Note: this is NOT a personal insult directed at anyone in particular:The right way and the wrong way:
The right way:"Hey Jay, I'm wondering if this new anime game you are thinking of running is right for me; I don't know but I just have this feeling that it might not be my style of anime. Can we perhaps talk about it and I can let you know what I would like from a game?"
The wrong way:"Still not sure about the anime RP that </a></b></a>
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dantes_bbq wants to run... I'm
very fussy about the anime/manga I like, and I have a suspicion that it might not gel with anyone else's in the game, especially the GM's."
It seems to me that people have started slipping into the culture of LJ-slaps: It's far easier to grieve about it on LJ. That way the point gets put across and "Hey... I was only expressing my feelings." without the need to actually discuss it with the "target" first.
I've seen a lot of this happen over the last few months and I really thought people had grown up and become mature enough to talk about their problems with someone directly instead of LJ-slapping them first. Well it seems people haven't. Grief. I'd like to think that we are adult enough not to need this pointing out.
These days I check LJ always with the reservation that someone is probbably going to LJ-slap. Again.
For the record though... How the hell do you know if i won't like something without talking to me? (ok that question WAS directed at one person in particular, but it still isn't an insult).
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