Nothing much to add to the warnings thing everyone's been posting about

[bladderwrack]

However, I do feel like complaining about the fashion for framing debate and edification in terms of contrived analogies that are more confusing and difficult to follow than the actual subject beiing discussed!

Cropped Scan Theatre says it: "Tsuzuki: Well, you see, this candle represents your life. And, this shoe... represents Maria. And, uh, this pitcher of water represents the guy who's been controlling Maria! So, if you don't want your shoes to be on fire, metaphorically speaking... wait, no, your shoes are on fire. So the only way to put them out is... uh... ... wait, no, I've got it. This chair represents bringing Maria back to life, and the shoe--"

You're making my head hurt here, gaiz*.



*The actual reason I have a problem with this technique is because it smacks of being talked down to, and that is a thing that bothers me considerably more than is rational.


Have gone through the knees of my one passably smart pair of jeans again. I don't know how this happens, it is always the knees. =_=

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[phoebe_zeitgeist]

To the extent I'm among the guilty parties, let me take this opportunity to apologize. I understand precisely why the sense of being talked down to is maddening, and I don't think it's remotely irrational of you. And to the extent I have talked down to anyone in the course of the argument, you have not been among those I was talking down to. What you are is one of the writers/artists whose work I feel strongly about the culture of fandom not attempting to mess with in any way.

I don't know why this round turned me into a raving, frothing maniac. But it certainly seems to have done. Maybe I should just go back and re-read Cropped Scan Theatre until I get over it?