The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

[Cadence]

It is more important in relationships to dislike the same things than like the same things. Now, I am not saying that it is not important to like things in common to share and engage with together, but liking the same things is not going to relieve the sense that there is something wrong with the other person's taste when they love something you hate or vice versa. Neutral to things they love is okay, as is neutral to things they hate. But we all like the same things as a lot of other people, but that doesn't mean we should friends or lovers with those folks.

In other words, just because you agree with someone else you typically disagree with on all others things about one thing doesn't mean you feel the need to share that one thing. That way lies misery.

So, I come seeking more, but unrelated wisdom.

If someone has an animated character as their profile pic, it generally doesn't cross my mind that they are said animated character. Similarly if it is a picture of someone famous in a movie or television scene. If it is a photo of a person posting under what seems a persons name I might just assume its them. If it is a person photo under a not person name I might get curious who it is a picture of and why I don't recognize them if they are famous enough to pick as a profile pic. What if it is a picture of someone that google notes is somewhat well known in their field but not posting under that name? Is it strange to wonder? Is it odd to ask them? Is it strange that I would even bother to google reverse look up any of these? Is it possible I am a Lego archer dreaming I am a human typing this question?

 

[billd91]

Someone thinks he’s e e cummings?

 

[prabe]

Capitalizing (or not) leading letters of a name? Ironically that was something Cummings' publisher did, not an affectation of his own. It's possible the author in question has reasons similar to bell hooks', and believes choosing not to capitalize puts more focus on the works than on the creator. I disagree with that--I think choosing a nonstandard name format draws attention to the author instead--but it seems pretty harmless to me.

 

[trappedslider]

I swear anytime you contend with nerds/geeks you better be prepared to use the exact word.

 

[Ryujin]

When you make the assertion that all pineapple pizza must also have ham on it and then someone takes that to mean that all pizza with ham is pineapple, it's probably best not to engage further.

 

[trappedslider]

I am so glad i miss out on the drama in other parts of the site

 

[el-remmen]

Usually somewhere within the first dozen posts on a product announcement thread, there is one that just makes me stop reading because of the negativity or taking the opportunity to rant about some past product. It has never been the very first one before.

 

[RealAlHazred]

I notice one or two typos in a couple of posts in the last few pages of this thread, so I am disregarding all of your opinions as flawed and possibly heretical!

 

[RealAlHazred]

A: "Whatcha doin?"

B: "Watching that movie I was telling you about, it's awesome!"

A: Looks at them watching a movie on their phone sitting on the couch. Looks over at the large screen internet connected TV right in front of the couch, recalls there's a laptop upstairs, a computer in the back room, and a couples tablet in the house too. "Ok". Nods and wanders off.

My wife will ask if we can watch a thing, and then during the thing I'll look over and she's playing Lily's Garden on her phone.

I mean, I would rather have been talking out of my ass on an Internet forum, we're watching because you wanted to!

 

[billd91]

My wife will ask if we can watch a thing, and then during the thing I'll look over and she's playing Lily's Garden on her phone.

Could be worse. Your wife could also be periodically pointing her phone in your direction showing you some semi-humorous meme on Star Trek: Sh!tposting that she wanted you to see - like mine does.