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[–]JasonCarswell[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I hope I'm not beating a dead horse...

I can aim high with my "Trutherism 101" project and be still pleased to fall short in shadow of George Carlin, and while I don't care about collecting or granting points for whatever reasons, I still do participate with the two icons. I'd mentioned how I'd like more options that just "insightful" and "funny". I'm now guessing you just re-coded thumbs up and thumbs down. From day one I've wanted to simply "like" or acknowledge and appreciate something that isn't necessarily insightful nor funny. I don't know if it's a big pain to fuss with it, if it's even worth bothering with, or if you want to put it to a vote. I'd like a "like" button. If it replaced the "funny" button I wouldn't mind. If there was another thing that was not "dislike" and also not "insightful" I don't know what it might be. Perhaps "exceptional". That may mean all the points might need a reset. Maybe I'm overthinking things. One thing is certain, people will be funny, serious, political, etc. regardless. I don't know if a funny button is necessary here.

Also, I'm not saying that people trying to be funny may shit post or that it's necessarily related. That was my error. But I have been reflecting on the nature of humour and/or decorum. Not just for my embarrassment here, but for my project and life in general. Talking about truth-seeking is like talking religion and for some reason you can insult people's taste in music or politics but some things are "sacred", like authority. With Xmas around the corner and family members deeply indoctrinated, despite attempts to avoid it my trutherism will likely be discussed. And for that whether they embrace it or not, most people either get it or don't. Like humour.