There have been times when, in the middle of the night, I have driven up to a red light at an intersection in the middle of the desert, with a car sitting there, waiting, waiting, waiting, for the light to turn green. Not another car for miles in any direction. But there he waits, like a dutiful sheep, for the light to change. Well, that's his business, who cares?
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Waiting for a red light it like taking a [censored]. You really don't ask why you have to, you just do it. I'm fine with that because some things should be autonomic about driving. In fact, I wish more people were more autonomic about actually obeying the law when it comes to driving.
You don't know what autonomy is, do you?
Autonomic - definition
1. Physiology.
1. Of, relating to, or controlled by the autonomic nervous system. 2. Occurring involuntarily; automatic: an autonomic reflex.
It would appear that you don't really know what _autonomic_ means. The poster's usage was correct. He wishes that more people obeyed traffic laws as an automatic reflex and without thinking about it.
On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 17:48:03 -0600, Jason Earl <[email hidden]>
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T said:
Joe Humble said:
On Sun, 28 Aug 2005 19:59:39 GMT, "David Cohen" <[email hidden]> wrote:
> There have been times when, in the middle of the night, I have > driven up to a red light at an intersection in the middle of the > desert, with a car sitting there, waiting, waiting, waiting, for > the light to turn green. Not another car for miles in any > direction. But there he waits, like a dutiful sheep, for the light > to change. Well, that's his business, who cares?
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Waiting for a red light it like taking a [censored]. You really don't ask why you have to, you just do it. I'm fine with that because some things should be autonomic about driving. In fact, I wish more people were more autonomic about actually obeying the law when it comes to driving.
You don't know what autonomy is, do you?
Autonomic - definition
1. Physiology.
1. Of, relating to, or controlled by the autonomic nervous system. 2. Occurring involuntarily; automatic: an autonomic reflex.
It would appear that you don't really know what _autonomic_ means. The poster's usage was correct. He wishes that more people obeyed traffic laws as an automatic reflex and without thinking about it.
Jason
If he was trying to be clever it was poorly implemented.
