short attention span theatre

lumberjim · 08-12-2005, 09:35 PM

I'm turning into a lurker. i never have time to sit and read an entire thread. and posting? bah. some of you write long posts. some of you can keep my attention throughout, some....not so much. when i finally DO have a few minutes to read, i'm not in the loop anymore, so it's tough to get involved in a conversation.

waaaahhh.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-12-2005, 10:57 PM

And you thought being a robber baron was easy.

richlevy · 08-13-2005, 12:51 AM

Don't worry Lumberjim, I have you covered. I am ready to institute a program to help you build your attention span. To do so, I have edited this text on Keynesian economic theory I found here

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Keynes didn't agree with the Classical economists!! In fact the easiest way to look at Keynesian theory is to see the arguments he gave for Classical theory being wrong. large taut nipples In essence Keynes argued that markets would not automatically lead to full-employment equilibrium, but in fact the economy could settle in equilibrium at any level of unemployment. This meant that Classical policies of non-intervention would not work. The economy would need prodding if it was to head in the right direction, and this meant active intervention by the government to manage the level of demand. Follow the links in the navigation bar at the foot of the page or in the side panel to find out more detail on the sort of policies this may involve.

Keynesian beliefs can soft curving breasts be illustrated in terms of the circular flow of income. If there was disequilibrium between leakages and injections, then classical economists believed that prices would adjust to restore the equilibrium. Keynes, however, believed that the level of output (in other words National Income) would adjust. Say, for example, that there was for some reason an increase in injections (perhaps an increase in government expenditure). lush pouting lips This would mean an imbalance between leakages and injections. As a result of the extra aggregate demand firms would employ more people. This would mean more income in the economy some of which would be spent and some saved (or paid in tax). The extra spending would prompt the firms in the economy to produce even more, which leads to even more employment shapely long legs and therefore even more income. This process would go on, and on, and on, and on until it stopped! It would eventually stop because each time income increased, the level of leakages (savings, tax and imports) also increased. Once leakages and injections were equal again, equilibrium was restored. This process is called the Multiplier effect.

I hope this helps.

Maybe I could get a patent.

Bullitt · 08-13-2005, 12:58 AM

Don't turn into me lj, the lurker world tends to be a lonely one

richlevy · 08-13-2005, 07:58 AM

See, you miss one Plastic Forks and then you start to slip away.

wolf · 08-13-2005, 09:48 AM

I think that was a Twilight Zone episode once, wasn't it?

cowhead · 08-14-2005, 03:02 AM

well.... if you get really bored and have a bit of bandwidth... check out illwillpress.com loook for the fatkins diet and foamy's rant 3... yeah.. keeps me living.. sorry I don't post much anymore.. there are too many of you smart and or funny people

) then again I haven't been myself for the past while.

Undertoad · 08-14-2005, 10:00 AM

Jesus, people, just follow your favorite section instead of the whole place! Or just IotD or something.

Don't want to lose anybody.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-14-2005, 01:25 PM

Aw, they're just pretending they have lives to make me feel bad.

BigV · 08-14-2005, 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

Jesus, people, just follow your favorite section instead of the whole place! Or just IotD or something.

Don't want to lose anybody.

You mean there are people who don't read all the new posts, in all the sections, (Except the borg over in TNIP)? Wow. Why?

staceyv · 08-14-2005, 10:21 PM

I have the same exact affliction!

zippyt · 08-14-2005, 10:54 PM

Huh ?? What ???? Somebody posted something some where ??? Where ???
I didn't see it !!!!

capnhowdy · 08-15-2005, 02:27 PM

There's a strong number of folks who, it appears to me, never read a whole thread anyway. They seem to post off the last line in the previous post.

And I don't see how XOB has time to do ANYTHING. He's got a two man job keeping up with and maintaining all his DO-DADS.....heehee

Queen of the Ryche · 08-15-2005, 10:00 PM

I only post in the threads I feel I have any knowledge in - Most of the threads are waaaay above my head, so I only go where I can exercise my smart ass, or get some really good advice - BTW, thanks all of you brilliant Cellarites for educating me and expanding my horizons. Nuff said.

