mumbling and screaming
6 Jan 2004 01:03 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
i've just reached about 5300 words of nemo/gill, or close to fifteen pages. who's the man?
sometimes people you know online make you completely forget ages--forget they're different at all, forget what they are. i mean, all we are in fandom is personalities and interests and snarkiness and whatnot suspended in a mental-intellectual-virtual framework, and real distances are as nothing.
well, anyway. sometimes you forget how old someone is. and sometimes you... don't.
sometimes people you know online make you completely forget ages--forget they're different at all, forget what they are. i mean, all we are in fandom is personalities and interests and snarkiness and whatnot suspended in a mental-intellectual-virtual framework, and real distances are as nothing.
well, anyway. sometimes you forget how old someone is. and sometimes you... don't.
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Date: 6 Jan 2004 01:29 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 6 Jan 2004 01:33 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 6 Jan 2004 01:42 am (UTC)as far as i can figure it, that's the biggest driving force behind taboo. people have strong feelings about the choosing of ze life-mates.
and then there's the fact that traditions originated before birth control, dna paternity tests, or really good medical care. back then you only knew the kid was yours if women were monogamous. and having more sex produced more kids which there might not be money to feed. and inheritance was a big deal. and STDS weren't really treatable.
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Date: 6 Jan 2004 01:44 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 6 Jan 2004 01:52 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 6 Jan 2004 01:55 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 7 Jan 2004 03:15 pm (UTC)it's more poetic.