A low obligation meme

[alias_sqbr]

Recently there have been a spate of "Reply to this post and I'll tell you 3 things I love about you, then post in your lj" posts, which I haven't replied to since neither part of it appeals to me (consumed as I am with hate and bile. No offense intended to those of you who aren't :)) On the whole I find those "reply to this" posts a bit scary,

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So....

[alias_sqbr]

What should you be doing right now instead of reading lj?

Re: So....

[capnoblivious]

Booking a room for some interviews.

Would you put up a cheesecake/beefcake calendar at work, and would you object if a colleague did?

Re: So....

[ilumiari]

Cheesecake would be fine, I have no idea what a beefcake is, but probably no.

What is the scariest horror movie you've ever seen?

Re: So....

[capnoblivious]

Beefcake = same as cheesecake, only with boys.

[capnoblivious]

Repeating the above qn:

Would you put up a cheesecake/beefcake calendar at work, and would you object if a colleague did?

(No reason.)

[alias_sqbr]

I totally would not, ever. For a start, my taste in men is not generally reflected by those sorts of calenders. Also I try not to do things which will bug other people.

As to whether I'd object, well...I probably wouldn't like it that much, but I think it would depend on circumstances and the nature of the calender. (Also I'm pretty passive, so if they didn't respond to me complaining to them would probably just quietly seethe).

For example, my female Phd supervisor had a firemen calender in her office, and they looked really happy and healthy, and the proceeds all went to charity, so it didn't bug me (I can't speak for her male students :)) I don't think I'd mind a female version of that.

[capnoblivious]

Mm. My colleagues have just put up a fireman calendar, and have said they'd be ok with the female equivalent.

But, I'm not particularly offended, and by and large prefer my Dalek calendar, so it's a non-issue. But it got me thinking. :)

[ataxi]

No.

How would you improve democracy?

[ataxi]

Why is alias_sqbr so annoyingly meta- about things like this?

[alias_sqbr]

Hey, we can't all be big irrational softies like you.

But I blame my genes. Being unemotional, annoying, and overly analytical run as deeply in my family as being short, dumpy and brown-haired.

And way to give the next person a hard time answering the question without implicitly insulting me (of course, they may see this as a plus...)

*resists urge to reply with "Why is ataxi such a big meanie?" because I am above that sort of thing unlike some people*

[ataxi]

"Being unemotional, annoying, and overly analytical run as deeply in my family as being short, dumpy and brown-haired"

Are you related to Woody Allen by any chance?

*ducks*

Still, it would've mean nice to see you play this meme with a straight bat!

[alias_sqbr]

Well, my family is partly jewish..but no :)

Yes, well, it would also be nice to be taller. Sorry that sounds flip but, yeah. If I was to create a custom filter for that meme the only people on it would be the sorts of people I'm comfortable hugging, which is like 5% of my friendslist. And then I'd feel bad for excluding the other 95%...

[tevriel]

What's your favourite geek joke?

(Mine is still "If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.")

[capnoblivious]

Quick version:
Two atoms/"I've lost an electron"/"sure?"/"positive!"

[flyingmopsy]

I just almost posted this before I saw that you already did.

[shrydar]

Irukanji!

[alias_sqbr]

human! :D

[flyingmopsy]

Not that it's one of the most dangerous, I have a certain liking of the paralysis tick.