Irontiger wrote:
but most likely you won't rally to my reasons
No I won't. Have a nice day.
I've stopped posting stats on TT (Formerly Complaint about my comments on TT)
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tonightatsix wrote:
Scottrf wrote:
Call it what it is. It's vanity.
Scott, there are people like you who think that if you put something out there, the only motivation must be is to brag and be vain. That is like saying that an artist is vain when he makes a painting, or a writer is vain because she published a book, because eveything one produces must be to show off to someoneelse and be vain.....
Has it ever occurred to you that some people do what they do because they just like to do it? i.e. I left the stats because I like to do that.
I don't think that all record keeping is for vanity. But you're gonna think what you're gonna think. So I acknowledge that you think I am vain.
This reminds me of an incident at my church. There was a gingerbread house making contest for the Sunday school kids. My son made a gingerbread house and he is clumsy so the output was not very good and naturally he did not win the contest, and to my great surprise, he started crying bitterly because he didn't win. I completely failed to understand that sentiment. I mean I would understand his crying if he was close to winning, but he was not even in the contention. If I were in his shoes, I would be like "Oh, I didn't win because my gingerbread house was not so good" and I would get over it and go play something else. But not my son. He was inconsolable and after a while I got annoyed with him. And some other boy saw that I was getting impatient and gave me a real dirty look. Then it dawned on me, that I could not understand my son because such trait was so foreign to my personality. But another boy could empathize with my son because he knew exactly how my son felt. To them, everything is a competition, everything is a challenge to prove his self worth, everything is for show, everything determines hierarchy, and he failed so he was crying.
I guess I do care where I stand in a crowd to a certain degree, but the thought is not at the forefront of my mindset as it seems to be with.....(I dare say) men. I do things mostly because I like to do them. I leave the stats because I like to do so, I don't record the failure because I don't feel like doing that.
I know when I am being vain. Before I am stepping out the door, I try to make myself presentable. I guess I am being vain then for sure. I admit that.
If being vain means making sure i brushed my teeth...washed my hair...put deodorant on...then yea im vain.
Oh ye! and make sure i put clothes on. MY vanity knows no bounds.
Keep your records private. Seems like those comments would clutter the comment section which (I assume) is meant to talk about why some lines do/don't work and moves people found difficult.
Scottrf wrote:
It's not record keeping.
Does a business record sales without expenditure?
Anyway, I'm not making any impression, so lets agree to disagree. Have a good day.
You have made an impression. Now I know that opinion such as yours exist. And yes, let's agree to disagree.
Have a good day.
nobodyreally wrote:
Thank you. Just hope I don't regret it!
Nobodyreally, I hope I have a friend who would vouch for me like you did Kaynight :)
Jul 17, 2014
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#87
tonightatsix wrote:
nobodyreally wrote:
Thank you. Just hope I don't regret it!
Nobodyreally, I hope I have a friend who would vouch for me like you did Kaynight :)
I will regret it! But that's no reason not to do it. lol
"I don't find it particularly enriching to see others saying that they failed. I haven't actually gained or lost anything by that information. So I don't feel bad or vain about not including the comments that I failed. "
I don't know what to think of a total masochist myself. But I most prefer the third option. Someone who posts both failures and successes, or at least, does not affect their posting on that. It just seems more genuine that way; as if they are posting because they're just interested, and not because of how good it makes them look.
But I'm not judging you. I don't really sense vanity coming from you; I'm just saying I can see why some would interpret it that way.
Elubas wrote:
"I don't find it particularly enriching to see others saying that they failed. I haven't actually gained or lost anything by that information. So I don't feel bad or vain about not including the comments that I failed. "
I don't know what to think of a total masochist myself. But I most prefer the third option. Someone who posts both failures and successes, or at least, does not affect their posting on that. It just seems more genuine that way; as if they are posting because they're just interested, and not because of how good it makes them look.
But I'm not judging you. I don't really sense vanity coming from you; I'm just saying I can see why some would interpret it that way.
I find specific lines of how they missed the puzzle useful. Encouraging if I missed it for the same reason, empowering if I saw exactly why that line / move didn't work, and instructive if I dismissed the line for the wrong reason.
kaynight wrote:
All friends together again. Whoopee!!!
haha hello, kaynight :)
"Has it ever occurred to you that some people do what they do because they just like to do it? i.e. I left the stats because I like to do that."
I like to because I like to. I'm sure that's true, but circular arguments don't contribute much :)
"I guess I do care where I stand in a crowd to a certain degree, but the thought is not at the forefront of my mindset as it seems to be with.....(I dare say) men"
I'm surprised it took this long before someone turned something into a gender issue :)
Jul 17, 2014
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#93
About the topic at hand.
I, in fact, DO find it annoying if people post there attempts.
Just for the reason I think the possibility to comment is there for the sole reason to point out mistakes in the tactics or to speak about the problem itself. I'm sure that's why that section is there. To me it's like ugly graffiti.
I DO NOT find it so annoying that it's worth going on about for too long.
I just don't read them, like I don't look at ugly graffiti. Problem solved.
tonightatsix wrote:
Irontiger wrote:
but most likely you won't rally to my reasons
No I won't. Have a nice day.
You just got burned, Irontiger!
samky01 wrote:
Elubas wrote:
"I don't find it particularly enriching to see others saying that they failed. I haven't actually gained or lost anything by that information. So I don't feel bad or vain about not including the comments that I failed. "
I don't know what to think of a total masochist myself. But I most prefer the third option. Someone who posts both failures and successes, or at least, does not affect their posting on that. It just seems more genuine that way; as if they are posting because they're just interested, and not because of how good it makes them look.
But I'm not judging you. I don't really sense vanity coming from you; I'm just saying I can see why some would interpret it that way.
I find specific lines of how they missed the puzzle useful. Encouraging if I missed it for the same reason, empowering if I saw exactly why that line / move didn't work, and instructive if I dismissed the line for the wrong reason.
hello samky :)
OK. If it would make things better, I will post my failures, too. This means you guys will see three times more of me in TT. lol Wait, I will post my failures in all cases except when I am the first one to comment. I wanna relinquish that occasion to a person who has passed the puzzle :)
This might sound bizzarre but I cannot put into words how I solved the puzzle. It kind of comes to me almost like a gut feeling or inspiration. And I am almost never certain if my answer is right as I proceed. I wish my mind was a better calculator so that I can describe the logic that preceded the answer and talk about this line or that line. Hopefully I will improve so that I can contribute better.
nobodyreally wrote:
I just don't read them
Very good idea. If you don't like it, you don't have to read it :) I think that is very sensible :)
kaynight wrote:
tonight: Hola!!
Como estas, mi amigo? :) (OK that is the extent of my Spanish, and even that I had to use the google translator)
Jul 17, 2014
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#98
tonightatsix, you recently completed problemID 0516692. You were the only person to have commented on it after 17 people had attempted it. Below, is how the comment page might have looked if all 17 people had posted how well they had done on it. Now if you as the 17th person to do the puzzle had something interesting to say then no one would read it because they would not wade through all the other information on the page to read it.
Elubas wrote:
tonightatsix wrote:
Irontiger wrote:
but most likely you won't rally to my reasons
No I won't. Have a nice day.
You just got burned, Irontiger!
Oh I burned him? Sorry! lol I just replied to him with the manner which he spoke to me.
I agree. That's what matters. I also agree that failure is a big part of success. Having said that it stresses me out when I fail the puzzles and I fail more than I pass and I feel no need to add on to my stress by keeping record of it. Is it helpful for others to see that I failed? I don't think so. I don't find it particularly enriching to see others saying that they failed. I haven't actually gained or lost anything by that information. So I don't feel bad or vain about not including the comments that I failed.