It's happening again...I can feel it

[wombat_socho]

Ironically enough, I'm writing this on a Friday afternoon before the monthly PRSFS meeting.

P returned from the Great American Desert, where Convergence is held every Independence Day weekend, and had much news, most of it amusing in a "ha-ha, funny!" way and some of it amusing in a bitter, cynical "LOOK HOW STUPID YOU ARE" way.

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Well, come on, if we're being honest

[burnunit]

To be fair the likelihood is manifestly HIGHER that AD staff would be among the first to catch it, not just dim reports from the edges. Because the way we gossip in this culture, someone overhearing awful sentiments would waste no time getting back to someone on AD staff in order to tell them about it. Just like I tend to hear tons of CVG scuttlebutt or interweb dramaz very quickly, even if people think it's "secret" or "off the radar."

I strive not to perpetuate the idea of being overly vigilant (read: paranoid) about people slagging CONvergence (or our attendees), but I'm sure if someone had said likewise about our people at Detour, I would have heard about it really quick from some enterprising person. I would have likely said "meh, come on guys, chill" but still. My point is, people tend to hurry bad news along, so i'm not so sure if it's possible for the people most intimately involved-and therefore most likely to be concerned about such maters-to just "catch the edge of it" in our current environment.

BTW, I attended AD this year, hosted a room party (for mnzero) and had a Great Time. And I said so to a number of staffers, verbally and in writing, and to anyone who would listen. I'm looking forward to going back next year-assuming I can swing the hotel expense!