Some theorists now believe that 1...e6 is itself a Pataphysical joke, though it was played long before Jarry's time. Certainly the Winawer seems to be built largely from exceptions to the rules that teachers drum into beginners.

The Advance Variation admittedly contains patterns and tropes that are almost regular in comparison. But they're subvertible, with chemistry and combinations.

Why, Jarry seems to have been the very father of trolling. Even though the internet usage of the term 'troll(ing)' is widely considered to be derived from the fishing terminology, rather than any of its other conceivably possible etymological sources.

As Jarry would say.

As Jarry would say.>

He even predicted the need and the way to get around automatic censors...

<It is the Month of Decervelage, the time of the debraining.>

Could post the question at Annie's, but that'd be a bit like swearing in a church.

It's just so illogical - everyone knows the thing-to-be-done won't go away. Moreover, the more you procrastinate, the less likely you will do it; and it generally really only hinders the people.

Is it simply that people don't want to do short-term things they don't really like doing? But everyone knows it has to be done either way - so perhaps it lacks in realization. Looking only at the short-term instead of the long-term.

*Praying* in a church is a different matter, though praying and swearing have quite a lot in common ... "With these mighty oaths, I thee procrastinate" ... and all that.

The situation perceived by <dak> is not, in my view, one with a "doesn't everyone...?" solution. *We* procrastinate, perhaps because we are smart enough to get entangled in considering outcomes, but not smart enough to keep an eye on the clock.

Other people - anticrastinators - have an obsessive compulsion to get things done, now, soonest. Putting something off seems to cause them pain. If queried, they tend to explain the consequences of things going undone, followed by a chain of mishaps and eventual woe.

Which, to me, seems like volunteering for something unpleasant *now* in case something unpleasant happens in the future. Perverse.

Heh, I initially wanted to write 'like lying in a church' - but that seemed a bit too obvious ;D

<*We* procrastinate, perhaps because we are smart enough to get entangled in considering outcomes, but not smart enough to keep an eye on the clock.>

So if given the choice between a bottle of poison and a bottle of water - in the end we can convincingly conclude which was the right bottle. Only a shame we died of thirst in the mean time.

I stopped wearing a watch when I bought my first cell phone. No point carrying two timepieces around.

Though I suppose the American perspective is pretty familiar. From my experience of Irish-Americans I know that it can be weird to live in somebody else's mythic homeland.

The American perspective <is> familiar, but ackshly, it's more like Diaspora mentality rather than specifically American. And that's familiar to me too.

Lots of *cringe* and *wince* reactions there. ;s

'Bingham wins as Crucible kick floors Ebdon'