basilwhite

I'm ashamed that I'm willing to be mediocre to get along with people better. I have this idea that normal people have more friends because they have more in common with the average person. Right now I'd rather be mediocre than lonely.

Of course, I could make an effort to interact with people.

You are Basil. You are amazingly and wonderfully abnormal. I feel I barely know you, and yet I think you're one of the most unique people I know. Changing yourself isn't going to make people like you more; it might make them like someone you really aren't, but they aren't going to like you. And it would probably cause the friends you have now to stop liking you.

Come with me and H and psu jedi to Shore Leave; you'll be surrounded by your own kind; who will love and accept you for who you are, just as we do.

And I will point out ONE MORE TIME to you that me and H. work right across the street from you; and any time you feel lonely; just come over, or call me and I'll come over, or we'll do lunch or something. I love hanging out with you, so don't think you're imposing. :)

I mean shalandara

There's a book called "The Comedian as Confidence Man." I gave it to Doug Stanhope and he told me he talks about it on the radio. The book is about irony fatigue: if a comedian's comedy achieves social outcomes greater than comedy, the goal of repeating those outcomes can overshadow the goal of making people laugh, and the output isn't as funny anymore, cf., Kurt Vonnegut, Bill Hicks, etc. Colbert had another agenda. That's not necessarily BAD, but it is what it is.

I miss participating in usability evangelism. I couldn't figure out how to quantify my manifesto.