Comments on: Con-plimentary http://www.cyberseraphic.com/2010/06/con-plimentary/ Discrete thoughts from a continuous mind Fri, 27 Jan 2012 02:26:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Snowdomes http://www.cyberseraphic.com/2010/06/con-plimentary/comment-page-1/#comment-812 Snowdomes Fri, 18 Jun 2010 04:16:20 +0000 http://www.cyberseraphic.com/?p=663#comment-812 why not? everyone else has just learned it over a longer period of time! my usual response is 'thanks! I looooove it because...!' why not? everyone else has just learned it over a longer period of time!

my usual response is ‘thanks! I looooove it because…!’

]]> By: Lea http://www.cyberseraphic.com/2010/06/con-plimentary/comment-page-1/#comment-807 Lea Thu, 17 Jun 2010 05:38:15 +0000 http://www.cyberseraphic.com/?p=663#comment-807 I think 'um yeah thanks' is the usual response to that sort of compliment. I would normally follow it up with 'I got it on SALE for HALF PRICE! Isn't that great!!?' which is TRULY geeky, but not in a smart way. I reckon most ppl learn social mores from books and media and observation, so to become a witty banterer, read Jane Austen and watch movies with clever dialogue. I'd have to attribute at least 80% of my social normalcy (if indeed I am) to TV shows. I think ‘um yeah thanks’ is the usual response to that sort of compliment. I would normally follow it up with ‘I got it on SALE for HALF PRICE! Isn’t that great!!?’ which is TRULY geeky, but not in a smart way.

I reckon most ppl learn social mores from books and media and observation, so to become a witty banterer, read Jane Austen and watch movies with clever dialogue. I’d have to attribute at least 80% of my social normalcy (if indeed I am) to TV shows.

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