Sak: "If the Cleo forum didn't exist, it should have been invented."

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

A regular on the forums under the nickname Sak answers with gentle humor, and not only to questions from the editors. She has always been an exceptionally pleasant companion and therefore, for the second year in a row, in the course of polls, she is among the most beloved people from the Cleo Club.

What is your name in real life?

I really want to start answering questions in the style of speeches in the society of Alcoholics Anonymous, at least as it is shown in popular films: “Hello, my name is Anna, and I have an addiction. And this addiction brought me to the interview. " Somewhere approximately this is the case in reality, my name is Anna, and I love "Cleo".:-)

How was your nickname coined?

On the one hand, it has some personal meaning, on the other hand, in real life I have a rather complicated surname, so I wanted something as simple and understandable as possible in virtual communication. And the more I use this nickname, the more I want a short surname in my life - Anna Sak, perhaps, would sound great.:-)

When and how did you first get on the Cleo forums? How did it happen that they began to visit again and again?

I would like to write something sublime and unusual, for example, that I was tormented by a difficult philosophical question and at night I dreamed of an angel who said: “Go to the Cleo website, and there you will find out everything.”

But in reality everything was much more prosaic: I had a purely practical question, the answer to which, due to the lack of an angel, I was looking for on the Internet, and the search engine brought me to the Cleo forum. And then everything was like a fantasy - I really learned everything and therefore stayed.

Tell us a little about yourself: where do you live now, where did you study, what do you work for (what do you do if you do not work)?

I must say that in this short question you managed to convey directly the whole essence of the global problem of life balance, namely, how much work interferes with human life.:-) I now live in Germany, I studied quite a lot and quite differently and, following the logic of the question, I am not doing anything, since I am working.

To develop and carry my uniqueness seems to me to be one of the main goals of human life.

Any religion or philosophy close to you?

The Christian religion is close to me, and many thoughts of various philosophical theories seem to me to be quite correct. Often, philosophers were generally smart people, prone to thinking, so some of them thought of very interesting things. For me personally, a person is on his own, i.e. the uniqueness of the human person seems to be the highest and main value. It always scares me very much when some feelings or dependencies become more important in a person's life, and it doesn't matter what it is about: love for children, passion for partners, obsession with success or some higher convictions. It is not for nothing that the Christian religion warns very much about the danger of reckless concentration on someone or on something - on this path it is very easy to lose yourself. To develop and carry my uniqueness seems to me to be one of the main goals of human life.

What are your favorite books?

If I started to list, it would be a very long list, since there are a lot of good books written. But my personal undisputed leader of all ratings are the books by Ilf and Petrov, and in the edition that was published during their lifetime. For me, in general, a person's attitude to these books is a kind of litmus test. It seems to me that, in principle, it will not be very easy for me to find a common language with those who do not like and do not understand their humor and subtlety of thoughts. Although I cannot say that I tested all my friends and acquaintances in this way, it is quite possible that if I ask, there will be a lot of people around me in my life who do not like these books.:-)

Have acquaintances from the forum ever passed into real life? If so, please describe these cases.

Yes, of course, and more than once. And I have to say, it has always been a very positive experience. In general, it seems to me that this is almost a pre-programmed success - to personally meet with a person with whom a common denominator has already been found in the process of virtual communication, and often more than one.

My best friend is one of the girls with whom we became very friends, first virtually, and then personally.

And when she, taking advantage of the fact that I do not remember this at all, tells the story of our "rapprochement", I actively do not believe her and laugh, my behavior seems so atypical for me. But there is absolutely nothing to object to her, since I have some kind of direct memory gap in this place.:-) By the way, the picture I gave as an accompaniment to my interview was just given to me for my birthday.

There was and is not just a lot of purely practical benefits from the forum, but a lot. It is an invaluable source of information, emotion, advice and knowledge.

Is there any practical benefit from the forum? Have you ever received help on the forum?

It seems to me that the main benefit of the forum is that it exists. And, to paraphrase the classic, "if it weren't for him, it would be worth inventing." How many times, in difficult moments of life, morning came, the forum opened and it became clear that life goes on, even if before that it seemed different. But there was and is not just a lot of purely practical benefits from the forum, but a lot. It is an invaluable source of information, emotion, advice and knowledge. Moreover, the heterogeneity of age, emotional, geographical and intellectual characteristics of forum women makes it especially interesting.

How do your family and friends feel about your cleomania?

Very well, they are watching and listening to my stories and retellings about the forum and forum users with interest.

You are especially fond of the forums. Any tips for newbies who just come to Cleo.

By the way, thank you very much to everyone who voted for me, this is very, very nice. And regarding advice to beginners, in my opinion, both for virtual and real communication, the ability to listen and hear the interlocutor is absolutely invaluable. I wish this talent to all of us.