boytaur.net?!?!

I will not click that link. I will not click that link. I will not click that link. I will not click that link. I will not click that link. I will not click that link.

I will wait for your mockage before clicking that link to the centaur stuff. Things like that are always better with Stoney-commentary.

As for the poll...some people on my flist are part of fandoms I cannot tolerate/don't like/am not mildly interested in. Those I mostly scroll through. Others have hobbies I am not interested in and usually just bypass. If it is something a good frined of mine (in RL or just online) posts about regularly sometimes I will comment just for fun. One of my flist is obsessed with Jensen Ackles. Jensen and I have a hate/hate relationship. We regularly joke about this and of course I never ever bash him as an actor to my friend. Of course she doesn't get my Michael Rosenbaum obsession. We've gotten to the point where it is so funny (to us anyways) that we both have Jensen/Michael icons that we use in each others lj's.

comment to the post about how I am not interested in what they post.

I can't figure out why people do this. To make others as miserable as they are? I dunno. Get a life, people!

O...M...G. The centaur link. Bwahahahah!

This is the "something else I will say in comments" answer for posts on subjects I despise: there are 2 things I usually do, and which one I do really depends on my mood at the time. The first one is to try to understand that other point of view. Sometimes people can help me see something about a person or situation I wasn't seeing before, and while it's unlikely I'll come to agree with or embrace that point of view, I appreciate understanding it more than I did before. The second one is to keep on scrolling and just leave it alone. (For close friends, there is also option #3, which is mocking them. Because they are of course mocking me right back for my obsessions and if your friends can't help you see yourself as others do, who can?)

Why did I go there? I was bored, I know, but Geez Louise, nobody's ever that bored. Gah - self pleasure with Wrist Feet? Did someone write that with a straight face????? Arrrrg!

Uh, can I point some dumbasses I've encountered lately to this poll?

Regarding #2, I answered "roll eyes and scroll past" because while that is what I do in a majority of cases, if it's a post by a good friend who I can tease about it, well, I tease them. Berating a friend = love. Just like they rib me for posting about my goddamn OTH obsession. But if it's a stranger or someone I don't know well? I just scroll right on past.

Amazing the number of morons who can't understand that simple concept.

I will not click the centaur link I will not click the centaur link I will not cli--OH GOOD HELL WHAT?!? That's something you just can't unsee.

Okay. What does one actually do with "Wrist feet"? No, wait! I'm not entirely sure I want to know! I think I'll just wait for your generally hilarious commentary and find out then. 'Cause I'm scared to click the link!

I chose #1 and #3 for the second poll topic. Mainly, because I figure some people on my flist are wondering why I don't comment as frequently in their journals as I used to (usually because they have sort of segued away from the Buffy fandom and are totally into Supernatural, in which I have no interest.) So, sometimes, I stop by to say Hi, and I still enjoy them as people, even though our main interests have diverged.

*spreading the Connor love*

I made a selection, plus "something else" for both. Because if it's someone I'm good friends with (like you or B), I might leave a comment teasing you about your love of whatever I hate. But it would always be gentle and clearly joking and only with someone I know would know I'm joking.

What is wrong with people? Asshats. Fandom is full of asshats.

I scroll past what I'm not interested in but I do comment every so often.

However, I recently friended southernbangel (someone whose fic I sometimes read) solely because of a post on religion that I liked. I've since become very fond of her One Tree Hill posts and I don't watch the show-never have. But her posts fill me with glee, make me laugh and smile so I leave comments to them often, even if the fandom isn't one of mine.

@_@ x bamillion = Boytaur.

I no have word. And now I'm going to go wash my mind out with lye. :O

Boytaur, euwww...

Also, the extra in comments: In theory, when I've had enough sleep, when my meds have kicked in, on a good day, when I'm not distracted by the dog snoring in the background.

Julia, no matter how much velvet grass I pull there's more out there. I despair.

So I skipped the poll to comment, since both of my answers were 'something else' lol. Basically, I read every post on my friend's list. I admit that occasionally, if the text says "Dr. Who" and it's a cut-tag link, I won't click, which I guess counts as scrolling past. But mostly I read it all, because I never know what someone will say that might be significant, even if it's in a fandom or on a subject that doesn't particularly interest me. As long as my friends list stays small, I manage to keep up. When I got involved in LJ and realized that there are probably a number of people who have me friended but never read my entries and/or have me filtered, I decided I didn't want to operate that way. I don't care if others do, I just didn't want to do it myself.

There might be eye-rolling, but I still read everything =P

I closed my office door and clicked on the link. /thud

For the first question, it depends a bit, since people often include multiple topics in their post. Even if I'm not interested in the main topic, I might comment or jump into a discussion with a side/sub topic from that entry.

Oh, and if they post about something I'm generally not interested in, but I think this person is the type who can make things interesting, I might occasionally read what they have to say about that particular topic though otherwise I wouldn't look for said topic on my own. And certainly if they're posting in an inviting discussion/curious about dissent, I would be more inclined to take part in that kind of comment thread, since they're clear about welcoming or just wondering about contrary opinions.

#2, I would not engage if it was fannish or rl squee about something that makes the person happy. Go forth and be happy!

However. I might jump in if they were very happy about something in a way that seemed either unintentionally or just ignorantly offensive to someone -- it would very much depend on where I was at/how much time I had, but yeah.

It's hard for me to answer these, because my flist is SMALL and people I've known generally for a while. My flist browsing experience is probably fairly different than for people who add back most journals and read around a wide range of topics/fandoms/etc.

You know, a boytaur...well, you know, they're actually called *centaurs*....would be just fine if they weren't all, apparently, created by the 'My hed iz pasted on, yay!' school of Photosheep.

Yeesh.

And wtf, wrist feet? On top of everything else, he's got a kink for not being able to do....*anything* on his own, ever?
*the mind, she reels*

Anybody who posts the equivalent of 'your hobby is stoopid and ur a poopy-hed' should be summarily fed to the voles.