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Snail Mail Exchange
So every now and then, I get this huge desire to just... send postcards to randoms somewhere in the world. And getting traditional snail mail is a nice thing, you know? But there's a surprising lack of online sites that facilitate this (or perhaps my google-fu is just particularly weak in this regard).
So... I thought I'd pitch it as an idea here. My idea is that people give me their postal addresses in a private message (which is already one of those 'am I sure I want to do this' things, which I totally understand, but I thought I'd try. I'm in Australia! You're probably safe from unrequited visits!) and then like a secret santa thing I match up each person with an address (but not a name or character name! You can tell the person yours, but I don't want nasty things happening because someone gets someone they think they might want to harrass) and then you send them a postcard or snailmail of some description. All costs would be handled by the senders, but a simple postcard stamp- even an international one- doesn't break the bank I think.
This might not work at all of course, but I've been meaning to see if it would, so here it is. I'd like to hear expressions of interest, ideas for improving, pointing out of glaring faults, that sort of stuff. Thanks!
So... I thought I'd pitch it as an idea here. My idea is that people give me their postal addresses in a private message (which is already one of those 'am I sure I want to do this' things, which I totally understand, but I thought I'd try. I'm in Australia! You're probably safe from unrequited visits!) and then like a secret santa thing I match up each person with an address (but not a name or character name! You can tell the person yours, but I don't want nasty things happening because someone gets someone they think they might want to harrass) and then you send them a postcard or snailmail of some description. All costs would be handled by the senders, but a simple postcard stamp- even an international one- doesn't break the bank I think.
This might not work at all of course, but I've been meaning to see if it would, so here it is. I'd like to hear expressions of interest, ideas for improving, pointing out of glaring faults, that sort of stuff. Thanks!
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That said, I prefer having something of a connection with someone. I'd be down for this. (I'm located in Austin, TX)
Incidentally, if there is someone on the forums who you definitely do NOT want a postcard from (for good reasons or bad, you know, like you live near them maybe, or perhaps you've sworn that any correspondence will result in a duel to the death) please let me know! I don't want to ruin someone's day with a misguided missive.
How are things coming along with this?
Also, some friendly advice from children on the internet:
"To keep milk from turning sour: keep it in the cow."
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"To be awkward or unkempt, to talk or move wrongly is to be a dangerous giant, a destroyer of worlds...any accurately improper move can poke through the thin sleeve of immediate reality." - Erving Goffman
I love this idea by the way. Real mail is so fun to send/receive!!