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[obra]

Remember the LJ mojo meme?

Part two is up.

All, I can say is:

Ha. Ha. Ha. Told you so.

Also, not all of you who claim to have dated me actually did.

(Repeated here, so you don't need to click)

Anything you ever type into a web browser will be read by your:
parents, grandparents, children (I don't care if they won't exist for the next 20

Comments

[gee_tar]

Hmm, I think the problem is that the word "date" was not well-defined. To be fair, I don't think it's well-defined in casual conversation either, which I think leads to all sorts of confusion in life. However, I hesitate to bring every conversation I have about dating into a conversation on semantics. But, if you want accurate information in a survey, you should define your terms, including terms that "everyone" knows what they mean.

Which brings me to a larger point and a rebuttal to your argument. You can find all sorts of embarrassing information on the internet, but that doesn't mean it's true. This is why wikipedia isn't considered a trustworthy reference. Anything you find I can casually dismiss with a "Sure, if you believe what you read on the internet," thus rendering the information relatively impotent.

[obra]

No, I'm not talking about "huh. was that dating?" I'm talking about out and out fabrication.

But you can't dismiss information distributed over the internet as untrustworth just because it's distributed over the internet.

[gee_tar]

Dismissing it out of hand would be a mistake, but I would need an independent source to verify it before I start using the information myself. I feel it's still easier to deny some rumor that the internet picked up than something in, say, The New York Times.

[cos]

Hah! I suspected the results were "random" (by which I meant, "not systematically related to one's answers"), and mentioned this to a few people, who seemed to think the results were "real" (though of course couldn't quite figure out what they meant) :)

[aerynne]

Oh no! That was totally unexpected!

I thought of the crush meme when I first looked at the requirements for the meme, but when the only data it asked for was who I had dated, shrugged and said "the hell with it". It's not like that information isn't relatively public anyway.

(Although now it's interesting to see how people, including myself, define "dating".)

[cos]

Indeed! I won't deny any but one of the people who said they dated me (hint: there's one boy :), but there are some who I wouldn't have expected to claim they've dated me - though they're all people I've done something resembling dating with, be it going on some dates, or having sex, or something like those.

... though I suppose it's always possible someone else entered information on their behalf, too. this thing didn't have any serious attempt at authentication, IIRC.

[gee_tar]

I admit that I'm a little surprised someone admitted to dating me. As I recall, this is someone I wanted to date, but she, in no uncertain terms, turned me down. Of course, she's probably more embarrassed by this than I am, but this is long in the past and this fact being made (more) public isn't exactly damaging to either of our reputations.

[cerridwynn]

Oh, that is fantastic! It all makes sense now!

I love a practical joke. Even when i'm on the receiving end (*blush*) as long as it is not too mean. And this doesn't seem mean, just pointed.

But, please, tell me i did date you. 'Cause otherwise, well, the number of people i have dated drops dramatically and i am also very confused. :-)

[obra]

I have distinct memories of a lovely trip around central Europe including an evil marauding tram in Vienna, a killer heatwave in Budapest, a very weird Norwegian guy and his crazy Russian girlfriend. :)

[cerridwynn]

Um, yeah, that tram really did nearly kill me. So, uh, thanks!

Okay, writing now.

[gaal]

Oh, right! I wasn't dating you, I was timing you!

[bookwyrm]

athena% time obra
obra: Command not found.
0.000u 0.000s 0:00.00 0.0% 0+0k 0+0io 0pf+0w

I can't figure out where to download the 'obra' package... hrm.

[cos]

~>date obra
date: bad conversion

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