tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571309.post112726846524643471..comments2023-10-31T07:32:11.739-04:00Comments on Wormtalk and Slugspeak: Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07566889846240013567noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571309.post-1127536471981606252005-09-24T00:34:00.000-04:002005-09-24T00:34:00.000-04:00This is such a funny post - because it's true. The...This is such a funny post - because it's true. The Leftist Hum is something I seem to encounter a lot, and back when I lived in Virginia, I ran into the Jesus Hum fairly often, too. I don't think it's got to do with the schools in question. <BR/><BR/>I find them annoying too, even though I am both leftist and Christian (hence really not at all averse to Jesus). <BR/><BR/>I think what's annoying about the hums is that they work to affirm some larger narrative (for which the triggering comment is only a metonym) that's supposed to be taken for granted. <BR/><BR/>But if it's something that shouldn't be taken for granted, what's needed is not humming but careful analysis. And if it's something that <I>should</I> be taken for granted, why the &*% are we humming about it instead of just taking it for granted?Nataliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07898457401179147102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571309.post-1127365369782392782005-09-22T01:02:00.000-04:002005-09-22T01:02:00.000-04:00I know I nod and hum (though not too much of the l...I know I nod and hum (though not too much of the latter) when others are speaking just to let them know that, indeed, I'm paying attention to them. Just standing there staring at them would be kinda weird, I think.Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03301077496668834657noreply@blogger.com