Hmpf – compliments in place of criticism, or post 7ish

They said “more”.. So, this will be maybe an early post on compliments. Yesterday I think I offended someone after searching “criticism” among recent blog postings, and reading their blog post (or actually, about 1/3 of it.. Including the last section…. Maybe you should know that for me “tl:dr” is about the long text message length limit.. Anyway, I had some criticism (somewhat nit picky little thing with one shaky foot in physics (which is the thing I am allegedly competent to wibble on about.. bein’ a bsc innit babe))… which, in the spirit of communication, I decided to write out nice and at great pains (phone-writing)… Anyway, it got deleted.. So, erm.. Well this will just have to be another story without a moral, because. … or, maybe I can improve it… Edit the blog post without indulging my drop it on the floor and go and do something else-side (note this is literally very not much like me, re physical things on hard floors, anyway… I just don’t like compliments. For a jiffy it’s kind of nice, but I can feel myself careening off into some Emperor’s New Clothes thing.. I’m also victim to some worry that my ears are flashing red or maybe worse with pride maybe… But also, I don’t think it helps.. I don’t trust people to say honestly (or even, to be able to express at all) what they like about something.. When I try to do it, the echo (or trace) of what I said, I think if it was a perfectly formed compliment, the best that can be hoped for in the long run is a dampening of the good to zero… Maybe I’ve changed my mind.. Better post then reread to rethink and edit…