04-22-2004, 04:54 PM
...and help me understand if it's something beyond a individualistic egocentric whine-fest? Certainly the few that I've been invited to view fall into that category; it seems that everyone is sufficiently world-important enough to consider their sniveling worthy of public scrutiny.
Time was when a person kept a personal journal or diary, it was carefully kept secret and to them alone. It allowed them to express their innermost thoughts on dangerous topics (either trivial or of import) without fear of recrimination or discovery. It was, for some, a vent or outlet for an individual to express their duress without burdening another person. Blogs seem to be the antithesis of this ideal.
Why, on earth, would someone keep a on-going diatribe about their trivial situations in their personal life, and publish it on a publicly-viewable (which is to not indicate that many actually read the thing, but still) website for anyone to see? In an age that the individual should be taking extraordinary measures to protect their identities, this seems to oscillate between moronic and careless. The fact that it's so-very popular to do so would indicate that I'm "missing something" here... but then again, a lot of people watch "Reality TV" too; popularity was never an indicator of intelligence or wisdom.
'Splain, please.
*tips helm*
Time was when a person kept a personal journal or diary, it was carefully kept secret and to them alone. It allowed them to express their innermost thoughts on dangerous topics (either trivial or of import) without fear of recrimination or discovery. It was, for some, a vent or outlet for an individual to express their duress without burdening another person. Blogs seem to be the antithesis of this ideal.
Why, on earth, would someone keep a on-going diatribe about their trivial situations in their personal life, and publish it on a publicly-viewable (which is to not indicate that many actually read the thing, but still) website for anyone to see? In an age that the individual should be taking extraordinary measures to protect their identities, this seems to oscillate between moronic and careless. The fact that it's so-very popular to do so would indicate that I'm "missing something" here... but then again, a lot of people watch "Reality TV" too; popularity was never an indicator of intelligence or wisdom.
'Splain, please.
*tips helm*
Garnered Wisdom --
If it has more than four legs, kill it immediately.
Never hesitate to put another bullet into the skull of the movie's main villain; it'll save time on the denouement.
Eight hours per day of children's TV programming can reduce a grown man to tears -- PM me for details.
If it has more than four legs, kill it immediately.
Never hesitate to put another bullet into the skull of the movie's main villain; it'll save time on the denouement.
Eight hours per day of children's TV programming can reduce a grown man to tears -- PM me for details.