@ponderable saidIf a thread's purpose is to circumnavigate a "vicious circle", so be it I say. If "going off on a tangent" is synonymous with "thread drift", I am all for it.
There is a vicious circle, and someone is going off a tangent, couldn't that lead to something new?
@ponderable saidI thought a vicious circle lead to only vicious.
So we have a curve leadig to somewhere, but someone is going off a tangent. (The basic metaophor, where tthe behavious is connotated negatively)
But imagine:
There is a vicious circle, and someone is going off a tangent, couldn't that lead to something new?
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@ponderable said"Going off on a tangent" is possibly threatened by two things: 1. It being seen and treated as an opprobrium. 2. There is an alert category: "Off-Topic.
So we have a curve leadig to somewhere, but someone is going off a tangent. (The basic metaophor, where tthe behavious is connotated negatively)
But imagine:
There is a vicious circle, and someone is going off a tangent, couldn't that lead to something new?
22 Nov 23
@ponderable saidyer trying to teach me geometry using the tangential method
So we have a curve leadig to somewhere, but someone is going off a tangent. (The basic metaophor, where tthe behavious is connotated negatively)
But imagine:
There is a vicious circle, and someone is going off a tangent, couldn't that lead to something new?
it won't work, i refuse to learn
triangles are for sissies, give me a vicious circle any ole day
@ghost-of-a-duke saidProbably a drug peddler.
I was attacked once by a racing bike.
It was a vicious cycle.
@ghost-of-a-duke saidI think you have set off a chain reaction.
Not sure, he barely spoke.
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@the-gravedigger saidI'd carry on, but am two tyred.
I think you have set off a chain reaction.
22 Nov 23
@the-gravedigger saidAngle of a Tagent =° to the location were it deviates, then rising.
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@ghost-of-a-duke saidWell you have to, you’re saddled with it now!
I'd carry on, but am two tyred.
Edit [blimey, I thumbed up at least 2 of Ghosts posts in this thread!]
@ponderable saidThis thread is spiraling out of control.
Angle of a Tagent =° to the location were it deviates, then rising.