Well, I, for one, thought that last night was
hilarious. Many of you may not
give a
whit, but hey; you're
welcome to your opinion. I think the reason so
many people are offended is because they
fell for it.
Plain and simple. I
mean, come on. There are already a few
writeups in this
node that express
something
akin to
moral outrage, and have stated that, after last nights
debauchery,
they will have a snide retort for the
gods/
editors when we're told to act
responsibly.
Can anyone say: "
out of proportion?" Come on..say it..I know you can.
I understand that
everything2 is a community, and, as it is populated by the
online
personas of humans, it exhibits some of the
flaws of humanity. Because
of that, we try and instill some sense of
morals -- the proper way of going
about life on
e2. That's good. That's important. We need
standards. But to
say that the
gods and
editors have lost our faith because they pulled an
April
Fool's joke is crazy.
Think about it.
Would the
gods just sit there while
evil haxors invaded our site. Would
dannye
just sit there, complacently, while
utter chaos reigned? If anything, I could
see how someone might be upset because they wanted to get some
noding done.
I know I did, but I also think that a night without noding is not the
end of
the world. Especially if it's a result of a
prank. The fact that we're a community
means that we also
have fun together. Personally, I think it's important that
the
gods and
editors involved have stated that it was a
joke. I don't think
they really needed to
apologize, but hey; it can't hurt.
I'm not going to think less of
Evil Catullus or
Rancid Pickle because they
played a
prank. To tell you the truth, I wasn't sure what was going on last
night. Either way,
it was funny. If it was a
joke, then
all would
be well in the morning. If it wasn't, all would still be well. Fine. The
editors
have to
nuke a bunch of users and
writeups. Wow. Not the end of the world.
If you just sat back and read the
catbox comments, instead of
running around
like a chicken with its head cut off, you'd have enjoyed yourself a lot more.
If you're mad that
DMan and
Stile were made to seem responsible, well, I don't
know what to say. It sounds like you want to be mad, and you're
just going to
be mad no matter what. It was a
prank; you fell for it. Get on with life. To
avoid this problem in the future, the
gods and
editors may now blame everything
on me. I don't mind, and I even
preemptively forgive them. Now there's nothing
to bitch about, and we can all have a
good laugh, and get on with life. We need
some laughs. Especially the ones that pulled the
prank. I'm sure it was fun
as heck for you guys, and I can see
why.
Kudos.
P.S.: I can
laugh at myself, and I think you all should too. I'm glad we're
having an
Oprah style, "get in touch with your feeling after the incident"
conversation in this
node. That's
important, because we all have to focus
our energy, and stop being
passive acceptors. I learned that in group last week,
so there :P