Comments on: Totally Like Whatever, You Know?

By: Useful lessons in real eloquence « The Wanderer

Useful lessons in real eloquence « The Wanderer — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 20:46:27 +0000

[...] leave a comment » I enjoyed this from slam poet Taylor Mali (via Justin Taylor): [...]

By: Christian News New Zealand » Blog Archive » Speak With Conviction – Like Totally Yeah!

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 04:09:51 +0000

[...] Justin Taylor & Holiday at the [...]

By: Speak With Conviction – Like Totally Yeah! | iamjonnyking.com

Speak With Conviction – Like Totally Yeah! | iamjonnyking.com — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 04:08:30 +0000

[...] H/T: Justin Taylor & Holiday at the Sea [...]

By: Richard

Richard — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 06:46:02 +0000

Mali is brilliant. In the same vein I like his “Like Lily Like Wilson” poem about the girl who couldn’t stop saying “like”(though not all will agree with Lily’s conclusions).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Azu8XWcHzFM

By: Totally like whatever, you know? « (Techy + Theological Thoughts)^Paul = …

Sat, 23 Jan 2010 01:52:28 +0000

[...] The Gospel Coalition, via @JohnPiper] Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)i’m [...]

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:45:22 +0000

Hm. I see your point as well Abraham. There no doubt needs to be balance and grace given in conversation and speech.

By: Clicki, Vidi, Linki (1-22-10) « Divine Satisfaction!

Clicki, Vidi, Linki (1-22-10) « Divine Satisfaction! — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:33:30 +0000

[...] Justin Taylor posted a typography version of this video over at his blog: [...]

By: Taylor Mali’s Slam Poetry: “Totally, Like Whatever, You Know?” | A Watchman for the Morning

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:07:36 +0000

[...] Meet Taylor Mali. [...]

By: Abraham Piper

Abraham Piper — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:12:12 +0000

I see your point. But I think that calling it “epistemological skepticism disguised as humility” is ascribing motives without evidence. Of course that might be the case in some instances, but it is also the vernacular of huge swaths of English speakers. It seems unfounded to me to attribute a motive for speaking that way without some kind of investigation.

What I see happening here is a perhaps-valid work of art being used by people to validate ungenerous biases about people different than them who they have no interest in actually understanding.

By: Justin Taylor

Justin Taylor — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:36:38 +0000

Thanks for the link! Isn’t it a bit apples and oranges, though? Liberman on uptalking in general, and Mali on uptalking combined with verbal hints of epistemological skepticism disguised as humility?

By: Abraham Piper

Abraham Piper — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 23:01:29 +0000

While not as niftily presented or amusing, Mark Liberman's article on uptalking is far more balanced, educated, and evidence-based.

By: Cissy Blunt

Cissy Blunt — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:11:44 +0000

OMG!!! Thank You, thank you for finally saying what I’ve been sensing, but couldn’t put into words because… you know like… you feel weird when you sound like you know what you’re talking about, right? Know what I’m saying… L.O.L.!!!! Just love this!!!!

By: Tiana Krenz

Tiana Krenz — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:09:26 +0000

Wonderful…I love it!

Thank-you!

By: PDW

PDW — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:54:35 +0000

This was absolutely fantastic!

Thank you!!

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:21:18 +0000

This presentation was geerate. And I am guilty as charged. I do that all the time, you know?

By: Brendt Waters

Brendt Waters — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:47:01 +0000

Taylor Mali is, like, totally awesome.

Though, frankly, I’m surprised that some of your more rabid readers haven’t already chimed in to cite this poem as proof-text that ALL epistemological humility is wrong.

By: Totally Like, Whatever, You Know? « living as dead

Totally Like, Whatever, You Know? « living as dead — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 05:04:37 +0000

[...] HT: JT [...]