Chaotic Coffee Klatch (tea also available)

When I came back I saw this thread and started posting in it a little and watching it. Mostly because a few old friends and aquaintances posted here quite a bit (who I won't specifically name in case they want plausible deniability! ;) :D ).

I have to admit that I chuckled a little at the name "Chaos" both because I got the tongue in cheek reference to what happens in most Lit threads of this nature, but also because I thought "yeah, chaos...lmao...they don't *really* know what that means." Keeping in mind that - back when I was young and could actually do mathematics, - I did some work in Chaos theory (not much, I was never *that* good).

But as I've watched, I've reached a new level of appreciation for the aptness of this thread name.

One formal definition of "Chaos" is called Weak Sensitive Dependence and it says: A system characterized by J(x(t)) has the property of weak sensitive dependence on its initial conditions if and only if ∃ε>0 ∀x(0) ∀δ>0 ∃t>0 ∃y(0) so that if |x(0)−y(0)|<δ and |J(x(t))−J(y(t))|>ε.

(I put that in just to be obnoxious, to prove that I can read math fluently, and because...well...it contributes to the chaos! How many other Lit threads have ∀ and ∃ in them!).
In simple terms it says that no matter how close two starting values (x(0) and y(0)) may be, after a sufficient time (t), the system J will lead to J(x(t)) and J(y(t) being "far away". I think clearly we can apply this definition here given how quickly the posts evolve into total weirdness! ;)

I'm thinking, you know...maybe there's a paper here... But getting this past IRB is going to be a bitch....

But surely, it is also an expression of the Second Law of Thermodynamics, because Chaos is just Entropy with a good Press Agent... dS>=0


 
Hey chaos. It’s been a day-mostly fun filled! I’m wondering if it’s safe to jump back in…
Who is kindfarmer and why are they stirring up shit? I don’t care enough to go back and read through it it all-I was kind of hoping they would just go away but that doesn’t seem to be happening.
I am usually a love and let love (this was supposed to say live and let live but I mistyped twice so I kept it) but this seems annoying and like it’s creating bad chaos. Is there a consensus about the best way to move forward?
Edited to add

Like group ignore(feels kind of grade school)?

Hope they jut go away?

Hope they just get it?
I've got him on ignore.
If he gets too out of line we can have a mod intervene. He seems slow to learn...
 
It's a somewhat exaggerated view of small town southern Ontario. Aspects are rather accurate, tho. I speak as a Canadian FROM that area.

And yes I do know some of the character archetypes.
I am pretty sure The Letterkenny Irish are based in part on the local Jr. C team that the star played on...

And "How're ya now" is a common greeting here in the Queen's Bush (Makes Bumblefuck FL look like New York City)
 
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