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Intelligence 3 or Wits 4?; What a dilema...
Topic Started: Jul 14 2006, 05:01 PM (208 Views)
Nag Ehgoeg
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Say, for example, you're a musician.

You're of average IQ, but are good at thinking on your feet.
This means you're good at playing your own songs, and bad at learning other people's.

Do you:

A) Concentrate on your IQ, become smarter and thus better at learning other people's songs, or
B) Forcus on your strengths and become even sharper minded?
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Nag Ehgoeg
Jul 14 2006, 05:01 PM
Say, for example, you're a musician.

You're of average IQ, but are good at thinking on your feet.
This means you're good at playing your own songs, and bad at learning other people's.

Do you:

A) Concentrate on your IQ, become smarter and thus better at learning other people's songs, or
B) Forcus on your strengths and become even sharper minded?

In theory, you cannot improve your IQ, therefore, option B. Remember,
"The more you study
The more you know,
The more you know
The more you forget,
The more you forget
The less you know.
So, why study?
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Rhadamanthus
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Depends.... are you a twink?
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Jul 14 2006, 08:39 PM
Depends.... are you a twink?

What? That's an awefully gay term there. Just what are yoyu asking???
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I think RD was going for....actually what were you going for. The only defintion of that term I thought came close to this discussion was one on John Charles Alder. :unsure:
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Catholic Europe
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I am sometimes described as a twink. :unsure:
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Rhadamanthus
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Well, I'm hoping Nag will understand what I mean and explain it. If not, I'll explain it to you guys.
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It's true that 'Twink' has more than one meaning.

But I'm pretty sure RD wasn't calling Nag a gay toyboy for some old rich bloke.
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Malkav
Jul 15 2006, 08:54 AM
But I'm pretty sure RD wasn't calling Nag a gay toyboy for some old rich bloke.

He wasn't. The word for that is rentboi.
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Nag Ehgoeg
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I'm pretty sure I get it.

Now I'm not sure what you guys were thinking (it's a gay reference and/or a John Charles Alder reference Posted Image?)

But no, I'm not a twink. So I guess I shouldn't min-max.

Also it's B) not Posted Image.

And seriously, it's really not that hard to work out the context of the word. Check the thread title.

And I think Malkav got it. I'd be surprised if he didn't.
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Too hard for me.
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Jul 15 2006, 08:58 AM
Malkav
Jul 15 2006, 08:54 AM
But I'm pretty sure RD wasn't calling Nag a gay toyboy for some old rich bloke.

He wasn't. The word for that is rentboi.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=twink

Alright. I semi-fucked up. Still... I don't think people from across the pond start 'tawkin' lark rood bois' or whatever crap.

The point stands. He wasn't calling Nag that thing I just linked.

And aye, I do know what kind of twink he meant.
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You didn't semi-fuck up. You fucked up fully. I know the difference. Those words are from my world.
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Nag Ehgoeg
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So a gay twink can't rent?
I'd say the best rent boy would be a twink. Granted I'm not into the youthful looking kinda guy, but then I'm not a rich sugar daddy anyway...

And actually, scroll down a little. While that's a less than perfect definition, I think it's close enough to what RD meant.
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Nag Ehgoeg
Jul 15 2006, 09:58 AM
So a gay twink can't rent?
I'd say the best rent boy would be a twink. Granted I'm not into the youthful looking kinda guy, but then I'm not a rich sugar daddy anyway...

And actually, scroll down a little. While that's a less than perfect definition, I think it's close enough to what RD meant.

OK, I scrolled down a little - then I scrolled down a lot, then I went to the second page, and am still clueless. To me, a twink is someone looking 16, smooth, pretty, and usually shooting me down when I say "Hi"!

So, can someone just plainly explain what the hell RD meant??
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Nag Ehgoeg
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Here's a few words to clue you in:

Munchkin
"whatever gives the most plusses"
Min-maxing

And by "a little" I meant the very next definition on the list. Might be worth researching "multi-abuse" as well.
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Quote:
 
Twink 

In an MMORPG, a veteran player who makes a new character and gives a bunch of top-shelf equipment from their older, maxed-out characters to the new character.

Hey, someone is hunting fire beetles in full rubicite armor. He must be a twink.


Is that what he was going for? If so I'm totally clueless in this conversation and have been since the beginning. :wacko:
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Bloodthirsty Unicorn
So, this was a stupid RP MUDS question? Arrgh! Don't draw me into those discussions!
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Nag titled the topic with an RPG reference, so I made an RPG joke...
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Jul 15 2006, 01:20 PM
Nag titled the topic with an RPG reference, so I made an RPG joke...

Teah, and I didn't get the RPG reference because I am dense!!
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Nag Ehgoeg
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Actually it's not a "stupid" question. Though it was inspired by a discussion I had about increasing my characters stats. It just turned up some interesting points of discussion, so I thought I'd bring it up here. Of course I was drunk at the time... so it might not have been that interesting.
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Jul 15 2006, 09:40 AM
You didn't semi-fuck up. You fucked up fully. I know the difference. Those words are from my world.

A sour puss is you.

Besides, New Harumf was out of the closet before you, I'm pretty sure he gets dibs on ownership of the Middle East gay scene.
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Ah, but the youth always think they invented everything!! We humor them, they are such innocents. :lol: :lol: :) :rolleyes:
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Just WTF is all this lol? :wacko:

Anyways, studying is for owls. I choose never to study, except for finals and the like.
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Wits.
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