In addition to parenthetical comments being overrated, I would like to add to the list everyone's concern about being outted. (Not a poke at barely's latest post, it just prompted the comment).
I mean, what if someone found out who you were? Do you really think you would get fired? More likely they would make fun of you, which, in my mind, is not a big deal. People make fun of me for a lot worse reasons than the fact that I "hang out" with a bunch of internet geeks.
Anyway, that isn't meant to spark a debate or anything or to suggest that I don't take people's desire for anonymity seriously, because I do (and am bound to by the TOS), I guess it's more a comment on my own feelings about my own anonymity. In other words, I really don't care who does and doesn't know who I am.
The only reason I don't want you all telling everyone else who I am is so that I have a bargaining chip when people want to engage in a mutual outing.
Now, can we get back to the brazillian topic?
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