I finally converted someone.

POSTED BY: christhecynic
UPDATED: Thursday, June 2, 2005 22:12
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CHRISTHECYNIC

Saturday, May 28, 2005 10:34 PM

Pitiful really, took me three years to convert someone other than my mother (I don't get out much), but I still wanted to share the fact that I finally actually managed to do it. Someone I know over the internet, I finally hear that she’s about to watch and wait a bit, and then I get the first response:

he's playing with dinosaurs
MINE IS AN EVIL LAUGH

That was all I needed to know I succeeded, of course knowing what I do about her personality I was pretty sure to begin with. Other nice stuff came filtering back as well. For example “Kayleigh” is cute, and reminds her of herself.

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To finish off on a profound bit:

Her: guh, humanity sucks my ass
I: what brought that about?
Her: just the fact that every actually intelligent show or musician is not properly understood or appreciated because the general population is comprised of morons who cannot understand the brilliance they are seeing/hearing

On the one hand this is true, but on the other hand we wouldn’t have Serenity coming or the song Starry, Starry Night if everyone lived on the same level as Survivor.

KNIBBLET

Saturday, May 28, 2005 11:37 PM

Good work. You're reward will be found in the next life.

"I'm gonna rip you a new puppet hole, bitch!"

PLYTLE

Sunday, May 29, 2005 1:05 PM

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Originally posted by christhecynic:
Pitiful really, took me three years to convert someone other than my mother . . .

I couldn't even convert my mom. She thought the show was boring. This from the person who thinks that Survivor and The Amazing Race are classics.

I'm still working on it, though. Next month in my e-zine I'm posting a kinda "memories of the series"-type article. My readers are not the typer to have seen the show, so maybe it will spark some interest. I'll keep y'all updated.

-PML

NWUKSTEVE

Sunday, May 29, 2005 6:46 PM

I've been lending the DVD boxset to anyone who'll agree to watch them for quite a while, and of course everyone loves it and assures me they'll be going to see the movie. But it's only recently that I got what I've been telling myself would constitute a full conversion - one of people who borrowed the set has bought his own. WTG me!

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"In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move." - Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

CHRISTHECYNIC

Sunday, May 29, 2005 6:47 PM

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Originally posted by plytle:
I couldn't even convert my mom. She thought the show was boring. This from the person who thinks that Survivor and The Amazing Race are classics.

I know you don’t want to hear this, no one ever does when it’s family, but she’s too far gone.

PLYTLE

Sunday, May 29, 2005 7:16 PM

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Originally posted by christhecynic:
Quote:
Originally posted by plytle:
I couldn't even convert my mom. She thought the show was boring. This from the person who thinks that Survivor and The Amazing Race are classics.

I know you don’t want to hear this, no one ever does when it’s family, but she’s too far gone.

I know, but it still sorta hurt . . .

SUBGUY

Sunday, May 29, 2005 7:30 PM

I guess I've been fairly lucky so far. Everyone I've leant my DVDs to has become a fan of the show. I hope I can keep up the track record, since I just leant them out again last night and have at least one more person I promised to loan them to when I get them back again.

Captain Pete

CHRISTHECYNIC

Sunday, May 29, 2005 7:48 PM

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Originally posted by nwuksteve:
But it's only recently that I got what I've been telling myself would constitute a full conversion - one of people who borrowed the set has bought his own. WTG me!

The person I just got will buy her own, I know that much, so I guess I've got a future convert by that defintion.

Quote:
"In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move." - Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

"Isn't there anything about this place you're glad of?" - Kaylee

CHRISTHECYNIC

Sunday, May 29, 2005 7:50 PM

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Originally posted by SubGuy:
I guess I've been fairly lucky so far. Everyone I've leant my DVDs to has become a fan of the show. I hope I can keep up the track record, since I just leant them out again last night and have at least one more person I promised to loan them to when I get them back again.

Captain Pete

It's not a question of people watching the show not liking it for me; it's a question of getting them to watch it.

THEGERG

Sunday, May 29, 2005 8:43 PM

If your friend is a dinosaur fan, please direct her to our informal thread:

http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=2&t=10266

Also, if you start talking about conversion, people really are going to think we are a cult! See:

http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=2&t=10410

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