[Sca-cooks] Overdocumentation
Bill Fisher
liamfisher at gmail.com
Fri Nov 19 16:24:14 PST 2004
On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 10:47:40 -0800 (PST), Samrah
<auntie_samrah at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Point well taken. Generally, the folks I know aren't that bad about it.
> They just refuse to talk about obvious mundanities like computers, mundane
> politics, sports, etc. at Events, and politely try to steer you in the same
> direction. I knew one lad for 15 years before I realized that I play piano
> & he plays keyboards. Just wouldn't come up--keyboards being electric...
> And, it makes Life a good deal more pleasant for the rest of it.
Yeah, being a systems engineer by trade, I understand those conversations.
People usually find out what I do 3rd hand, or when I am on a list and something
odd comes up about what I do, and I need to mention what I do for a living to
establish when I am rendering a professional opinion. So unless someone
else brings it up, I try to leave modern stuff out of the picture. (I avoid the
word mundane anymore as well lately, dunno why)
> The proper way to handle out of period conversation IMO, is not to panomine,
> but to say, The seers tell me or I had a dream that in the 21st century they
> will have this, do this or whatever. Making a bit of joke of the thing...
> Not to be deliberately dense or hard to deal with. I rarely serve obviously
> out of period or really Americana foods for SCA stuff, even just to family
> at war. When I do there are always comments of: "I just found this
> wonderful root from the new worlde. It is called a potato." Every one
> giggles, and gets the joke...
Yeah, I can see that, but I'm dense enough without adding another layer
of stuff on top of that.
> Personally, I find persona an essential part of the art. It is part of what
> gives the SCA its charm for me, and makes the thing less of a costume party
> ;o) I do talk mundanities, especially about docs, but now will feel a bit
> less guilty about it.
Like I said, I do go in for some of the amenities, but this whole in persona/
out of persona thing really bugs me for some reason. Maybe it is because
it reminds me too much of LARP talk.
> Sorry to hit a nerve. I have always loved your posts. It sounds like you
> have come across some less than nice people in persona which makes 'em just
> another form of period nazis...
>
> Samrah
Thanks, I try to put effort into my posts. It's alright, that's why I
started off with
my disclaimer before my rant. Thanks for understanding.
Cadoc
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