(February 7, 2013 at 12:42 pm)apophenia Wrote: I don't have a sock here. Not that I'm opposed to them or anything, I've just never had any projects suitable to the virtues of sock puppetry, or consistent with my general laziness. (Both sock puppetry and trolling require more effort than I can be arsed to give.)
Mr Fish might smell bullshit but I completely agree with you. In fact I'll go a step further and say that apart from the occasional trolling out of boredom or mischievous feelings, I would much rather be my genuine unvarnished self and thus hope to earn the respect and friendship of people I admire, than act like some cocky friendless git who seems to enjoy making a pariah of himself.
Just my two-penn'orth.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'