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“When you shall say, "As others do, so will I. I renounce, I am sorry for it, my early visions; I must eat the good of the land, and let learning and romantic expectations go, until a more convenient season." — then dies the man in you;” - Ralph W. Emerson
I feel kinda bad when I watch someone but don't favorite much, and I have tried to get rid of all bad investments in my watch list (I don't really like it, they don't like me favoriting or commenting, yadda yadda), and almost never watch anyone these days, despite having hundreds of people's accounts in a .txt folder that I might want to watch. But here's the thing, I don't just watch for the sake of it.
I do like to favorite and comment if I can actually muster anything to say, or even feel comfortable enough to (usually I make an ass out of myself or annoy people, one person actually got really angry that I left nice comments on their art so I don't really know, I have trouble reading people anyway, and try not to bother unless it seems obvious that it'd be okay). And for me, favoriting something means I took several minutes to look at it and that I like it. It's a time-consuming process.
Most of the people I watch but haven't favorited anything from tho, have large galleries, 50+ art pieces. That'd take me at least an hour to get through, since I try to annoy the least I can, and that means when there's a backlog, I favorite as much as I like all in rapid(ish) succession, since I know some people get annoyed when there's lots of favorites, I try to keep it to the least amount of time possible so they'll just see a huge amount of favorites and not feel swamped by more coming in.
Of course, all that time does require me to figure out a time, especially a good time when I won't be interrupted (both for the above reasons and to keep my furry-ness a secret as much as possible), and most importantly, a long time...so that'd require planning and also a full chunk of a day, which I honestly can't do very often. And I forget a lot...there's that...
So I just wanted to explain my favoriting habits and why there are a few people I watch that I haven't given their due diligence, quite sorry for that...
I do like to favorite and comment if I can actually muster anything to say, or even feel comfortable enough to (usually I make an ass out of myself or annoy people, one person actually got really angry that I left nice comments on their art so I don't really know, I have trouble reading people anyway, and try not to bother unless it seems obvious that it'd be okay). And for me, favoriting something means I took several minutes to look at it and that I like it. It's a time-consuming process.
Most of the people I watch but haven't favorited anything from tho, have large galleries, 50+ art pieces. That'd take me at least an hour to get through, since I try to annoy the least I can, and that means when there's a backlog, I favorite as much as I like all in rapid(ish) succession, since I know some people get annoyed when there's lots of favorites, I try to keep it to the least amount of time possible so they'll just see a huge amount of favorites and not feel swamped by more coming in.
Of course, all that time does require me to figure out a time, especially a good time when I won't be interrupted (both for the above reasons and to keep my furry-ness a secret as much as possible), and most importantly, a long time...so that'd require planning and also a full chunk of a day, which I honestly can't do very often. And I forget a lot...there's that...
So I just wanted to explain my favoriting habits and why there are a few people I watch that I haven't given their due diligence, quite sorry for that...
Your favoriting habit is understandable in my opinion.
I tend to assume everyone is similar to me but I know I am wrong.
There's nothing wrong with being different from others. I know that I tend to be different from others in some respects, too.
The reason why it's so tenuous, and laborious for me, as I will quietly admit is demonstrated in our friendship (like a fresh young sprout from a seed, is this said friendship even formed enough to be a certain [as in a sure, and strong] friendship, a friendship as certain as I like it to be?), is because I'm a quiet person who is too introverted for small talk. Hence I reply, unsurprisingly often curtly, as it's small talk, only when someone else talks to me first. Believe me though, if something I like/care about is mentioned, I will jabber my head off. Just look at this long comment.
Hence I can be awkward starting a conversation, unless it's about something I like. I have a habit of liking things few, if not nobody else I know likes, so I then either feel awkward being the only one at the table who is knowledgeable in this stuff, or spend the whole conversation explaining said stuff to them. Being around enthusiast friends is another story, obviously, but the thing is, is that despite the fact I make friends with almost everyone, I keep a small, tight friendship circle of true, loyal friends, just as I like it. These are my close friends, and they almost always aren't fellow enthusiasts. These close friends are the ones who get to know all of me, who get to truly know me.
Sooooo... yeah
- Peter
Yeah, small talk is a bit hard, so I usually default to stereotypical questions.
All of paragraph 3 I feel the same.