The Rantlist
Nov. 26th, 2006 11:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thetatianaA few years back, we came up with an idea (my friends and I) that turned out really well.
It started because I noticed I would rant the same rant to friends (about a guy I was working with at the time) over and over, and I saw that some of their rants were repeats as well. We decided that to save time and effort, from then on, we would assign each rant a number. Then we could keep a table of all the numbers (it's an excel spreadsheet on my computer), and what rant belonged with which number, and in the future, instead of all that spittle flying and teeth gnashing, we could simply say "Rant number 17", or "Insert rant 25 here", and have done with it.
Soon other friends and family joined in the fun, so now on my computer I have a long list of different people's rants, each assigned a number, not necessarily sequentially. In fact, some of the numbers are negative, some are irrational, and others are imaginary. Pi is in there, and e, and of course 1337. =)
But a funny thing happened once we recorded our rants in the rantlist. We found that we never really had to invoke them after that. Just having them recorded, for all the world to see, indelibly set down in digital bits, enshrined on my hard disk, was enough to lift them off our hearts and minds entirely, and we became saner, happier people for it. It was an entirely unexpected side benefit, but all of us felt it. It worked out really great!
Thinking about it, we decided that the rantlist is possibly the serendipitous invention that could finally bring peace and harmony to humanity on earth. For instance, if the Palestinians could just write down in the rantlist, all the things that were wrong and unfair that the Israelis did to them, and the Israelis could similarly records all their rants, for the whole world and for posterity to see, then maybe the Middle East peace process could get going again, and things could finally settle down over there. =)
So, if you have any rants you want to get off your chest, just tell me what they are and pick a number to assign. I will add them to the list, and confirm that your number is available. Maybe someone will eventually host one online, that is open to everyone all over the world, all of the time, and then the world will become a happier, more peaceful place.
It started because I noticed I would rant the same rant to friends (about a guy I was working with at the time) over and over, and I saw that some of their rants were repeats as well. We decided that to save time and effort, from then on, we would assign each rant a number. Then we could keep a table of all the numbers (it's an excel spreadsheet on my computer), and what rant belonged with which number, and in the future, instead of all that spittle flying and teeth gnashing, we could simply say "Rant number 17", or "Insert rant 25 here", and have done with it.
Soon other friends and family joined in the fun, so now on my computer I have a long list of different people's rants, each assigned a number, not necessarily sequentially. In fact, some of the numbers are negative, some are irrational, and others are imaginary. Pi is in there, and e, and of course 1337. =)
But a funny thing happened once we recorded our rants in the rantlist. We found that we never really had to invoke them after that. Just having them recorded, for all the world to see, indelibly set down in digital bits, enshrined on my hard disk, was enough to lift them off our hearts and minds entirely, and we became saner, happier people for it. It was an entirely unexpected side benefit, but all of us felt it. It worked out really great!
Thinking about it, we decided that the rantlist is possibly the serendipitous invention that could finally bring peace and harmony to humanity on earth. For instance, if the Palestinians could just write down in the rantlist, all the things that were wrong and unfair that the Israelis did to them, and the Israelis could similarly records all their rants, for the whole world and for posterity to see, then maybe the Middle East peace process could get going again, and things could finally settle down over there. =)
So, if you have any rants you want to get off your chest, just tell me what they are and pick a number to assign. I will add them to the list, and confirm that your number is available. Maybe someone will eventually host one online, that is open to everyone all over the world, all of the time, and then the world will become a happier, more peaceful place.
