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Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 01:35:35 +1100
Subject: Re: Aggressive language on python-list
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 1:29 AM, Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> I disagree!  I think occasional off-topic meta-arguments can be
> interesting and entertaining.
>
> Yow!  Am I having a meta-meta-discussion yet?

Now we get to the meat of the discussion...

It's like I was explaining to one of my brothers the other week: When
in doubt, go meta. He had a whole lot of data and he had to give a
presentation about it (for a course he was doing, and I'm not wholly
sure the 'o' belongs in there). He wanted to do something that
everyone else wouldn't be doing, so I suggested going meta. He said
everyone else would be doing that, so I advised him to add another
meta-level - for instance, do a presentation on how many people go
meta in their presentations. I still don't know whether he dared to do
so :)

ChrisA