Pendulums, most visibly those in "grandfather clocks," are supposed to swing back and forth in only one plane. Schlenker makes it entirely clear which way is the "other way," the direction in which the pendulum has swung too far. In the excerpt that you quote, I don't think that Mr. As to which way the pendulum swings, or the trend is going, the "other way" is presumably the opposite of whichever way the writer presumes is current, or has designated as the standard from which the "other way" deviates.
In this field and in many others, trends swing back and forth, just as a pendulum swings back and forth. Encouraging people to lean on excuses is a trend discouraging them would be a trend the other way. He is talking about trends in counseling or psychotherapy. Indeed, you now see in the psychology literature recommendations that, in essence, therapists help their clients generate excuses to make them feel better, to try to focus them on why perhaps some of their problems are not really their fault, they're not bad people."
: "But one of the things that my colleagues and I felt was that the pendulum may have swung too far the other way now. Because it's a lot nicer if you make up an excuse, for example, for missing a lunch date or turning somebody down than if you say 'I didn't want to go out with you because I didn't like you' or 'I missed the lunch date because I had better things to do.' : SCHLENKER: "Much of the research showed that excuses can actually produce beneficial consequences in the sense of salvaging self-esteem, making people feel better, maybe even allowing them to keep stronger relationships with others. Reboot is produced by Steven Levitan Productions and Twentieth Television.Where Does the Phrase ‘Eat the Rich’ Come From? Levitan serves as an executive producer alongside Danielle Stokdyk and Jeff Morton. Here are young people and here is the old guard.
“It’s really fun representing the old school,” added Reiser, whose character, Gordon, created the old show that is currently being rebooted in Reboot. People need the freedom to explore and say things … It reflects the time we live in and more to the point, the times we work in.” We are all trying to manage the ‘what can you say, what can’t you say, what’s wrong with that, how is that offensive.’ The whole interesting part is how sacred a writers room needs to be.
I find that a fascinating time we are in. “We are all so afraid, people are so ready to cancel somebody with one perceived misstep. “I know a lot of people in comedy think the pendulum has swung too far, being politically correct and woke and all that,” Levitan told reporters today at the Television Critics Tour. 'Drag Me To Dinner': Hulu Announces Premiere Date For Unscripted Series From Neil Patrick Harris, David Burtka
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