I hope to respond in more depth later, when I'm home, but I read your post and I read darkkitten1's responses in the comments and I think my head is still spinning! This is a perfect example of something which does not, AFAIK, have a good name, but which I think of as "a thing that is the thing that it describes" -- metaphorical and literal at the same time.

I think this perfectly encapsulates what I love *and* hate about LJ. I dislike the way conversation can become so distributed, so that you have to link and interlink and hope that people will find their way around. But then, in following those links up, I don't just read your opinions, I find out a bit more about you and about who your friends are and which friends we have in common. It's friendlier and it also gives context and credibility to your opinions and, hopefully, works the same for my opinions.

Hmm, maybe that was slightly depth-like after all. *g* And now to go over to your journal and post there too. It's a posting frenzy!