Anon me... (Oh, why not...)

[jbsegal]

So, I strongly suspect that anyone who has anything dramatically different to say anonymously has done so already someplace else, but if there's anything you've been wanting to say To Me, please, feel free to do so.

Anonymous posting's always been on, but I just turned IP logging off if you happen to care.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I think you need to laugh more. I've noticed occasional instances when you've stopped.

[jbsegal.livejournal.com]

You're probably right.

[(Anonymous)]

Sometimes you come off as though you think badly of someone if they disagree with you.

[jbsegal.livejournal.com]

People have mentioned that before. It's a real problem.

I AM opinionated, but really, there are very few things where I think "wow, that person disagrees with me...I hate them for that." or even anything in the same ballpark.

I'll try...and feel free to point it out if you see me doing it. (I won't even necessarily know it's you (whoever you are), as other people might have read this.

[selki.livejournal.com]

I am sometimes astonished when intelligent people look at data and interpret it differently. Intellectually, I understand how that works; we all have different perceptions and experience bases, fine. I have *trouble* figuring out the lines for where it's ok for me to slip into thinking "OTHERWISE intelligent people look at data and MISinterpret it". Sometimes people are just stupid and wrong, sure, but maybe I'm too ready to think that. More defensible to react that way when they're drawing conclusions that hurt me or people/groups I care about, or when they're being willfully ignorant/unfair, I guess -- though the latter is probably a matter of interpretation, again.

[(Anonymous)]

You need a nap. NAP!

[alphacygni]

Heh. Non-annonymous anonymous comments. :)

[jbsegal.livejournal.com]

I, too, suspect I might know who this is from. :)

[(Anonymous)]

Test! :-)

[jbsegal.livejournal.com]

Ack! No! Not a test! (You know, that's probably the biggest thing keeping me from going back to school...I hate taking tests.)

[(Anonymous)]

You've always seemed sexy and interesting to me, but I've feared intruding on your many other loves. I've also feared that the level of experience/kink I have might not measure up to your baselines.

[jbsegal.livejournal.com]

The question of intrusion is one that probably seems much bigger from the outside than it would to me. If the interest is there, many things can be worked out.

As for being too inexperienced, really, I wouldn't worry about it. At the very least, re-exploring familiar things with new people always brings a new viewpoint and more depth of knowledge. I've not found familiarity to breed comtempt.

[dancingdeer.livejournal.com]

I worried about that too, but don't worry; he doesn't have the baselines you're worried about.

[(Anonymous)]

If I freaked you out, sorry about that. Why anon? Because I'm a bigger coward than my mouth allows.

[jbsegal.livejournal.com]

I've not been feeling particularly freaked out by much.

I wouldn't worry about it too much.

Nonplussed, pretty regularly. Perplexed, that's common.
Freaked out? Not that often.

Feel free to send me mail and talk about whatever you think it might be. Or not. That's ok, too.

[(Anonymous)]

um, um, um....

so, i've met you a few times at parties, and you're fun to hug, and your posts about your more kinky activities really intrigue me. i would like to ask you for a demonstration, but i'm really scared you'll turn me down flat.

courage gone. fleeing now.

[jbsegal.livejournal.com]

I don't think I'd ever turn anyone down flat.

To be very honest, I might hem and haw and delay if I weren't interested, but really, these days, I'd probably be up to trying stuff with anyone at least once...and hell, if you're only interested in tutelage/mentoring, I'm always up for that. :)

I actually sent the 1st ever 'Wanna' of my life a month ago or so. I got a positive response. I was stunned. I think there might be karma to work on there. :)

[(Anonymous)]

I wonder what might have happened.

[jbsegal.livejournal.com]

So do I. Often.

[(Anonymous)]

I think you're awesome but I have decided I'm just not attracted to you.

[jbsegal.livejournal.com]

Fair enough.

Part of me would really like to know who you are so I can try to adjust my actions and my worldview appropriately, should they need adjusting.

As well, know people who think I'm awesome is great, too. ;)

Ok, all of me would like to know, but none of me is going to push the issue - so that averages out to 'part', doesn't it?

{username} at lj, or you probably know some of my others, too. Or not. That's fine.

[jbsegal.livejournal.com]

Of course, I'm also really curious about WHY you're not attracted to me...and that can be answered here, if you want. Or not. Whatever. :)

[(Anonymous)]

I don't have anything to say, but here, have an anonymous comment. :)

HTH, HAND.

[(Anonymous)]

Does it bother you that the open culture you had a hand in creating is slowly collapsing into isolated subgroups?

[jbsegal.livejournal.com]

Yes and no.
I think that the Geek Social Fallacy Essay has a lot of thoughtful material to add to discussion of communities and inclusion and such. I suspect that a fair number of people have come to similar conclusions on their own over the past {N} years on their own.

That said, I try very hard to do my part to keep the community as connected as possible and, as I always have done, to introduce new groups to each other and mix the communities anew, holding large open-invite parties.

That said, it IS kind of odd to me to have all the social circles where I don't actually know a majority of everyone, indeed, it's a bit uncomfortable, as my extroversion levels have been dropping over time.

But really, the world just keeps expanding and the social circles keep interlocking and the then the connection web shrinks the world yet again. It's not so bad. It's not like it was, but then, it never is.

[(Anonymous)]

*sneaksneaksneak*
*hug!*

[jbsegal.livejournal.com]

Eek!

Yay!
*HUG*

[(Anonymous)]

I like that crocheted object you made with the heart on it. What is it? I am thinking it's a crocheted flag representing a country that exists only in your imagination.