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speaking of, I heard on NPR the other day some dude saying that it's impossible to communicate with someone with whom one does not have a relationship

Posted by crabs love mandy lane (aka amanda) Jun 12 '09, 06:52

I don't get how this works. what about meeting new people?

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I assume that he's using a narrow definition of "communicate" and a loose definintion of "relationship". (nm) - musubi Jun 12, 06:57 1
- Yeah, it's totally about those definitions. -- nm - mara Jun 12, 06:59
because he's using the term "relationship" in the most general sense to encompass any interaction between two people. -- nm - znufrii Jun 12, 06:55 4
- so, as soon as you meet someone, you immediately have a relationship with them. -- nm - znufrii Jun 12, 06:56 3
  - that's pretty circular -- nm - Roger More Jun 12, 06:56 2
    - it's not, really, it just comes down to simple definition of terms. - znufrii Jun 12, 06:58 1
      - I get that, but that seems a weird thing for this guy to be talking about - Roger More Jun 12, 07:09

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