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From: wfi@rti-sel.UUCP (William Ingogly)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: yuppies
Message-ID: <548@rti-sel.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 15-Nov-85 17:59:10 EST
Article-I.D.: rti-sel.548
Posted: Fri Nov 15 17:59:10 1985
Date-Received: Mon, 18-Nov-85 07:13:38 EST
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Reply-To: wfi@rti-sel.UUCP (William Ingogly)
Organization: Research Triangle Institute, NC
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In article <18@ttidcc.UUCP> hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath) writes:

>According to my dictionary "polymath" is just a $10 word for  "jack-of-all-
>trades"  (which  I  think  I can justify in my case).  It has nothing to do
>with omniscience, so I may indeed have missed your point.

According to my dictionary: Polymath -- a person of GREAT and
diversified learning [my emphasis]. Hardly the same connotation as
"jack-of-all-trades," n'est-ce pas?

>>                                                        We have ENOUGH
>>stereotypes, already. A term like 'yuppy' is very convenient: it
>>provides people with yet another pigeonhole to stuff other people
>>into. ...
>
>I didn't make up the term.  I was just responding to someone else's inquiry
>as  to  what the term meant to me.  At no point in my response did I say or
>imply that a yuppie is a "despicable  person".  I'd  have  aspiriations  to
>being  one  myself,  but I'm getting a little old for it. (Maybe I can be a
>"muppie", the first of a new breed (-: ).

I didn't say you made up the term. The claim I was making (and you can
verify this by rereading my posting) is:

         1. The mass media concocted the term yuppy to make
            money.

         2. Stereotypes are a refuge for the intellectually
            bankrupt.

         3. The term yuppy is a stereotype.

Understand? My comments have NOTHING to do with your claiming or not
claiming that a yuppy is a "despicable person;" they have to do with
the reality underlying an artificially concocted stereotype. I don't
like stereotypes of ANY kind, and that's why I made the comparison
with stereotypes of blacks.

>>... As for myself, I could care less
>>what Mr. Hollombe or anyone else on the net thinks of me.
>
>I'm hardly the mass media, but I'm flattered that  you  "could  care  less"
>what  I  think of you.  Actually, since I hardly know you, I don't have any
>significant opinions about you.  I have noticed your postings are generally
>thoughtful  and  interesting.  This  is  the  first time I can remember you
>taking a general comment as a personal insult.

The "could care less" was a typographical error. None of us are
perfect (at least not perfect all of the time :-). The comment about
net opinions of me was a reaction to the following paragraph which
closely followed a quote from my reply to you:

>I was somewhat amused at the reactions to my posting a description of  what
>the  word  "yuppie"  brought to my mind.  Several people immediately flamed
>back to the effect  of  "how  dare  you  say  such  things  about  me?".  I
>displayed  a  general  garment and they immediately claimed it was tailored
>for them.

Perhaps in rereading your posting you weren't directly referring to me
in this paragraph. Its close proximity to a quote from my posting made
me think you were. If I misinterpreted you, I apologize. If anyone in 
this group thinks I DID flame back because I somehow took your comments 
about yuppies personally, I suggest s/he go back and reread my comments.

                                -- Cheers, Bill Ingogly