Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site unc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!mcnc!unc!fsks From: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: XSO IQ Message-ID: <509@unc.UUCP> Date: Fri, 28-Jun-85 14:33:41 EDT Article-I.D.: unc.509 Posted: Fri Jun 28 14:33:41 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 30-Jun-85 03:31:28 EDT References: <1476@utah-gr.UUCP>Reply-To: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann) Organization: CS Dept., U. of N. Carolina at Chapel Hill Lines: 17 Summary: >>/* hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (Jerry Hollombe -- The Polymath) >>What's wrong with "showing off"? >>People are seldom attacked for showing off athletic ability. In article mms1646@acf4.UUCP (Michael M. Sykora) writes: >Showing off is bad form. In general, it seems indicative of insecurity. >Not that there is something wrong with being insecure, but why advertise it? >But there is something wrong with attempting to push this problem onto other >people, which is what showing off is. > >As for showing off athletic ability, it is bad form as well. Then why do we pay professional athletes so much to show off? Frank Silbermann How much would _YOU_ pay for a ticket to see a scientist at work?