A low obligation meme
Nov. 20th, 2007 08:53 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alias_sqbrRecently 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)
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)
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Date: 2007-11-20 04:19 am (UTC)(Mine is still "If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.")
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Date: 2007-11-20 05:15 am (UTC)Two atoms/"I've lost an electron"/"sure?"/"positive!"
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Date: 2007-11-20 06:54 am (UTC)Other than ones already mentioned, I always liked the one at the top of this page.
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Date: 2007-11-20 08:32 pm (UTC)*is delighted*
That's gorgeous.