(9:20:15 PM) slacksloth@gmail.com/49627A7A: "how so" is a weasel phrase
(9:20:36 PM) Tom Pooklekufr: I am heated right now to say the least.
(9:20:38 PM) Tom Pooklekufr: how so?
(9:20:52 PM) slacksloth@gmail.com/49627A7A: it is only ever used to reduce a point or statement to the point where no further explanation is at all possible within the whole of verbal communication
(9:20:54 PM) Tom Pooklekufr: I dunno, I just got a little pissy
(9:21:19 PM) Tom Pooklekufr: Exactly, man. At that point all you can do is swing the hammer straight and true.
(9:21:39 PM) slacksloth@gmail.com/49627A7A: and this isn't arbitrary, I'm talking about an ex who really used to do that
(9:21:55 PM) slacksloth@gmail.com/49627A7A: "It bothers me that you cheat on me with other guys then pretend like it's not a big deal."
(9:21:57 PM) slacksloth@gmail.com/49627A7A: "Well how so?"
(9:22:01 PM) Tom Pooklekufr: "I feel like I want to stab you every time you penetrate me."
(9:22:03 PM) Tom Pooklekufr: "how so?"
(9:22:23 PM) slacksloth@gmail.com/49627A7A: "I just feel that honesty is a central part of any relationship and I have been honest with you throughout our entire relationship."
(9:22:31 PM) Tom Pooklekufr: HOW SO BITCH
(9:22:46 PM) slacksloth@gmail.com/49627A7A: "It would be nice if you would reciprocate that gesture and not lie to me or run around behind my back. When you do so it hurts me."
(9:22:47 PM) slacksloth@gmail.com/49627A7A: "how so?"
(9:23:20 PM) slacksloth@gmail.com/49627A7A: "Well, I'm a monogamist and I've entered into an exclusive relationship with you wherein it was agreed upon that we would be with only each other for the duration."
(9:23:22 PM) slacksloth@gmail.com/49627A7A: "how so?"
(9:23:47 PM) slacksloth@gmail.com/49627A7A: "Well, when I asked you if you wanted to be my girlfriend it was implied that girlfriend was a term meant to convey sexual exclusivity."
(9:23:50 PM) slacksloth@gmail.com/49627A7A: "Well, how so?"
(9:23:53 PM) Tom Pooklekufr: Bag of concrete, yellow nylon rope, two buckets, and a hammer. Written on one bucket "how" and on the other "so?"
(9:24:05 PM) slacksloth@gmail.com/49627A7A: the sad part is I'm not joking
(9:24:29 PM) Tom Pooklekufr: I've known people who use that phrase that way too.
(9:24:43 PM) slacksloth@gmail.com/49627A7A: or here's a good example: explaining physical phenomena
(9:24:49 PM) slacksloth@gmail.com/49627A7A: you can only explain inertia so far
(9:24:55 PM) Tom Pooklekufr: I went into a near homicidal fury, to say the least. Or I got at least a bit ruffled.
(9:25:04 PM) slacksloth@gmail.com/49627A7A: until asking "how so?" is basically begging a question that cannot be answered by anyone alive or who has ever lived
(9:25:19 PM) Tom Pooklekufr: I wonder why I wonder why I wonder
(9:25:29 PM) Tom Pooklekufr: I wonder why I wonder why I wonder
(9:25:40 PM) Tom Pooklekufr: I wonder why I wonder why I wonder
(9:25:44 PM) Tom Pooklekufr: etc