A low obligation meme

[alias_sqbr]

Recently there have been a spate of "Reply to this post and I'll tell you 3 things I love about you, then post in your lj" posts, which I haven't replied to since neither part of it appeals to me (consumed as I am with hate and bile. No offense intended to those of you who aren't :)) On the whole I find those "reply to this" posts a bit scary, since there's so much baggage with replying when what I want to say is generally something tangential like "These memes are scary" or a reply to someone else's comment.

Anyway, I came up with an alternative:
Reply to this post (NOT one of the comments, or it'll all get confused) with a question. Then post a separate comment with an answer to the question immediately above yours, as a reply to the comment containing the question.

Everyone is free to answer as many questions as they feel like whether or not they post any. I guess that technically, if you want you can also post extra questions (or whatever) in the comments to other replies, but I probably will refuse to answer them on principle :P

To repeat: Each question is a separate comment to this post, with all the replies to that question being replies to that comment. You are only obliged to reply to the question posted immediately before your own (that way everyone gets at least one answer)(*)

There is no obligation to post this in your own lj(**). There is also no obligation on me to reply to any of the questions, though I probably will.

(First question is in the comments)

(*) If it assumes things that don't apply, ie you're colourblind and it asks what your favourite colour is, make up a similar question and answer that instead :)
(**)Making it a rather evolutionarily unfit meme. Especially because it turns out to be a lot harder for people to grasp than I expected (I've edited three times for clarity already)

Comments

So....

[alias_sqbr]

What should you be doing right now instead of reading lj?

Re: So....

[capnoblivious.livejournal.com]

Booking a room for some interviews.

Would you put up a cheesecake/beefcake calendar at work, and would you object if a colleague did?

Re: So....

[flyingmopsy.livejournal.com]

Studying. Doing dermatology and self-diagnosing my skin lesions at the moment.

Re: So....

[tevriel.livejournal.com]

Washing my hair.

Re: So....

[penchaft.livejournal.com]

Editing.

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Re: So....

[shrydar.livejournal.com]

Hunting down the reason my data is destabilising some third party software.

[capnoblivious.livejournal.com]

Repeating the above qn:

Would you put up a cheesecake/beefcake calendar at work, and would you object if a colleague did?

(No reason.)

[alias_sqbr]

I totally would not, ever. For a start, my taste in men is not generally reflected by those sorts of calenders. Also I try not to do things which will bug other people.

As to whether I'd object, well...I probably wouldn't like it that much, but I think it would depend on circumstances and the nature of the calender. (Also I'm pretty passive, so if they didn't respond to me complaining to them would probably just quietly seethe).

For example, my female Phd supervisor had a firemen calender in her office, and they looked really happy and healthy, and the proceeds all went to charity, so it didn't bug me (I can't speak for her male students :)) I don't think I'd mind a female version of that.

[ataxi.livejournal.com]

No.

How would you improve democracy?

[shrydar.livejournal.com]

Only if I knew it wouldn't make anyone else uncomfortable, so no.

I would not object on my own behalf, but I would support (and probably even anticipate) the objections of others.

[ataxi.livejournal.com]

Why is alias_sqbr so annoyingly meta- about things like this?

[alias_sqbr]

Hey, we can't all be big irrational softies like you.

But I blame my genes. Being unemotional, annoying, and overly analytical run as deeply in my family as being short, dumpy and brown-haired.

And way to give the next person a hard time answering the question without implicitly insulting me (of course, they may see this as a plus...)

*resists urge to reply with "Why is ataxi such a big meanie?" because I am above that sort of thing unlike some people*

[tevriel.livejournal.com]

I think it's part and parcel of the intellectual rigour that let her become A DOCTOR.

[tevriel.livejournal.com]

What's your favourite geek joke?

(Mine is still "If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.")

[capnoblivious.livejournal.com]

Quick version:
Two atoms/"I've lost an electron"/"sure?"/"positive!"

[penchaft.livejournal.com]

There are 10 types of people in this world: those who understand binary and those who don't.

[alias_sqbr]

This is an awesome question :) (I like your joke too)

Other than ones already mentioned, I always liked the one at the top of this page.

[lilysea.livejournal.com]

If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate."

*is delighted*

That's gorgeous.

[penchaft.livejournal.com]

Best Australian dangerous animal?

[shrydar.livejournal.com]

Irukanji!

[alias_sqbr]

human! :D

[flyingmopsy.livejournal.com]

Not that it's one of the most dangerous, I have a certain liking of the paralysis tick (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ixodes_holocyclus).

[shrydar.livejournal.com]

Do you prefer the style of this meme to the style alias_sqbr was objecting to?

[flyingmopsy.livejournal.com]

Yes, because everyone can have their own questions and answers in one place, instead of the interesting comments being spread across half-a-dozen or so journals.

[flyingmopsy.livejournal.com]

What things have you seen other people do in public that have shocked you?

[penchaft.livejournal.com]

Indie high schoolers planning to make their friend think he's been raped at an upcoming party.

Masturbate while (drunk and) talking to a nightfiller.

Let their child throw off their nappy and run around the store naked.