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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Or you can say, You're So Goodlooking.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Tim, you wanna get drunk at the Sox
game?</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=martian@MIT.EDU href="mailto:martian@MIT.EDU">Mars</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=list@bostoncriticalmass.org
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, August 17, 2006 2:14
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [*BCM*] Boston Bikers</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=-1>Friendliness is defined by how you how you
interact with people, not by going out of your way to show people you are
friendly.<BR><BR>Instead of saying "Hello!", why not say, "I'm
friendly!"</FONT><BR><BR><A class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated
href="mailto:TSmith4918@aol.com">TSmith4918@aol.com</A> wrote:
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<DIV>well, thanks for adding reason </DIV>
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<DIV>"J: PREFERENCE FOR A MEANINGFUL LIFE: most folks can't
be bothered by meaningless, empty, and fake gestures such as insincere
greetings that might be misconstrued as so-called friendliness. The
search for meaning is way too energy consuming and can't be distracted,
derailed, or debiked by meaningless.</DIV>
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<DIV>my god, I've suddenly realized how shallow I am.</DIV>
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<DIV>keep em coming.</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 8/17/2006 12:37:20 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, <A
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href="mailto:martian@MIT.EDU">martian@MIT.EDU</A> writes:</DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>If
you were wearing a hat, would you say hi to everyone you saw wearing <BR>a
hat?<BR><BR>What's the point of saying hello anyway? I suspect one might
answer that <BR>question with, "It's nice." Well, I don't think it is; I
think it's <BR>meaningless, empty, and fake.<BR><BR>Personally, I'm
already annoyed by how many people I have to talk to on <BR>a daily basis.
The last thing I want is a 2 second 'conversation' to <BR>reassure someone
that I am aware of their presence.<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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