David_Gerard comments on The Santa deception: how did it affect you? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: David_Gerard 20 December 2010 10:40:54PM 7 points [-]

Upvoted for sheer weight of online pwnage. This is worse than when both my mothers discovered my LiveJournal.

Comment author: playtherapist 21 December 2010 01:43:23AM 2 points [-]

p.s. Are you someone who my son has met live or just an online friend?

Comment author: gwern 21 December 2010 01:46:46AM 0 points [-]

David Gerard is a well-known UK Wikipedian, and I have the impression jimrandomh is American, so probably the latter.

Comment author: playtherapist 21 December 2010 02:05:56AM 1 point [-]

Thanks. Yes, jimrandomh is definitely American, so unless David came to one of the Singularity Institute's conferences and met him there, they wouldn't have met.

Comment author: David_Gerard 21 December 2010 09:29:17AM -1 points [-]

No, just here :-)

Comment author: gwern 22 December 2010 06:20:58AM 1 point [-]

Which leads to the interesting question, what do we mean by 'here'? Can't be very much like the normal usage...

Comment author: playtherapist 21 December 2010 01:38:19AM 2 points [-]

Not really. He told me about the board. When I told him I looked at his posts occasionally, he suggested I register and post myself. Then, when I told him that his post about our town's Santa program was slightly inaccurate, he said I could clarify it if I wanted to. I pointed out that I'd have to reveal my identity and he didn't have a problem with it!

Comment author: shokwave 21 December 2010 09:40:34AM 0 points [-]

I really must say, your name is hilarious.

Comment author: playtherapist 21 December 2010 05:38:22PM 4 points [-]

You must misunderstand why my name is "playtherapist"- which is understandable. I really am a playtherapist. I do therapy with children, using play. I get paid for playing with doll houses, sand trays, play dough, action figures, etc. with troubled little children. I help them to work out their anxiety, anger, feelings of loss, etc. using play.

Comment author: wnoise 21 December 2010 11:37:45AM 4 points [-]

With unfortunate implications, if spaces are incorrectly added.

Comment author: wedrifid 21 December 2010 05:51:24PM 0 points [-]

A Teaching Assistant from one of Fubar's schools? Infidel!