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7 things meme
13 years ago
Cheetah posted a meme, which - like viruses - wants to be spread. Since my own diary is currently incapable of making (non-logged-in) public posts, and waiting until I've fixed this would probably be years from now, I use my FA account for this.
Meme rules: The rules of the meme: Comment to this post, and I will list seven things I want you to talk about. They might make sense or they might be totally random. Then post that list, with your commentary, to your journal. Other people can get lists from you, and the meme merrily perpetuates itself.
If you could talk to animals ... what would be the first thing to ask?
Talking to animals is a phantasy humans have had for probably as long as they talked to themselves. Would it be for company, for commands, out of curiosity or to aknowledge them as intelligent beings (for which speech appears to be one of the primary differentiator in how we stereotype living things).
Different levels of intelligence would also need to be taken into account - can I just formulate a question? do I need to dump it down for my dog? Or can my cat explain me quantum physics?
Even before that, positive aknowledgement about the actual ability to communicate must be established.
So for the question what my FIRST thing to ask is, all this scientific reasoning leads to a rather mundane result: Uh... hello there. Can you understand me?
Dragons
My relationship with dragons is to complex to put into one answer here :)
On the sane side, I treat it (and display it on the outside) as just a hobby. Psychologically, I identify strongly with the idea of seing myself as one. Spiritually... I went on a search, but am too scientistic in mind to be able to find anything. Historically, I've no idea where it comes from - children TV series would be a reasonable guess, but as a kid (phantasies goes back to at least age 6?) we only had ARD & ZDF and I doubt that I had that much exposure to those series - I don't remember, I only remember having watched 'Telekolleg II - Physic' back then :)
Safety
I'm a bit of a control freak, I hate uncertainity, avoid risks - at least those which I don't feel I can control. Driving a car (heck, living alone) is dangerous, but I'm under the illusion of control. If I loose this, I'm feeling uncomfortable and tend to shy away from it. Climbing slippy places? Trading in the stock market? Not for me.
Still, I see myself withing the boundaries of what's usual, not having more insurances than others and still drive faster than allowed.
Fire
Fascinating and dangerous. I love the small fires - camp fires, fireplaces, playing with fire (ah, the sound of fire-pois swishing through the air) including fire breathing. It brings warmth, happiness, joy.
I fear the big fires. They bring destruction, raw violence, death. Apart from biological deseases, fire is the only catastrophe that feasts on what it destroys, getting bigger and reaching further. A broken water pipe ruins the cellar, a burning Wall brings down the entire house - or even city.
Your Job
I've mixed feelings about my job. I've been in the same company since I started my working live 6 years ago, I've barely seen something else. I'm stuck behind my desk, having a job of doing what I used to love (programming), but as usual in a big company I'm a small cog in a big machinery, rarely getting the opportunity for diversification. And career-wise, it appears the only option to raise my income (which I actually somewhat do expect with aging) would be to change companies.
On the other hand, I still love programming the most, I've collegues I get along with extremly well, my FlexTimes allow me for my sleeping habits which would have me kicked out of other jobs probably, pay is quite average comparing with "Ct Gehaltsspiegel" and peers which also means it's not bad, I never have to fear not getting my vacation or even work on weekends, etc. Plus, it's probably quite secure.
So basically I've much reason to be very happy, and some valid reasons otherwise, too, and I decided to keep it a bit longer.
I didn't really speak about WHAT I do. That would be software development. Business software. Boring stuff, so to say. One of the disadvantages: There are no interesting stories to tell around the campfire :)
Soap
The protocol used by WS-*, rich in XML, low on fat... I prefer REST and JSON.
Also good for sexual innuendo: first thing I heard about our fandom was to not drop it. Not that I've even been in a situation where this would have made any difference, so laughing to this joke is more a socially learned habit than it being actually funny.
Myself, I prefer liquid soap, it's just easier to handle. And I totally hate those kind of soap which leaves the skin greased ("nachfettend"), feeling it just didn't really clean me.
If there was one thing you could change by just making a wish ...
The engineering answer to any "one wish" questions would be to first get limitless supply of further wishes... which usually isn't granted and thus directly leads to the question of the limits of this wish - Is making all Furry-Transformation-Phantasies reality inside the bounds? Or world peace acceptable? Living forever? Just being happy for a day?
I don't have a "one wish" I can fire off so easily. There are many things I wish for, more I unrealistically daydream. On all levels on plausibility, and many of them.
