Posted by Tiggy (195.93.34.189) on April 30, 2002 at 20:04:10:
In Reply to: starving... posted by isaac (149.152.188.55) on April 30, 2002 at 13:08:16:
> > Are you sure it applies here?
> > I'm not sure negative reinforcement of functionality is the key to 4ness. I don't think fours are really anti-happiness or anti-functionality, just as a starving person isn't anti-food.
> what if a person was starving while sitting at a big banquet, proclaiming that he has nothing to eat, and no one understands? (indeed, no one WOULD understand, and when they say, "if you're so hungry, why don't you eat the food in front of you??" the 4 replies, "you just don't GET IT, DO you? boohoo."
> they're not anti-happiness or anti-functionality. they just have a hard time seeing the food at the table and understanding that they should eat it.
> isaac