Flippant Friday: Ask sabotabby

[sabotabby]

Really. Ask me anything*. I'll answer it, in a manner of speaking.

Does anyone know, speaking of flippancy, where I can find the equivalent of this for the year ahead? I heard the new colours suck and I'm just dying to know! (Actually, it's for work, but I am curious and the Color Association makes you pay for it.)

* But if it broaches certain topics, I'll lock the post.

Comments

[jvmatucha.livejournal.com]

Do you think boys and girls should kiss on the first date?

And are we ever going to see any more pics of your Hello Kitty underwear? (Modeling perhaps?)

[sabotabby]

1. I don't consider it a date unless there is kissing. At least.

2. You probably don't want to see that much of me. Well, okay, maybe you do, but I am always aware of the possibility of something finding its way out of a locked post and onto the wilder intarwebs where my mum might stumble across it.

But I wouldn't rule out the possibility. In fact, you just gave me a really good idea. Thanks!

[jvmatucha.livejournal.com]

I just gave you a really good idea? Uh oh! I'm not becoming an enabler, am I?

I recently made a comment in my journal about a rash of underwear postings that have cropped up amongst my friends page lately, as well as wet t-shirt postings!

[sabotabby]

Yes.

People on my friends page don't camwhore nearly enough.

[frandroid.livejournal.com]

Yes, this sounds like a great idea. Model the undies and wear a wet t-shirt.

[jvmatucha.livejournal.com]

My friends just tell me about their underwear and wet t-shirts, they never post the pics. Phooey! >:(

[frandroid.livejournal.com]

Maybe you should entice them to do so by starting the trend...

[earthlingmike.livejournal.com]

Yeah no kidding, same for my friends!

[ironed_orchid]

Would you consider posting to 2hot4philosophy,?

You could, if you felt so inclined, be photographed reading your favourite political philosophers while wearing hello kitty underwear.

[sabotabby]

introduce yourself and convince us how smart you are, i.e. your current field of philosophical research, the precise of your doctoral dissertation, which degrees you're holding, etc. (but don't just list a bunch of dead philosophers' names because that doesn't prove anything)

Heh. I have an undergrad in graphic design. From York, no less. I would only embarrass myself.

[ironed_orchid]

We really aren't that fussy.

[frandroid.livejournal.com]

That's an interesting idea for a community, but the results are nothing but awful.

Here's why: philosophy undergrads. The most annoying people to have a conversation around with.

"How do we know that plants aren't intelligent?"

[ironed_orchid]

You don't have to tell me, I teach the little bastards. (Current bad mood induced by first year logic students failing their test).

But the community is mostly fun, and we let everyone join if they post photos of themselves with books and can say something about a philosopher they like. Thus we subvert the whole concept of ratings communities, which brings me a lot of pleasure. We also have a you must be over 18 to join clause, even if we don't enforce it very strictly, which keeps some of the more inane would be philosophers out.

Of Course You Knew!

[ed-rex.livejournal.com]

Didn't you? That all manner of folk (er, such as myself - killing time while avoiding chores both domestic and otherwise) are even now threatening to take down lj's servers as we peruse your friends' list in hopes that some of the aforementioned posts are not locked.

Re: Of Course You Knew!

[jvmatucha.livejournal.com]

Oh no, I'm being a tease again, aren't I? ;)

Not only do they not post pics, but they don't make em' public.

Of course, I mentioned that only my female friends are talking about their wet t-shirts and underwear. It's not as if my male friends are doing that. How about it? Gender equity? No?

Re: Of Course You Knew!

[ed-rex.livejournal.com]

You didn't mention that it was only your female friends, but I presumed it. It seems that cam-whoring is primarily a female pass-time; of course, my sample is hideously skewed.

And yes: you were being a tease.