q: are you hoping that whoever you're responding to sees it or doesn't?
― Roberto Spiralli, Saturday, 14 July 2018 00:38 (five years ago) link
a: I suspect for some meta-thread posters, the thrill of it is not knowing whether the poster will see it and recognize him or herself, or not. It's a bit Russian-roulettish.
― nonsensei (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 14 July 2018 00:41 (five years ago) link
ok, so kind of like saying something under your breath?
― Roberto Spiralli, Saturday, 14 July 2018 00:55 (five years ago) link
Yes, or somewhat passive-aggressive argument tactics like "you know what you did," "you know who you are," and "if you don't understand what's wrong I'm not going to help you."
I suspect there have been zings against me that I didn't even recognize as such, and I'm okay with that.
― nonsensei (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 14 July 2018 11:19 (five years ago) link
there’s a lot of things I could say right now that I’m not gonna say
― U. K. Le Garage (wins), Saturday, 14 July 2018 12:09 (five years ago) link
would not this poll itself constitute a separate thread for posting commentary abt posts elsewhere on ilx? oh, the irony!
― A is for (Aimless), Saturday, 14 July 2018 17:53 (five years ago) link
not the content but the practice, so not really Alanis
― Roberto Spiralli, Saturday, 14 July 2018 18:02 (five years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Monday, 10 September 2018 00:01 (five years ago) link
I feel aggressively subtweeted by this auto thread bump
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Monday, 10 September 2018 00:23 (five years ago) link
I Love Drama
― Trϵϵship, Monday, 10 September 2018 01:30 (five years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 00:01 (five years ago) link