"Be a healthy, happy person with enough inner strength to master my everyday life, saying goodbye to all depressions" would be a good fit. It should be possible, at least it seems so looking at others, I'd really wish to have it, it sometimes even appears quite within my reach - I theorize about achieving it myself, but I'm constantly failing. Changing this would truly change my world. And with it also my ability to help others - bringing me at least a small piece of the 'world peace' :)
Meme rules: The rules of the meme: Comment to this post, and I will list seven things I want you to talk about. They might make sense or they might be totally random. Then post that list, with your commentary, to your journal. Other people can get lists from you, and the meme merrily perpetuates itself.
If you could talk to animals ... what would be the first thing to ask?
Talking to animals is a phantasy humans have had for probably as long as they talked to themselves. Would it be for company, for commands, out of curiosity or to aknowledge them as intelligent beings (for which speech appears to be one of the primary differentiator in how we stereotype living things).
Different levels of intelligence would also need to be taken into account - can I just formulate a question? do I need to dump it down for my dog? Or can my cat explain me quantum physics?
Even before that, positive aknowledgement about the actual ability to communicate must be established.
So for the question what my FIRST thing to ask is, all this scientific reasoning leads to a rather mundane result: Uh... hello there. Can you understand me?
Dragons
My relationship with dragons is to complex to put into one answer here :)
On the sane side, I treat it (and display it on the outside) as just a hobby. Psychologically, I identify strongly with the idea of seing myself as one. Spiritually... I went on a search, but am too scientistic in mind to be able to find anything. Historically, I've no idea where it comes from - children TV series would be a reasonable guess, but as a kid (phantasies goes back to at least age 6?) we only had ARD & ZDF and I doubt that I had that much exposure to those series - I don't remember, I only remember having watched 'Telekolleg II - Physic' back then :)
Safety
I'm a bit of a control freak, I hate uncertainity, avoid risks - at least those which I don't feel I can control. Driving a car (heck, living alone) is dangerous, but I'm under the illusion of control. If I loose this, I'm feeling uncomfortable and tend to shy away from it. Climbing slippy places? Trading in the stock market? Not for me.
Still, I see myself withing the boundaries of what's usual, not having more insurances than others and still drive faster than allowed.
Fire
Fascinating and dangerous. I love the small fires - camp fires, fireplaces, playing with fire (ah, the sound of fire-pois swishing through the air) including fire breathing. It brings warmth, happiness, joy.
I fear the big fires. They bring destruction, raw violence, death. Apart from biological deseases, fire is the only catastrophe that feasts on what it destroys, getting bigger and reaching further. A broken water pipe ruins the cellar, a burning Wall brings down the entire house - or even city.
Your Job
I've mixed feelings about my job. I've been in the same company since I started my working live 6 years ago, I've barely seen something else. I'm stuck behind my desk, having a job of doing what I used to love (programming), but as usual in a big company I'm a small cog in a big machinery, rarely getting the opportunity for diversification. And career-wise, it appears the only option to raise my income (which I actually somewhat do expect with aging) would be to change companies.
On the other hand, I still love programming the most, I've collegues I get along with extremly well, my FlexTimes allow me for my sleeping habits which would have me kicked out of other jobs probably, pay is quite average comparing with "Ct Gehaltsspiegel" and peers which also means it's not bad, I never have to fear not getting my vacation or even work on weekends, etc. Plus, it's probably quite secure.
So basically I've much reason to be very happy, and some valid reasons otherwise, too, and I decided to keep it a bit longer.
I didn't really speak about WHAT I do. That would be software development. Business software. Boring stuff, so to say. One of the disadvantages: There are no interesting stories to tell around the campfire :)
Soap
The protocol used by WS-*, rich in XML, low on fat... I prefer REST and JSON.
Also good for sexual innuendo: first thing I heard about our fandom was to not drop it. Not that I've even been in a situation where this would have made any difference, so laughing to this joke is more a socially learned habit than it being actually funny.
Myself, I prefer liquid soap, it's just easier to handle. And I totally hate those kind of soap which leaves the skin greased ("nachfettend"), feeling it just didn't really clean me.
If there was one thing you could change by just making a wish ...
The engineering answer to any "one wish" questions would be to first get limitless supply of further wishes... which usually isn't granted and thus directly leads to the question of the limits of this wish - Is making all Furry-Transformation-Phantasies reality inside the bounds? Or world peace acceptable? Living forever? Just being happy for a day?
I don't have a "one wish" I can fire off so easily. There are many things I wish for, more I unrealistically daydream. On all levels on plausibility, and many of them.
"Be a healthy, happy person with enough inner strength to master my everyday life, saying goodbye to all depressions" would be a good fit. It should be possible, at least it seems so looking at others, I'd really wish to have it, it sometimes even appears quite within my reach - I theorize about achieving it myself, but I'm constantly failing. Changing this would truly change my world. And with it also my ability to help others - bringing me at least a small piece of the 'world peace' :)
