tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post3110397924701843424..comments2024-02-24T03:34:18.060-05:00Comments on Stealing Commas: Say something, damn it!chris the cynichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06872875475212333027noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-8753067201230154492012-09-25T11:19:47.193-04:002012-09-25T11:19:47.193-04:00THIS. I second this comment. I love hearing your...THIS. I second this comment. I love hearing your thoughts about stuff. Writing and worldbuilding particularly, and languages and history and stuff. You add so much to so many discussions.Lonesparkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278753827545905559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-42612437163181068182012-09-24T23:02:12.618-04:002012-09-24T23:02:12.618-04:00Hi.
Yeah, I'm lazy, okay? But I know how it f...Hi.<br /><br />Yeah, I'm lazy, okay? But I know how it feels to just need somebody to say -something- and I know that kind of needy (It's really okay to be needy, by the way. Random internet person gives you the permission now.) on a rather personal basis.<br /><br />I haven't read much of your stuff yet but I do think I'll add it to my to-do mountain. Remember though, I'm lazy, but I will be along. Particularly if you keep reminding me by going to places like Ana Mardoll's blog and posting about stuff like you regularly do.<br /><br />J. Pelikanhttp://hunterblackluna.tumblr.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-35578356041110348152012-09-24T14:51:22.757-04:002012-09-24T14:51:22.757-04:00I might have logged in once... I hardly ever do it...I might have logged in once... I hardly ever do it, though.Evannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-63476217501039963312012-09-24T14:30:36.445-04:002012-09-24T14:30:36.445-04:00Works for me.
Some places need a login of some so...Works for me.<br /><br />Some places need a login of some sort but accept OpenID - for which there are at least two free providers. This isn't one of them - select "Name/URL" and just enter the name you're using.Firedrakenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-74240868752013612692012-09-24T13:58:35.655-04:002012-09-24T13:58:35.655-04:00It's supposed to let you comment without being...It's supposed to let you comment without being logged into anything. How well it does that is an entirely different matter with which I have no experience.chris the cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06872875475212333027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-2136517881987095682012-09-24T13:12:36.797-04:002012-09-24T13:12:36.797-04:00This is a test of the emergency posting system. T...This is a test of the emergency posting system. This is only a test. Had this been an actual post, this message would be replaced by actual content.<br /><br />But yeah. I've wanted to post, but had a lot of trouble, because I don't have any of the required accounts... except Facebook, which I don't want to use because it uses your real name. And I can't make an account because I already have Facebook!<br /><br />Hopefully this will work, though.Base Delta Zerohttp://basedeltazero.dreamwidth.org/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-9972404100994605792012-09-24T10:51:58.118-04:002012-09-24T10:51:58.118-04:00I'll try to do it more often. I have less com...I'll try to do it more often. I have less commenting time these days because I'm doing more piece-meal reading - a couple minutes here and there - but less time to actually sit down. My sit-down time usually comes at the end of the day, when I basically have no thoughts left and no ability to cohese them into something. Davnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-1979893083830391002012-09-22T10:52:11.118-04:002012-09-22T10:52:11.118-04:00When I've been reading comments on Slacktivist...When I've been reading comments on Slacktivist or the Slacktiverse, I make a note of where I stopped reading in a .txt file kept for that specific purpose. Sometimes when I've just read a spectacularly good comment, I'll make a note of which comments page it was on and who wrote it, maybe a keyword to help me find it again in Disqus horrible interface. Anyway, I've been wanting to tell you this for a while: the most common notation I make in my little .txt file is "chris the cynic is awesome." Because you are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-28925521005918003352012-09-21T22:14:18.841-04:002012-09-21T22:14:18.841-04:00I like reading your posts, I just generally don...I like reading your posts, I just generally don't have much to say. It feels foolish to just say "oh, I like that" even though I do sometimes leave comments like that. I guess I should do so more often.depizannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-12400658468099166352012-09-21T20:17:02.820-04:002012-09-21T20:17:02.820-04:00I haven't read either Twilight or LB, so I'...I haven't read either Twilight or LB, so I'm probably missing a reasonable amount of them. Still, context has given me enough that I think I can follow reasonably - at least, I know enough to know that Chris's beaten both the originals hands-down!Evannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-40122928782236649242012-09-21T18:02:58.874-04:002012-09-21T18:02:58.874-04:00Something, damn it!
Thank you.
