How do you think the AH perceives you?

[cw5523729]

The egg thing is spreading, isn't it?

I'd like to change my post. I'll forever be remembered as that weirdo that wouldn't stop bringing eggs into every fucking thread he posted in.

"And that freak said he doesn't even like eggs!!"

 

[GemmaGemmaGemma]

I've only commented here 40 times before this one, but what an incredible impact those 40 posts have had. Whenever Gemma(x3) is not in the comment section, all the other commenters start asking, "Where's Gemma(x3)?"

 

[Omenainen]

You're still alive?

Are you Finnish? “Vieläk sääki elät”, aka ”still alive, eh” is a traditional Finnish greeting.

 

[onehitwanda]

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too much fur, not enough metal.


is closer to the mark.

 

[YmaOHyd]

I've only commented here 40 times before this one, but what an incredible impact those 40 posts have had. Whenever Gemma(x3) is not in the comment section, all the other commenters start asking, "Where's Gemma(x3)?"

I'll do you one better: "why is is Gemma(x3)?"

 

[PennyThompson]

Nahh, I'm just having fun. I'm under no illusion that anyone ever thinks that much of me, or much of anyone else in that way that deeply.

I have a very specific mental image of you, based on an IT admin at an old job of mine. She was brilliant and extremely competent but wasn't much of a people person, and had a really hard time being polite when answering questions that she perceived as stupid, which were most of them

She had a wicked sense of humor but it didn't translate well through email or help desk tickets, which is how most people interacted with her, so she had a bit of a spicy-bordering-on-negative reputation.

I learned that the best way to resolve an IT situation was to go to her office and talk in person, and eventually I figured out that when she looked annoyed or mad, it was almost always an abstracted annoyance at the problem, not at me personally. It probably helped that I knew enough to refresh my browser cache and restart my computer before going to her.

One time I teased her about a high up manager guy who was completely technically incompetent, and how he was her favorite colleague, and she hissed at me like a cat

 

[YmaOHyd]

too much fur, not enough metal.



is closer to the mark.

Funny, because Stable Diffusion suggested

 

[SmilingLez]

An eclectic poet who adores and arranges words much like a toddler playing with blocks


Eclectic poet
stacking words like bright toy blocks —
small towers of joy.
A child’s hands in every line,
building meaning as they rise.

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

I ain't brushin' those boots.

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

Are you Finnish?

Nawh, I ain't even breathin' hard.

 

[Erozetta]

I'm told that duck eggs make everything much fluffier when you bake with them. I swear I'm not making that up.

Combination of an increased amount of albumin and fat.

I still won't bake with them because you have to adjust *everything* in the recipe to account for the difference between a duck egg and a chicken egg.

 

[onehitwanda]

I also just noticed the eye on whatever the fuck it is she's wearing:

 

[Erozetta]

How annoying to not link to the thread. I have no idea what you’re talking about.


I believe everyone thinks the sun shines out of my ass, and I’m the be all end all for all the wisdom and knowledge. I’m also always honest and have no sense of humor. That what you wanted to hear?

Honestly, I’ve been pretty passive lately, I suppose there’s hordes of new people who don’t have any idea who I am. Sometimes there’s people who say something like “you all hate me” or something, and I’m like… who are you? It’s easy to imagine “everyone else” as some kind of monolithic hive mind, but it isn’t so. I don’t think people think about me much at all, same as it is the other way around.


Positive, when I’m around. Sunshine is positive. See above for details.



Generally, I don’t like being misunderstood, but also, jos on lusikalla annettu ei voi kauhalla ottaa, with some people you just can’t win.

You are a favorite of mine, and not just because you would like to bring me to Finland to be your personal chef. ( I mean, the idea of moving to Finland definitely appeals, I just really need to be able to bring my cat and husband with me, lol.)

You are honest and genuine in every post I've ever seen you make, and I find that incredibly refreshing and find you easy to understand and communicate with because of that.

