Meme

[ng_moonmoth]

This meme, which apparently sourced from journalmemes , arrived on my reading list from a number of places. I wanted to play. It seems appropriate to me to provide the opportunity to return the favor -- or for anyone else who'd like to play to join. So:

Leave a word, any word, in the comments below, and I will tell you a fact about myself relating to that word.

Comments

[gingicat]

Filk

[ng_moonmoth]

Caught it from spouse, who exposed me to it on our very first real date. First thing I found at my first science fiction convention was the filk room. I'm still there, writing, and taking my turn at performing. It's where my people are in fandom.

[gingicat]

We may well have met, or know people in common! There’s s Filkhaven Discord now, replacing the old IRC server.

[ng_moonmoth]

We're on opposite sides of the country, so I'm not sure. If the icon on your post is a portrait, I don't recognize you as someone I've met in meatspace.

There are undoubtedly filkers we both know well. Seems to me the number of links of that sort between any two members of the community seldom exceeds 2. And a number of my 1's are out your way.

Cool about the Discord! Hadn't come across that one yet. And isn't that the perfect platform to host filk? ;-)

[gingicat]

Here's the Discord info: https://gingicat.dreamwidth.org/1601784.html

[ng_moonmoth]

Thanks!

[teigh_corvus]

Oooooo! That is a very shiny meme.

Spiral

[ng_moonmoth]

Shiny and spiral gets me thinking about a Slinky, which was a toy I enjoyed playing with when I was young.

Just checked the Wikipedia page, where I found some detail on the interesting physics behind what makes it do its stuff. I wonder if this was a factor in my enjoyment; I seem to especially like stuff that doesn't have to be taken apart to figure out how it works.

[redsixwing]

Colors?

[ng_moonmoth]

My complexion is in the autumn range, which looks good with a lot of dusty or muted colors. Greens, purples, and the occasional blue look good on me; pastels or bright primaries, not so much. Clothing with colors that work for me is not common on the racks, which can make shopping for something that makes me look good challenging.

[dhampyresa]

Hat?

[ng_moonmoth]

I have a fun one. When folded flat, it looks like a 30cm banana with a swirly tip at each end. It unfolds in the middle to something that perches on top of my head. The color is swirly purple and green, and it has a silver pin. The colors are coincidentally not too far off from the ones in the genderqueer flag, which my gender identity aligns with. This also pleases me.

[dhampyresa]

Sounds cool. Do you have any pictures?

[solarbird]

Orange

[ng_moonmoth]

We have an orange tree in our back yard. It blossoms and sets fruit in the spring. When it gets cold, the developing fruit starts turning from green to yellow, then to light orange, and finally, around the beginning of March, is orange and large enough to pick.

Our variety is a good juice orange, with some seeds. We get to pick oranges and squeeze them moments later any time we want fresh orange juice, until we run out. A decent crop, like we had this year, will last well into the following winter.

meme time

[alatefeline]

Ooh, I want to play!

Kitten.

Re: meme time

[ng_moonmoth]

Quite a while back, another person and I were traveling across a good portion of the country. One evening, as we stopped at a motel for the night and checked in to our room, there was a small grey kitten meowing outside our door. It sounded like it was saying "Mommy? Mommy?" to us.

Neither of us knew much about taking care of cats or kittens, but we improvised. We brought back some meat from our dinners, in case the kitten was still there. It was, and it enjoyed the dinner and the water we set up next to it. We left it outside so it could take care of its bodily needs outside the room. We checked back a bit later there, and it was still there, and still calling out occasionally. So we decided it should come in to the room with us for the night.

It was a good bedroom companion. It got some skritches from each of us, and when we went to our respective beds, it came over and curled up on the pillow next to me. When I woke up in the morning, it was still there. We brought back some milk from our breakfasts, which it enjoyed while we packed up. We brought it back outside when we checked out. I hope it eventually found its mom, or its person.

[tomakeanoffer]

anthropomorphic.

(SOrry this is a bit late, I hope you don't mind.)

Nope, don't mind at all

[ng_moonmoth]

A topic I'm following with a good degree of interest right now is the interplay between computationally-controlled devices and anthropomorphic characteristics of those devices. Subjects that were once the realm of science-fictional speculation are now becoming unavoidable realities.

For example, does giving a robot a name, a voice, or a human shape make it seem more human? It may be the same device, with the same capabilities, but our visceral reactions to it may well wind up determining what sort of treatment will be considered abuse.

Mix that up with anthropomorphism's blurring of the boundaries of humanity, which I suspect is a big part of the discomfort it can generate (especially among those who ideologically deny that we are just a certain kind of animal), and you've got a big, hot, steaming mess that's just itching to land on institutions that demand quick answers instead of thoughtful consideration, and is likely to cause considerable damage when it does.