Six degrees? Try more like two.

[kirinn]

Alternate title: crazy incestuous geek friend loops are crazy.

It seems like every time I add a new friend on LJ these days, I uncover some wacky multiple-social-group connection that I never would have expected. The latest example began when I added skuldchan after meeting her at Dragon*Con. I noticed a comment in her LJ with an icon that looked

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Crazy geek friend loops are craaaaaaaaaazy

[doctorskuld]

Just for the record, captainecchi is a she, despite what her username might imply. XD

Also, who is oonh?

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[oonh]

I have long usenet contrails. Otherwise I don't make myself that easy to stalk.

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[doctorskuld]

How do you know blondestwolf?

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[oonh]

I think she shepherded me when I was loopy at one point and I now see her occasionally when raxvulpine does something social.

[oonh]

crawl is fun, you should play it sometime.

[listener]

...there's even a Mac version!

[doctorskuld]

I am actually rather present in yaoi/slash fandom on the internets, which is how I know twigcollins (and probably about half of my F-list) and why maybe it shouldn't be too surprising that I'm showing up on all these geek circle lists? :D

[akiko]

You also went to MIT, which doesn't hurt the Boston contingent's chances. ;)

[tiercel]

It's much simpler off lj, in which the connections simply run you->Phil->everyone else in the world.

[listener]

Yeah, you're mostly right. (Stalker!) However, I had only just noticed the raxvulpine - skuldchan connection too.