Who's the third best LJer?

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moocowrich asked me who I thought the third best LJer was.

This begs the question...



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Ratstrike0 (11:04:30 AM): http://www.livejournal.com/userinfo.bml?user=exrandu
Ratstrike0 (11:04:38 AM): another guy you'd like to read
MOOCOWRICH (11:04:43 AM): yeah?
Ratstrike0 (11:04:44 AM): he just entered my reading list yesterday
Ratstrike0 (11:04:49 AM): a wisconsin guy too
Ratstrike0 (11:04:55 AM): friend of odclay
MOOCOWRICH (11:05:01 AM): Good ol' Wisconsin. Best state ever.
Ratstrike0 (11:05:10 AM): I guess cheesehead
MOOCOWRICH (11:06:23 AM): does he write friends-only stuff that I can't see from browsing?
Ratstrike0 (11:07:29 AM): dunno
Ratstrike0 (11:07:49 AM): his last three posts are jan 4, jan 1, and dec 31
Ratstrike0 (11:08:02 AM): that I can read...
MOOCOWRICH (11:08:07 AM): sounds about right
Ratstrike0 (11:08:19 AM): dunno he might not write often enough
Ratstrike0 (11:08:25 AM): but it is good wriing
MOOCOWRICH (11:08:37 AM): I've got nothing against folks who don't write every day.
Ratstrike0 (11:08:45 AM): hehehe I don't either
Ratstrike0 (11:08:51 AM): as long as when they do write
MOOCOWRICH (11:08:56 AM): Good thing, or I'd be screwed. haha
Ratstrike0 (11:08:58 AM): they write good
Ratstrike0 (11:09:01 AM):
MOOCOWRICH (11:10:35 AM): What if they write well? haha
Ratstrike0 (11:11:13 AM): nah only few people write hold up to my standards of writing well
Ratstrike0 (11:11:21 AM): and they post whenever they want
Ratstrike0 (11:11:22 AM):
MOOCOWRICH (11:11:57 AM): Hmm. Who do you think is the third-best LJer?
Ratstrike0 (11:13:53 AM): third best?
Ratstrike0 (11:13:57 AM): who are the best two?
MOOCOWRICH (11:14:30 AM): I'd be surprised if they weren't theferrett and zoethe
Ratstrike0 (11:15:13 AM): well it depends
Ratstrike0 (11:15:22 AM): of course Ferrett-sensei is one of them
Ratstrike0 (11:15:43 AM): zoethe's really good too
Ratstrike0 (11:15:47 AM): but if I had to choose a second
Ratstrike0 (11:15:52 AM): I would actually choose shadesong
MOOCOWRICH (11:16:02 AM): haha as soon as you started explaining I figured you'd say that.
Ratstrike0 (11:16:07 AM):
MOOCOWRICH (11:16:08 AM): I have to disagree though.
Ratstrike0 (11:16:12 AM): oh?
MOOCOWRICH (11:16:42 AM): She's really neat and I like her quite a lot, but she writes posts that I'm tempted to skim through very often.
Ratstrike0 (11:16:54 AM): but see
Ratstrike0 (11:16:57 AM): that's the thing
Ratstrike0 (11:17:07 AM): a lot of people skim theferrett's post too
MOOCOWRICH (11:17:56 AM): Sure, but I think the quality and general meaningfulness of his posts (meaningfulness for the masses) are significantly higher than hers.
Ratstrike0 (11:18:25 AM): okay
Ratstrike0 (11:18:34 AM): I think they're masters of their own styles
Ratstrike0 (11:18:44 AM): so it's more like
Ratstrike0 (11:18:46 AM): 1a and 1b
MOOCOWRICH (11:18:49 AM): That's inarguable. haha
Ratstrike0 (11:18:50 AM): and zoethe is numer two
Ratstrike0 (11:18:53 AM): muahahahha
MOOCOWRICH (11:19:15 AM): I just happen to think her style isn't all that great.
Ratstrike0 (11:19:33 AM): oh, I think it's subtly powerful
