tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7832082806332193102.post9211087963962992432..comments2023-10-24T09:42:34.146+01:00Comments on Optistatic: TaggedOptistatichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03000726114121989951noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7832082806332193102.post-5669438855222527432009-01-10T14:37:00.000+00:002009-01-10T14:37:00.000+00:00Ha! The secret to failing gracefully is not to try...Ha! The secret to failing gracefully is not to try in the first place; therefore I win at failing gracefully! ;-)<BR/><BR/>OK, so I just made that up. My failure to keep my house tidy due to not really trying is not a graceful one, and so I just disproved my own hypothesis in one easy (yet moderately uncomfortable) thought. <BR/><BR/>Actually, there is a meme going around Facebook at the moment, which is all about connectedness. There are only seven questions about it, but it feels like a competition to show how connected you are to the person who did the meme. A lot of my younger acquaintances (1st degree or thereabouts) are doing it. And now I sound very patronising about people making connections with each other.<BR/><BR/>You know, I have so many thoughts about this that I should probably just shut up now. If I do not, I'll probably end up doing a PhD on the social psychology of some specific aspect of memery and how this relates to so-and-so's theory of social connectedness. Actually, I could probably get a scholarship for that subject in my current department, if I angled it correctly and they were desperate (which they were a couple of weeks ago. Damn!).<BR/><BR/>Anyway, that meme was a silly one. It should have said that you should send it to five people (square root of 25, and all that). That way it could have been successfully completed more readily.<BR/><BR/>I think that memes are often a way to find content easily. They can be very useful at filling a gap, and they can be fascinating to read! It was fun doing this, so thank you!Optistatichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03000726114121989951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7832082806332193102.post-10034315765322480442009-01-09T16:28:00.000+00:002009-01-09T16:28:00.000+00:00LOL! I'm glad you accepted my 'challenge' and I wh...LOL! I'm glad you accepted my 'challenge' and I wholeheartedly agree with your musings about the whole affair!<BR/><BR/>I, too, do not know 25 bloggers with which to inflict... I mean, 'gift' with memery or at least ones I think might not come to 'thank' me personally. Ahem.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps this is my first time because I am not cool, self-promoting or have many, many internet followers.<BR/><BR/>Still, I decided it might be fun to try!<BR/><BR/>BTW, I've named, what, seven people on my blog for this silly tagging fun?! I suggested I'd find more on Facebook, but even with that bunch of 'look I'm popular'-ness, I'm still not sure I want to slap people with this request.<BR/><BR/>Therefore, I, too, have failed in the instructions. Sigh. First time and I've blown it!Lisa Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09270449917254845437noreply@blogger.com