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Re:Why I Quit Being So Accommodating (1922) by wccrawford on Friday May 26, 2017 @12:21PM (#14425158)
When I ask, "Is it possible to draw 7 perpendicular lines?" I want the answer, "No." If I want to know why, I'll ask why. If I want an alternative, I'll ask for it.

Instead, what was happening was that after they asked their question and I answered, "no," they'd walk away and not attempt to get my help again with it afterwards.

For the longest time, I thought they were like me and that they were looking to have their question answered. They weren't. They were trying (clumsily) to get help with their problem.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKorP55Aqvg

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Re:Why I Quit Being So Accommodating (1922) by Xcelerate on Tuesday May 30, 2017 @06:42PM (#14449155)
> When I ask, "Is it possible to draw 7 perpendicular lines?" I want the answer, "No."

Depends. Are we assuming you can't draw in seven dimensional Hilbert space?

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Re:Why I Quit Being So Accommodating (1922) by wccrawford on Thursday June 01, 2017 @07:31AM (#14459412)
Yeah. I can barely draw in 2-dimensional space, and drawing in 3-dimensional space requires equipment that the company won't provide. There's no way I'm going to manage 7-dimensional drawing.
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