At the heart of much speculative fiction (and fiction in general) is a question. What if? On Tuesdays I like to throw one out there and see what you make of it. Do with it as you please. If a for-instance is not specified, feel free to interpret that instance as you wish. And if you find this becomes a novel-length answer, I'd appreciate a thank you in the acknowledgements. 😉
What if the off-the-cuff sarcastic response you made online was taken seriously? And it went viral...
I try to restrain myself from off the cuff comments for similar reasons, especially if it has to do with a recent news report. It's scary what can happen to people whose comments go viral. It brings out the worst in humanity.
ReplyDeleteYeah, it's easy to be caught up in something with not enough information.
DeleteI think I would have to get a new identity and probably move to a place without internet avialable.
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available. Obviously I can't spell today :)
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An author's worst nightmare, that's what!
ReplyDeleteI would say it was not me; it was my cousine. :)
ReplyDeleteBut only if your cousin has your same name, I expect.
DeleteI pretty much assume that anyway. It's why I obsess over some replies until I know for sure that the recipient got that I was joking.
ReplyDeletehaha....I would probably laugh, course that would depend on what the comment was and who it was about. I try to not be to serious about comments I post like on FB, I stay away from politics mostly but just a couple weeks ago I spoke up on politics and it might not have gone viral all over the internet but it went viral via my fb page and friends....ticked some off...oh well.
ReplyDeleteBut if it goes viral amongst your friends, they'd know what you meant. I hope. It's harder when it goes out amongst strangers.
DeleteI came across a sarcastic remark I made in my high school newspaper decades ago. I sounded like a frigid prude. These days, most times I usually write a sarcastic reply then delete it.
ReplyDeleteI might feel temporarily chagrined. (I do talk a lot of sh%t on twitter, but nothing I post goes viral.)
ReplyDeleteViral would put it in a whole different catagory, I think.
DeleteI'd be shocked
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Ugh...been there and boy, people need to chill a bit. Thank goodness no one ever took me seriously when I said Trump needs to look like. Big baby in diapers with a soother in his mouth...oh, I just noticed some balloons:)
ReplyDeleteMore people agree with that sentiment than not, I suspect.
DeleteEh maybe try to make it work for me and make some money off it some how (affiliate links and such) since everyone was paying attention to my accounts.
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