I know I should not do this but I
responded to the rDrama comments about me. They are hilarious; you have to have a huge stick up your ass to get mad at this. There are so many real problems in the world — if the worst problem I have is people making fun of me then life is pretty great.
I will answer the Eigenrobot question when I am back home and not phonecucked but I can tell another amusing/horrible Aella story in the mean time.
When we were preparing for the megameetup, we were talking about drug discussion. I've experimented with a *lot* of drugs + research chemicals in the past and I'm pretty familiar with how you
don't talk about this stuff in public.
So, I proposed we silence all discussion of e.g. LSD at this meetup given that this meetup was in a public park and anyone new could say something to police and LSD is still felonious in Texas. No one took my worries seriously except for the one openly conservative guy in group and the mother+husband duo, the mother of which was hit on in despicable ways at this event.
Aella's response to this legal risk was more or less "I'm going to continue to do what I was going to do" (no, really, her phrasing was similar) but what really got to me was that, as some kind of reassurance, she proposed to spend $10k for anyone who was arrested for drug-related stuff. I'm sure some kid who gets arrested for LSD-related charges and potentially has a felony for life will really appreciate it. Thanks, Aella.