MOOCOWRICH (11:19:49 AM): So you can skim what you want and read only the important bits?
Ratstrike0 (11:20:04 AM): that, and
Ratstrike0 (11:20:20 AM): you really understand the human condition in a much more digestable format than theferrett
Ratstrike0 (11:20:25 AM): i.e.
Ratstrike0 (11:20:34 AM): you actually have to think through theferrett's posts
Ratstrike0 (11:20:42 AM): shadesong just gives it to you straight up
MOOCOWRICH (11:20:52 AM): Sure, but where's the fun in that?
Ratstrike0 (11:20:58 AM): two antipodal styles of writing
Ratstrike0 (11:21:16 AM): the fun is that you don't always have the brainpower or willpower to sludge through a long ferrett post
Ratstrike0 (11:21:26 AM): I mean we do
MOOCOWRICH (11:21:27 AM): Perhaps you don't. haha
MOOCOWRICH (11:21:31 AM): Right, yeah.,
Ratstrike0 (11:21:33 AM): but
Ratstrike0 (11:21:44 AM): we're not the only people in this world
Ratstrike0 (11:21:46 AM): see
Ratstrike0 (11:21:50 AM): this is how i look at it
Ratstrike0 (11:21:53 AM): theferrett
Ratstrike0 (11:21:58 AM): he convinces us smart people
Ratstrike0 (11:22:04 AM): if he convinced us to vote for kerry
Ratstrike0 (11:22:12 AM): we'd all think kerry would win in a landslide
Ratstrike0 (11:22:16 AM): then song could say vote for bush
Ratstrike0 (11:22:18 AM): and bush would win
Ratstrike0 (11:22:23 AM): who's more powerful?
MOOCOWRICH (11:22:37 AM): So she's Ferrett Lite?
Ratstrike0 (11:22:45 AM): NO
Ratstrike0 (11:22:49 AM): she's 'Song
Ratstrike0 (11:22:53 AM): she is different
Ratstrike0 (11:22:58 AM):
MOOCOWRICH (11:23:45 AM): Well, obviously. But every discipline in academics has its own Lite or "pop" version that doesn't go in-depth at all and common folks gobble it up.
Ratstrike0 (11:24:32 AM): uh oh
Ratstrike0 (11:24:42 AM): you're going into pompous scholar mode
Ratstrike0 (11:25:00 AM): "oh noes, pop culture history is the suckage"
Ratstrike0 (11:25:03 AM): but
MOOCOWRICH (11:25:09 AM): I'm not saying there's anything wrong with it though
Ratstrike0 (11:25:12 AM): lol
Ratstrike0 (11:25:18 AM): you ever watch Amadeus?
MOOCOWRICH (11:25:18 AM): Just that it exists.
MOOCOWRICH (11:25:30 AM): Yeah, a while ago. I don't particularly remember it.
Ratstrike0 (11:25:56 AM): but you remember it was about mozart right?
MOOCOWRICH (11:26:05 AM): Yeah
Ratstrike0 (11:26:27 AM): well, you probably don't remember this
Ratstrike0 (11:26:28 AM): but
Ratstrike0 (11:26:42 AM): the actual main character was Salieri
Ratstrike0 (11:26:54 AM): the emperor's official composer
Ratstrike0 (11:27:19 AM): now mozart was obviously much superior
Ratstrike0 (11:27:23 AM): in terms of musical talent
MOOCOWRICH (11:27:28 AM): mmmkay
Ratstrike0 (11:27:35 AM): he could create songs just on a whim
Ratstrike0 (11:27:46 AM): salieri struggled mightily
Ratstrike0 (11:27:48 AM): but
Ratstrike0 (11:27:55 AM): he was well paid and in high esteem
Ratstrike0 (11:28:06 AM): because he composed for emperor joseph
Ratstrike0 (11:28:20 AM): now
Ratstrike0 (11:28:32 AM): there's a very famous line that the emperor has
Ratstrike0 (11:29:11 AM): when he listens to Mozart's first imperially commissioned opera
Ratstrike0 (11:29:23 AM): He yawned
Ratstrike0 (11:29:31 AM): Emperor Joseph yawned!
MOOCOWRICH (11:29:38 AM): mmmhmm
Ratstrike0 (11:29:43 AM): that opera was doomed
Ratstrike0 (11:29:48 AM): but the key line
Ratstrike0 (11:29:59 AM): is that Emperor Joseph says to Mozart afterwards
Ratstrike0 (11:30:09 AM): "Too many notes."
Ratstrike0 (11:30:28 AM): joseph preferred quick and upbeat notes
Ratstrike0 (11:30:36 AM): the kind that Salieri was all too glad to make
Ratstrike0 (11:30:49 AM): of course now we all know that Mozart was genius
Ratstrike0 (11:30:50 AM): but
Ratstrike0 (11:30:56 AM): salieri had his purpose too
Ratstrike0 (11:31:04 AM): and mozart died poor
MOOCOWRICH (11:31:07 AM): Is there a point to the story that I haven't already agreed to, D2?
Ratstrike0 (11:31:11 AM): nope
Ratstrike0 (11:31:13 AM): just sayin'
MOOCOWRICH (11:31:16 AM): haha. kewl
Ratstrike0 (11:31:17 AM):
Ratstrike0 (11:31:26 AM): we agree to disagree
Ratstrike0 (11:31:48 AM): btw, the third best LJer
MOOCOWRICH (11:31:54 AM): No, I think we agree on pretty much everything except where our personal preference lies.
Ratstrike0 (11:31:56 AM): thats a good question
Ratstrike0 (11:32:01 AM): k
MOOCOWRICH (11:32:09 AM): (I half-expect you to say greybeta)
Ratstrike0 (11:33:06 AM): (i'd half expext me to say moocowrich)
MOOCOWRICH (11:33:28 AM): haha. You'd show yourself to be quite the liar if you said moocowrich.
Ratstrike0 (11:33:42 AM): I'd be quite the liar if I said greybeta
MOOCOWRICH (11:33:54 AM): Yes, but it's already well-known that you're arrogant. haha
Ratstrike0 (11:34:05 AM): indeed bur
Ratstrike0 (11:34:07 AM): but
Ratstrike0 (11:34:10 AM): I'm also honest
Ratstrike0 (11:34:15 AM): I really like correspondguy
Ratstrike0 (11:34:21 AM): even if he doesn't write enough
MOOCOWRICH (11:35:54 AM): Another Wisconsinite.
Ratstrike0 (11:36:05 AM): hehehe yeah
Ratstrike0 (11:36:28 AM): gentleeleos is pretty good whenever she isn't swamped by her duties as a public defener
MOOCOWRICH (11:36:48 AM): I imagine she's swamped pretty darn often.
MOOCOWRICH (11:36:56 AM): What a job.
MOOCOWRICH (11:37:09 AM): Alright, D2, I've got to run. Got a date to go visit the ol' gf.
Ratstrike0 (11:37:14 AM): scat hed obsidian is another one
Ratstrike0 (11:37:21 AM): then I might place myself somewhere
MOOCOWRICH (11:37:24 AM): Yeah, he's pretty incredible too. Too bad he's going through a tough time.
Ratstrike0 (11:37:25 AM): alright rich
Ratstrike0 (11:37:28 AM): yeah
Ratstrike0 (11:37:34 AM): there are plenty better than me mon ami
MOOCOWRICH (11:38:07 AM): Probably. But you're working pretty darn hard on getting there.
Ratstrike0 (11:38:14 AM): hehehe
Ratstrike0 (11:38:20 AM): I'm just working on improving my writing
Ratstrike0 (11:38:25 AM): if I improve my LJ
Ratstrike0 (11:38:28 AM): that's a side benefit
MOOCOWRICH (11:38:36 AM): They seem to go hand-in-hand pretty often.
Ratstrike0 (11:38:40 AM): true dat


Who do YOU think the third best LJer is?

Comments

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I wasn't really interested in arguing semantics so much as pointing out that you have barely seen the tip of the iceberg, if those 8 or so names are what you consider most of the best.
Considering that LJ is fast approaching ten million LJs, do you think I'm arrogant enough to say that I've seen more than the tip of the iceberg?

Mir egal.