Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 7:59 pm
And by Infelice, you mean the Watcher? 

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hue of bone wrote:Nope, the Watcher is Uatu.
+1peter wrote:Thread drift is not only inevitable - it is desirable. It turns the discussion into an organic entity where sub-threads emerge, intertwine and reconnect as the thread progresses. Two or even more sub dicussions may happily coexist within the main body of the topic and people can reply, quote from or ignore any posts that they so choose. To refuse to tolerate 'thread drift' is to hold a dinner party and confine the topic of conversation to one subject alone. Anyone who chooses can always pull a thread back on topic by making a salient point worth responding to. If they can't do that then in all likelyhood the original question has been well and truly thrashed already - so let the thread gambol on where it may - a joyous entity reveling in it's freedom.
I'm a bit of a generalist and often follow a thread until most or all of the nitty gritty stuff has been thrashed out and then jump in with view from a wider perspective. This usually gets a good response over a couple of days from other generalists, is ignored by the people more interested in the detail and then the thread goes back to knitting the gritty. I like the way threads can weave and wobble because it means someone like me can add my tuppence worth without having to wallow in the detail, which isn't my cup of tea (to mix a few metaphors)MsMary wrote:+1peter wrote:Thread drift is not only inevitable - it is desirable. It turns the discussion into an organic entity where sub-threads emerge, intertwine and reconnect as the thread progresses. Two or even more sub dicussions may happily coexist within the main body of the topic and people can reply, quote from or ignore any posts that they so choose. To refuse to tolerate 'thread drift' is to hold a dinner party and confine the topic of conversation to one subject alone. Anyone who chooses can always pull a thread back on topic by making a salient point worth responding to. If they can't do that then in all likelyhood the original question has been well and truly thrashed already - so let the thread gambol on where it may - a joyous entity reveling in it's freedom.
ussusimiel wrote:I like thread wobble, too. And sometimes I go for the details and sometimes not.MsMary wrote: I like the way threads can weave and wobble because it means someone like me can add my tuppence worth without having to wallow in the detail, which isn't my cup of tea (to mix a few metaphors)![]()
MsMary wrote:ussusimiel wrote:I like thread wobble, too. And sometimes I go for the details and sometimes not.MsMary wrote: I like the way threads can weave and wobble because it means someone like me can add my tuppence worth without having to wallow in the detail, which isn't my cup of tea (to mix a few metaphors)![]()
ussusimiel wrote:You're slipping Sarge! Your maps contain that non-existent country, Australia
what is false is false?ussusimiel wrote:Quis reprobiet ipsos reprobes!
danlo wrote:I know this doesn't have anything to do with anything, but 36 guests!WOW!!
Where the heck did all these voyeurs come from?