The quote you gave was very insightful, and to me underscores why you need communities. You need to take time getting to know people
Oddly enough I hadn’t thought of it that way—I think the NYC community is successful because people are encouraged to share things about themselves sooner rather than after they’ve become “comfortable” (or, I guess, just tries to make them comfortable sooner). Maybe that’s what you meant. I think both are valid (communities give you time to feel comfortable with large groups of people, and good communities make you feel comfortable sooner).
Kender Mourning Song
There is not commonly used music that I know of. I do have a particular tune I sing it to. (Are you Filk Aaron or a different one? There were a lot of Aarons)
I’ve been looking for the dog essay online, but haven’t found it. It’s possible it was actually written by our neighbor, who was in the process of becoming a pastor.
Yeah, I think we’re on the same page with people getting to know each other in groups. I was actually surprised and humbled by seeing how much my friends truly cared about me.
I’m not the filking Aaron, just the lurking one :) We haven’t met, it’s just that I didn’t feel like just using my nickname when the conversation got more serious.
(wait, to clarify: you’re an Aaron from the NYC group [because we have a lot of them], or an Aaron from Less Wrong who figured it’d be silly to have a conversation about being personal while using a pseudonym? I’m Raymond, in any case. [“Raemon” is pronounced just line Raymond if you leave off the D. Most people pronounce it “Ray-o-mon” like I’m some kind of pokemon, which I suppose I have no one to blame but myself for])
Edit: Wow, I totally did not need those parenthesis at all, but I thought I did when I started and I kinda like them now that I’m done.
Oddly enough I hadn’t thought of it that way—I think the NYC community is successful because people are encouraged to share things about themselves sooner rather than after they’ve become “comfortable” (or, I guess, just tries to make them comfortable sooner). Maybe that’s what you meant. I think both are valid (communities give you time to feel comfortable with large groups of people, and good communities make you feel comfortable sooner).
There is not commonly used music that I know of. I do have a particular tune I sing it to. (Are you Filk Aaron or a different one? There were a lot of Aarons)
I’ve been looking for the dog essay online, but haven’t found it. It’s possible it was actually written by our neighbor, who was in the process of becoming a pastor.
Yeah, I think we’re on the same page with people getting to know each other in groups. I was actually surprised and humbled by seeing how much my friends truly cared about me.
I’m not the filking Aaron, just the lurking one :) We haven’t met, it’s just that I didn’t feel like just using my nickname when the conversation got more serious.
(wait, to clarify: you’re an Aaron from the NYC group [because we have a lot of them], or an Aaron from Less Wrong who figured it’d be silly to have a conversation about being personal while using a pseudonym? I’m Raymond, in any case. [“Raemon” is pronounced just line Raymond if you leave off the D. Most people pronounce it “Ray-o-mon” like I’m some kind of pokemon, which I suppose I have no one to blame but myself for])
Edit: Wow, I totally did not need those parenthesis at all, but I thought I did when I started and I kinda like them now that I’m done.
“or an Aaron from Less Wrong who figured it’d be silly to have a conversation about being personal while using a pseudonym?”
That one :)