Thursday, October 06, 2005
Forcing Questions or Unwanted Information
I was talking to Wen a few minutes ago, and I thought of this topic before he responded anything. He asked, “how’s firefly?” – And I replied, “it’s good. And sometimes sad.”
At the time of writing this sentence, he hasn’t replied yet, but I would imagine a response such as “how is it sad?” or “what episodes do you think are sad?” And then I would explain myself or list a few episodes.
But see, I’m writing this post right now – and if I’m already expecting a certain response, and I already know what I will type in response, should I just type my response? Like, instead of “it’s good, and sometimes sad” I should say “it’s good and sometimes sad” – and then start typing “like War Stories was kinda sad for some reason, I forget why; but mostly, Out of Gas was very sad. The description on the dvd box makes it sound like a happy episode – reminiscing is such a happy action – yet, the episode itself was very sad.”
That’s what I would say when Wen replies – he hasn’t yet. Maybe now he already knows this – that his reply is too… expected. In fact, it’s pointless, if I already have all this prepared. Or maybe he didn’t like my answer – it was too non-descript. Or, perhaps, as with the latter part of this blog title – he doesn’t care, what I think about War Stories or Out of Gas – or he has the same answer, and he doesn’t need me to repeat it.
I’m over-analyzing, it’s okay. But should I, from now on, leave out this middle part? Like, it sounds much better when I give this info in response to a follow-up question, so not to, seem like I am giving you information for no reason. That’s awkward.
On another note, this happens frequently with magic cards. We’d be discussing some magic card, and then Duy says something like “That’s better than Spitting Dragon” – and I would say “Which is” or “What does that do?” – and then he would explain it. It happens all the time, with all the people – name a card, a follow up question comes within half a second – and then the card is explained. I suppose that’s the general way of things – you don’t say “that’s better than Spitting Dragon, which is a 2-black-black 4/3 flying dragon with cumulative upkeep 1” – that’s a lot of work, and it doesn’t follow nicely. It’s like you have to acknowledge the dragon’s name, before you can give more info about it.
Oh look, Wen’s on BRB. I guess that explains something. Anyway, the magic draft is approaching soon, I can’t wait!
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At the time of writing this sentence, he hasn’t replied yet, but I would imagine a response such as “how is it sad?” or “what episodes do you think are sad?” And then I would explain myself or list a few episodes.
But see, I’m writing this post right now – and if I’m already expecting a certain response, and I already know what I will type in response, should I just type my response? Like, instead of “it’s good, and sometimes sad” I should say “it’s good and sometimes sad” – and then start typing “like War Stories was kinda sad for some reason, I forget why; but mostly, Out of Gas was very sad. The description on the dvd box makes it sound like a happy episode – reminiscing is such a happy action – yet, the episode itself was very sad.”
That’s what I would say when Wen replies – he hasn’t yet. Maybe now he already knows this – that his reply is too… expected. In fact, it’s pointless, if I already have all this prepared. Or maybe he didn’t like my answer – it was too non-descript. Or, perhaps, as with the latter part of this blog title – he doesn’t care, what I think about War Stories or Out of Gas – or he has the same answer, and he doesn’t need me to repeat it.
I’m over-analyzing, it’s okay. But should I, from now on, leave out this middle part? Like, it sounds much better when I give this info in response to a follow-up question, so not to, seem like I am giving you information for no reason. That’s awkward.
On another note, this happens frequently with magic cards. We’d be discussing some magic card, and then Duy says something like “That’s better than Spitting Dragon” – and I would say “Which is” or “What does that do?” – and then he would explain it. It happens all the time, with all the people – name a card, a follow up question comes within half a second – and then the card is explained. I suppose that’s the general way of things – you don’t say “that’s better than Spitting Dragon, which is a 2-black-black 4/3 flying dragon with cumulative upkeep 1” – that’s a lot of work, and it doesn’t follow nicely. It’s like you have to acknowledge the dragon’s name, before you can give more info about it.
Oh look, Wen’s on BRB. I guess that explains something. Anyway, the magic draft is approaching soon, I can’t wait!