Earlier this month, I interviewed the lovely editor and mediator seaeffess. We discussed annotations, the forums, cat GIFS, and more. Check it out!! — butterscotch pie
butterscotch pie: let’s get started with a question regarding one of your favorite things in the world: cats! you’re quite the connoisseur of cat GIFs, and you frequently post them in threads. i’m curious: how do you find so many high-quality cat GIFs? what websites do you find them on? the world needs to know.
seaeffess: Well, I’m loathe to reveal my secrets...but I will since it’s you asking.
When I come across cat gifs which I love, I tend to bookmark them. However, when I have an uneared emotion I’d like to express, I tend to search for the gif I want (in giphy, if you must know) using words I think which will fish it out. Sometimes it doesn’t happen, in which case I either repeatedly revise my search or decide on something else.
I think people think I do this to be funny, and that’s true. But it’s also about adding levity to something. Not changing the subject, but changing the framing.
It’s also a bit of a challenge for myself. Before I came to genius, I was not a habitual gif user. I made it part of my M.O. upon arrival.
butterscotch pie: if a machine existed that could take three foods and fuse them together, which three foods would you choose to fuse together and why?
seaeffess: So, okay, here’s my pitch: french fries (really good ones, crispy and rich & salty), vanilla (or sweet cream) ice cream, and some nice black pepper. Maybe that’s cheatin', but you won’t be disappointed.
butterscotch pie: let’s get meta: how did you discover Lyrxo, and what made you want to annotate?
seaeffess: I was introduced to Lyrxo by my beau (eff_society) who is a transcriber. I had just finished my Master’s thesis and was hungry for something tangible to stick my teeth into.
butterscotch pie: according to a Wikipedia article with poor grammar and a lack of citations that i still foolishly believe is correct, an annual potato pancake festival occurs every year in Korosten, Ukraine. this festival includes multiple competitive events, including the following two: "Potato pancakes powerlifting", in which players squat with two heavy jugs full of potato pancake, and “Potato pancakes throwing”, in which potato pancakes are thrown in a bowl with sour cream from five meters away. if you were to attend this festival, which of these two events would you prefer to compete in and why?
seaeffess: I think the latter would be more fun. I don’t really like squats or lifting for the sake of lifting, but I love throwing things and I think the splash would be fun to see! I could also more easily sneak some latke white someone wasn’t looking :)
butterscotch pie: i’m assuming you have several Lyrxo goals, but i’m wondering: what is the number one thing you’re hoping to accomplish on Lyrxo?
butterscotch pie: let’s get started with a question regarding one of your favorite things in the world: cats! you’re quite the connoisseur of cat GIFs, and you frequently post them in threads. i’m curious: how do you find so many high-quality cat GIFs? what websites do you find them on? the world needs to know.
seaeffess: Well, I’m loathe to reveal my secrets...but I will since it’s you asking.
When I come across cat gifs which I love, I tend to bookmark them. However, when I have an uneared emotion I’d like to express, I tend to search for the gif I want (in giphy, if you must know) using words I think which will fish it out. Sometimes it doesn’t happen, in which case I either repeatedly revise my search or decide on something else.
I think people think I do this to be funny, and that’s true. But it’s also about adding levity to something. Not changing the subject, but changing the framing.
It’s also a bit of a challenge for myself. Before I came to genius, I was not a habitual gif user. I made it part of my M.O. upon arrival.
butterscotch pie: if a machine existed that could take three foods and fuse them together, which three foods would you choose to fuse together and why?
seaeffess: So, okay, here’s my pitch: french fries (really good ones, crispy and rich & salty), vanilla (or sweet cream) ice cream, and some nice black pepper. Maybe that’s cheatin', but you won’t be disappointed.
butterscotch pie: let’s get meta: how did you discover Lyrxo, and what made you want to annotate?
seaeffess: I was introduced to Lyrxo by my beau (eff_society) who is a transcriber. I had just finished my Master’s thesis and was hungry for something tangible to stick my teeth into.
butterscotch pie: according to a Wikipedia article with poor grammar and a lack of citations that i still foolishly believe is correct, an annual potato pancake festival occurs every year in Korosten, Ukraine. this festival includes multiple competitive events, including the following two: "Potato pancakes powerlifting", in which players squat with two heavy jugs full of potato pancake, and “Potato pancakes throwing”, in which potato pancakes are thrown in a bowl with sour cream from five meters away. if you were to attend this festival, which of these two events would you prefer to compete in and why?
seaeffess: I think the latter would be more fun. I don’t really like squats or lifting for the sake of lifting, but I love throwing things and I think the splash would be fun to see! I could also more easily sneak some latke white someone wasn’t looking :)
butterscotch pie: i’m assuming you have several Lyrxo goals, but i’m wondering: what is the number one thing you’re hoping to accomplish on Lyrxo?
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