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July 6 at 1:24 am - Link
Mark Cuban gets it. - Robert Scoble
I'm guilty for saying it. - Franklin Naval
Franklin: me too. - Robert Scoble
Usually when someone says "just don't get it" in the situation described by Mark, it is preceded with "You" as in "You just don't get it". That is not the sign of Mark giving up, it is the sign that the person trying to convince Mark has just given up because he is not listening any more. In any case when those words are uttered the person who is making the proposal is standing up and heading for the door already. - Dedric
Hang on Robert - how many times have you said "you just don't get it" to me? :) Mark is right of course - "you just don't get it" means you've failed to explain yourself properly, or you're not listening when someone comes back at you with a reason why you're not right. - Ian Betteridge
Ian: you just don't get it. :-) - Robert Scoble
For the record: sometimes you just have to say "you just don't get it" and move on. There's lots of people in the world who aren't worth convincing. That's one thing that Mark doesn't get. Maybe Mark thinks he's worth convincing. Since he's a billionaire I can see how he got that opinion. But even a billionaire sometimes isn't worth convincing. Try convincing someone who hates technology that they should come on FriendFeed. You just won't be able to do it. It's better to simply say ... - Robert Scoble
I just don't get not getting it! :) - Ian Betteridge
..."you just don't get it" and walk away to save your sanity. I forget why I told Ian that he didn't get something, but it probably was something along these lines. At some point it just isn't worth my time and I give up. - Robert Scoble
You were, of course, wrong :) I did get it, but simply didn't believe you were right. And that's the other place where "you just don't get it" is used as an excuse to curtail discussion without having to think about your own position. It's a phrase I try never to use for that reason. - Ian Betteridge
Ian: nah, you didn't get it then and you don't get it now. :-) (of course, I forget what we were even arguing about back then, would be nice to have a refresher so I can come at it with a fresh perspective). - Robert Scoble
I totally agree with Mark. You wouldn't be coming to me if you didn't have some respect for my intelligence. If I sound like I don't get it then either you haven't provided me enough clarity into the brilliance you illustrate or the idea just doesn't click with me like it does with you. Either way, don't insult me. Only my wife can say that to me. - Adam Helweh
Adam: that's a good point. If I'm in Mark's office, that means I'm trying to pitch him on something. Probably to try to get him to buy something. If I were doing that I'd never tell that person they were clueless, even if I thought that after the meeting. Why does this sound like a social media expert told him this, though? I've seen a few of them try this tactic and it usually ends up in disaster. - Robert Scoble
Robert, I can't remember either - but I'm sure you were wrong :) - Ian Betteridge
Ian: I'm often wrong, it wouldn't have been the first time. Won't be the last one, either. - Robert Scoble
This should be the famous last words before walking out of the room. Not any soon. - Muthu Ramadoss
I'm never wrong. Except when I just don't get it ;) - Ian Betteridge
Sometimes I wish there was the ability to digg some of the comments and not just "like" the main post. - Adam Helweh
Adam: Same here. We should be able to "promote" comments to first-order FF items. - Ken Sheppardson
If you guys "promote" comments, then we loose chronological order of the comment thread, which then won't make any sense. Don't change chronological order, but rather place little voting stars by the comments, this way folks can indicate a vote without disturbing the order of the original thread. Stars would have to equate to a numerical voting score (UIX tbd) - Susan Beebe
Susan: **** - David Cook
:o) thanks David! - Susan Beebe
Who has Cuban been dealing with Mickey Mouse? - Tim Leon
Perhaps Dr. Evil pitched him what he likes to call a <airquotes>micro-blogging</airquotes> service. http://sounds.wavcentral.com/m... - Karim
Message to Mark Cuban... when I said "I just don't get it", I was talking about my sex life.... - Kevin Shannon
The Washington Post used to have as their advertising tagline, "If you don't get it, you just don't get it" - Karim
Folks using that phrase are trying to substitute emotional manipulation for a compelling argument. - Michael Krigsman
One of the first things you learn when studying debate or argumentation is the circular argument: an argument that continually goes back to the same starting point is an argument that's not worth continuing. So, someone who keeps bringing up the same point you've already addressed because they aren't convinced is someone who's never going to be convinced. In that case, the only valid solution is to walk away and end the argument. I can definitely see a stubborn VC bringing up the same point over and over, even after it's been reasonably addressed, inciting an entrepeneur to exclaim that and walk away. - Mark Trapp
I don't think Mark Cuban gets most things - he must hear that a lot... - Kevin Cearns
I'm conflicted on this: while I think that saying to people "you don't get it" is the height of rudeness, Cuban doesn't get a lot of things either...and the post reeks of arrogance in itself. Still, he has the money right, who are we to argue. - Duncan Riley
I hear Mark Cuban GETS a little too heated on the sidelines. Now Bush, he gets it. - Granteezy
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