I think maybe I am not in the most patient mood today, well, let's be honest this week.

My big problem today is that people don't seem to understand the difference between knowledge, wisdom, and intelligence.

I won't name names, but most of these people are IRL so you wouldn't know them anyway.

Knowledge is what a person knows, sometimes refered to as "book smarts", I have more knowledge than my 4 year old.

Intelligence is how well a person can learn, not really how much they know, more how they learn. My 4 year old is more intelligent than me.

Wisdom is more than common sense, it's what you gain by life experience, I am more intelligent, and have more knowledge than my grandfather( who only made it to 3rd grade) but he is far more wise than I am ( and you would expect that from someone who is 80 years old)

so anyway, that's my rant (my shortened version anyway)

what annoys you today? if by IRL u mean Irish people please do not pick on them IRELAND RUULES

what annoys you today?

The fact that I can't be with the greatest guy in the world today annoys me.

if by IRL u mean Irish people please do not pick on them IRELAND RUULES

But of course you know she meant "In Real Life" as a contrast to in-forum characters, and you're playing offended to be funny. If not, now you know.

I can't believe this thread is almost two pages without anybody explaining the real difference between intelligence, wisdom, and knowledge.

Intelligence helps your wizard spells.
Wisdom helps your cleric spells.
Knowledge is a Lore skill checked to identify scrolls, wands, and canadian money.

I'm annoyed by the lack of decent puns that pervades the world of tabloid journalism..

Pigeons. I may explain why later.
it's appearently illegal to catch pigeons in Boston

me? I'm bitter at my knees.

if by IRL u mean Irish people please do not pick on them IRELAND RUULES
someone already explained, but the Irish are safe from my wrath, being that half of my family immigrated from there. ;) (they are the half that annoys me most though, but it's not because they are Irish......it's because they are democrats :eek: :p )

Knowledge is a Lore skill checked to identify scrolls, wands, and canadian money.
Correction; a whole string of skills, all equally pointless when you're in a novice party.

It annoys me when people don't know the difference between "stupid" or "unintelligent" and "ignorant". Ignorace is a condition of having a lack of knowledge. It does not imply a lack of intelligence, just a lack of information.

It also annoys me when people use the word "retarded" as an insult. Retardation is a medical condition, and I wouldn't use it to insult someone who was ignorant or had said something that implied a lack of intelligence any more than I would call a random bald person, "You damn cancer patient!" and laugh about it.

It annoys me when people don't know the difference between "stupid" or "unintelligent" and "ignorant". Ignorace is a condition of having a lack of knowledge. It does not imply a lack of intelligence, just a lack of information.
that also annoys me, I suppose it's kinda the flip side of my rant. I am ignorant in so many ways, but don't think I am unintelligent, although I may be stupid for not addressing my ignorance by learning more about the things I am lacking in.

People who can't stop smiling annoy me. Perkiness is equally irritating.

The fact that I can't be with the greatest guy in the world today annoys me.
That's true. I am kinda busy today. :D

I'm annoyed that we're almost out of Valentines candy.

And that I have to get new glasses.

me? I'm bitter at my knees.
Try staying off of them for awhile. :D

That's true. I am kinda busy today. :D
where is that trout smack smiley when I need it?;)

Try staying off of them for awhile. :D
ahaha. SO FUNNY!

okay, actually, it was. And sadly, I didn't even think of it being taken that way. Guess I deserved it. Just you wait old man, just you wait...

but no, they hurt from having either a tear in both of them, or tendonitis in both. grr.

where is that trout smack smiley when I need it?;)
Hehehe! :D

.. they hurt from having either a tear in both of them, or tendonitis in both. grr.
I'm sorry. I was making light of something that obviously is hurting you. My apologies. :(

I'm sorry. I was making light of something that obviously is hurting you. My apologies. :(
haha...no worries. It was damn funny. Always good to keep me on my toes (and yes, off my knees)

nah, my knees suck, but not enough for me to be all "waaahhh...pity me. Be careful or I may break!"

That's true. I am kinda busy today. :D

Har har.

I know your not my uh... bf.

Har har.

I know your not my uh... bf.
Sorry about that. You're too far away and there's only so much of me to go around! :D

Sorry about that. You're too far away and there's only so much of me to go around! :D

cries at not being with the person she loves :(

cries at not being with the person she loves :(
Awwww! :fluffle: :fluffle: :fluffle:

Awwww! :fluffle: :fluffle: :fluffle:

Thanks Eutrusca. I needed that.

okay so it's like 9am and already I am annoyed, I think I am going to quit answering the phone, really.

why do people say "with all due respect" if right after that they are going to say something disrespectful, or worse, insult you........

what respect could they possibly have for me if they are going to be so rude?

