On the other hand, this anonymity is the reason these criminal types (hackers, spammers/scammers, ...) are able to roam 'round - with no fears of being caught ;-(
For that reason, many of us are wary - maybe even overly cautious ;-) From: Virgil Arrington <cuyfa...@hotmail.com> Date: Tue, May 20, 2014 at 6:25 AM Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] non-mainstream To: users@global.libreoffice.org On 05/19/2014 07:42 AM, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) > Last week we had an interesting thread, at least i thought so, about how > most of us are probably on the aspergers/autism spectrum. About how that > might actually be a benefit despite being possibly mislabelled as a > 'dis'ability. Sure, for some people it is too extreme and may be crippling > or maybe it's still a benefit for a lucky few who maybe worked hard to > "make the most of it". Many of us have tiny amounts of it and even that is > sometimes just enough to set us outside of mainstream society. > > > At the end of the week i unwisely went to a pub with a friend who started > pointing out some of my "eccentricities" and physically held onto me to > prevent me from leaving. Errr she's quite a hot chick so it wasn't all bad > and when we go out i try to realise that almost all the glances and stares > we get are because of her. Just before disappearing inside myself i looked > around to reassure myself that everyone around me was different in their > ways but found just a sea of white faces and all dressed in a very similar > way to each other = nothing like me nor like almost any friend. > > I'm guessing there are a lot of people here who feel 'outside' of > mainstream society for at least 1 reason or other. Here on the list i feel > safe because no-one can judge any one else on such randomness as skin > colour. > > Do other people here feel like they are outside of a mainstream society in > a way that might show up in a photo or face-to-face? I think in a photo i > might look too mainstream. A static 2 dimensional image often misses a lot > of the character of a person. Would it be good to collect a bunch of > photos that show us using LibreOffice? Maybe focussing mostly on the > screen but enough of a hint of you or a friend that the photo gives an > impression of someone interesting. On the other hand maybe it is best that > we stick with the images we have of each other in our minds-eye? > > I like the idea of a montage of different users so that almost anyone > looking at the montage might recognise something of themselves in one or > more of the people in the montage. If you email photos to me privately i > might be able to get a local artist to put it together. I would avoid > naming names unless you specifically tell me to include it. > > The term 'mainstream' is quite flexible and might be very different in some > countries or amongst some cultures. If we look at the photos used in our > marketing then simply wearing a suit would make you stand out and it might > be good to see that sort of thing mixed in too. > > Regards from > Tom :) > > Tom, I think there is a faceless anonymity that makes e-communication work. One reason we are free to share is the safety that comes from being able to close the lid with nobody knowing who we really are. Virgil -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted