Observation

[baratron]

I have come to the conclusion that my friends (or at least, the subset who read my livejournal) are just too intelligent. Every time I post something which I think is profound, I expect to get replies along the lines of "Wow, that's really interesting!". Instead, I get replies that are more like "Mmm, okay, but have you thought of...?". So I clearly need to cultivate a new set of friends who are less bright :P :D

Comments

[redbird]

If what you were posting was "well, duh" to your friends, we wouldn't bother to respond to most of it. (If someone is looking for straightforward information, I'll provide it even if I'm surprised they don't already know it: and sometimes that surprise is followed by "right, s/he's not American/from New York/of my age cohort/Jewish/queer/female/...") I also suspect that in some cases your friends may be thinking that it's nice to now know three people, including themselves, who have thought of this thing, or even not wanting to say "hey, cool idea, I hadn't thought of that, but now that I've looked at it it reminds me of..."