From: ichudov@algebra.com
To: Cypherpunks <cypherpunks@toad.com>
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From: ichudov@algebra.com
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 1997 22:11:26 -0800 (PST)
To: Cypherpunks <cypherpunks@toad.com>
Subject: Re: Dale disses gays.
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Dale Thorn wrote:
> Huge Cajones Remailer wrote:
> > :and I've had plenty of White friends, and an equal percentage of :Black friends given the number of Black people I've known, but I've :never had a friend who was gay or lesbian, as far as I know, and I :think I could tell.
>
> > How, Dale, by the smell?
>
> I worked for a gay man in Beverly Hills and Encino for 3 years. I
> learned a lot about "signals" during that time. Bigot? I don't
> think so. One of my favorite customers, a nice lady who is Jewish
> (and who grew up where I did) told me she could spot 'em every time.
This is a typical case of overconfidence on her part.
If she thought about it for longer, she would realize that she cannot
benchmark her gay-spotting performance very well.
If you presented her with, say, 100 unknown men and 50 of them were gays
and she'd identify everyone correctly, I would be impressed.
A truly great and simple book that talks about this stuff is ``Decision
Traps: the ten barriers to brilliant decision making''.
> BTW, my browser has a problem with your lines that have no c/r after
> every 70 or so characters. Other people will undoubtedly confirm that.
Yes, we will.
- Igor.
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