Bwah! Postlike posting.

[active_apathy]

Take that, life; read ye what fine print may be found writ upon the icon, yea.

And so, in a notepad where I have things I could maybe post on - current affairs news, for example, reporting on a tree that stood in the same spot for 250 years! Incredible, groundbreaking journalism there; following the tree through its daily paces of...

um...

standing. And sponging off carbon dioxide produced by hard-working taxpayers, or something like that.

Or, the display case of breads and pastries, labelled as a 'self-service cabernet'. Which has since been fixed, but still. Self-service cabernet!

Or the lamentable lack of alt text in mobile phone internet. Grr, phone companies.

Or, the pressing question: just how dowe know a placebo does nothing? [This question was prompted mostly by general weirdness, and some randoms discussing clinical testing on the footpath. No, no, not clinical tests on the footpath. That'd just be odd.]

Ultimately, though, this can be yet another triumphant return to LJ. And since I've just arbitrarily decided that, I should really do it properly. And by 'properly', I mean by stealing a meme from lesslikeyou. So, with minimal further ado, the meme:

1. Give me a nickname and explain why you picked it. Discuss.
   
2. How long have you known me?
3. When and how did we first meet? (Hint: It wasn't a dark and stormy night; the rain didn't fall in torrents, except at occasional intervals, nor was it checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (and, likely, our scene lies not in London), rattling along the housetops, nor did it fiercely agitate the scanty flame of lamps that  may or may not have struggled against the darkness.)
4. What was your first impression?
5. Do you still think that way about me now? (Optionally, why? Why not?)
   
6. What do you think my weakness is?
7. Do you think I'll get married? Or, more appropriately, do you think I would if only it were legal for me to do so here?
   
8. What makes me happy?
9. What makes me sad?
10. What reminds you of me?
    
11. If you could give me anything, what would it be?
12. How well do you know me?
13. Have you ever wanted to tell me something but couldn't?
14. Do you think I could kill someone? Note, could, rather than should.
    
15. Describe me in one word.
16. Do you think our friendship is getting stronger, weaker, or staying the same?
17. Do you feel that you could talk to me about anything and I would listen?
18. Are you going to put this on your LiveJournal and see what I say about you? Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I've kinda lost track myself. But being this is a LiveJournal meme, the most powerful vector for sheeping in the world, and would pad your journal out some, you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel mimetic?' Well, do ya, LJpunk?

Comments

[photosinensis.livejournal.com]

1. Insane. No other word could possibly describe you.
2. I've known of you since about this time last year, when metaquotes essentially became a mirror of your LJ.
3. We've, um, never met.
4. I do believe my first impression of you was "lollercopter".
5. Yeah, I do.
6. Shiny things. Don't ask me why I think that way, I just do.
7. Well, no, I couldn't see you getting married, even if you went to Spain, Canada, or Massachusetts.
8. Firefly reruns. Alternatively, suggestions of new Firefly episodes.
9. The fact that they canceled Firefly
10. metaquotes.
11. New Firefly episodes.
12. Not that well at all. Hell, I still hold out hope that one day, somehow, you and Jon Stewart will reproduce, because the kids would be the snarkiest things that ever lived.
13. Yeah. Unfortunately, despite the fact that I can write in three languages, the language that the message is in is entirely verbal, and cannot be translated.
14. Yes, you could.
15. I think I already said you were insane.
16. We barely know each other! I'm doing this for the lulz!
17. We barely know each other! I'm not sure that I could admit to you that I've started to use Darwin most of the time. Well, I guess I just did.
18. I think I did this one many, many moons ago. I've only got so much meme sheep in me.

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

3. Then if it does happen, it will have to be at night. That night must be dark and stormy, and it is absolutely essential that you respect my wishes the scene lies in London.
12. There are two unfortunate flaws in this plan. One is that it would result in offspring, which is not a thing that would suit me at all, ever. The other is that he has boyparts.
18. Then substitute with meme alpaca, or something.

[photosinensis.livejournal.com]

3. Sounds good to me.
12. Solutions: You neither have to bear or raise them, thanks to in vitro fertilization, surrogate mothers, and adoption. Furthermore, these issues also have the added benefit of surmounting any geographical problems. See, all that matters is the genes.
18. Okay, meme alpaca it is.

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

12. Unless snark is a part of upbringing rather than a genetic trait, in which case, it'll just be random chance for the rest of all eternity.