2-HeadedGiraffe: Curse the action, Curse the actor?
This goes with the response to my previous post, but I hate racking up the comments on my own posts by making lots of them myself, so it's a new post.
Be forewarned, this is an exploration of a though-line, not a complaint. Please do not assume I am angry or upset in any way. Check the mood below if you don't believe me.
If someone curses my post, but does not curse me, have I been cursed? I say "yes" because the cursing was a direct result of my actions. I was the one who caused him to curse. Of course, you could say I caused him to curse but not at me, but indirectly, the curse is directed at me because he dislikes the way I chose to post.
Did my post warrent cursing? I personally like doing those sorts of posts. That one was a bit transparent; too easily the quotes could be pieced together to figure out at least one of the conversations being referenced. I'd prefer to make anyone reading think a little bit more than that, but still potentially get something out of it.
The key issue here is what the point of Ventilation is. If my goal here is to entertain the other posters, clarity might be considered an issue. Entertainment is successful only in so far as it actually entertains. I would argue, however, that the name implies something else. The purpose of Ventilation is to vent whatever the poster in question happens to be thinking or feeling. Ironically, this point justifies both my post and cursing in response to it. To me, it seems this has worked out perfectly.
None of this bothers me, by the way, I just felt like rambling a bit.
Mood: Playfull
Music: Music from Disney movies (the old ones, with the good music)
This goes with the response to my previous post, but I hate racking up the comments on my own posts by making lots of them myself, so it's a new post.
Be forewarned, this is an exploration of a though-line, not a complaint. Please do not assume I am angry or upset in any way. Check the mood below if you don't believe me.
If someone curses my post, but does not curse me, have I been cursed? I say "yes" because the cursing was a direct result of my actions. I was the one who caused him to curse. Of course, you could say I caused him to curse but not at me, but indirectly, the curse is directed at me because he dislikes the way I chose to post.
Did my post warrent cursing? I personally like doing those sorts of posts. That one was a bit transparent; too easily the quotes could be pieced together to figure out at least one of the conversations being referenced. I'd prefer to make anyone reading think a little bit more than that, but still potentially get something out of it.
The key issue here is what the point of Ventilation is. If my goal here is to entertain the other posters, clarity might be considered an issue. Entertainment is successful only in so far as it actually entertains. I would argue, however, that the name implies something else. The purpose of Ventilation is to vent whatever the poster in question happens to be thinking or feeling. Ironically, this point justifies both my post and cursing in response to it. To me, it seems this has worked out perfectly.
None of this bothers me, by the way, I just felt like rambling a bit.
Mood: Playfull
Music: Music from Disney movies (the old ones, with the good music)
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