Pseudo-Anonymous Comments Meme.

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Rather than passive-aggressively making comments about readers of this journal, or embarrassingly stating those things publicly, I shall take the Middle Way shown to us by moominmolly:

I've screened comments on this post, so if you comment on it, your comment won't be seen by other people. If you're one of the first 20 or so people to comment on this post and ask for it, I'll come up with a line or two about you and put it in a followup comment to yours. So, if I understand how screened comments work, I'll still wind up with a nameless list of person-comments, but everybody will know which comment is directed to them.

I don't know that I'll cut off at 20, but I'll let them collect while I sleep and respond when I wake up tonight.

Comments

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I'm not 100% sure that screened comments work that way.

It does, more or less. I apparently have to rescreen the original comment quickly, but that leaves only a very brief window of other people possibly knowing who's who. But that's not so much a problem since the you will already know.

You, I envy for your well-traveledness.

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Embarrassingly, I don't know a lot about you, and I often confuse your posts with other people on my list. But when I manage to focus, I enjoy your posts. But yay proofreading!

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They, their, them have been used continuously in singular reference for about six centuries . . . . Now, the influence of social forces is making their use even more attractive. Thomas Pyles (Modern Language Notes, December 1955) sums up their position: "The use of they, their, and them as singular relative pronouns of indeterminate gener has long been perfectly well established, even in formal contexts." Evans 1957 agrees; Reader's Digest 1983 agrees; Chambers 1985 agrees. So do we.

—Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage

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Seriously, though, I'm sorry that the recent thing in the place didn't work out. I was rooting for you guys.

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I have no idea who you are, but I suppose you knew that already.


So, um, yay "Ana Ng".

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When not getting confused by the similar LJ name you share with someone else I have met, I regret having insulted you on a subject where I do esteem your opinion.

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Well, I think you're hot, but you knew that already, I believe. Come visit real weather!

Re: this is WEIRD!

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You always bring a smile to my face. Just imaginining you saying that has kept me giggling all day.

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I was just yesterday reminiscing on the first time I heard your voice from across the Internets. I remember that it wasn't what I was expecting, but it was so long ago that I can't remember what I was expecting anymore. It's a very warm voice though, nice to hear.

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I feel bad I didn't get to say hi last time I was in town. I'm going to need to plan better this year.

In other news, I miss your stories from work. I know we all think that work is boring, but I liked your workplace.

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I haven't seen you on the Mud recently, where've you been?

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Um, hm. I still don't understand how you ended up in Ohio. Good luck with the GREs, I'm looking forward to seeing where you end up next.

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Your face does look noticeably slimmer in the most recent ones.