Same thing that always annoys me.

Goths
Emo's
and
Hippies
It'd be pretty funny to have all three locked in the same room together though.




Well, not unless you were locked in there with them.

What annoys me today...well my ex-husband calling to tell our daughter that he can't see her and her sister and brother AGAIN this week because he has no money....he has seen them twice this year, for about an hour and a half tops, they don't know where he lives, and he is fighting me for such a big chunk of our family home that the only way I can pay him is to sell it.....thereby making myself and the kids homeless, and the fact that the only reason that we have this house at all is because my parents bought it for us does not seem to matter to the judge....shall I stop now?


*rant rant rant

What annoys me today...well my ex-husband calling to tell our daughter that he can't see her and her sister and brother AGAIN this week because he has no money....he has seen them twice this year, for about an hour and a half tops, they don't know where he lives, and he is fighting me for such a big chunk of our family home that the only way I can pay him is to sell it.....thereby making myself and the kids homeless, and the fact that the only reason that we have this house at all is because my parents bought it for us does not seem to matter to the judge....shall I stop now?
Wow! That's a far cry from the way things are handled in dear old North Carolina. Here, the wife seems to get everything and the ex-husband winds up living with a friend or two in a used moblie home! :eek:

Thanks Eutrusca. I needed that.
Well, it's not much at all, but about all I can manage on here. :fluffle:

*rant rant rant........

He has enough money to hire an expensive Barrister to fight me, enough money to buy real expensive clothes and electronics, enough money to eat out....and yet even though the place where we all live is a small island 27 miles by 12 miles he cant get to see his three children....he can get to visit his lawyer though....and his new girlfriend.....


(BTW not bitter about him being my ex or having a GF, as it was me that asked for the divorce because he was an a**hole, and oddly he is proving it right now)

I'm annoyed by the lack of decent puns that pervades the world of tabloid journalism..

Will they ever think of anything better then,

"Nut Screws Washers and Bolts"....?

*rant rant rant........

He has enough money to hire an expensive Barrister to fight me, enough money to buy real expensive clothes and electronics, enough money to eat out....and yet even though the place where we all live is a small island 27 miles by 12 miles he cant get to see his three children....he can get to visit his lawyer though....and his new girlfriend.....


(BTW not bitter about him being my ex or having a GF, as it was me that asked for the divorce because he was an a**hole, and oddly he is proving it right now)
Is it just my overactive imagination, or are there actually far more male assholes than female ones?? :headbang:

okay so it's like 9am and already I am annoyed, I think I am going to quit answering the phone, really.

why do people say "with all due respect" if right after that they are going to say something disrespectful, or worse, insult you........

what respect could they possibly have for me if they are going to be so rude?
Well Smunkeeville... With all Due Respect... :fluffle:

Hope the rest of your day get's better.

what annoys you today?
That my stupid cold is getting worse and worse and worse. I hate being sick.

That the boiler broke and I don't have any hot water, and that the repair guy wouldn't have showed up until Monday (!) if not for the inspired lies from our maintenance guy. At least now he'll come tomorrow.

Today has really been a very annoying mix between :( and :mad:.

Well Smunkeeville... With all Due Respect... :fluffle:

Hope the rest of your day get's better.
me too.

I really want to call them back and be like "with all due respect YOU SUCK" but that wouldn't be very nice, and professional and Christian-like or whatever.

me too.

I really want to call them back and be like "with all due respect YOU SUCK" but that wouldn't be very nice, and professional and Christian-like or whatever.
It never stopped me! :D

Can you say "transmitting threats of immediate bodily harm,' boys and girls? :D

or those indian guys who keep calling me and telling me they are called John Smith and want to tell me about how lucky I am to have been selected to have the amazing offer of a top of the range mobile(cell)phone...

GO AWAY!

or those indian guys who keep calling me and telling me they are called John Smith and want to tell me about how lucky I am to have been selected to have the amazing offer of a top of the range mobile(cell)phone...

GO AWAY!
at least you got a human on the line. I get the recording "Please hold on for a very important message" then when the telemarketer starts their speil, I interrupt by saying "Sorry, not important, goodbye." and hang up on them.

This is easy stuff, people.

Knowledge is a skill.

Intelligence affects how many spells you get if you're a wizard.

