First and foremost I identify as a hermit -- not as a misanthrope!!! - I assert that there is a highly significant distinction! Moreover - although upshot of life-long leanings - my 'hermit stance' follows many years of 'worldly' experience (handy euphemism, that!) --- Point being I'm 'confirmed'!

A hermit with a vocabulary like you have is odd. Was the investment in building your lexicon a good use of your time if you planned a hermit's life?

Oh I think so! - I feel communication skills are beneficial to the human experience in general! --- At risk of 'waxing anthropological' -- 'twas language that 'brought us' (as a species)

Are people who END UP living like hermits and people who WANT to live like hermits both really hermits?

As is the case with any lifestyle choice True hermits are those who both prefer and seek said 'status' -- I count myself among that group!

Are people who keep their doors closed to visitors yet constantly posting on Internet forums really hermits.

If only that my doors were thus closed and my life so insular! - But to respond to your question --- Although I am not a 'hermit' in the strictest, classical sense of the word (e.g. I participate in occupational and social activities) -- I endeavor to (figuratively) maintain others at 'arm's length' as it were -- that is to say I eschew intimate relationships (whether amative or fraternal/sorortal) - Moreover, I insist upon - and very much enjoy - my hard won status as the solitary householder of a large building in a remote, sparsely populated, region

Again, I both appreciate (and have greatly benefited from) civilization! -- Moreover, while I genuinely like people (as individuals and as a species) - 'Symbiosis' and its analogs (at any level) inspires me with dismay - and, I daresay, something akin to revulsion...

So... Now that I've thoughtfully responded to your questions - here's one for you: How do you feel about the practice of pathologizing lifestyle choices at odds with one's own experience, preferences, tastes or perspectives???

With genuinely friendly regards
HP

 

HP now I am saying you have theme song too!

Oh! Yes! I've heard that ditty many times -- Perhaps I should sue Henley for his intolerant, anuptaphobic lyrics? -- ain't identity politics grand?

But have you stumbled in your headlong rush to officiousness!? -- Here's the tune most frequently 'dedicated' to me -- notice the intensified pathos? (nice tune BTW)

All the best
HP

 

So... Now that I've thoughtfully responded to your questions - here's one for you: How do you feel about the practice of pathologizing lifestyle choices at odds with one's own experience, preferences, tastes or perspectives???

With genuinely friendly regards
HP

I must say, you are not the first and likely not the last to misinterpret my motives. Like another recent exchange, my motives were not meant to attack or pathologize. From my daily work focused on manufacturing efficiency and prudent use of time, I wondered how you felt about your use of time in hindsight. I have similar incongruities in my life and they are often at odds with the mindset I need to perform well in my working life. No judgment or pathologizing intended.

As for the questions surrounding the concepts of living like a hermit vs acting like a hermit vs actually being a hermit, I was thinking that my challenge would lead you to dig a bit deeper into the lesser used portions of your grey matter for a word or phrase in English, Latin or Greek that would better describe "HP" than hermit.

 

my motives were not meant to attack or pathologize.

No worries! While reading new posts I endeavor to maintain an open mind (except, so it seems, where Arduino is concerned!)

...for a word or phrase in English, Latin or Greek that would better describe "HP" than hermit.

Lemme think on that!

Best regards
HP

 

This is not feeling like a Christmas conversation. Try this mis amigos de hablantes españolas:

 

This is not feeling like a Christmas conversation. Try this mis amigos de hablantes españolas:

Gracias de un amigo de habla Inglés

 

Any Deutchen? I have a Tannenbaum for you.

 

I think you mean " Deutschen" But who's keeping score?!

 

 

I think you mean " Deutschen" But who's keeping score?!

Every prig I have ever tried to include by speaking to them in their native language.

Here, I think this sums it up:

Sorry, no results for “Merry Christmas” in the Collins English-German Dictionary.


http://www.collinsdictionary.com/spellcheck/english-german?q=Merry Christmas

 

Feeling a bit 'Owley' today, @#12 ?

Seasons greetings!
HP

 

Merry Christmas!

 

Sorry, no results for “Merry Christmas” in the Collins English-German Dictionary.

frohliche Weihnachten
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frohliche Weihnachten
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You are a braver man than I am, Gunga Brownout. You can be sure I would have made an error in spelling that, and I can be sure some OCD prig would have corrected my spelling instead of relishing the moment of proffered friendship.

 

I wouldn't be able to spell it without looking it up, despite having lived in Germany for 5 years.

 

Only in America!

Running for US congress next year.
Max.

 

I wouldn't be able to spell it without looking it up, despite having lived in Germany for 5 years.

I took a semester of German, 53 years ago. You can see from my post #51 that I tried to look it up, but there no way can I be expected to remember how to spell frohliche. Today, it took me 2 hours to remember, "John Cusack", and he wasn't even born when I took a class in German.

 

In School Days i have also seen and celebrated .

 

Wow! #12 you must be at least 60 years old!

 

My avatar is already Christmas appropriate.
Get it?
"Jingle Bells, Shotgun Shells,..."
It's in season year round, like the Christmas lights on my trailer house.