--- In [email protected], "Kenny H" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Judy/Barry/Peter > > I'm not quire sure who introduced the term Ashkenazi overclocking here > but it was one I never heard before and I wanted to thank you for > bringing it up. It was very interesting to read about. I am Ashkenazi > as maybe both Barry and Judy are also (are you?). Our heritage is not > originally locatable to northern France and and western Germany which, > as I understand it, is where the Ashkenazi's originated. We were part > of the Ashkenazi migration just a tad later (early 1700s). > On my mom's side we are Russian Jews. Her parents (my mom) were from > Odessa/Kiev or thereabouts. I don't know what this particular type of > Jew is called so we just always said, Russian Jews.
I was interested in the term not for its description of the genetic abnormality found in Ashenazi Jews but for the description of the particular set of *behaviors* that manifest as a result of the abnormality. The behaviors that were described in the texts I found when Vaj first mentioned the term revolved around people of otherwise high intelligence who were kinda "borderline" with regard to arguing, especially about the supposed meaning of words. They were more likely to fly off the handle over word interpretations or misinter- pretations than other people, sometimes pathologically so. These behaviors struck me as very close to a set of behaviors one commonly sees on Internet discussion groups. *lots* of Internet discussion groups. Plus, I liked the "overclocking" metaphor. It just seemed fitting somehow -- someone running their mental "clock speed" at dangerously high levels, leaving them continually oversensitive and on edge and consistently more likely to see personal insults in statements that very few others consider insulting. However, it's the behaviors I'm interested in, not the genetic causes for them in one particular group. So if anyone can come up with a *better* term for this common Internet behavior than what I called "Ashkenazy overclocking," please suggest it. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
