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Chain of conversation = "derail."

ZennistradZennistrad
edited 2012-02-04 19:59:50 in General

I kind of hate it when people on forums complain of "derailing," when it's really just the natural progression of a conversation. As anyone who regularly has social interactions can tell you, conversations tend to drift between different topics naturally.


Derailing is when someone actively tries to abruptly change the subject, rather then following the conversation's natural "flow."


To be quite frank, it's kind of annoying when someone complains when the flow of conversation naturally leads to a different, but similar, subject. If you're going to complain about the natural flow of a conversation, you shouldn't be having one.

Comments

  • MyrmidonMyrmidon

    It's like if the original topic of conversation hovered over your head the whole time.

  • IcalasariIcalasari
    No rainbow star
    Hovered like a hovercar? 8D?
  • DonZabuDonZabu

    Speaking of, is it just me, or is "8D" really the symbol for "micropenis"?

  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.

    8~~~~~~~~~~D

  • IcalasariIcalasari
    No rainbow star
    Micro as in just small, or so small that it has to be measure in micrometers?
  • NyktosNyktos
    a little muffled

    As in so small it's just a head, I guess.

  • IcalasariIcalasari
    No rainbow star
    Ahead of what? 8D?
  • CountryPumpkinCountryPumpkin
    edited 2012-02-04 20:59:21
    I clench my fists and yell "anime" towards an uncaring, absent God, and swear solemnly to press my thumbs into Chocolate America's eyeballs until he is blinded, to directly emasculate sporting figures, to beat the shit out of tumblr users with baseball bats, and to quietly appreciate what Waylon Smithers being gay means to me.

    Or would that be ahead? As in, in front? Like, in front of this derail? OMG PUN NOW I HAVE INTERNET CRED YOU GUYS



    ^ damn you

  • IcalasariIcalasari
    No rainbow star
    Why would you damn me!? D: I don't WANT to go to hell

    ...Unless you mesnt dam you, in which case YAY BEAVERS! 83
  • CountryPumpkinCountryPumpkin
    I clench my fists and yell "anime" towards an uncaring, absent God, and swear solemnly to press my thumbs into Chocolate America's eyeballs until he is blinded, to directly emasculate sporting figures, to beat the shit out of tumblr users with baseball bats, and to quietly appreciate what Waylon Smithers being gay means to me.

    They are a species of rodent that lives only in North America

  • ZennistradZennistrad

    Wait, beavers are rodents? I thought they were more related to cats.

  • CountryPumpkinCountryPumpkin
    I clench my fists and yell "anime" towards an uncaring, absent God, and swear solemnly to press my thumbs into Chocolate America's eyeballs until he is blinded, to directly emasculate sporting figures, to beat the shit out of tumblr users with baseball bats, and to quietly appreciate what Waylon Smithers being gay means to me.

    Nope, they're rodents: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaver


    But I was wrong about the North American part; apparently there are two separate species, one that lives in North America and one that lives in Eurasia! #themoreyouknow

  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human

    Of all the animals in the world, the beaver is noted for its engineering and mechanical skills and habits of industry. Its habits are nocturnal, it does its best work in the dark.

  • IcalasariIcalasari
    No rainbow star
    Rabbits aren't rodents, by the way. They are lagomorphs
  • EvergreenEvergreen
    edited 2012-02-04 23:01:45

    And in case anyone was going to say it, weasels and ferrets and such aren't rodents either, they're mustelids. (I used to be obsessed with weasels around mid-elementary school. Favorite animals back then. I still think they're cool and underappreciated.)

  • IcalasariIcalasari
    No rainbow star

    Ferrets are cute as hell :D


     


    ...Don't sleep in bed with one though. Trust me on this one

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