context clues
Awww ... Warren Ellis quoted part of my Sleazegrinder interview on his quite excellent blog.
It's funny, when you take that quote out of context ("Men find everything about me intimidating ... I can crush you utterly") it sounds like maybe that's just something I would blog, instead of a direct answer to the question "Have you found that men find funny women intimidating?" (The interview is here).
For instance, if I ask you, out of absolutely nowhere, "Are you a heroin-ravaged puppy-abuser?" and you reply "I am not a heroin-ravaged puppy-abuser," then I'm clearly the one being weird.
But if the next day you are quoted in the press as saying "I am not a heroin-ravaged puppy-abuser," well, now it kind of sounds like you have something to hide.
It's funny, when you take that quote out of context ("Men find everything about me intimidating ... I can crush you utterly") it sounds like maybe that's just something I would blog, instead of a direct answer to the question "Have you found that men find funny women intimidating?" (The interview is here).
For instance, if I ask you, out of absolutely nowhere, "Are you a heroin-ravaged puppy-abuser?" and you reply "I am not a heroin-ravaged puppy-abuser," then I'm clearly the one being weird.
But if the next day you are quoted in the press as saying "I am not a heroin-ravaged puppy-abuser," well, now it kind of sounds like you have something to hide.
posted by JenIsFamous at 2/04/2006 01:34:00 AM
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What's worse is that I got email from someone afterward which read:
"That's NOT what post hoc ergo propter hoc means! They got it wrong in THE WEST WING too! What is it with you media types?"
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