Comments on: De­ter­mi­natio est negatio http://blog.voyou.org/2008/09/03/determinatio-est-negatio/ Lazy rascals, spending their substance, and more, in riotous living Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:32:41 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Moll http://blog.voyou.org/2008/09/03/determinatio-est-negatio/comment-page-1/#comment-32306 Moll Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:17:39 +0000 http://blog.voyou.org/?p=328#comment-32306 "What about all those entirely uncritical posts about Britney, Girls Aloud, and Tatu? But looking back on them, there is always a criticism of something lurking around somewhere." Hm, did you critique yourself here now? Personally I suspect the entire post of being a subtle criticism of the rejection of criticism. Everything comes undone when you start to go meta... "I wanted to pass if on to Moll but, although she does have quite a distinctive style, I couldn’t think of how to sum it up in a specific rule." I never thought of myself as having a style. Incoherently and shambolic rambling? Spontaneous rantings caught in html? A mixture of personal angst and stolen field-notes smeared with a thin veneer of anthropological name-dropping(s)? Perhaps I would have had to write an entry that didn't make use of any personal anecdotes and actually followed the rules of grammer. “What about all those entirely uncritical posts about Britney, Girls Aloud, and Tatu? But looking back on them, there is always a criticism of something lurking around somewhere.”

Hm, did you critique yourself here now? Personally I suspect the entire post of being a subtle criticism of the rejection of criticism. Everything comes undone when you start to go meta…

“I wanted to pass if on to Moll but, although she does have quite a distinctive style, I couldn’t think of how to sum it up in a specific rule.”

I never thought of myself as having a style. Incoherently and shambolic rambling? Spontaneous rantings caught in html? A mixture of personal angst and stolen field-notes smeared with a thin veneer of anthropological name-dropping(s)? Perhaps I would have had to write an entry that didn’t make use of any personal anecdotes and actually followed the rules of grammer.

]]> By: jane http://blog.voyou.org/2008/09/03/determinatio-est-negatio/comment-page-1/#comment-32305 jane Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:18:36 +0000 http://blog.voyou.org/?p=328#comment-32305 I say perfect Berkeley day! But it's the fourth now. Are you coming to Marxist Working Group tonight? Totally criticism-free! I say perfect Berkeley day! But it’s the fourth now. Are you coming to Marxist Working Group tonight? Totally criticism-free!

]]> By: Adam Kotsko http://blog.voyou.org/2008/09/03/determinatio-est-negatio/comment-page-1/#comment-32304 Adam Kotsko Thu, 04 Sep 2008 02:40:31 +0000 http://blog.voyou.org/?p=328#comment-32304 I can't decide if my response post is non-meta or the peak of meta. OR BOTH. I can’t decide if my response post is non-meta or the peak of meta. OR BOTH.

]]> By: voyou http://blog.voyou.org/2008/09/03/determinatio-est-negatio/comment-page-1/#comment-32303 voyou Thu, 04 Sep 2008 02:32:32 +0000 http://blog.voyou.org/?p=328#comment-32303 It's an unusual meme, as it does require effort both in assigning it to someone, and in responding to it (I wanted to pass if on to <a href="http://hangingaroundonthewrongsideoftheworld.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow">Moll</a> but, although she does have quite a distinctive style, I couldn't think of how to sum it up in a specific rule. And you're right, Brad, it was too hot today. I wrote that bit of the post a couple of days ago, when the weather really was perfect, but I didn't want to mention that, for fear that it would count as an implicit criticism of today's weather. It’s an unusual meme, as it does require effort both in assigning it to someone, and in responding to it (I wanted to pass if on to Moll but, although she does have quite a distinctive style, I couldn’t think of how to sum it up in a specific rule.

And you’re right, Brad, it was too hot today. I wrote that bit of the post a couple of days ago, when the weather really was perfect, but I didn’t want to mention that, for fear that it would count as an implicit criticism of today’s weather.

]]> By: Brad http://blog.voyou.org/2008/09/03/determinatio-est-negatio/comment-page-1/#comment-32302 Brad Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:07:16 +0000 http://blog.voyou.org/?p=328#comment-32302 You say perfect Berkeley day, I say it was too hot for any self-respecting meter-matron to to write me out a ticket. And yet, so she did. You say perfect Berkeley day, I say it was too hot for any self-respecting meter-matron to to write me out a ticket. And yet, so she did.

]]> By: What I did today « The Weblog http://blog.voyou.org/2008/09/03/determinatio-est-negatio/comment-page-1/#comment-32301 What I did today « The Weblog Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:48:48 +0000 http://blog.voyou.org/?p=328#comment-32301 [...] and The Girl occurred intermintantly throughout this period, and I also read and commented upon this post, which tagged me with Infinite Thought’s [...] [...] and The Girl occurred intermintantly throughout this period, and I also read and commented upon this post, which tagged me with Infinite Thought’s [...]

]]> By: Adam Kotsko http://blog.voyou.org/2008/09/03/determinatio-est-negatio/comment-page-1/#comment-32300 Adam Kotsko Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:23:46 +0000 http://blog.voyou.org/?p=328#comment-32300 An early confession: When I first saw that meme, I thought that no one would be able to come up with a way to tag me with it. An early confession: When I first saw that meme, I thought that no one would be able to come up with a way to tag me with it.

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