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emo_snal

Weekly Vote & Drama-que!

Mar 05, 2009 09:36

It's that time of the week! LJ Idol polls are up, and that means its also time for my weekly drama-que (polls will be closed already by our usual time of Sat morning). So throw some OMG-weiners and WTF-burgers on the grill, crack open a nice cold can of STFU and pull up a chair!

( First, the Poll Itself )

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Agreed with your recommendations. kenakeri March 5 2009, 18:30:46 UTC

I liked superhapytime's entry this week, it helped me gain a little perspective.

I'm on the internet to lime. Drama takes away from that, because I'm stupid soft and don't like to see anyone upset/mocked/attacked.

Re: Agreed with your recommendations. emo_snal March 5 2009, 18:37:25 UTC

Yeah. One of my friends jokingly referred to me as "the king of drama" the other day just on account of my weekly series here, But really, I do it because I think it actually helps to talk about things. When people are sitting around stewing they get entrenched and alienated from one another. So I've started doing this weekly airing out ot the LJ Idol laundry to kind of put it all out there.

My advice for everyone to avoid drama is: (a) don't presume that the unwritten rules you believe in should apply and be accepted by everyone. This is a source of much drama. (b) ESPECIALLY don't try to "enforce" your beliefs on others by means such as strongly worded diatribes to community entries or campaigns of terror involving makign someone's life hell by putting their info out there and encouraging people to contact them. Note that my opinions expressed in this entry are carefully frames as just an opinion.

Also, thanks. (=

Re: Agreed with your recommendations. kenakeri March 5 2009, 19:01:10 UTC

I do it because I think it actually helps to talk about things.

I recognise that. :-)

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Re: The road to hell is paved with good intentions... emo_snal March 6 2009, 22:14:07 UTC

From the way the opposing sides have engaged eachother directly in these threads to express their different perspectives, and with suprising amounts of politeness, I would say that I wholeheartedly stand by my earlier statement, I think this has helped.

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Re: The road to hell is paved with good intentions... emo_snal March 7 2009, 02:11:14 UTC

You think I do it just because I live for drama and whether or not it brings people together is not relevant?

Well, I admit that, as I mention, I do enjoy that the competition makes people think seriously about "what makes good writing" and have existential debates about the nature of something (LJ Idol).

And when I see people flip out about it... well I do find it interesting. I would submit its because I anticipate that ot will lead serious discussions of philosophical differences, but I suppose you could just call that "drama" and wrap it up neatly by saying that I like it.

But if we're going to hash out carefully between phrasings and what "the point" is, I fail to see a causal relationship between whether or not I like drama and "pompous and self aggrandizing"

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Re: The road to hell is paved with good intentions... gratefuladdict March 7 2009, 02:31:58 UTC

*joins hands and sways*

Re: The road to hell is paved with good intentions... emo_snal March 7 2009, 06:02:13 UTC

O_o

::(doesn't know what to think!)::

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