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[Poll] The not-secret not-meme

So, there was this secret questions meme going around. And of course I was curious - I am, after all, made mostly of curiosity (actual formula: 70% curiosity, 22% sarcasm, 8% cheese) - but you had to agree to post the meme to get the questions. And I don't do memes here.

And then a certain person rended the veil of secrecy. I won't name her. (Okay, I will. It was

toft_froggy. All hail her!) And. Well. I was kind of disappointed. I expected AWESOME questions. I expected questions WORTH keeping a secret. ("Who is fixing the current presidential election?" for example.) Instead, they were - well. I didn't think they were optimized for fannish use, let's put it that way.

So obviously I had no choice; I wrote my own version of the meme (with extensive help from

best_beloved, as I was actually nursing the earthling while I did this). But I still don't post memes here. Instead, I am posting a poll! Please answer with names selected from your friends list. And please do answer. Unlike the original meme, these are things I seriously want to know.

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Best fandom questions *ever*!!

*grin* Thank you! (And, hey, as long as they're better than the original meme, my work here is done.)

Oh, wow.

*grin*

The detective summons your friends list to the parlor to reveal everything. Who is the detective? Who are the usual suspects? And who is carrying the gun?

HEE

You're a fine one to talk, as I observe from the poll that you are a ninja.

...Why don't I have a ninja icon? THIS IS AN ERROR ON MY PART.

Yay! Fun questions.

I ran into that problem before. There was a secret club in kindergarten that I desperately wanted in on, and then when I was, it was... not at all interesting.

Thank you!

And, truly, I think that secrets have the obligation to be interesting. I have been disappointed in this way in the past. (Also, the best means of keeping things private is to make sure they're really boring and then tell everyone. So if something isn't interesting, there's no point to keeping it a secret!)

And, wow, secret clubs in kindergarten. Either we weren't that advanced when I was wee, or I was so out of it that I didn't even know there was a secret. (The latter is more likely, I suspect.)

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icarusancalion.livejournal.com - 2008-09-20 01:26 (UTC) - Expand

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icarusancalion.livejournal.com - 2008-09-20 18:11 (UTC) - Expand

Stealing. This poll.

Please do!

i answered this poll with my whole flist, not just the fandom folks... and most of the answers came from the baen half of the list instead of the fannish half. hence, people no one may know in the answers. but the answers do fit, trust me. :-D

-bs

I entirely trust you, and of course you're to use your entire friends list. (Although selecting a non-fannish person to rule fandom with an iron fist - well, that would be bad. Also, unlikely to work. But the rest can totally apply to anyone.)

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boogieshoes.livejournal.com - 2008-09-20 00:28 (UTC) - Expand

You're right, that poll was way more exciting when I didn't know the answers. This poll, however, is awesome.

As I was saying to

icarusancalion, secrets should be INTERESTING. I take it as a personal betrayal that that meme wasn't! I AM OWED AN INTERESTING SECRET NOW. (By the universe, since I can't find the person who wrote the meme.)

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toft-froggy.livejournal.com - 2008-09-20 04:14 (UTC) - Expand

Ha! That was fun.

Yay! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Just when I thought I could not love you more. (:

*beams* The feeling is entirely mutual! (Although, hmmm. I have identified you as my puppetmaster. This introduces some complexities. I must ponder them.)

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laurashapiro.livejournal.com - 2008-09-20 15:16 (UTC) - Expand

Best. Poll. Ever.

Thank you! *beams*

I love your questions! They're much better than the secret meme questions.

Thank you! (Although, in all honesty, it would be hard to be duller than the secret meme questions. It's not like the bar was high, is what I'm saying here.)

I love you more every day. Just sayin'.

YOUR ICON MAKES ME HAPPY. For the record.

*returns the feeling entirely, and not just for reasons of icon selection*

I'm so glad you shared this with the world. ♥ It's great to see everyone else's answers!

I know! And, look, I resisted trying to make this a meme. I am very proud.

*still jealous of your memesheep icon*

You need to allow the answer "Me! Me! Ooo, ooo, me!!".

I do! I totally do, for every question except the squirrel army. Because you can't let people keep their own squirrel army. That way lies lawlessness and moral decay.

I am stealing this not-meme! ♥

Feel free! But if you learn the secrets of the universe through it, I expect a full report.

These are fabulous questions. How does one go about becoming the sort of person who is suspected of having alligator underpants? This is the life I want in an alternate universe.

I don't know. If I knew, I tell you, I would have a closetful of alligator panties in everyone else's head. (Um. That sentence proves I need more sleep. Sorry!) It's like being on people's not crazy filter - it's what we all aspire to. Unless we actually are crazy, I guess.

I would point out, though, that many people believe you are here from the future. This is a fine accomplishment, and something you should revel in. (And if you actually are from the future, I have a short questionnaire I'd like you to answer. Totally harmless! Really! You can trust me!)

Hooray! People think I'm a pirate! And a ninja!
AND THEY"RE RIGHT...
*vanishes*

Tell me the secrets of pirate-ninjahood! I want to achieve this state!

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thefourthvine.livejournal.com - 2008-09-22 02:56 (UTC) - Expand

Hee, this was fun! Thanks to

musesfool for sending me this way. TFV, you have the bestest polls evar.

You SO win at cephalopods! \isis/

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thefourthvine.livejournal.com - 2008-09-20 05:47 (UTC) - Expand

I loooove this poll! *goes off to pimp* :-)

*beams* Thank you, both for the love and the pimping!

...Wait, that made this sound like a very abusive relationship. (She loves me, but she pimps me out, yeah.) It isn't! It totally isn't!

I seem to be on the outside of the outside... that is, having been linked here, I have no idea what the secret meme is or even which fandom it involves. Would you care to share the boring questions?

The secret questions meme involves no specific fandom (I'm guessing possibly it came from somewhere in anime, though, as it mentions cosplay), and I have no idea where it came from. It spread super-rapidly across my friends list for a few days, and now seems to be dying out, largely because there are enough copies of the questions around that you don't have to do the meme to find out what they are.

And since I got the questions (well, statements, really) without having to promise to do the meme, I will happily pass them along to you. This is the meme:

There are 30 questions.

Answer each question with one name.

Next to each number, write only the name of the person who fits.

Don't tell the questions to anyone who isn't doing the meme

01. Someone who seems to have a lot of close friends.

02. Someone you've known for a long time.

03. Someone you'd like to trade places with.

04. Someone who seems likely to be a member of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

05. Someone who seems easy to talk to.

06. Someone who seems to have a lot of wild ideas / fantasies.

07. Someone who seems like they were popular at school.

08. Someone you think you would have been close to if you went to school together.

09. Someone you want to stay up all night talking to.

10. Someone who can look after children.

11. Someone who seems to fall in love a lot.

12. A beauty.

13. Someone who seems like a celebrity.

14. Someone who is girly / manly

15. Someone you want to dress up as the opposite gender.

16. Someone grown-up.

17. Someone childlike.

18. Someone who is like a princess / prince.

19. Someone who seems capable.

20. Someone who has a unique view on life.

21. Someone who you are grateful to.

22. Someone who makes you laugh.

23. Someone you think of as your boss.

24. Someone who would kill you if you got on their bad side.

25. Someone who seems good at seduction.

26. Someone you think you could seduce.

27. Someone who loves with all their heart.

28. Someone you want to see in cosplay.

29. Someone you seriously want to go on a date with.

30. A message to all the above people.

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