Gabfest: And Thereby Hangs A Tail

I know! I should have but I'll get other opportunities. : ) She is a very self-sufficient 3 year old. Dresses herself! Worst her brother ever did was go through a phase of wearing mismatched socks. This one is a handful!

 

Narada/Naradha versus Watson is an entire separate and intriguing discussion.

In response to a "Devil's Advocate" Watson, you came up with Kaliyuga Naradha. Kind qualifiers of "In a friendly manner", "every now and then", "but all his actions would eventually result in good results" do not take away any impact of the "He creates trouble."

You link DA and KN in one sentence in a post, and in another post agreeing that they are not similar?

Viswa, so much insistence and gentle directives for members to only post positive Watsons in that thread. Not fully positive Watsons are ever so gently admonished with a missing response/Like. In a community composed mainly of people from the Indian sub-continent, a Narada Watson cannot be positive. Can it? How much ever lipstick is put on it, it cannot be made positive. I could have added a bunch of "in a friendly manner", "every now and then", "but all her posts help the OP" but those would not make "More than a whiff of snark" a positive Watson. Similarly, KN.

A straightforward negative Watson is much more refreshing than one that needs so much explaining to make it into the Positive category.

To reiterate, I have no issues with any Watsons, positive or negative. But, linking a KN Watson to a DA Watson by any association, or saying that KN is fully positive, is confusing.

 

Looks like I played the role of Narada muni with my Watson! Narada, as I remember him, played the role of the instigator. He would whisper and provoke, and set a chain of, often tragic, events in motion, paving the way for divine intervention. One can say all's well that ends well but that was not what I was playing at!

Speaking of negative Watsons, I've heard some interesting phraseology with regards to myself, but the best one was an anonymous message someone left me - "your posts are so boring, you will bore me to death! " My apologies to my anonymous critic.

 

Dang.. you say 'my bad' so fast?

You are a pleasure to interact with, Viswa. What I appreciate best is that you do not start an intricate discussion and abandon it mid-way with a 'ok gotta go....' You might take a break to deal with hurricane/storms for example, but will complete the discussion later for sure. That is an online courtesy I respect. Stepping into a discussion that is obviously going to not be short, and then rushing away with a 'too busy.. no time...' annoys.

I was a little miffed at the no-negative-Watson rule, and that too that it had to be put in place after a negative-watson.. so this extended back and forth about KN vs DA.

Thank you for engaging. And I mean that thank-you so much and in so many ways.