Comments for Empty Cage http://empty-cage.net Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:14:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 Comment on Kill the Fanlistings! by Crystal http://empty-cage.net/kill-the-fanlistings/#comment-150 Crystal Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:19:10 +0000 http://empty-cage.net/?p=285#comment-150 Awww, but think about it you guys, what would we do without the headaches or moments of wtfery brought to us by the drama sobbing queens? What would we mock? We'd be left with nothing! Nothing but peace of mind and avoidance of silly internet battles I say! Awww, but think about it you guys, what would we do without the headaches or moments of wtfery brought to us by the drama sobbing queens? What would we mock? We’d be left with nothing! Nothing but peace of mind and avoidance of silly internet battles I say!

]]> Comment on Kill the Fanlistings! by Amber http://empty-cage.net/kill-the-fanlistings/#comment-149 Amber Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:18:40 +0000 http://empty-cage.net/?p=285#comment-149 XD, Oh Kae, I laughed when you said this entry was coming and I am even more amused now that it has come. I mean, really, I love owning fanlistings and they're fun to maintain (not so much to join IMO, considering owners have a tendency to NOT TELL YOU when the listing has moved/changed owners/whatever and you end up with 500 dead links), but if I died inside every time I was rejected for a fanlisting I'd be ashes and dust by now. So you didn't get xxx, now the world has ended and the other ten or twenty or thirty fanlistings you own mean nothing? It's a list of people. <em>What</em> a <em>loss</em>. The entire reason they're fun is <em>because</em> they're frivolous little things featuring things you like. Anyway, I agree - the people who do this stuff are probably very nice, but their reactions over such a small, meaningless thing as who got a fanlisting that will be linked at a network are just ridiculous. By the way, the styling you gave the blockquote in your entry makes it REALLY hard to read. It gave me headaches just trying. XD Can you make the text bigger? XD, Oh Kae, I laughed when you said this entry was coming and I am even more amused now that it has come. I mean, really, I love owning fanlistings and they’re fun to maintain (not so much to join IMO, considering owners have a tendency to NOT TELL YOU when the listing has moved/changed owners/whatever and you end up with 500 dead links), but if I died inside every time I was rejected for a fanlisting I’d be ashes and dust by now. So you didn’t get xxx, now the world has ended and the other ten or twenty or thirty fanlistings you own mean nothing? It’s a list of people. What a loss. The entire reason they’re fun is because they’re frivolous little things featuring things you like.

Anyway, I agree - the people who do this stuff are probably very nice, but their reactions over such a small, meaningless thing as who got a fanlisting that will be linked at a network are just ridiculous.

By the way, the styling you gave the blockquote in your entry makes it REALLY hard to read. It gave me headaches just trying. XD Can you make the text bigger?

]]> Comment on Freedom is almost afoot by Amber http://empty-cage.net/freedom-is-almost-afoot/#comment-147 Amber Mon, 29 Dec 2008 00:44:41 +0000 http://empty-cage.net/?p=283#comment-147 Merry Christmas to you too, dear, and thanks for the plug. :) I understand what you mean about moral obligations regarding blogging; often times I feel like I have to because to me it's like, once you build a blog there's something like a moral contract promising you'll update it. I don't know, it's weird. With fanlistings it's kind of automatic because you've got the scripts to do it for you, and with LiveJournal that feeling is also nonexistent. Oi. XD P.S. The fanlisting for The Rolling Stones is open for application. ♥ Apply for it, I say! Merry Christmas to you too, dear, and thanks for the plug. :) I understand what you mean about moral obligations regarding blogging; often times I feel like I have to because to me it’s like, once you build a blog there’s something like a moral contract promising you’ll update it. I don’t know, it’s weird. With fanlistings it’s kind of automatic because you’ve got the scripts to do it for you, and with LiveJournal that feeling is also nonexistent. Oi. XD

P.S. The fanlisting for The Rolling Stones is open for application. ♥ Apply for it, I say!

]]> Comment on The Missing Mistress by Amber http://empty-cage.net/the-missing-mistress/#comment-123 Amber Fri, 24 Oct 2008 03:53:10 +0000 http://empty-cage.net/?p=154#comment-123 Dear, you kind of ARE following my advice. Trusted friends are one thing, complete strangers are another (yay for picky-ness). I know I sound utterly paranoid, but... And yes, you've been a terrible webmistress, abandoning your baby like that! Shame, shaaaaaaaame! Haha, I kid, I post once every ten days or so myself. I don't know why I have a blog, it's not like I do anything especially interesting. Aaaaaanyway. I haven't checked out your guide for Linux, but I'm sure it's fabulously kind and stands out from the snobby crap everyone else seems to produce. Best of luck with your other projects! Dear, you kind of ARE following my advice. Trusted friends are one thing, complete strangers are another (yay for picky-ness). I know I sound utterly paranoid, but…

And yes, you’ve been a terrible webmistress, abandoning your baby like that! Shame, shaaaaaaaame! Haha, I kid, I post once every ten days or so myself. I don’t know why I have a blog, it’s not like I do anything especially interesting.

