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19 Jun 2013, 2:47 pm

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I think what you meant to say is "I can't jump ten feet in the air unassisted ON EARTH". However, you can certainly jump 10 feet in the air unassisted if you are on the moon. Also, you can't jump ten feet in the air unassisted depending on what your definition of unassisted is. You could say using a trampoline is assistance, but from another frame assistance means involving someone else, therefore making jumping on a trampoline an unassisted jump if you do it alone.


So with the stars in proper alignment, and/or outside support it might be feasible to reach ten feet on occasion. That doesn't mean I should call Guinness World Records to declare myself a candidate.


So what is this about? Is this about jumping 10 feet in the air unassisted, or is it about jumping 10 feet in the air unassisted AND having Guinness World Records recognize it?



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19 Jun 2013, 2:51 pm

you say ..... What does it mean to "lack social skills"?

Ans = fear, alienation, eventual ridicule and exclusion from 'the group' ... in a village this can be real sh***y !

I heard the Africans can do this and the 'victim' is dead within 3 months. No wonder i felt unhappy ....

therefore construct yr own world and .. FCK THEM ! !



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19 Jun 2013, 2:54 pm

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I think what you meant to say is "I can't jump ten feet in the air unassisted ON EARTH". However, you can certainly jump 10 feet in the air unassisted if you are on the moon. Also, you can't jump ten feet in the air unassisted depending on what your definition of unassisted is. You could say using a trampoline is assistance, but from another frame assistance means involving someone else, therefore making jumping on a trampoline an unassisted jump if you do it alone.


So with the stars in proper alignment, and/or outside support it might be feasible to reach ten feet on occasion. That doesn't mean I should call Guinness World Records to declare myself a candidate.


So what is this about? Is this about jumping 10 feet in the air unassisted, or is it about jumping 10 feet in the air unassisted AND having Guinness World Records recognize it?


It's about a statement that adheres to a more widely recognized agreement of the definition. I'd think shooting for 150% would sit better for your argument here...are you saying I should limit myself now? 8O



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19 Jun 2013, 3:02 pm

MjrMajorMajor wrote:
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MjrMajorMajor wrote:
MacDragard wrote:

I think what you meant to say is "I can't jump ten feet in the air unassisted ON EARTH". However, you can certainly jump 10 feet in the air unassisted if you are on the moon. Also, you can't jump ten feet in the air unassisted depending on what your definition of unassisted is. You could say using a trampoline is assistance, but from another frame assistance means involving someone else, therefore making jumping on a trampoline an unassisted jump if you do it alone.


So with the stars in proper alignment, and/or outside support it might be feasible to reach ten feet on occasion. That doesn't mean I should call Guinness World Records to declare myself a candidate.


So what is this about? Is this about jumping 10 feet in the air unassisted, or is it about jumping 10 feet in the air unassisted AND having Guinness World Records recognize it?


It's about a statement that adheres to a more widely recognized agreement of the definition. I'd think shooting for 150% would sit better for your argument here...are you saying I should limit myself now? 8O


No; I'm saying you should be clear about what you want when you put it into the universe if that's what you really want. What's more desirable to you? Jumping 10 feet in the air unassisted, or being recognized in the Guinness Book of World Records?



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19 Jun 2013, 3:06 pm

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What's true for me is irrelevant.


I find that difficult to believe for a number of reasons.

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What's happening is people on here are incapable of doing things because they are telling themselves "I can't do X because I have Y condition", making the Y condition much more powerful than what it actually is.


This is your perception and your belief, as a person who is not them and cannot ever truly know their experience. Your perceptions and your beliefs about other people are not fact -- you yourself have stated this as part of the premise for your argument about social skills ability being a matter of positive vs. negative thinking.

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If Helen Keller could read and write despite being blind and deaf, and if a legless guy could run a full marathon, then I don't see why certain conditions themselves are what prevent people from doing things they actually want to do.


People are individuals with varying abilities of skills, living in different circumstances to one another -- it is unreasonable and unfair to expect someone to be able to do something just because someone else was able to.


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19 Jun 2013, 3:16 pm

MacDragard wrote:
MjrMajorMajor wrote:
MacDragard wrote:
MjrMajorMajor wrote:
MacDragard wrote:

I think what you meant to say is "I can't jump ten feet in the air unassisted ON EARTH". However, you can certainly jump 10 feet in the air unassisted if you are on the moon. Also, you can't jump ten feet in the air unassisted depending on what your definition of unassisted is. You could say using a trampoline is assistance, but from another frame assistance means involving someone else, therefore making jumping on a trampoline an unassisted jump if you do it alone.


So with the stars in proper alignment, and/or outside support it might be feasible to reach ten feet on occasion. That doesn't mean I should call Guinness World Records to declare myself a candidate.


So what is this about? Is this about jumping 10 feet in the air unassisted, or is it about jumping 10 feet in the air unassisted AND having Guinness World Records recognize it?


It's about a statement that adheres to a more widely recognized agreement of the definition. I'd think shooting for 150% would sit better for your argument here...are you saying I should limit myself now? 8O


No; I'm saying you should be clear about what you want when you put it into the universe if that's what you really want. What's more desirable to you? Jumping 10 feet in the air unassisted, or being recognized in the Guinness Book of World Records?


Winning the lottery. Now excuse me while I put that out into the universe.... :roll: