Yes, I agree with your analysis. Now, if I may bend your ear a bit more concerning lonely hearts:
My wife and I lost our (real) lonely hearts some 20 years ago, and yet we are still so quaint as to share a desktop computer. She has a work laptop, but not I. In beautiful marital compromise, I have agreed to turn off notifications of Subst…
Yes, I agree with your analysis. Now, if I may bend your ear a bit more concerning lonely hearts:
My wife and I lost our (real) lonely hearts some 20 years ago, and yet we are still so quaint as to share a desktop computer. She has a work laptop, but not I. In beautiful marital compromise, I have agreed to turn off notifications of Substack responses/earned-hearts, lest my "popularity" here fill up OUR in-box. No problem, I return to the forum often enough, but still, I know not who is sending forum-love my way. To speed up my "scanning," I use a low bar-of-agreement in bestowing my own hearts (sometimes I like posts just for avoiding the gratuitous insulting!), so I can avoid unnecessary rereading.
To wit: Many lonely hearts were bestowed by me, or another weird poster, but I pledge that none of my many lonely-heart posts were hearted by me (even though I tend to like my posts, AND I love myself).
Why CAN a poster self heart? Seems like it should be easy to dis-allow it.
Certainly no response (even a lonely heart, since I can only wonder its source) is necessary, M. Ethan, to these meanderings.
Yes, I agree with your analysis. Now, if I may bend your ear a bit more concerning lonely hearts:
My wife and I lost our (real) lonely hearts some 20 years ago, and yet we are still so quaint as to share a desktop computer. She has a work laptop, but not I. In beautiful marital compromise, I have agreed to turn off notifications of Substack responses/earned-hearts, lest my "popularity" here fill up OUR in-box. No problem, I return to the forum often enough, but still, I know not who is sending forum-love my way. To speed up my "scanning," I use a low bar-of-agreement in bestowing my own hearts (sometimes I like posts just for avoiding the gratuitous insulting!), so I can avoid unnecessary rereading.
To wit: Many lonely hearts were bestowed by me, or another weird poster, but I pledge that none of my many lonely-heart posts were hearted by me (even though I tend to like my posts, AND I love myself).
Why CAN a poster self heart? Seems like it should be easy to dis-allow it.
Certainly no response (even a lonely heart, since I can only wonder its source) is necessary, M. Ethan, to these meanderings.
Enjoying your prose, as usual,
TAS/pop122