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I've follo...<i>Something, damn it!</i><br /><br />Thank you.<br /><br />-<br /><br /><i>I've followed her Twilight posts both without reading along and with reading along. It's not actually that big a difference. You may as well read the book itself if you've got a copy handy (which I do, because for some reason Mom wanted one), but without is fine as well.</i><br /><br />I second this. I actually got my copy from Ana after I'd been following them for a while.chris the cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06872875475212333027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-91102347573889956152012-09-21T17:50:26.131-04:002012-09-21T17:50:26.131-04:00Hope things shape up, and I hope you get to feelin...<i>Hope things shape up, and I hope you get to feeling better.</i><br /><br />Thanks.chris the cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06872875475212333027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-46119965257993029962012-09-21T17:47:01.774-04:002012-09-21T17:47:01.774-04:00Probably makes me a hypocrite, but I'm the sam...Probably makes me a hypocrite, but I'm the same way most of the time.chris the cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06872875475212333027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-32225938836998647812012-09-21T17:45:51.124-04:002012-09-21T17:45:51.124-04:00I think I said this last time (I could look it up,...I think I said this last time (I could look it up, but I'm not going to at the moment), if everyone commented as much as you I wouldn't have this problem.chris the cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06872875475212333027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-22011183057575144822012-09-21T17:43:19.913-04:002012-09-21T17:43:19.913-04:00I've been really enjoying your analysis of .ha...<i>I've been really enjoying your analysis of .hack</i><br /><br />It's good to hear that. For me it's one of the most emotionally important things, and I feel like it's largely ignored. <br /><br /><i>When did Bella get the keys to the Magic Schoolbus?</i><br /><br />Assuming you're talking about what I think you're talking about, when she decided <a href="http://stealingcommas.blogspot.com/2012/02/snarky-twilight-post-nurse-parking-lot.html" rel="nofollow">to walk right off the page</a> and had <a href="http://stealingcommas.blogspot.com/2012/02/snarky-twilight-post-nurse-parking-lot_09.html" rel="nofollow">adventures throughout time and space</a> the only one of which was elaborated on was <a href="http://stealingcommas.blogspot.com/2012/02/snarky-twilght-discovery-of-tardis.html" rel="nofollow">remeeting an old friend</a>.<br /><br /><i>WAIT I DO NOT WANT TO KNOW.</i><br /><br />Too late. Hope I haven't scared you off.chris the cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06872875475212333027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-90533721715052739882012-09-21T17:36:11.339-04:002012-09-21T17:36:11.339-04:00You wrote a lot of things that I found worth readi...You wrote a lot of things that I found worth reading. Thank you for writing them.<br /><br />Most of the times I don't comment because I don't know what to say. I don't comment on Twilight posts because more often than not I already "liked" them where I saw them first. Explaining why I clicked "like" is an impossible task for me. I've never been good at either talking about things I like or explaining why I like them. Sorry.<br /><br />---RedcrowAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-18645524072717274202012-09-21T15:38:53.899-04:002012-09-21T15:38:53.899-04:00Something, damn it!
Okay, got that out of the way....Something, damn it!<br />Okay, got that out of the way.<br /><br />Chris: <em>I don't know what any of the people viewing it are thinking.</em><br /><br />Well, fourteen people saw the original comment-version of the badminton post and thought "I'm going to press the like button on this comment."<br /><br />Firedrake: <em>I like the Twilight stuff but I haven't read the books so I reckon I'm missing most of it. (This is why I'm not reading Ana M.)</em><br /><br />I've followed her Twilight posts both without reading along and with reading along. It's not actually that big a difference. You may as well read the book itself if you've got a copy handy (which I do, because for some reason Mom wanted one), but without is fine as well.Brinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18034585577015417306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-50139217075321144952012-09-21T14:30:28.422-04:002012-09-21T14:30:28.422-04:00I've been really enjoying your analysis of .ha...I've been really enjoying your analysis of .hack, since I really enjoyed the series itself. I skip most of the others because I haven't read the books they're based on, and they seem to be highly contextualized. (When did Bella get the keys to the Magic Schoolbus? Is that part of the actual series? WAIT I DO NOT WANT TO KNOW.) Trevelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06064589154123819958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-35858523711835615872012-09-21T11:18:21.986-04:002012-09-21T11:18:21.986-04:00But but but... the only way I maintain my reputati...But but but... the only way I maintain my reputation for erudite witticism is by only posting when I have one available!<br /><br />I like the Twilight stuff but I haven't read the books so I reckon I'm missing most of it. (This is why I'm not reading Ana M.)<br /><br />I like the LB stuff, and I've read enough of them that I think I have some idea what's going on. The "skewed" series is particularly good in a disturbing sort of way - a better writer than L&J could actually have made these books effective propaganda.Firedrakenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-60368002994425924592012-09-21T09:51:01.729-04:002012-09-21T09:51:01.729-04:00Heh. I was just doing a search on {incredibly dist...Heh. I was just doing a search on {incredibly disturbing string of search terms}, and here I am. <br /><br />Oh, wait. That's not it. <br /><br />Honestly, most of the time I don't comment because I don't really feel like I have much to add. That said, I'd agree with the Slacktiverse commenter: what you write is well worth reading. Even when it's incomplete, even when its fragmentary. <br /><br />Case in point: A World Without God has turned out to be a major influence on my thinking about one of my own projects (<a href="http://nagamakironin.blogspot.com/search/label/Afterworld" rel="nofollow">Afterworld</a>, to be specific). That's along with a piece at Making Light, and an old Slacktivist discussion of the difficulties inherent in writing believable fantasy of the "technology stops working" variety.<br /><br />Hope things shape up, and I hope you get to feeling better.Michael Mockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233321050691782148noreply@blogger.com