You have a wonderful sense of knowledge around writing and your perspective is valuable because you see things that many native speakers don't in the idiosyncrasies of our text. Things that look normal to us but is technically wrong stand out to you because it's not intuitive to you the way it is to us and you likely feel like you need your English to be "right" rather than to simply let it exist. That perspective can make many of us think a little closer about what and how we write. I admittedly care less about getting every grammar rule correct because I know that English has quirks based in regions around the US and my growing up and living in different regions has absolutely fucked my sense of "technically correct" English. But I care that you care when my verbs don't agree with my subjects because it makes the reading harder on you. So I'm kinda mad at you for that, but also appreciate it.

But you, like AMD, have such a valuable presence here and I don't think either of you get as much credit as you deserve for putting up with as many bad stories as you do, lol.

 

[Candy_Kane54]

I'm the one that no one notices at the party, hanging out near the food table, watching everyone and wishing she was able to be brave enough to talk to anyone.

If anyone does notice me, they probably wonder why she's even there because she's obviously not enjoying herself ...

 

[Bazzle]

I assume a large portion of the population have me on Ignore.

Who said that?

 

[THBGato]

Finally, does it matter to you how the AH sees you? Does it bother you?

Only in as far as I care about what all people think of me, whether online or in real life. I mean, I'd prefer to be thought well of, but I won't lie awake worrying about it.

I'm a bit odd in the sense that my charisma increases as the number of people in front of me increases; stick me on stage in front of 300 people (which is where my wife and - at separate events - several ex-girlfriends first saw me) and I'm inspirational and uplifting. Small groups are a struggle and make me either taciturn or bombastic with little middle ground. I can fire up a team of twenty a treat, but find it hard to mentor colleagues one to one without either making them feel inadequate or defensive (which is always the exact opposite of my intent).

Thus I like forums; they allow me to pick which conversations I engage with and walkaway from those that don't appeal without appearing rude.

This is the fifth forum in my life I've been a regular contributor to. The first one was a local music forum. There I had a massive net negative score - you could "smite" posters as well as give "karma" points. As I was a local music journalist and promoter, so was only on the forum in the first place to support and help the musicians using it get exposure, I found this bitterly ironic. I did make some RL friends through it though.

So I like the AH and I find it very welcoming. I suspect it is a major reason, despite a couple of serious attempts to wean myself off, that my Lit addiction shows no sign of abating.

Do you think you bring positive or negative energy to the forum?

Positive, I hope. I've always been truthful, but I try (and occasionally fail) to temper that with tact. I try to plug others' work before my own. Ultimately though, this is probably something for others to say.

I assume a large portion of the population have me on Ignore.

Er, no. You definitely keep this place bubbling and do a great job of trying to drag us back to talking about the writing rather than getting all solipsistic like this.

Plus you've got a great pun game.

I'm seen as a bit of a troll.

Not at all. I think you have a more negative view of the AH than most, but that's based on you judging it against the past. Yet as yours is often the dissenting voice, in a sense that often makes it one of the most valuable.

 

[Erozetta]

I definitely do not fit in. Surprise! : D

More people here do not like me than do, because people generally do not like blunt truth, or sometimes even subtle truth, if that truth does not support their little fantasy world. Now I'm never out to purposely burn anyone's treehouse but I'm just not going to perpetuate any lies that happen to protect it. So the truth of that truth is that I'm only out to get you if your ego convinces you that I am. ; )



I'm sure that it will shock no one when I say, "not in the slightest."

The most common depiction folks have of me (if they even have one) is probably some fat-ass thunder-thighed white trash trailer park tramp with jowls, a chain smoker's rasp, dressed in primary colors, tacky pink and green eye shadow and cheesy fishhook earrings in the shape of tumbling casino dice, and a squawky cockatoo on my shoulder that I teach to cuss out all the neighbors. I also bet that that imaginary depiction is on a few imaginary dart boards.

Nahh, I'm just having fun. I'm under no illusion that anyone ever thinks that much of me, or much of anyone else in that way that deeply.

