| whatsyourname | hey rindolf |
| rindolf | whatsyourname: hi. |
| rindolf | whatsyourname: what's your name? ;-) |
| whatsyourname | rindolf: i met you a couple of times in #programming years ago |
| rindolf | whatsyourname: ah, I vaguely remember it and can also grep my logs. |
| whatsyourname | what brought you to ##english channel anyway? |
| rindolf | whatsyourname: you're welcome . |
| rindolf | whatsyourname: I'm here on autojoin, but often just lurking. |
| rindolf | whatsyourname: thing is - I cannot sleep yet today - too many high thoughts. |
| whatsyourname | rindolf: I see |
| rindolf | whatsyourname: do you mind if I share these thoughts with you? |
| rindolf | whatsyourname: here on the channel? |
| rindolf | And he left. |
| whatsyourname | rindolf: i don't mind |
| rindolf | whatsyourname: OK. |
| rindolf | whatsyourname: I have a short essay (maybe a Google+ post) called "Play to lose" |
| whatsyourname | When did you write it? |
| rindolf | whatsyourname: where I say that you can learn more from a match/fight/argument/etc. that you lose than one that you won. |
| rindolf | whatsyourname: I didn't write it yet. |
| rindolf | whatsyourname: but i'd like to - sorry for being unclear. |
| whatsyourname | okay |
| whatsyourname | please continue |
| rindolf | whatsyourname: thing is - it was believed that https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Lee is the best combat fighter in history, and Chuck Norris is the second best one. |
| rindolf | whatsyourname: now at the moment Norris is losing quite a few fights, but part of it is due to him being past his prime and with a malfunctioning left leg. |
| rindolf | whatsyourname: but my pet theory is that many of the new age fighters could have beaten both Chuck Norris and Bruce Lee (who has since passed away unfortunately) in their prime, at least some of the time. |
| whatsyourname | Okay |
| rindolf | whatsyourname: and it's also possible that in this day and age if we take Joe and Martin who are two superb mixed martial artists (MMAs) then it's possible that sometimes Joe will win and sometimes Martin. |
| whatsyourname | Yeah |
| rindolf | whatsyourname: moreover, the ancient Hebrew word for fighting or warfare has other more positive connotations : Bread (Lechem), soldering (Lehalchim - as in electronics), etc. |
| whatsyourname | Well, that's very interesting |
| rindolf | whatsyourname: the root Ch.R.b/bh is reserved for destruction and a sword is called "Cherev". |
| whatsyourname | Hehe |
| rindolf | whatsyourname: maybe it's similar to the greek mythology conception of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athena as noble and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ares as violent and destructive. |
| rindolf | whatsyourname: my point is that there are many other ways to fight aside from combat. |
| whatsyourname | okay |
| rindolf | whatsyourname: and the fighting I'm really good at is at writing essays, stories, humour, etc. (which also convey serious messages in hopefully amusing ways). |
| whatsyourname | i see |
| rindolf | whatsyourname: anyway, I decided that I encourage people to tell me why they think my stories sucked. |
| rindolf | So I can improve in the future. |
| whatsyourname | you should go about writing it |
| rindolf | whatsyourname: http://www.shlomifish.org/humour/bits/Emma-Watson-applying-for-a-software-dev-job/ - someone told me he didn't like that, and after I asked him for the specifics, gave me a detailed analysis, and I realised he was right and improved it. |
| whatsyourname | i'm glad to hear that |
| rindolf | Part of the original problem there was that Emma Watson expressed herself in a manner that is unfit for an educated and intellectual Britishwoman who, on top of it, has graduated from English Literature from Brown University (which is a prestigious school.). |
| rindolf | whatsyourname: Yaakov on #perl said that he forgot how to speak English properly, because he doesn't know which words are common and which are not. |
| whatsyourname | rindolf: what's his native language? |
| rindolf | I have a huge problem with English vocabulary, but maybe it's actually better for non-native speakers of English (Which still sometimes ask me for clarification or "What that words means?"). |
| rindolf | whatsyourname: I think it's English. He's an American religious Jew. |
| rindolf | whatsyourname: I'm an Israeli secular Jew. |
| whatsyourname | rindolf: I see |
| rindolf | whatsyourname: I think I'll just prepare a fortune cookie out of this conversation and call it a day. |
| whatsyourname | Sure |
| rindolf | I'm too lazy to write a proper essay and people may equally appreciate reading an IRC log. |
| Somelauw | rindolf: Just looking a bit at your essay. "but we decided to give you a chance anyway". Here you miss the opportunity to come up with a good humorous motivation to interview her. |
| rindolf | Somelauw: heh. |
| rindolf | Somelauw: well, I don't feel strongly about it. |
| rindolf | Somelauw: maybe they can say that they figured out it will be good publicity for their firm. |
| rindolf | Somelauw: but thanks! |
| rindolf | Somelauw++ |