Normal work day, on a conference call, about to squeeze out a nice silent fart through an Aeron chair and surround myself with deadly aroma. At the last second, I noticed a slightly off center feeling in the sphincter, and induced a underwear-saving clench when I sharted a moment later. The experience really highlights how this is really a game of inches. Sure I coated the cheeks with some viscous mud, but that quick reaction saved me from free balling for the day. As a younger man, I doubt I would have possessed the intimate connection to and understanding I have for my body that prompted that clench. But today, following years of beers, beans, farts and conference calls, I'm really tuned in and avoided a perilous situation.
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Get the Maturity mug.Elusive 'rule' or 'law' that can be invoked to carry through the will of the majority. The last word in all decision making processes, whether this be in persuading others to go on a lovely trip to the park, or something altogether more serious. If the majority of people agree about something, e.g. going to the park, and someone says 'Majority Rules' then everyone must do what the majority want. In the same way, can also be used to prove or disprove facts (however ridiculous), in that if the majority agree that something is true/untrue then it is true/untrue - the 'rule' is thus useful for winning arguments where you know others will agree with you.
Arguably pretty much just democracy distilled to the level of petty playground rivalry.
Arguably pretty much just democracy distilled to the level of petty playground rivalry.
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Identity Maturity Model (IMM) - Defines the different levels of maturity that entities like goverments, financial institutions and enterprises have in managing digital Identity information. This can be for people, machines, applications or any other form of digital identity. These identities are use to carry out any type of a transaction with any type of a system.
Their Identity Maturity Model rating is only a Level 2 and we cannot risk doing business with them and be out of compliance.
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Bub: What is a silent majority?
Loko: An oxymoron
Bub: Oh really, why?
Loko: Think about it. How can a majority be silent? Would that not also imply there is a loud minority? Not strictly speaking, but by definition, a crowd of a thousand people cannot be more silent than a few individuals. Therefore it is an oxymoron.
Bub: So what you are saying is that a silent majority is seemingly silent, but has all the traits of a majority?
Loko: Exactly. However because it's an oxymoron, it is only to be used under specific contexts such as the majority of students attending a zoom lecture that vote on polls but don't ever talk. It has also been used as a misnomer intended to magnify a population group to make it appear bigger than it really is. In the second case, it is the 'majority' part that is meant to elude, while 'silent' implies that there is another group in comparison: the supposedly "loud" group which turns out to be the true majority group.
Bub: The second use-case sounds a bit sus.
Loko: Yes, essentially it is double-speak.
Loko: An oxymoron
Bub: Oh really, why?
Loko: Think about it. How can a majority be silent? Would that not also imply there is a loud minority? Not strictly speaking, but by definition, a crowd of a thousand people cannot be more silent than a few individuals. Therefore it is an oxymoron.
Bub: So what you are saying is that a silent majority is seemingly silent, but has all the traits of a majority?
Loko: Exactly. However because it's an oxymoron, it is only to be used under specific contexts such as the majority of students attending a zoom lecture that vote on polls but don't ever talk. It has also been used as a misnomer intended to magnify a population group to make it appear bigger than it really is. In the second case, it is the 'majority' part that is meant to elude, while 'silent' implies that there is another group in comparison: the supposedly "loud" group which turns out to be the true majority group.
Bub: The second use-case sounds a bit sus.
Loko: Yes, essentially it is double-speak.
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Get the silent majority mug.n: A word reffering to the slow and painful process by which the human soul dies, and then proceeds to rot. This process ends when someone becomes fully mature, and are thus devoid of all joy and personality.
My dad represents maturity, he works 9 to 5 in a cubicle for 5 days a week. He also respects women, and never tells any racist or crude jokes. That poor bastard...
Mom: "You kids stop having fun this instant! Honestly, you need to be more mature."
Mom: "You kids stop having fun this instant! Honestly, you need to be more mature."
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