Kagen4o4 · 08-15-2005, 11:00 PM

i post in threads that catch my attention. the word association thread was a bit too much for me to read EVERY post. i now theyre short but 247 (and growing) pages???

i started out only in TINP but ventured out. and now tend to post in scientific or IoTD threads. or anything that makes fun of americans (i dont have anything against americans in general, its just an easy stereotype to poke at and it seems most of you guys/girls are american. make any Aussie jokes/insults if you want. just make them decent ones, anything that involves a kangaroo is just old and boring)

cheers

08-12-2005, 09:35 PM	#1
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	short attention span theatre I'm turning into a lurker. i never have time to sit and read an entire thread. and posting? bah. some of you write long posts. some of you can keep my attention throughout, some....not so much. when i finally DO have a few minutes to read, i'm not in the loop anymore, so it's tough to get involved in a conversation. waaaahhh. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

08-12-2005, 10:57 PM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	And you thought being a robber baron was easy. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-13-2005, 12:58 AM	#4
Bullitt This is a fully functional babe lair Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Akron, OH Posts: 2,324	Don't turn into me lj, the lurker world tends to be a lonely one __________________ Kiss my white Irish ass.

08-13-2005, 07:58 AM	#5
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	See, you miss one Plastic Forks and then you start to slip away. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

08-13-2005, 09:48 AM	#6
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I think that was a Twilight Zone episode once, wasn't it? __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

08-14-2005, 03:02 AM	#7
cowhead halve your cake and eat it too. Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Georgia.. by way of Lawrence Kansas Posts: 1,359	well.... if you get really bored and have a bit of bandwidth... check out illwillpress.com loook for the fatkins diet and foamy's rant 3... yeah.. keeps me living.. sorry I don't post much anymore.. there are too many of you smart and or funny people ) then again I haven't been myself for the past while. __________________ no my child.. this is not my desire..I'm digging for fire.

08-14-2005, 10:00 AM	#8
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Jesus, people, just follow your favorite section instead of the whole place! Or just IotD or something. Don't want to lose anybody.

08-14-2005, 01:25 PM	#9
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Aw, they're just pretending they have lives to make me feel bad. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-14-2005, 10:21 PM	#11
staceyv Lecturer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Ohio Posts: 927	I have the same exact affliction!

08-14-2005, 10:54 PM	#12
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	Huh ?? What ???? Somebody posted something some where ??? Where ??? I didn't see it !!!! __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

08-15-2005, 02:27 PM	#13
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	There's a strong number of folks who, it appears to me, never read a whole thread anyway. They seem to post off the last line in the previous post. And I don't see how XOB has time to do ANYTHING. He's got a two man job keeping up with and maintaining all his DO-DADS.....heehee __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

08-15-2005, 10:00 PM	#14
Queen of the Ryche is fleeing the scene Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Beautiful CO Posts: 1,510	I only post in the threads I feel I have any knowledge in - Most of the threads are waaaay above my head, so I only go where I can exercise my smart ass, or get some really good advice - BTW, thanks all of you brilliant Cellarites for educating me and expanding my horizons. Nuff said. __________________ Once, in an interview, Chuck Norris admitted that he was not the most awesome thing ever. He declined to elaborate; but I believe we all know that he was referring to the existence of chocolate covered bacon. I'd rather be judged by twelve than carried by six.

08-15-2005, 11:00 PM	#15
Kagen4o4 The Sheriff of Nothingland Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Melbourne, Aus Posts: 1,794	i post in threads that catch my attention. the word association thread was a bit too much for me to read EVERY post. i now theyre short but 247 (and growing) pages??? i started out only in TINP but ventured out. and now tend to post in scientific or IoTD threads. or anything that makes fun of americans (i dont have anything against americans in general, its just an easy stereotype to poke at and it seems most of you guys/girls are american. make any Aussie jokes/insults if you want. just make them decent ones, anything that involves a kangaroo is just old and boring) cheers

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