Criticisms & Praise Parades

Mel is here to rain on your parade.

BURN!!!

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Originally Posted by Deebs also , Suichi where did the new avatar come from ?

My friend Turk128 made me a Scribblenauts avatar Melanie for my birthday, because we both love the game dearly. I then modified it into a Massacre Mel avatar late last night.

Everyone should keep fighting. Mel loves flame wars.

Real late to the party with a point I was going to make, like. Pages ago, that I'm still gonna make because I'm me. And some stuff is just worth saying!

If I ever make a comment, when I'm being serious (which is more often then I let one, honestly), I usually mean it. If I comment on something art-related, I'm probably being serious (at least for part of it - I try to make it more obvious when I'm just goofing off here then I do other places). However, as often happens, I sometimes find that I lack the words to properly express my feelings on a matter, and will likely struggle for awhile actually trying to find something to try and get my point across accurately... fail horribly, slam my head into my desk, and then just state something in the general ballpark instead. Until I've had time to come back and actually say something.

Sadly, I'm also one of those weird people that has a very broad level of acceptance for darn near everything that has to do with creative expression no matter what medium it's in. Doing even moderately well in art (writing, music, photography, dancing, whatever) requires a certain amount of talent and dedication that, honestly, I feel is worth respecting. I enjoy seeing people advance and grow in the area of their chosen hobby (and/or profession) if it makes them happy, and I try to at least stay positive when making comments in stuff that I see. Unfortunately, as this discussion has continued on, I've noticed that some people have mistaken what is likely positive criticism or reinforcement as 'praise'... when they're not exactly the same thing.

Probably going to be awhile before I resume actually commenting on art here again. Not only am I busy, but now I've got a few more things to think about...

In the mean time, I brought nachos!

First off: reputation.


Secondly, I only give criticism if someone has asked for it, or I'm paying for the piece. I'll give praise and encouragement all day long if warranted. If not, I go with what my Mom taught me....If you can't say something nice about someone, don't say anything.


Thirdly, I wub you guys!!


Carry on carrying on....



P.S. Big Bang Theory is on tonight!

hmmm.....

So this topic persists i see....

Sorta, if you count Foo molesting ice cream. Which we all do, of course.

No prob! =D

We can hope it evolves into a conversation about weird things you can do with ice cream...

Like trying to balance a bowl of ice cream on your chest while lying down and watching a movie...didn't end well.

Ice cream is good. I'm thinking of subscribing to @agentfoo. Vendetta's are bad, especially when I have to stay a half hour after work removing them. Let's not bring them up again folks.