Simple things more people should know.

[lady_ganesh]

Posting about how much you don't care about something fools no one

Comments

[cicer]

Re point three: Equilibrium? Or is there some other movie about an emotionless society that I haven't heard of?

[lady_ganesh]

That's the one! It's not bad, really, just...let's just say I'm watching Michael Jackson coverage on MTVHits right now, and Miley Cyrus' Tweets are more interesting at the moment.

[pindrops]

Defending yourself or your friends on fandom_wank et al is usually pointless but provides us with endless entertainment.

Isn't that one the point of f_w being public? It says it right at the main page: 'you will be mocked'

[lady_ganesh]

One would think!

I was trying to explain to some poor soul on f_w that they should just withdraw and be happier and they were all "but they're saying bad things about me and my friends!" Er, yes. It happens. It doesn't mean everyone will believe them! And even if they do they'll move on to the next shiny thing next week anyway.

[crystaldawn]

lol @ the first two points - we're waiting for them to move on to RPS, since BRPS didn't want them.

And ooh, Equilibrium! I liked that movie! Christian Bale was super badassed in it! As I recall, it was released simultaneously with The Matrix, so it kind of got buried in the hype, sadly.

[lady_ganesh]

Actually, the first one is about Warningfail!

I think I'm just too tired and needing distraction for it at the moment. I'm watching American Masters on Chinese people in American film instead and there are shiny bits, though it's not as good as The Celluloid Closet.

[crystaldawn]

Oooh, what is Warningfail?

[lady_ganesh]

I present an unfunnybusiness link because I cannot summarize without using the phrase 'entitled fuckheads with no respect for rape victims,' even though that is not all of what's going on in the debate and I have people I like who do not want or intend do warn.

[tiggymalvern]

Whatever Michael Jackson may or may not have done, the one unquestionable truth is that his life was deeply unhappy from a very young age. He brought a lot of happiness to a lot of people, and none to himself. Nobody deserves that kind of a life.

[lady_ganesh]

Indeed.

[lady_ganesh]

And then everything just gets ridiculous, to the point where the argument's spiraled out into BDSM and whether it should be warned for (quick answer: I don't know! I think maybe just decent labeling where things can be warnings or kinks and not really judged per se, but I DON'T KNOW), and NONE OF THIS WOULD'VE GOTTEN TO THIS POINT IF PEOPLE HADN'T ABSOLUTELY HAD TO BE ASSHOLES why fandom WHY.

[chomiji]

Holy crap, why not label???

As someone else pointed out, if someone is into whatever things you included in your story, it becomes advertising.

Honestly, I didn't want anyone with issues about torture and dubcon and stuff to read the epic thing that I sweated over for so long - I wanted people to like it. Springing triggery things on those who would be made unhappy by them is not a way to get people to come back for more, people!

[lady_ganesh]

P-zeitgeist has a great post about her discomfort with labels, and I think she has a point. But...I don't think the labeling debate is really going to solve her discomfort. To a certain degree, I think it's human nature to expect certain things and long for a comfort zone.