SilasBarta comments on Open Thread, November 16–30, 2012 - Less Wrong

3 Post author: VincentYu 18 November 2012 01:59PM

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Comment author: SilasBarta 19 November 2012 01:45:14AM *  5 points [-]

Ah, okay, I've heard people use the term "agenty" with me before but didn't know what it meant (the context didn't help much and it only came at the point where s/he was cutting off communication).

The context was:

  • "Silas, since you're [near X] at [time Y], can do you [task for me] at Y? No trouble if you can't."
  • "[leaves silas a voicemail]: time Y has moved to inconvient time Z."
  • "[my reply back with a voicemail]: I can't make that time, and it would be cheaper at this point anyway to do it youself."
  • [still expects me to do task]
  • [I get a call from someone else who was told I would do task.]
  • [I attempt to do task to the extent I can anyway.]
  • [I get condemned on the basis that "Silas, I thought you were agenty."]
Comment author: jmmcd 19 November 2012 02:09:49PM 1 point [-]

Sounds like someone has a new buzzword for catch-all criticisms. Best not to take such people seriously.