Sometimes when I read an article on a website that I thought was interesting I,against my better judgment, read the comments at the bottom. For the life of me I can't figure out why I put myself through this torture. Endless forum wars where no one proves any point well enough to have the opposition concede and so it just continues on and on until its a complete farce. Where are these people and what do they do? I do not have time to argue with strangers on the internet and I don't do anything. ( no really I did almost nothing today, read a book, listened to a podcast, pet my cat. That was really my whole day.) Still though I would not consider it a prudent use of my time to look up Wiki facts and spell check my poorly written rebuttals on why Pikachu is a racist stereotype.
These people are seriously sad. Make broad sweeping generalizations about people they have never met and accusing them of everything from being a liberal commie fascist dolphin rapist, to a neocon socialist butt sucking Indian giver. Sitting on their highest of horses shielding themselves with esoteric factoids and misremembered wives tales. Get back to work! The offices of Gabin, Stienstienson, and Bob don't pay you to sit at your cubicle and have a flame war over the finer points of Transformer mating rituals.
Yes Mr. Smarty pants I realize the irony of saying these people are sad for making generalizations of other people. But at least I admit that I to am petty and sad, but at least I don't do it very often. Right? ...Guys?
This is the part where I get bitter about it all though. Ready?...I KEEP READING!!
Why? WHY? would I sit there and tell myself "I hate this, this is completely detracting from the thoughtful and informative article I just read" and still just keep plugging away? Ten pages in and I have officially spent more time reading the dumb ass comment war than I did the original article! Its like a disease. What is the point of reading the thoughts and opinions of the professional writer that you came for, only to drown it in the ass water of the everyday trolls and troglodytes that roam the internet spewing said ass water? What is ass water? No idea! Find out and then figure out how to make it and then try and market it. It will have been a more practical use of your time than reading an internet argument.
Its like a car wreck or a reality TV show that involves judges, you don't like what you see but you are going to watch any damn way. We have to be drawn to stupidity and drama naturally, it must be in our blood. If anyone is at all interested in the article and subsequent comments that started me down this line of thought, then here.
http://www.comicsalliance.com/2010/12/28/racists-batman-muslim-paris/1#comments
Also as this is my first "note" on facebook I would like to take this opportunity to say that I don't like the way its set up and will not be posting any more on here.( if you are reading this on my blog and not on facebook you can probably ignore that last sentence, although you are perfectly free to not ignore it and get all confused as well. No pressure, the choice is yours) There is a link to my blog on my profile somewhere if you are interested. I am going to be writing in it more since I am trying to loose one bad habit and replace it for a good one. I am trying to stop smoking, doing good so far only two per day the last two days, going to see if I can make it all day with out one tomorrow. The good habit want to replace with it is writing though. So every time I feel the need to smoke I will write something either on my twitter, or in my notebook, or on my blog depending on where I am.
Word to warning coworkers if I am sitting somewhere scribbling in my note book furiously, it might be best to not disturb me.
Just Kidding.
"What I don't recall is when I said, I simply can't sleep in this tiny bed, with you anymore"
-Ingrid Michaelson
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