Sim Storytellers Interview: The Wordle version

[strangetomato]

For anyone without the time and/or inclination to read my Sim Storytellers interview, this wordle will also give you the general idea of what was discussed. It's amusing to see this spell out my overuse of such words as like, just, really, and pretty, among others. I was using a conversational tone, as I usually do in this journal, so I'm not really surprised (there I go again). Just is easily my most overused word in all of my writing. It's all over this story like a rash.

I was slightly amused by these word pairings: make love, take back, best Frances, real Tank, and Ripp wanted things. Nothing too, too funny, but it's always interesting to see what combinations these wordles throw out.





That's a really prominent just in there. I like how large "dick" is in that one too. (And appropriately linked to Ripp, so it says "Ripp dick.") Can you tell which update this was? I like how this one spells out "yeah, really" too.

Comments

[tanathir.livejournal.com]

It was a great interview; I feel like I know you better now, even through the intertubes.

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Thanks. It's funny you say that... I'm always a little reluctant about the idea that you can make real connections on the internet, but I have felt like I've come to know a lot of the people in the sims community pretty well.

[tanathir.livejournal.com]

Oh I think you can make real connections with people on the internet; you just have to be a bit more careful because the anonymity makes lying so much easier...gotta make sure you're not connecting with some weirdo. Weirdo in the bad sense, I mean...not strange-weird like us. :D

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

That's true, but it's not even so much that part, for me. I just wonder, at the end of the day, if being "internet friends" really means anything. Everyone is so abstract. I'd like to think that people really make connections, but I'm not sure if they do. If I suddenly stopped posting and left the sim community, I'm pretty sure it would all go on without me, and it wouldn't be a big deal for anyone... that sort of thing. (Though I have wondered about people during absences like that, and even worried, so maybe I'm wrong.)

I know it's a pretty pessimistic way of thinking about it, but I've been involved in other communities that I've eventually moved on from. I think you can form real friendships if you put the effort in, but I think it would probably have to involve some tangible interaction, like maybe writing an actual letter. Then again, pen pals come and go too. People you meet in person come and go. They do count as real friendships, while they last, but it's all pretty ephemeral.

That's not to say that I don't appreciate it while it lasts. :)

[tanathir.livejournal.com]

I can understand where you're coming from. Most of the people we meet online are just faceless screen names. Though I have really connected with several people through the years...I even met one in person! She and her husband are really cool people and I felt special to be included in their list of people to visit when they went on a road trip...they live in Saskatchewan, I'm in Idaho.

I think it depends on fandom, too. It's hard to imagine certain fan cliques ever getting really close, while others just seem to naturally bond with you.

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

That's very cool that you met one of your online friends in person. It would be great to make that personal connection with someone you know only through the written word. If anyone I know from this community was going to be in Newfoundland, I would try to do that, but it's so far out of the way... I guess there's more chance that I'd end up where they live.

That's true. It depends on the people.