Wisdom does the same thing, but for druids and clerics.

Much <3. Much, much <3.

*rant rant rant........

He has enough money to hire an expensive Barrister to fight me, enough money to buy real expensive clothes and electronics, enough money to eat out....and yet even though the place where we all live is a small island 27 miles by 12 miles he cant get to see his three children....he can get to visit his lawyer though....and his new girlfriend.....


(BTW not bitter about him being my ex or having a GF, as it was me that asked for the divorce because he was an a**hole, and oddly he is proving it right now)

Why would you want him to visit your kids? Isn't it usually the other way around, with the exwife preventing the exhusband from visiting?

Well, he is their Dad, and as much as he is bahaving badly I keep thinking about how I would feel if my dad did not want to see me when I was a child....also my eldest girl took an overdose last year after not seeing her dad for 6 weeks (it was not the only reason) and he refused to come to the hospital whilst I was there....I would like him to fall of the face of the planet, but I want him to be a good dad to our children..I suppose I need to get over that and realise that he isn't and won't be....so thats my real rant isn't it? I married a man and had three wonderful children with him...and he is too much of an asshole to realise what he is missing.

This is easy stuff, people.

Knowledge is a skill.

Intelligence affects how many spells you get if you're a wizard.

Wisdom does the same thing, but for druids and clerics.

Nonono, foolish child.

Everyone knows that intelligence adds modifiers to your skill points, and wisdom adds modifiers to your Force points. Also, the Force powers of a Jedi with high wisdom are much harder to resist.

Dunno what knowledge is - probably how many feats.powers.skill points you have. :D:D

Nonono, foolish child.

Everyone knows that intelligence adds modifiers to your skill points, and wisdom adds modifiers to your Force points. Also, the Force powers of a Jedi with high wisdom are much harder to resist.

Dunno what knowledge is - probably how many feats.powers.skill points you have. :D:D

You're both correct. In D&D, he is correct. In KOTOR, you are correct.

Regardless, much <3 to you both.

It never stopped me! :D

Can you say "transmitting threats of immediate bodily harm,' boys and girls? :D
hey, I am supposed to be setting an example for my children, they are with me 24/7 they have seen me loose it about 6 times too many, in the event that I actually am able to keep my mouth shut I try to do that.

Although, I found a problem with thier little plan, big problem, massive problem, huge it's gonna mess up everything problem, and I am debating whether to tell them about it, or just sit aside and watch as thier whole world falls apart Sunday night and say "oh, well, I probably could have fixed that before tonight but you know with all due respect, I am just a stay at home mom who doesn't have a real job"

You're both correct. In D&D, he is correct. In KOTOR, you are correct.

Regardless, much <3 to you both.

Hehe, yeah I know (great fan of Baldur's Gate etc) I just couldn't resist :D

Although, I found a problem with thier little plan, big problem, massive problem, huge it's gonna mess up everything problem, and I am debating whether to tell them about it, or just sit aside and watch as thier whole world falls apart Sunday night and say "oh, well, I probably could have fixed that before tonight but you know with all due respect, I am just a stay at home mom who doesn't have a real job"

Well, the appropriate decision has a few factors:

1. Do you like them?
2. Will the problem affect you in any way (positive or negative)?
3. How much effort is required in helping?

Well, the appropriate decision has a few factors:

1. Do you like them?

not one little bitty bit do I like them, I think they are evil.

2. Will the problem affect you in any way (positive or negative)?

no, but indirectly it could make someone I do like look incompetent, or at least look like he hires incompetent people.




3. How much effort is required in helping?
a phone call.

no, but indirectly it could make someone I do like look incompetent, or at least look like he hires incompetent people.

a phone call.

Well, you've got:
the severity of the consequences of him looking incompetent
how you feel about the consequences to the people you don't like
the effort <least significant factor obviously, although it depends how much you like phone calls>

Well, you've got:
the severity of the consequences of him looking incompetent
how you feel about the consequences to the people you don't like
the effort <least significant factor obviously, although it depends how much you like phone calls>
can't I at least wait until it's almost too late for her to fix it so I can see her scramble and feel stupid? please!!:p

Yeah, I just called her, she freaked out........it was soooo funny.

can't I at least wait until it's almost too late for her to fix it so I can see her scramble and feel stupid? please!!:p

Yeah, I just called her, she freaked out........it was soooo funny.

I don't have any interesting anecdotes about incompetence, which is either fortunate, or merely a sign that the incompetence around me is high in quantity rather than "quality" (severity).

