triple-waveists to the new guy: join our club! please!
September 2, 2007 – 10:01 pmhere’s some more slobbering overstatement for you re: CI’s quasi-mysterious new commenter “true”: he’s the most. popular. guy. not already equipped with a laminated VIP pass to the specialty coffee echo chamber!
it’s amazing what a little fresh, guileless opinionating will do for an aspiring florida shop owner’s reputation. take jon the barista poet’s genial response … now, jon could be just basking in a fresh perspective — or, he could be working to co-opt the nonconformist with subtle flattery! similarly, is m’lissa merely recounting her day on the bar, or is “true” now being publicly stalked across the southeast?
this blog reports, you decide.
UPDATE: a reliable source says true’s real name just might be “anthony.” also, maybe “herbert.”
4 Responses to “triple-waveists to the new guy: join our club! please!”
co-opt him into what type of conformity?
The point of my post was that there’s an element of surprise (weren’t you surprised?) when someone delivers an informed and creative response to our most vexing woes (SERBC in Florida!) and I’ll savor that perspective wherever it blows in from (much like I do your words and michael m’s quarterly comment).
I joked that even though he mentioned seeking a coffeed account, you can’t co-opt the truth - it will always be true-er.
By )on on Sep 3, 2007
hmmm, good point. you don’t really conform, do you jon?
i was just asking!
also, i was tempted to exempt you entirely, on the grounds that no one doubts the motives of jon lewis. but then … that would be too clubby of me. see? even i have to fight the subtle co-opting force!
you’re right, though. true is a nice addition.
By bz on Sep 3, 2007
It’s kinda weirding me out to be talked about like this…
Not to worry, I’m not easily co-optable. Nor conformable. I’ll take guileless as “without deception” and hopefully not naive or unsophisticated.
By true on Sep 4, 2007
rest assured: it’s weird talking about you.
you could say, perhaps, that the episode is an indicator that this whole snobby community is still very small. that the barriers to entry are still very low. and that the collective brain trust is still very much in need of fresh ideas and independent perspectives.
By bz on Sep 4, 2007