Tag Archives: Open-mindedness

Things and Thangs….

Posted on 2009.08.19 by Synthaetica

Okay, so I’m not doing any better, time-wise, about blogging here. Work is up, work is down. And as soon as I sat down to write this, I got swamped with more of the work-centric “down” that is ever so … Continue reading →

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WYSIWYG

Posted on 2009.07.24 by Synthaetica

following from the previous vlog, i address the issue of user’s avatars and what they do not, inherently, represent. there’s really not a lot of insight in this one, but i think it needed saying. i hear far to many comments about how “hot” someone is, when the person commenting really has no way of knowing if the avatar truly depicts the person. it’s kind of silly. Continue reading →

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Twitter: sincerity versus being ourselves.

Posted on 2009.07.23 by Synthaetica

there is an element to social networking that some of us refer to as “the pretendy”. in essence, “the pretendy” is the fact that we never really know how much pretense lies behind what we place behind our online personas. not that total honesty is necessary or required, but when it comes to judging the quality of our interactions, “the pretendy” works from both directions and obfuscates things. i simply encourage you to give that some consideration. Continue reading →

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On former atheists

Posted on 2009.06.09 by Jim Gardner

No matter how you cut it, ‘atheist’ is their word for us; thinking human beings free of superstition. Sadly, freelance religion has had a very long time to weave into the public consciousness such an elaborate distortion of this simple … Continue reading →

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