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Sep. 2nd, 2009 07:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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torrain says I'm scary in online debates. Second opinion time: Would the idea of saying "John, I think you're a touch cracked here" bother you - not because you think I might be right, but because you might be afraid of what I might do in reaction?
jerril: You're very very enthusiastic about, well, anything you have an interest in, and to someone who wasn't familiar with that, might mis-interpret that as fanatical devotion to whatever viewpoint caught their attention.
Me: "But she says I'm scary."
jerril:: Me, basically I've realized that you have two settings: On, and Off
jerril: And you don't talk about Off stuff because it doesn't interest you
torrain says I'm scary in online debates. Second opinion time: Would the idea of saying "John, I think you're a touch cracked here" bother you - not because you think I might be right, but because you might be afraid of what I might do in reaction?jerril: You're very very enthusiastic about, well, anything you have an interest in, and to someone who wasn't familiar with that, might mis-interpret that as fanatical devotion to whatever viewpoint caught their attention.Me: "But she says I'm scary."
jerril:: Me, basically I've realized that you have two settings: On, and Offjerril: And you don't talk about Off stuff because it doesn't interest you
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Date: 2009-09-03 01:21 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-09-03 02:11 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-09-03 06:29 am (UTC)Then again, my husband often tells me that I'm a bit cracked, and a little scary.
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Date: 2009-09-03 11:22 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-09-03 12:11 pm (UTC)1. You are enjoyable to be around
2. You are very smart
3. Your mind works very fast
Just take items 2 and 3 and boil them down to the medium of text. then add a personal interest in whatever the topic at hand is and you can be very intimidating. It's not tone or style of writing it is that some people are unaware of #1.
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Date: 2009-09-03 01:43 pm (UTC)(Also your enthusiasm is kind of hawt)
Heheheheheheh. Bad Alex.
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Date: 2009-09-03 02:25 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-09-03 04:44 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-09-08 01:21 pm (UTC)