Actually, you all probably think that I look like Taylor Swift with a boob job, because hey, ALL the horndogs here dream that every girl online looks like Taylor Swift with a boob job. : P

I genuinely appreciate the fact that when you post on the forum, I know I can trust your opinion to be 100% yours.

You are misunderstood pretty often, but I also see you misinterpret things at times and won't back down when corrected. That's not necessarily an issue, but it does come across as abrasive. I've spoken to you privately and while you're still very opinionated, you're more open to correction/reconsidering a stance in private.

I genuinely enjoy talking to you because of your honesty. You're also funny and I've learned to only take about 1/2 of what you say as not in a cheeky/sarcastic type of way, and that half is usually involving writing. But sometimes even that is in an overstated obviously joking manner that many don't seem to pick up on and takes you as fully serious. (And sometimes you are serious.)

You're the definition of "Think of people complexly."

 

[pink_silk_glove]

I have a very specific mental image of you, based on an IT admin at an old job of mine.

And she looked like Taylor Swift with a boob job. : P

 

[pink_silk_glove]

I also just noticed the eye on whatever the fuck it is she's wearing:

I saw that right away too. That is fucked ... UP!

 

[Bamagan]

I suspect I'm like the pain in one's neck that is forgotten until you tilt your head in a certain way and are suddenly reminded of, to your brief but intense regret.

 

[crookedletter]

I also just noticed the eye on whatever the fuck it is she's wearing:

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That's going to haunt me.



... and also I might have to write about it.

 

[dirk2024]

If there were levels of esteem here in the AH...I am a "C" level denizen.

 

[Erozetta]

If there were levels of esteem here in the AH...I am a "C" level denizen.

Same.

But also, you're quite fun to talk to.

 

[KittyOfSteele]

Like a maneki-neko made out of steel.

 

[AwkwardlySet]

Only in as far as I care about what all people think of me, whether online or in real life. I mean, I'd prefer to be thought well of, but I won't lie awake worrying about it.

I'm a bit odd in the sense that my charisma increases as the number of people in front of me increases; stick me on stage in front of 300 people (which is where my wife and - at separate events - several ex-girlfriends first saw me) and I'm inspirational and uplifting. Small groups are a struggle and make me either taciturn or bombastic with little middle ground. I can fire up a team of twenty a treat, but find it hard to mentor colleagues one to one without either making them feel inadequate or defensive (which is always the exact opposite of my intent).

Thus I like forums; they allow me to pick which conversations I engage with and walkaway from those that don't appeal without appearing rude.

This is the fifth forum in my life I've been a regular contributor to. The first one was a local music forum. There I had a massive net negative score - you could "smite" posters as well as give "karma" points. As I was a local music journalist and promoter, so was only on the forum in the first place to support and help the musicians using it get exposure, I found this bitterly ironic. I did make some RL friends through it though.

So I like the AH and I find it very welcoming. I suspect it is a major reason, despite a couple of serious attempts to wean myself off, that my Lit addiction shows no sign of abating.



Positive, I hope. I've always been truthful, but I try (and occasionally fail) to temper that with tact. I try to plug others' work before my own. Ultimately though, this is probably something for others to say.



Er, no. You definitely keep this place bubbling and do a great job of trying to drag us back to talking about the writing rather than getting all solipsistic like this.

Plus you've got a great pun game.



Not at all. I think you have a more negative view of the AH than most, but that's based on you judging it against the past. Yet as yours is often the dissenting voice, in a sense that often makes it one of the most valuable.

I don't think there's a chance you'd get "smitten" here.

I already said this once, before, when you were a new face in the AH, but I think it's worth repeating. You are probably the only person here who goes out of their way to promote other people's stories.
And when I say that, I mean not just yours, or the stories of your buddies, which is kinda the MO of a good part of AH, but literally every story you consider to be worth promoting.
And on quite a large scale as well. You are also the most avid commenter the AH has. I wish more people followed your example.

Edit: I've just realized I actually wrote smited. But smitten has such a different connotation, dammit!