Death to brain weasels!

[saxikath]

A great idea, from cjdoyle via davehogg:

Wow - what is it in the air lately? Post after filtered post about how everyone is feeling alone, disconnected, unwanted. It's not like this is one or two people - it's like a rash all over my friends list the past few days. Male, female, betwixt, undecided, unconcerned...it seems to be an equal opportunity Brain Weasel Invasion.

Clearly, something needs to be done.

I think we need to have a Brain Weasel Stomping Day.

The problem, as I've noted before, is "it's easier to see the Weasels when they're eating someone else's brain."

So. This is my call to my friends list, and to your friends list, and beyond. This Friday, make an effort to squish someone's Brain Weasel.

Have a crush on someone? Post a flirty comment in their journal. Admire someone's skills? Post a comment about it. Just think a person is nifty? This Friday is the time to tell them.

Doesn't matter if the post you're commenting to doesn't have much to do with your comment. Just post those good thoughts. Trust me. People will appreciate it.

Do this for everyone - not just those you suspect are feeling down (After all, you might not be on their Brain Weasel filter). Take a few minutes and help launch people into the weekend with a smile.

And...who knows? Maybe sharing how others make you happy will make you a bit more cheerful in return.

It's worth a try.

Comments

[otherwise-nyc.livejournal.com]

Genius! I've been calling them brain demons, and mine, at least, are complete cowards -- they *really* don't like other people looking at them. So I've been trying to give them a good airing out, and they're shriveling up pretty well. But this is a lovely general idea for chasing out everyone's all at once!

[amaebi.livejournal.com]

I'm not waiting till Friday.

And so I'm telling you how much your beauty and grace and funny enchant me. :)

[rpipuzzleguy.livejournal.com]

Put your Viking helmet on! Spread that mayonnaise on the lawn!

[toonhead-npl.livejournal.com]

(oh good it wasn't just me!)

[saxikath]

Clearly there's yet another pop culture reference I'm missing...

[greyman.livejournal.com]

It appears to be a Weird Al song: "Weasel Stomping Day"

[otherbill.livejournal.com]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQLk0mBuSPM

(I'd never heard of it before, either.)

[bunyip.livejournal.com]

I'm in.

I love the way that you share music and your skills with word puzzles.

[dcltdw]

Now I'm *really* curious what people's first thoughts are of what they would post. Not the specifics (okay, okay, I'm enough of a gossip that I want to know that too, but I digress), but rather, the category.

For instance, you list three above: crush, admiration, niftyness.

Natch, me being me, I instantly teleported to "flirty" as the kind of comment that, were I drunk or otherwise missing my usual inhibitions, would start posting. I am sure you are shocked, shocked to hear this.

But I'm wondering what the more general case is as one expands radially outward in social circles (my close friends, the people I know, New England, US, in general).

(Because, well, there's a chick on Beta XIV's Polar Orbit Station who I bet still has a crush on me. Trust me, I know.)

[hahathor.livejournal.com]

I believe I've already communicated to you how awesome I think you are, but since it's a special day, I'll try to find something new. A comment you left on my LJ made me think that you might not realize this one (which is why I'm skipping the comments about how in awe I am of your intelligence or how much I admire the physical efforts you've been making this year):

I think you're a hell of a lot of fun. Every time I've hung out with you, I've had a great time & left the encounter feeling energized and happy. I look forward to more fun times with you, both in groups & one-on-one. It feels like we're starting to make the transition from people-who-hang-out-together-and-play-games to friends, and I'm very pleased with that development.

[dcltdw]

(From a comment you left in my lj) Apropos of nothing, I wanted to say (for Brain Weasel Stomping Day) that I think your sweetie has one of the best things going. :)

Aww, thanks. :)

I am unsure what to say about you, but that is a general problem, not a specific problem.

Well, I think this is not eloquent but is telling: I missed not seeing you last night at CBC, because, well, I was hoping you'd show up. Although given your busy theatre schedule, I was not terribly surprised that you didn't.

[saxikath]

Aw. It's nice to be missed.

Actually, my not being there had more to do with the fact that I'm still underslept and slightly out of whack after being at the NPL convention last weekend. I was in a "I'm tired and I want to go curl up in my hole" mood last night, which was not conducive to sociability.

Next time?