The internet finally pays out

[brenna]

Today, Archibald Edmund Binns wonders: Is it a grand gesture to anonymously give a woman I think is beautiful a banjo? A long thread results.

Interneeeeetttt, come here so I can give you many hugs.

Comments

[renshai]

*presents self for hugs*

you know, the two dachshunds asleep on the bed beside me are in complete agreement with your icon, except for the lack of opposable thumbs that would engender.

Also, I like how "will she like a banjo" has failed to cross dear archibald edmund binns' mind. Although most grand gestures straddle the line between creepy and grand anyways.

Man, I maybe need a little pet but I am too lazy

[brenna]

HUGHUGHUGHUGHUGHUG

I just adore the whole thing. The absurdity! The strangely touching honesty of it all! And the snark.

Re: Man, I maybe need a little pet but I am too lazy

[ormondsacker]

Thoughts on reading:

1) Jessamyn is reliably awesome.
2) People are kind of piling on here, yeah? I mean, yes, guy's being creepy, but he was self-aware enough to ask the...
3) Wait, he marked the only person agreeing with him as best answer? Withdrawn.

Did you see the gay elf sex thread? One person keeps trying to derail it into a pregnancy discussion, but it's golden for a while.

Aw, no, he learned

[brenna]

I actually did not read that one yet! *opens tab*

Your icon gives fear.

[ormondsacker]

He did learn. There was hugging and learning and snark and one lady bought a banjo. It's what the internet is about, approximately.

It really is

[brenna]

My icon is from one afternoon in college when I was showing a friend some video of a juggler that I liked, and then we ended up at his guestbook looking at all the ridiculous fan comments until, at something like 30 pages in, we arrived at the text of that icon, got instantly drunk with laughter, and closed the page in satisfaction. Later that night I put a "power englisch" card into the hat for Charades and got one of the dirtiest looks of my life.