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alias_sqbr

A low obligation meme

Nov 20, 2007 08:53

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, ( Read more... )

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capnoblivious November 20 2007, 00:43:33 UTC

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 November 20 2007, 01:06:16 UTC

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 November 20 2007, 02:08:37 UTC

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 November 20 2007, 03:09:15 UTC

No.

How would you improve democracy?

alias_sqbr November 20 2007, 03:55:03 UTC

You know it's a pity, that's an interesting question but I can't answer it because you POSTED IT IN THE WRONG PLACE. THIS ARE SRS MEME U NO.

Of course the fact that every question poster so far has done this is perhaps a sign I didn't explain it very well....(Or you're being annoying on purpose. Or both. Or neither. Or all of the above!)

Either the wind is not southerly, or I'm not really looking at a hawk and a handsaw ... ataxi November 20 2007, 04:11:07 UTC

"Reply to this post (NOT one of the comments, or it'll all get confused) with a question. Then post a separate comment with an answer to the question immediately above yours, as a reply to the comment containing the question. "

I think you explained what we did with great clarity. What you're now talking about, I have absolutely no idea!

Re: Either the wind is not southerly, or I'm not really looking at a hawk and a handsaw ... shrydar November 20 2007, 05:06:59 UTC

Reply to this post

That means click the "leave a comment" link at the top of the page. If you've just clicked the "Reply" link under one of the questions, you're replying to that comment, not to the post.

I don't understand what's so unclear about alias_sqbr's instructions.

Re: Either the wind is not southerly, or I'm not really looking at a hawk and a handsaw ... ataxi November 20 2007, 05:13:17 UTC

"That means click the "leave a comment" link at the top of the page."

Which I did (see below).

"Then post a separate comment with an answer to the question immediately above yours"

Which I then proceeded to do. My mistake, apparently, was to include a question with my answer. But nobody had said I couldn't!

I don't understand what's so unclear about ataxi's objections.

Re: Either the wind is not southerly, or I'm not really looking at a hawk and a handsaw ... alias_sqbr November 20 2007, 05:56:14 UTC

You're absolutely right. *edits post*

Re: Either the wind is not southerly, or I'm not really looking at a hawk and a handsaw ... ataxi November 20 2007, 06:09:44 UTC

Huzzah! It's a win for pointless bureaucratic nonsense.

Re: Either the wind is not southerly, or I'm not really looking at a hawk and a handsaw ... alias_sqbr November 20 2007, 07:07:50 UTC

And when pointless bureaucratic nonsense wins, everybody wins.

ataxi November 20 2007, 04:35:01 UTC

So, how would you improve democracy?

shrydar November 20 2007, 05:31:37 UTC

Only if I knew it wouldn't make anyone else uncomfortable, so no.

I would not object on my own behalf, but I would support (and probably even anticipate) the objections of others.

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