S&W 5:7

When you overstate, the reader will be instantly on guard, and everything that has preceded your statement as well as everything that follows it will be suspect in his mind because he has lost confidence in your judgement or your poise.

Strunk & White
The Elements of Style

{Karen and Jack, three cups of coffee between them}

K:Anyhow, what I was saying, ithinkthatthemost um the worst way to depict someoneinthat kindof dire position is to look at them inawaythat condones....um...

J:What?
K:sighs Whatryou looking at?
J:Nothing, I'm listening.
K:Whydonchyou look at people when people talk to you? It's really unnerving.
J:Oh frchrissake.
K:No really, why?
J:I don't know. IguesswhatI'dhavetosayis, when I watch people talking to me I'm doing oneoftwothings. First, I might be tryingtothinkof how...what about beingsaybeing blonde makes you say the things you say or thinkyknowthink the things you think asyknowas I expect them to be.
K:That's horrible.
J:Oh, whatever.
K:Idon'tfeel comfortable talking to you, knowing that.
J:Well, either I'm justyknowjust really aware of IthinkI'm just really aware of the prejudices that Iandthewholehumanrace have. Or maybe I'm just reallyextremely prejudiced. Whatever, you're going to think its whatever anyway. The point is, there's another thingthatmightbehappening, andprobably its simultaneous halfofthetime, well, alotofthetime, but anyway, I'm trying to prove to the person I'm looking at that I'm not doing it. Soitsbetter if I just look at something else and consider its relation to what you say.
K:Okay, well, ANYWAY, asIwassaying.
both pause, and out:
J&K: Ta-da!!!
Bow. Exeunt.

A turn

Anthony rests his readers on the tip of his nose and looks over them at us on the other side of the lectern:

"I sometimes wonder why, with all of the outmoded and in the first place unsubstatiated generalizations which enjoy such currency even now, that certain other generalizations (whose evidence is in abundance) are rarely ever made & thus not widely accepted. Here, I'd like to give a few new ones a chance, and furthermore demand reader response (which has been lacking of late!):

1)Jewish women in their twenties are voluptuous and wise.
2)It takes an obscene amount of wealth for someone to admit that they are wealthy.
3)Everyone needs someone to look down on.
4)You never really see a roach die. Usually you walk away while its still twitching. Remember this when you're holding the paper towel: I've never forgotten it and never picked up a roach.

The take home message is this: If we accept the axiom that all generalizations are too wide in scope (I think this is connoted, rather than just implied by the word these days, anyhow) can't we trust each other enough to just make them? Clearly, the answer is yes, and not just because I'm never wrong."

LOL

"Its amazing, isn't it?"
"I know."
"Our society is just completely at odds with quality of life!"
"I know, you're right."
"It's sad."
"It's sad."