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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ExI] Is the ExI email list slowly dying out? And if so, what can be done to reverse such an outcome?<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div style='margin-top:6.0pt;font-size:0.875rem' id="gmail-:1cj"><div id="gmail-:1ci"><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'>Please grumpy bears among us, do explain how you can justify your attitude?</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#888888'><br><br>spike</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="gmail-:1ci"><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id="gmail-:1ci"><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>>…<span style='color:#888888'>I have a grumpy side. News brings it out, so I never watch TV news</span>…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Well ja. Since news went online, the agencies have realtime feedback on what sells their ads. They discovered that writing negative news that enflames anger sells best. So… they do. They are businesses.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id="gmail-:1ci"><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id="gmail-:1ci"><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>>…<span style='color:#888888'>I wonder how many younger people take advantage of all the knowledge Spike </span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="gmail-:1ci"><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#888888'>talks about online</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Hard to say. If they don’t, I don’t see why.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id="gmail-:1ci"><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id="gmail-:1ci"><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>>…<span style='color:#888888'>Some of us (hello John!) are like the poor guy in Dogpatch (who remembers the spelling of his name?</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sure, Joe Btfsplik. Lil Abner was from the days when we were allowed to laugh at fun politically-incorrect stuff, such as the glaring shortcomings of our species.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am Joe’s real-world counterpart:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><img width=460 height=280 style='width:4.7916in;height:2.9166in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D6A5FB.6D8B5330"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div id="gmail-:1ci"><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id="gmail-:1ci"><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>>…<span style='color:#888888'>Pessimistic? Nah. Realistic.</span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="gmail-:1ci"><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id="gmail-:1ci"><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#888888'>bill w</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist assures us it will change soon. The realist trims her sails. (date unknown, some famous guy (I like to cite the sources of my quotes.))<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>BillW, trim your sails, me lad! Be an optimistic realist. Life is gooood.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>spike<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>