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| Acmlm's Board - I3 Archive - General Chat - Ivy League professor or Truck driver? |
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Who am I referring to?| Ivy league professor |
33.3%, 3 votes | Truck driver |
66.7%, 6 votes | Multi-voting is disabled. 9 users have voted.
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spel werdz rite                   Since: 11-19-05 Last post: 6302 days Last view: 6301 days |
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| If I were talking about someone who was short, slim, and enyoyed poetry, would you say this guy is a truck driver or an Ivy League professor in the english department?
I want to see your reasons for what you chose, who am I most likely reffering to? I'll explain my logic to who I am reffering to after I see some posts. |
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Hiryuu Sword Maiden Retired Admin   Since: 11-17-05 From: Nerima District - Tokyo, Japan Last post: 6301 days Last view: 6301 days |
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I have a feeling most people'd say the prof given that you'd expect most truck drivers to not give so much as a damn about poetry. 
Why? |
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spel werdz rite Since: 11-19-05 Last post: 6302 days Last view: 6301 days |
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| I want to see what people will use to arrive at their answer, logic or previous experience to what they've learned. | |||
Rydain Sir Kibble Blaze Phoenix Runs with the Dragon Within  Since: 11-18-05 From: State College, PA Last post: 6306 days Last view: 6302 days |
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| Neither. Someone's body shape and one of their interests are not nearly enough information to make an educated guess at their profession from the options in this poll. Granted, if one of the options were World's Strongest Man champion, the slim build would rule that out. However, truck drivers can certainly be short and slim and like poetry. |
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neotransotaku Sledge Brother Liberated from school...until MLK day  Since: 11-17-05 From: In Hearst Field Annex... Last post: 6303 days Last view: 6301 days |
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| I would have sided with truck driver...because I'm paranoid about odd questions...usually thinking there is some trickery to this or something | |||
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spel werdz rite Since: 11-19-05 Last post: 6302 days Last view: 6301 days |
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| I knew someone would do that, but "I'm choosing this because it must be a trick question" isn't my favorite type of reasoning.
Use logic to approach this, don't just give an answer because you think I might be trying to trick you guys, or even trick you guys by thinking I'm trying to trick you guys and think that the weird answer is the right answer and the obvious answer is wrong. There's a reasonable way to approach this. |
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Hiryuu Sword Maiden Retired Admin Since: 11-17-05 From: Nerima District - Tokyo, Japan Last post: 6301 days Last view: 6301 days |
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Originally posted by Rydain See, that would be my logic but I'm going for the point of view that most people would infer. |
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LizardKing Bullet Bill  Since: 11-18-05 Last post: 6304 days Last view: 6301 days |
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| Well, yeah, I would say that he could be both, or neither. What a person looks like, and the persons interests doesn't have to say anything about what he does for a living.
Of course, people might link an interest for reading and poetry to people of higher education, and might thus say that it's more likely for the person to be a professor in english, than a truck driver. |
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Thexare Metal battleaxe Off to better places  Since: 11-18-05 Last post: 6301 days Last view: 6301 days |
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| Well, sorry if I think that this is one of the most obvious trick questions I've seen so far. Either the obvious answer - the professor - is wrong and you're seeing who picks the obvious and is wrong, or the obvious answer is right and you're seeing how many people think it's a trick question, thus essentially turning it into one by throwing such an unlikely answer in.
Did I confuse anyone there?  |
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Danielle     6730 Administratorrrr HELLO THERE   Since: 11-17-05 From: California Rate me ^_^ Last post: 6302 days Last view: 6301 days |
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| Yeah... you'd be generalizing by choosing either person, because there's no certain way to pick. Their interests and body have no effect on them as individuals. | |||
emcee Red Super Koopa Since: 11-20-05 Last post: 6301 days Last view: 6301 days |
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| Which is he, or which is he more likely to be? There's obviously no way of determining which he is, but logically he is more likely to be a professor. Truck drivers tend to work long hours, so most of the time they're either driving (almost no physical activitity), or sleeping. Unless you have a very high metabolism, its kind of hard to stay thin like that. It also doesn't leave alot of time to read poetry. | |||
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spel werdz rite Since: 11-19-05 Last post: 6302 days Last view: 6301 days |
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| emcee has the right logic, but for the wrong answer.
Anyways, your probably all saying Truck driver because you know I'm trying to trick you, but you still don't know how I arrived at the answer. Come on you guys! Figure out how it is more probable that I'm speaking about a truck driver rather than an Ivy League profesor. Oh, and the reason I'm doing this is something I learned in psychology, so far my teacher hit the nail on the head with your guys' answers. |
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Alastor Fearless Moderator Hero  Since: 11-17-05 From: An apartment by DigiPen, Redmond, Washington Last post: 6301 days Last view: 6301 days |
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| I am disappointed by the lack of the "this scenario is a waste of my time" option. | |||
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Ziff B2BB BACKTOBASICSBITCHES Since: 11-18-05 From: A room Last post: 6301 days Last view: 6301 days |
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| He wouldn't spell enjoyed wrong. | |||
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spel werdz rite Since: 11-19-05 Last post: 6302 days Last view: 6301 days |
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Originally posted by Alastor the StylishI can't edit the poll... so sorry!  |
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Alastor Fearless Moderator Hero Since: 11-17-05 From: An apartment by DigiPen, Redmond, Washington Last post: 6301 days Last view: 6301 days |
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| You should instead be apologizing for making an insipid poll/thread which has many correct answers which demands we find the stupidest one. | |||
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Ziff B2BB BACKTOBASICSBITCHES Since: 11-18-05 From: A room Last post: 6301 days Last view: 6301 days |
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Originally posted by Zamboni Flying Machine? Wow, that's a good idea. But did you notice the OTHER spelling mistakes!? I'm guessing the truck driver on this one. |
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Trapster King Dedede Since: 11-19-05 From: Sweden Last post: 6409 days Last view: 6301 days |
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Originally posted by Danielle I agree but most peoples views of this are that truck drivers are slightly overweight and drinks a lot of beer. That, however, isnīt the case. People have just had the bad luck to see most of those kind of truck drivers. My dad is atruck driver and he isnīt overweight. Everyone can like poetry. Itīs just a matter of interests. |
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netscape Grizzo Since: 12-30-05 Last post: 6331 days Last view: 6326 days |
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| Well it could be a toss up either way on everything but the skinny part. While with proper discipline it's possible, trucking doesn't seem conducive to good health. If I had to pick I'd go with professor. However there's insufficient data for an accurate answer. | |||
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Metal Man88 Gold axe It appears we have been transported to a time in which everything is on fire! Since: 11-17-05 Last post: 6301 days Last view: 6301 days |
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| What if he was both at the same time? A traveling scholar who traveled via Truck Driving?
;p |
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