TBAY Posts

[David]

> >>Derannimer, who has heard that some people don't *like* TBAY. 
Why?
> 
> Shaun wrote:
> > Personally, because it complicates things. When I'm reading, 
> > especially on a high traffic list, I want to get straight to the 
> > detail, the information in the post. I don't particularly like 
> > having to wade through padding to get to the meat of what people 
are 
> > saying. TBAY posts tend to have a lot of that padding (-8

Melody replied:
> 
> Oh, but shouldn't we all stop to smell the roses sometimes?  I 
know we
> can be a bit...prolific at times with our characters but that is 
what
> I love about TBAY.  It gives us a chance to write a post in a style
> that is not a lecture.  Let me explain why I love it so much.
> 
> See.
> 
> We all can write our opinions in bullet form and give a, b, and c
> about why we believe a theory to be so.  It is ingrained in us from
> our lovely education during the 20th (21st) century.  A nice way to
> present theories, but it can be a bit too...eh...non-creative at
> times, I guess.  I mean, sometimes the occasion asks for more.  It
> needs a destroyer or rubber ducky.  It needs a canon museum or a 
bar
> room scene to capture what the theorist is shooting for.  It just 
adds
> to the spice of a theory.

I think this illustrates that it takes all sorts.  Some of us like 
the discussion; some of us like the things the discussion shows us 
about the books.  Most of us like both, but the balance of emphasis 
varies from person to person.  Not all of us have memories that are 
the same, either: personifications and highly visual representations 
of theories can act as aide-memoires for some, while just adding to 
the burden of things to remember for others.  And some of us have 
time to smell the roses, while others want to hoover up as many a, 
b, c bullets as possible in their fifteen minutes online at the 
beginning of the day.

That's just the way it is.

David