I'm curious to know how many people MARCIEd him.
I did, but it wasn't because he made me uncomfortable. It's because I thought he was a tool. He'd also been incredibly rude to a friend of mine who used to post here. I was reading about the Rob Thomas stuff above, and remembered that the reason he first showed up here was because Tim (and maybe, Joss, too?) announced the cancellation of Firefly here.
but I owe an apology to DX for not taking it seriously enough when he expressed his concerns about P-C.
No you don't. I never confronted him the way Karl did. It was all me venting in back channel, and it's likely my dislike for him was coloring my arguments, so I can see people taking some of it with a grain of salt. I remember ita told me I should at least try to point out to him that he was being creepy, but I never did. I should've listened. She was almost always right.
Of course that doesn't mean I don't feel the urge to change my tagline to "I told you so!" :)
It is so lovely to see so many old friends back again. Hi, DX!
DX!
I don't know if I MARCIE'd P-C, or if I just mentally tl;dr'd him all the time.
So, here's the funny thing. I posted in my FB about this whole thing, using the publisher's announcement as a springboard, and tagged SF theater folks. Which led to a long phone call with one of them, wherein he said he had always found P-C creepy in person, but since P-C always surrounded himself with women, my friend figured it was just a personality clash. And my friend is not the only person to have personal issues with P-C & to have commented on that dichotomy.
(That led to a long (and interesting) discussion of boundaries, where they land, why they get slippery in certain contexts (theater), how to enforce them after the context of a show is over, etc. My friend's a lot more articulate in these matters than I am, so I hope something interesting and thinky will come out of it, and I hope everyone continues to have a heightened awareness.)
Point being, the gender break happens IRL and online, and I'm sorry I didn't listen harder.
Oh, man. First Theresa gets me right in the feels. And then msbelle and DX just straight up brought me to happy/sad/overwhelmed tears. Long live the favorites!
More later, when I can think straight and actually see the screen -- I've got something in my eye.
I remember ita told me I should at least try to point out to him that he was being creepy, but I never did. I should've listened. She was almost always right.
This is true. What Would ita Do? is a pretty reliable indicator of doing what's right and best, if not always what's most comfortable or easiest. Unless it involves clicking links.
That last sentence should probably be in bold, Matt. ::nods::
Matt made me laugh twice.
