Not Stupid 2016-12-06
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Not Stupid 2016-12-06
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Atsali may be not-stupid about academic things, but her interpersonal skills are somewhat impoverished.
Atsali may be not-stupid about academic things, but her interpersonal skills are somewhat impoverished.
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Re: Not Stupid 2016-12-06
I wonder what the paranormal equivalent of the "birds and the bees" talk is...
Kath looks happy... or maybe relieved the kids haven't twigged on how unwound she is after her vacation... and why that is. Question is... Castela smelled the change in Atsali... I wonder if she can pick up anything from Kath?
Kath looks happy... or maybe relieved the kids haven't twigged on how unwound she is after her vacation... and why that is. Question is... Castela smelled the change in Atsali... I wonder if she can pick up anything from Kath?
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Re: Not Stupid 2016-12-06
I expect that she more than picked up any scents but is wise enough not to mention it. Just when i was hoping that with age would come experience and a better grasp on interpersonal relationships Sali whips out a new cluex4 proof hairdo.
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Re: Not Stupid 2016-12-06
...and she seemed to be doing so much better...
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Re: Not Stupid 2016-12-06
Dorkus Maximus indeed ... oh girl, how can anyone be SO oblivious about things ? It should be possible just by watching any kind of romantic comedy, to gather some minimal knowledge about interpersonal communication
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Re: Not Stupid 2016-12-06
In other news, the ocean is somewhat wet...Opus the Poet wrote:linky http://wapsisquare.com/comic/not-stupid/
Atsali may be not-stupid about academic things, but her interpersonal skills are somewhat impoverished.
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Re: Not Stupid 2016-12-06
Given what passes off as romantic comedies nowadays, she may well be better off doing without...Akasha wrote:Dorkus Maximus indeed ... oh girl, how can anyone be SO oblivious about things ? It should be possible just by watching any kind of romantic comedy, to gather some minimal knowledge about interpersonal communication
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Re: Not Stupid 2016-12-06
The only thing more oblivious than 'Sali is a pedestrian in a Walmart parking lot.
Re: Not Stupid 2016-12-06
Seattle drivers are worse.AmriloJim wrote:The only thing more oblivious than 'Sali is a pedestrian in a Walmart parking lot.
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Re: Not Stupid 2016-12-06
- I'm thinking Catela was too distracted by recent events to delve into "and what where You up to while you where away, Mooooom?" type questions.
- Atsali is trusting enough of Nadette to not examine her motives; Forest for the Trees, indeed.
It's almost like everybody else has at least a bit of X-Ray Vision and Atsali only can see the outer surface of things...
- Atsali is trusting enough of Nadette to not examine her motives; Forest for the Trees, indeed.
It's almost like everybody else has at least a bit of X-Ray Vision and Atsali only can see the outer surface of things...
Re: Not Stupid 2016-12-06
It feels as if it's consistent with her inability to read facial expressions or body language - and in fact these all may be aspects of the same thing. Atsali seems to have an overall "blindness" to other peoples' emotional states (and hence their motivations).TazManiac wrote:It's almost like everybody else has at least a bit of X-Ray Vision and Atsali only can see the outer surface of things...
It's an odd disconnect... odd in that she has a very good, *rational* "theory of mind". She's not cold or sociopathic, she cares about how other people are feeling... she just has difficulty making the connection.
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Re: Not Stupid 2016-12-06
The difference is she has emotions. She experiences real emotions and feelings, but once she tries to comprehend those same things in anyone other than herself, she's completely befuddled.
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Re: Not Stupid 2016-12-06
Atsali told Euryale that she's already had that talk. I suppose that being told and experiencing the preludes in person are two different things.DilyV wrote:I wonder what the paranormal equivalent of the "birds and the bees" talk is...
And would birds and bees be considered improper euphemisms for talking to Castela about such matters?
Re: Not Stupid 2016-12-06
'Carpels and Stamens'.
I'm hoping the Tumbelweed will have some natural avoidance/protection to/against stray Wind & Water born Pollen in the future.
It's a ways off, but I'm pretty sure she's all ready picked up on 'the basics'- besides;
her peer-group is cross-species/genus, so I'd think they'd all have intermingled their collective know-it-all by now...
I'm hoping Castela's character will have conscious control over actual reproduction, even if the effects of Spring and the 'drive to get pollinated' might be beyond tamping down.
I'm hoping the Tumbelweed will have some natural avoidance/protection to/against stray Wind & Water born Pollen in the future.
It's a ways off, but I'm pretty sure she's all ready picked up on 'the basics'- besides;
her peer-group is cross-species/genus, so I'd think they'd all have intermingled their collective know-it-all by now...
I'm hoping Castela's character will have conscious control over actual reproduction, even if the effects of Spring and the 'drive to get pollinated' might be beyond tamping down.
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Re: Not Stupid 2016-12-06
Opus the Poet wrote:linky http://wapsisquare.com/comic/not-stupid/
Atsali may be not-stupid about academic things, but her interpersonal skills are somewhat impoverished.
The multiple intelligences theory:
Interpersonal
Intrapersonal ("know thy self")
Visual-Spacial
Musical-Rhythmic
Bodily-Kinesthetic
verbal-linguistic
logical-mathematical
Naturalistic
With existential and moral intelligences also being suggested.
"Occam's razor is a fine thing, but the universe is a Rube-Goldberg machine."