text, memeing it up

[rathercommon]

Hullo, all.

So...The days are short, the air is cold (except in Heropa), and all of us are struggling with lingering embarrassment from all those mis-sent texts. So, to give us all a bit of cheer, and in recognition of all the holidays we've constructed to help us deal with winter, I thought we all could give one another a bit of love.

So! How does this work, then? Well -

1. Go ahead and post your name in this post.
2. People respond to you with things they like about you, lovely moments you've shared, et cetera.
3. You go out and respond to others with things you like about them.
4. NO BEING AWFUL. Do NOT give backhanded compliments or secretly troll people or things like that. The point of this is to be good to one another. Go be good to one another!

Comments

[rathercommon]

Oh, you can also post up other people to receive compliments. I forgot about that. So, here: everyone reply to this thread saying what you love about - oh, who'll be my first victim...Rincewind.

[rathercommon]

And let's call out the Honourable Lord Ambassador Miles Vorkosigan here.

[raw]

Commenting on behalf of that one anonymous poster who calls people hon and sometimes CAPSLOCKS OUT in exasperation.

[rathercommon]

[ Elliot you're a hero ]

Ooh which one? Can you link to some of their threads?

[raw]

Are you going to post yourself.

If not this is it, this is the post, line starts here for being good to Kitty Jones.

[rathercommon]

Another one...How about Keladry? Tell her why you love her here.

[rathercommon]

[ DON'T YOU CALL HER OUT ]

Line starts here for being good to Elliot, who is a bloody menace.

Voice

[purple_reign]

I think his willingness to listen to genuine advice even if it's coming from someone he hates is admirable.

[raw]

yes.

[devoutish]

What does it mean to troll people?

[He does it enough; he should know what it means.]

[purple_reign]

Obviously a lovely person who's filled with good ideas.

[rathercommon]

Oh! You know. It means being rude, essentially. Trying to provoke people by saying things they definitely wouldn't say in person.

[protects_the_small]

Here now! I didn't agree to this!

[rathercommon]

Oh yes them. Well, they're awfully witty, aren't they?

[devoutish]

[Oh well clearly that's not him because he also says his rude and inflammatory shit in person.]

Being cowardly, then.

[rathercommon]

How wretched, I can't find the delete function. Oh well!

[rathercommon]

Being cowardly is part of it, yeah, but more than anything it's just being shitty. Especially being shitty for no reason.

[rathercommon]

Oh, that's just accurate.

[raw]

I can't respond honestly without breaking your fourth rule.

[rathercommon]

Oh, come on! You can definitely find nice things to say. Even about rude anons.

[devoutish]

Sounds fucking pointless.

[purple_reign]

It's good to see you're so aware of it too! Too many people don't realize how wonderful they really are.

[rathercommon]

COMPLETELY pointless. And honestly it can't be good for their mental health, either.

[rathercommon]

That's rather true, unfortunately. People quite often simply can't see their own good qualities. They're too programmed into being self-effacing, or they don't quite recognize what true virtues are. It's a pity.

[raw]

Okay. I put them up because I think even though most of the time they're obviously the same person which kind of runs contrary to the purpose of the anonymous function, I am really glad that they post here. The stuff they have to say has value, even if it's harsh sometimes, or not as funny as they think it is. They say a lot of stuff I'm thinking when I'm reading along.

[ Which is often, what a weirdo. ]