0wned? By cute little creatures?
Aug. 20th, 2004 10:44 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
silveradeptYep. I'm a sucker for Pu. They're cute, adorable, and they always make me feel happy. Thanks, ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
tinchen. Now they even have their own journal.
*cough*. Ahem. Where was I? Oh, yes, MANLY THINGS!
*pfft*. There's no way I could pull that off. So instead, it's time for a daily dose of distractions!
Actually, I'm doing well with my roommate so far. We haven't hit any major points of friction yet, and so I'm hoping this continues. Hopefully all the housemates get along this well, too. Although my alarm woke him up before he woke me up. (Too used to it, I guess.)
I went on-line yesterday and played a few matches of GunBound with some of the crew at Pocket Otaku and did okay. Won some, lost some.
Yesterday was cannabis day at DRT. Weird stuff, man, really weird. Today, of what is noted there, the Universal Constructive Attitude may help to explain a few things about my personality and the whole search for enlightenment thing.
Today looks like it will be an interesting day. Perhaps not in the curse sort of way. This is actually just an excuse to blatantly swipe fromrimspace's journal. I'm going to mention this article, because it's fun.
The last piece of un stuff for tonight is something I discovered elsewhere and think it deserves to jump from the Internet to the Real World. So enjoy the Jolly Nice Manifesto. (Edited slightly for a RL deployment)
The Jolly Nice Manifesto wrote:
Everyone deserves the benefit of the doubt. - If someone makes a mistake, posts in the wrong forum, or otherwise does something you disagree with, it's more reasonable to assume that they do so through ignorance than desire to annoy you, particularly if they have a recent join-date or low post-count. Many such people are new to the concept of the world as a whole, so do not know to look at the FAQs or stickies first. Educate them. Politely point out their error, and direct them towards the appropriate forum. If they persist in their antisocial behaviour, then use harsher tactics.
First impressions mean a lot. - If someone's first experience of the denizens of the world is one of hostility, rudeness and aggression, they will assume that this is the standard of acceptable behaviour to which they should adhere, and will emulate it. This is a bad thing, as it only worsens the community atmosphere of the world, encouraging abuse, rudeness and insult-slinging for no good reason. If they're treated politely and made to feel welcome, however, they will be more likely to be well-behaved and constructive members of the worldwide community.
Manners cost nothing. - A polite tone is more likely to be listened to than abuse and invective. People respond more favourably to polite requests than rudeness. If they don't respond to being asked nicely, then harsher words are needed. But start out nice, as it doesn't take any more effort to be polite than to be offensive.
Ignorance is not the same as stupidity. - Just because they are not as familiar with the workings of the world as you are does not mean that they are idiots, retards, morons or any of the other delightful epithets that get thrown around the place. It simply means that they are uninformed or inexperienced in the way things work around here. So rather than berating them for not having two braincells to rub together, inform them, preferably in a politely-phrased manner. Failing that, direct them towards a place where they can get the necessary education.
Just because you disagree with someone doesn't make them wrong, or a cretin. - It's good to bear in mind the difference between fact and opinion. The former is something supported by evidence, proof, what-have-you. It's relatively easy to prove a supposed fact correct or incorrect. Opinions, meanwhile, might be influenced by facts, but cannot generally be proven "right or wrong" one way or the other. So when you disagree with someone on an issue of facts, get some research and find out who's right. When you disagree with someone on a matter of opinion, though, you can attempt to influence them with facts or by eloquently arguing your own point of view, but when it comes down to it, if you cannot persuade them to follow your own mode of thinking, you have to respect theirs. It's part of the whole Free Speech issue.
tinchen. Now they even have their own journal. *cough*. Ahem. Where was I? Oh, yes, MANLY THINGS!
*pfft*. There's no way I could pull that off. So instead, it's time for a daily dose of distractions!
Actually, I'm doing well with my roommate so far. We haven't hit any major points of friction yet, and so I'm hoping this continues. Hopefully all the housemates get along this well, too. Although my alarm woke him up before he woke me up. (Too used to it, I guess.)
I went on-line yesterday and played a few matches of GunBound with some of the crew at Pocket Otaku and did okay. Won some, lost some.
Yesterday was cannabis day at DRT. Weird stuff, man, really weird. Today, of what is noted there, the Universal Constructive Attitude may help to explain a few things about my personality and the whole search for enlightenment thing.
Today looks like it will be an interesting day. Perhaps not in the curse sort of way. This is actually just an excuse to blatantly swipe from
rimspace's journal. I'm going to mention this article, because it's fun.The last piece of un stuff for tonight is something I discovered elsewhere and think it deserves to jump from the Internet to the Real World. So enjoy the Jolly Nice Manifesto. (Edited slightly for a RL deployment)
The Jolly Nice Manifesto wrote:
Everyone deserves the benefit of the doubt. - If someone makes a mistake, posts in the wrong forum, or otherwise does something you disagree with, it's more reasonable to assume that they do so through ignorance than desire to annoy you, particularly if they have a recent join-date or low post-count. Many such people are new to the concept of the world as a whole, so do not know to look at the FAQs or stickies first. Educate them. Politely point out their error, and direct them towards the appropriate forum. If they persist in their antisocial behaviour, then use harsher tactics.
First impressions mean a lot. - If someone's first experience of the denizens of the world is one of hostility, rudeness and aggression, they will assume that this is the standard of acceptable behaviour to which they should adhere, and will emulate it. This is a bad thing, as it only worsens the community atmosphere of the world, encouraging abuse, rudeness and insult-slinging for no good reason. If they're treated politely and made to feel welcome, however, they will be more likely to be well-behaved and constructive members of the worldwide community.
Manners cost nothing. - A polite tone is more likely to be listened to than abuse and invective. People respond more favourably to polite requests than rudeness. If they don't respond to being asked nicely, then harsher words are needed. But start out nice, as it doesn't take any more effort to be polite than to be offensive.
Ignorance is not the same as stupidity. - Just because they are not as familiar with the workings of the world as you are does not mean that they are idiots, retards, morons or any of the other delightful epithets that get thrown around the place. It simply means that they are uninformed or inexperienced in the way things work around here. So rather than berating them for not having two braincells to rub together, inform them, preferably in a politely-phrased manner. Failing that, direct them towards a place where they can get the necessary education.
Just because you disagree with someone doesn't make them wrong, or a cretin. - It's good to bear in mind the difference between fact and opinion. The former is something supported by evidence, proof, what-have-you. It's relatively easy to prove a supposed fact correct or incorrect. Opinions, meanwhile, might be influenced by facts, but cannot generally be proven "right or wrong" one way or the other. So when you disagree with someone on an issue of facts, get some research and find out who's right. When you disagree with someone on a matter of opinion, though, you can attempt to influence them with facts or by eloquently arguing your own point of view, but when it comes down to it, if you cannot persuade them to follow your own mode of thinking, you have to respect theirs. It's part of the whole Free Speech issue.
