Delta
3261
Oh, it’s horrible when you discover nasty things about the world that had remained hidden from you because you weren’t looking. Not being American, Jonestown isn’t part of my history. I wish I’d never found out about it.
chase_j
3262
If I don’t text back fast enough she claims I’m ignoring her or don’t care. Is there texting etiquette? Though I suppose when it comes to SO’s and or dating the rules change.
Anyone been in this situation? Being a new member I couldn’t start a new thread on this topic. However, it is my random thought of the moment.
My previous attempt at a relationship involved a girl who if you did not text back within a certain amount of time (Anywhere between 5 minutes and a half hour) you were, verbatim, “Actively trying to ignore” her. Or, worse yet “You don’t even really like me, do you?” or “I thought we were close enough that I deserved a text back.” or “why do you hate me?” or, the absolute worst, “…”
If my girlfriend ever said something like that, I’d sort of tilt my head quizzically and go “That’s oddly passive aggressive. When you decide to tell me the actual issue, go ahead.”
If she kept being passive-aggressive, I would make fun of her. Win-win!
In other random thoughts, D&D is pretty fun. My half-dragon Barbarian, armed with an oversized Greataxe and a Belt of Growth, buffed with Speak With Bread’s Cleric’s Bull’s Strength, Shield of Faith, and Righteous Wrath of the Faithful pretty much cleaved his way through a quartet of flesh golems which we were supposed to run away from.
This was after, at ECL9, facewrecking a giant stone demon golem for 247 damage in one full attack round.
…I thought they were stone golems…what did I miss? Oh, and I didn’t do Bull’s Strength, that was James.
In other news, played my first D&D game last night. 'Twas quite fun, though I’d appreciate a little clarification next time, like discussing how one picks the spells one is preparing…wink, wink, Aaron. :) Also, two-a.m. metagaming makes for one tired little Speak.
I stand corrected; stone golems all around.
chase_j
3268
Yeah, just not sure how to handle it without pissing her off, especially since I do like her quite a bit. Must be a guy thing that we don’t feel the need to answer immediately…or maybe we are just busy…!
chase_j
3269
Sometimes I think it’s her way of making sure I’m paying her attention whether or not she has something interesting to say. I mean, answering within the hour seems reasonable. After all, isn’t that the beauty of virtual communication?
chase_j
3270
Was racking my brain about what was really terrible about Jamestown but Jonestown makes a lot of sense.
Delta
3271
Fuck it - Jonestown. Jamestown is a super mutant colony in New Vegas.
I knew it sounded wrong, but I really didn’t want to google it to check.
Edited.
Raife
3272
Jamestown and that fucking London Company.
Eilonwy
3273
I thought he was talking about Roanoke Colony and just mixing it up with Jamestown :(
I figured it out! The absolute value of a complex number Z given by Z=Re^(ai) is equal to:
|Z|=sqrt(Z*Z~) Where Z~ denotes the conjugate of Z.
Therefore,
|Z|^2
=(sqrt(ZZ~))^2
=ZZ~
=Re^(ai)Re^(-ai)
=e^(ai-a*i)*R^2
=e^(0)R2
=R^2
In my case the original function was Z=e^(-x*i), so R=1, so (|Z|^2)=1^2=1.
The problem was I forgot about the rules concerning the absolute value operator and complex numbers.
You could also convert the complex exponentials to sines and cosines at step 3 and cross multiply which will also end up at R^2 if you wanted, but it didn’t seem necessary.
What she’s doing is evidence of either bitchiness, insecurity, or codependency. It is unreasonable to expect a return communication within any arbitrarily small footprint of time; to expect that is to expect that your partner has nothing better to pay attention to at any given time.
I’ve quite often taken a few hours to reply to my girlfriend’s texts or emails, simply because I’m busy doing something. That something might be hanging out with friends, reading a book, cooking and eating food, or working on a project. If she found this unacceptable, I would tell her that it’s due to a problem lower in the system and that her passive-aggression would be returned with only mockery.
I was behind a car belonging to Advance Basement Technologies, a regional waterproofing company, on the way to work yesterday.
Maybe I just have a dirty mind, but I couldn’t help but think that their phone number sounds more like that of a phone sex line: 1-866-R-YOU-WET.
chase_j
3278
She’s definitely not bitchy, as for insecurity, I can understand that part of it. I really would like to calm her without feeling “chased.”
Tell her that she’s being unreasonable, and that out of respect for your own valuation of the activities you do in your life, she should understand that sometimes you’re busy.
Or just don’t pay attention to me; I believe in something called honesty, and decry passive-aggressive behavior.
chase_j
3280
Actually I appreciate your responding. I have told her that sometimes I just need some time to myself and that it has nothing to do with her. We’ve had a few issues with honesty and trust, on both sides, so I’m sure in her own way she is just trying to keep tabs on me, which annoys the hell out of me but I like her way too much to argue about it. I actually think that not communicating every day is okay but maybe that’s just me.