Aaaaaanyway. I haven’t checked out your guide for Linux, but I’m sure it’s fabulously kind and stands out from the snobby crap everyone else seems to produce. Best of luck with your other projects!

]]> Comment on Frosh by merry http://empty-cage.net/frosh/#comment-120 merry Tue, 14 Oct 2008 02:37:21 +0000 http://empty-cage.net/?p=124#comment-120 baggins, you didn't tell me you got a guitar! must see you rock out sometime baggins, you didn’t tell me you got a guitar! must see you rock out sometime

]]> Comment on A moment of silence for arrogance. by Amber http://empty-cage.net/a-moment-of-silence-for-arrogance/#comment-106 Amber Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:11:45 +0000 http://empty-cage.net/?p=142#comment-106 Thought provoking entry. Well done. I always thought that the "Everyone is special and unique!" phrase was a bit ironic, since we are all then linked by our specialness and uniqueness. You know what's odd? If we're all so very special and unique, how are stereotypes and cliques formed? You sort of dealt with it in your post, but the answer is still foggy (to me). Of course, I do think everyone is rather unique. Mindsets, personalities, skills and interests - there will always be someone out there who shares at least one of your traits, but how many people are an exact match to you? There are billions of people in this world, and yet I'd still say that chance is slim. Some people may come close, but there will always be that difference, big or small. Anyway, I never really thought about elitists in that fashion; I just wrote them off as arrogant, self serving people that like to give themselves the benefit of the doubt and say "I'm better than you!" The reason as to why... I didn't really care. XD P.S. I about had a heart attack, because my computer restarted right before I submitted this. Thankfully, Firefox saved it. I LOVE YOU FIREFOX!!! Thought provoking entry. Well done.

I always thought that the “Everyone is special and unique!” phrase was a bit ironic, since we are all then linked by our specialness and uniqueness. You know what’s odd? If we’re all so very special and unique, how are stereotypes and cliques formed? You sort of dealt with it in your post, but the answer is still foggy (to me).

Of course, I do think everyone is rather unique. Mindsets, personalities, skills and interests - there will always be someone out there who shares at least one of your traits, but how many people are an exact match to you? There are billions of people in this world, and yet I’d still say that chance is slim. Some people may come close, but there will always be that difference, big or small.

Anyway, I never really thought about elitists in that fashion; I just wrote them off as arrogant, self serving people that like to give themselves the benefit of the doubt and say “I’m better than you!” The reason as to why… I didn’t really care. XD

P.S. I about had a heart attack, because my computer restarted right before I submitted this. Thankfully, Firefox saved it. I LOVE YOU FIREFOX!!!

]]> Comment on A moment of silence for arrogance. by Morbid Romantic http://empty-cage.net/a-moment-of-silence-for-arrogance/#comment-105 Morbid Romantic Wed, 10 Sep 2008 05:25:05 +0000 http://empty-cage.net/?p=142#comment-105 My whole issue with the 'I am special' mentality of so many people today is that they believe they are special by virtue that they are merely them. What ever happened to confidence that comes from achievement or accomplishment? Now, it's empty self-confidence and people no longer respect hard word. Could be the jaded public school in me speaking, though. My whole issue with the ‘I am special’ mentality of so many people today is that they believe they are special by virtue that they are merely them. What ever happened to confidence that comes from achievement or accomplishment? Now, it’s empty self-confidence and people no longer respect hard word.

Could be the jaded public school in me speaking, though.

]]> Comment on May be some downtime by Amber http://empty-cage.net/may-be-some-downtime/#comment-104 Amber Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:02:44 +0000 http://empty-cage.net/?p=140#comment-104 <3 If you need any more help, just harass me. I'm always here. XP <3 If you need any more help, just harass me. I’m always here. XP

]]> Comment on Edges by Mom http://empty-cage.net/edges/#comment-103 Mom Tue, 09 Sep 2008 02:56:33 +0000 http://empty-cage.net/?p=138#comment-103 Would just like to clarify that Motherdear did NOT insist on the essay writing course -- the University of Ottawa Arts Dept DID!!! Signed Motherdear Would just like to clarify that Motherdear did NOT insist on the essay writing course — the University of Ottawa Arts Dept DID!!!

Signed
Motherdear

]]> Comment on What part of YOUTH are you still in denial about?! by AlexM http://empty-cage.net/what-part-of-youth-are-you-still-in-denial-about/#comment-56 AlexM Sat, 16 Aug 2008 15:24:14 +0000 http://empty-cage.net/words/?p=29#comment-56 Your blog is interesting! Keep up the good work! Your blog is interesting!

Keep up the good work!

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