Even though I've been here more than 10 years, I'm constantly getting confused about everything.
Recently, I'm constantly confused about who is on the rox side, the sux side, or the neutral side (as if there is any such person).
I keep being confounded by people who seem to be on one odious side or the other, but then cynically launch comments that seem to be sincere and thoughtful and consistent with my own positions. They're not fooling anybody!
Having deeply pondered recent meta (that sinful pleasure) concerning the DFH folks (who are my blood siblings, although I'm not a group joiner) and a certain long-time Kossack whose nick begins with "D," I've decided to suggest a change that will help everybody, especially newbies.
To wit: the profile page should have a new label box in which every user is required to self-identify as rox, sux, or neutral. A separate box, of course, should require users to declare whether or not they are sockpuppets.
I'm mainly on the Snowden/sux/DFH side, but I try to avoid most of the worst fights, or at most just nip at ankles from the fringes of the fray.
But I keep being so confused as to who is on what side. Again and again. And this is embarrassing, because I don't want to be giving too many recs to roxxors, after all. I have a reputation to uphold, sullied as it may be.
I'm semi-serious about that. I'm often having the experience of remembering I just gave somebody 10 recs and now they're spouting offensive, trollish garbage, within this context of rox/sux. How could that be? (Yes, I know how it can be; I'm being rhetorical.)
So everybody should have to openly show allegiance to one of the three sides!
Surely there are no other possible sides here, right? Rox, Sux, or Neutral. That's it.
Then, if they post in an opposite direction, well, er, we'll, I dunno . . . .
But at least I'll have a better idea what's going on!
P.S. To the best of my recollection, this is my first snarky diary.
P.P.S. Extra add-on jokes!
Q: What did the Dalai Lama say to the hot dog vendor?
A: Make me one with everything.
The Dalai Lama pays with a twenty and the vendor pockets the bill and proceeds to the next customer. The Dalai Lama objects:
Q: Where is my change?
A: Change comes from within.