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Laptops at the table..and recent research showing how bad it is in education..does it carry over to gaming?
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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 6323875" data-attributes="member: 177"><p>Okay, you see the overstatements in there?</p><p></p><p>I have never had cigarette smoke set off a smoke alarm. Nor does the second-hand smoke from the few cigarettes my mom would smoke on a visit pose a real risk for cancer or addiction. Nor is the risk of "permanent damage" to furniture realistic in this instance - it isn't like her furniture at home was laced with cigarette burns. Noxious, however, I'll give you. The rest of those are non-issues in this case, that would be but rationalizations for the rule, rather than rational basis for the rule. It being noxious, however, we can agree upon.</p><p></p><p>I find incessant checking of Facebook while in company with others to be pretty noxious. Obnoxious, even.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Since when, in the history of the English language, does an analogy mean, "these things are precisely the same sort of thing,"?</p><p></p><p>Really, dude. Strawman. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I played with - I wasn't running the game, so I didn't set the rules - someone who both smoked and had a serious laptop problem. She went outside to smoke, but didn't ever put her laptop away. The latter was more disruptive, for us. When she went out to smoke, we all just took a break, got drinks, and such. In an 8-our session, some breaks are called for anyway, so it was not a big deal. We couldn't all just take a break when she couldn't keep track of what was going on because of her messageboard, facebook, and corgi video habits.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>And, since your personal experience hasn't happened to me, why should I take it as a relevant point? We aren't asking why you haven't instituted such a rule, you know. So why do I care what's happened to you in this matter? In fact, doesn't your non-experience mean you are <em>inexperienced</em> with this particular problem? </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>You went beyond "odd" or "slightly concerning". You went to "bizarre". The language has been taking the usual slide upwards in strength as the discussion has continued. I suspect this is largely because this isn't really a discussion.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 6323875, member: 177"] Okay, you see the overstatements in there? I have never had cigarette smoke set off a smoke alarm. Nor does the second-hand smoke from the few cigarettes my mom would smoke on a visit pose a real risk for cancer or addiction. Nor is the risk of "permanent damage" to furniture realistic in this instance - it isn't like her furniture at home was laced with cigarette burns. Noxious, however, I'll give you. The rest of those are non-issues in this case, that would be but rationalizations for the rule, rather than rational basis for the rule. It being noxious, however, we can agree upon. I find incessant checking of Facebook while in company with others to be pretty noxious. Obnoxious, even. Since when, in the history of the English language, does an analogy mean, "these things are precisely the same sort of thing,"? Really, dude. Strawman. I played with - I wasn't running the game, so I didn't set the rules - someone who both smoked and had a serious laptop problem. She went outside to smoke, but didn't ever put her laptop away. The latter was more disruptive, for us. When she went out to smoke, we all just took a break, got drinks, and such. In an 8-our session, some breaks are called for anyway, so it was not a big deal. We couldn't all just take a break when she couldn't keep track of what was going on because of her messageboard, facebook, and corgi video habits. And, since your personal experience hasn't happened to me, why should I take it as a relevant point? We aren't asking why you haven't instituted such a rule, you know. So why do I care what's happened to you in this matter? In fact, doesn't your non-experience mean you are [I]inexperienced[/I] with this particular problem? You went beyond "odd" or "slightly concerning". You went to "bizarre". The language has been taking the usual slide upwards in strength as the discussion has continued. I suspect this is largely because this isn't really a discussion. [/QUOTE]
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