Shabbaton

[Dr Moose]

@Moose
can we start a topic in the general discussion and then go back and forth answering each other?

okay, here is the plan:
I'm gonna "sell" something in the goods for sale board and we'll go back and forth about the item thats for sale.

[CountValentine]

Now you want to game DDF. When does this ever end? 

[Chief Rabbi of New York]

okay, here is the plan:
I'm gonna "sell" something in the goods for sale board and we'll go back and forth about the item thats for sale.

when r we begining,
u can say for example ur selling tickets to the superbowl, i would say what teams r playing,ull answer, then ill say what date, what day of the week, what time, how many tickets, how much u want, how much is face value, r the tickets good seats? where r they located? is that near the 50 yard line, near the end zone, whats the weather supposed to be?

and u can just answer each one in one or two words 

[Achas Veachas]

Now you want to game DDF. When does this ever end? 

That's what happens when you're too nice to n00bs CV

[CountValentine]

That's what happens when you're too nice to n00bs CV

Even the n00bs should know better.

[mmermss]

i wasnt invited 

It can very well be because they were planning it before you signed up to DDF....

[rots5]

It can very well be because they were planning it before you signed up to DDF....

welcme back!

[judahk88]

welcme back!

+1

[wayfe]

Now you want to game DDF. When does this ever end? 

Ever heard of Pygmalion?

[CountValentine]

Ever heard of Pygmalion?

No.

[wayfe]

No.

Oh, it's basically this story where this presidential elite expert creates a n00b and the creature outdoes it's creator...

[CountValentine]

Oh, it's basically this story where this presidential elite expert creates a n00b and the creature outdoes it's creator...

So basically something that is not real? 

[Penguin711]

Oh, it's basically this story where this presidential elite expert creates a n00b and the creature outdoes it's creator...

According to google - the Pygmalion  effect is a phenomenon in which the greater the expectation placed upon people, the better they perform

[wayfe]

So basically something that is not real? 

It happens all the time.
Students outdo their teachers
The mentee eclipses the mentor
Children become greater than the father

[wayfe]

According to google - the Pygmalion  effect is a phenomenon in which the greater the expectation placed upon people, the better they perform

Actually, the original Greek myth version is that a sculptor creates a sculpture so lifelike that he falls in love with it and eventually it becomes human.

Then there is Pygmalion, the play which later became "My Fair Lady"

All have the theme of the creator becoming dependent on the creature they created.

[Achas Veachas]

Silly me, and I thought you were talking about him

[CountValentine]

It happens all the time.
Students outdo their teachers
The mentee eclipses the mentor
Children become greater than the father

…and the young grasshopper became greater than his master. OK I get it now.

[chucksterace]

…and the young grasshopper became greater than his master. OK I get it now.

Nah. The young grasshopper can never become greater than his master, bc when he starts to become great the master just steps on him and crushes him.

[Dan]

Nah. The young grasshopper can never become greater than his master, bc when he starts to become great the master just steps on him and crushes him.

Getting good use out of this one.

[wayfe]

Nah. The young grasshopper can never become greater than his master, bc when he starts to become great the master just steps on him and crushes him.

Impossible. Considering that the master is not a human but an elder grasshopper who is old, frail and too proud of his charge...