On Fri, 9 Jan 2009, Rachel Lee Cherry wrote: > On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Azalais Aranxta <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Fri, 9 Jan 2009, Anna Simpson wrote: > > > > > I just dislike cutesy or themed names in general, because they > > > obscure meaning and they impose a non-neutral tone on a site. > > > Drops and buckets and rainbows and whatever makes me think of a > > > pink sparkly My Little Ponies themed site. > > > > This. I like "points" just fine. I don't have to mentally > > convert whatever cute name it is to "points" or "credits" which > > is what we're really talking about. "Wishes" is so twee. Any > > "wish" you can buy for a dollar isn't much of a wish!> > > This is true. I'll be honest; while I was writing that post I had to > consciously call it a "drops bucket" and not a "points bucket" because, > dammit, I like the "drops" idea! But it really isn't as natural as "points". > And you can talk about a points balance, rather than a "drops level" or > something which is, yeah, getting twee. Le sigh.
It's easier, it really is. > > (Also, "bucket" makes me think of That Walrus, idk, am I alone?) > > > No, the reference was part of the idea. Also twee? Dated? What say we all? The walrus was hilarious last year. Still kind of funny, but will be getting annoying soon. Next year, everyone will hate it. In twenty years, it may be cool all over again, but before it is cool again, it will be so old news. IMNSHO. Memes have a limited lifespan. **************************************************************** Azalais Aranxta (~malfoy) ataniell93 on LiveJournal and Vox http://groups.yahoo.com/group/malfoymadness "I know the true world, and you know I do. But we needn't let it think we all bow down." --Christopher Fry _______________________________________________ dw-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.dwscoalition.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dw-discuss
