PSA

[rivka]

How not to get into my research study: Part 17283 of a continuing series.

1. Call me "baby."

1a. Call me "baby" again, after I already told you not to.

2. "When did you last use heroin or cocaine?" (Voice slurring, eyes drooping, head rolling and nodding) "When? It was juuuuust... before... I got... clean."

Comments

Re: What in the world?

[elynne.livejournal.com]

why things disintegrated into another poster calling me an "anonymous coward,"

On another popular online venue, anyone who posts a comment anonymously is automatically (as in, given by the progam interfact itself) given the user name of "Anonymous Coward." I have picked up this habit, because nineteen times out of ten, it's completely accurate.

I see that you seem to be working things out to some degree with rivka. Given that this is her LJ, and you probably have as much interest in me or my own journal as I do in you or your journal (extremely little), having made my rather knee-jerk reflexive snap at you for the comment I had an issue with, I will now disengage; in common parlance, I do not have a dog in this fight. I just want to clarify that by referring to you as an "anonymous coward", I wasn't being specifically insulting, and I wasn't accusing you of cowardace in particular. If that makes any sense, which it probably doesn't.

Re: What in the world?

[(Anonymous)]

As an occasional commenter on this and other livejournals, and not the same anonymous who got zirself into this mess, it does seem a little harsh to call all people who do not care to open their own Livejournals, anonymous cowards. I always sign comments with my real first name, and I try not to be rude, but just because I don't myself have the time or inclination to write a journal or blog, doesn't mean I can't be a thoughtful or honest commenter.
Emma

Re: What in the world?

[elynne.livejournal.com]

But by signing your not-logged-in-to-LJ comments with your name, you are taking responsibility for your words. I would never refer to someone who signs their not-logged-in comments as an "anonymous coward" - you are being neither anonymous nor cowardly. It's the people who hide behind anonymity that I scorn.