On Yesterday and Some Tomorrow

[vakkotaur]

I saw a few folks complaining that having people knowing and being warned of what was going on yesterday somehow ruined it. I am of the exact opposite opinion - that's what kept it from being an aggravation. People like being in on a joke rather than having the joke be on them. I am only guessing, but I suspect that the folks who didn't want anyone to know what was going on are the same folks who don't like it when someone "breaks the fourth wall" and perhaps like the practical joke over the shenanigan (the difference: even the target enjoys the shenanigan, whereas the practical joke is simply cruel in its effect). How much does anyone like the April Fooler who commits the foolery on a later date?

Anyway, if someone seems to go all goofy in the future, it'd likely be a good check to see what they posted yesterday about yesterday.

Comments

[rillaspins.livejournal.com]

I had fun, but then you know I'm not good at 4th wall or secrets. Thanks for passing the info on. Like Wendy Z said--It's good to have a geek around.

[aedifica]

By the way, have you ever read Future Shock by Alvin Toffler? I'm only about 50 pages into it, and in some ways it is obviously dated, but it strikes me as a book you might enjoy. I certainly am.

[vakkotaur.livejournal.com]

No, I haven't read that one.

[aedifica]

It strikes me that, though I expect you know what I meant, I worded things badly. By the last sentence, I meant "I am certainly enjoying the book," not "I am certainly a book you would enjoy." *grin*

[vakkotaur.livejournal.com]

Ah, yes. I understood the intended meaning. I am also amused by some of the possibilities of the unintended meaning. Okkay, I'd best stop now.

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[jugularjaguar.livejournal.com]

OKay, what did I miss???

Re: ??

[vakkotaur.livejournal.com]

This (http://www.livejournal.com/users/crisper/26562.html).

[timmowarner.livejournal.com]

If I were at home, I would have enjoyed not knowing what was going on (and I enjoy things that break the fourth wall as well!)

As is, it let me skip a bunch of entries because I knew they weren't "real entries" immediately and save them until I get back home and have time to read them, but the enjoyment of seeing them fresh and not knowing what was going on will be gone.

So if I was home, I'd be sad it was spoiled, but here it turned out for the better.