Try to calm down smunkeeville all this rage and ranting isn't good for you. Think happy thoughts.

I think maybe I am not in the most patient mood today, well, let's be honest this week.

My big problem today is that people don't seem to understand the difference between knowledge, wisdom, and intelligence.

I won't name names, but most of these people are IRL so you wouldn't know them anyway.

Knowledge is what a person knows, sometimes refered to as "book smarts", I have more knowledge than my 4 year old.

Intelligence is how well a person can learn, not really how much they know, more how they learn. My 4 year old is more intelligent than me.

Wisdom is more than common sense, it's what you gain by life experience, I am more intelligent, and have more knowledge than my grandfather( who only made it to 3rd grade) but he is far more wise than I am ( and you would expect that from someone who is 80 years old)

so anyway, that's my rant (my shortened version anyway)

what annoys you today?

People who think i can't see through their lies, usually. Goddammit, i've been lied to by professionals and now i have to deal with not very gifted amateurs. It's insulting!

Try to calm down smunkeeville all this rage and ranting isn't good for you. Think happy thoughts.
if people weren't so annoying it would be easier, don't you agree?

I have a very happy thought today, that is, that my husband is taking me out on a date tomorrow night (if of course my kids get to a non-contagious point in thier sickness before then)

what annoys you today?
People who cannot understand the distinction between "is" and "may eventually become."

People who insist that "winners don't do drugs."

Joe Lieberman's continued presence in my universe.

People who cannot understand the distinction between "is" and "may eventually become."
well, I suppose that depends on what your definition of "is" is.

sorry I couldn't help it, I really am trying to get into a better mood.

People should take TOK (theory of knowledge), that'll teach them what knowledge/intelligence/wisdom is. Imagine having to write a really long essay just about how to define knowledge... yeah...

well, I suppose that depends on what your definition of "is" is.

sorry I couldn't help it, I really am trying to get into a better mood.
Hehe, no worries...that actually got a smile from me, and I'm cranky today too.

what annoys you today?

Oh, just the same things that annoyed me yesterday and probably the day before.

That the guy I've been checking out does not have the least bit of interest in me and now seems to avoid talking to me.

That I've caught the flu. It is kind of scary, with all those dead birds around...

That the guy.. uhm, well, I obviously cannot stop thinking of him. :headbang:

'Nuff said.

Hehe, no worries...that actually got a smile from me, and I'm cranky today too.
LOL, I am happy then. When you read it did you hear the Bill Clinton voice? I did. made it more funny. :p

Mononucleosis :(

I've been out of school for about 3 months.

I'm going to have to drop an AP class I have right now and take it next year, and take a different graduation requirement for the rest of the quarter. It'll work out fine, but it'll still suck.


I will get to take World History Honors and AP US History at the same time next year, though. Should be fun, lol.

Mononucleosis :(

I've been out of school for about 3 months.

I'm going to have to drop an AP class I have right now and take it next year, and take a different graduation requirement for the rest of the quarter. It'll work out fine, but it'll still suck.


I will get to take World History Honors and AP US History at the same time next year, though. Should be fun, lol.
mono eh?

isn't that the kissing disease?

OK, so its just the minor, little things that are annoying me right now (maybe I should just go home and call it a day)

went out for a smoke (I am in the lab at a university) and classes were changing. this girl walking in front of me stops dead in her tracks to pull on her mittens (its snowing like mad outside) and then glares at me when i bump into her on accident. i apologize and get the normal whatever. not my fault you stop dead in your tracks in the middle of a crowded hallway.

I go out the door and hold the door for the person behind me, and end up holding it for a zillion other people. when i finally let go, it smacked some dude because he wasn't paying attention and he gave me a dirty look and called me not a nice name. not my fault you walk through a door and not look where you are going.

while trying to enjoy my smoke in the cold, wet, nasty weather, some chick walks up to me, starts talking about fred astire movies and then bluntly tells me I have no taste in movies or anything when i politely tell her i don't like fred astaire.

and that was just the last 15 min or so. the rest of the day has been equally full of stupidity and annoyances. maybe its the weather. i think i may just pack it in for today and trudge home in the snow...........either that or start chucking snowballs out the lab window.....

This is easy stuff, people.

Knowledge is a skill.

Intelligence affects how many spells you get if you're a wizard.

Wisdom does the same thing, but for druids and clerics.
Hey now, some warrior feats require high intelligence and let us not forget the skill bonuses and saving throws, hmm?