JakeD
04-19-04, 09:52AM
I know that some of the things I write on here aren't fluffy and clean. I use foul language, crude references, and I have fun doing it. It's my writing. It's my personal expression. And I won't change what I think/write/do for anyone. Not essentially, at least. I need this place. It's my (underused) soapbox, but it's my little haven. If I invite someone to look at my website, I'm giving them the chance to look inside me, to see how I tick, what goes on in my tiny brain...
By nature, weblogs are nothing more than a rollercoaster ride of self-indulgent and often egotistical rants. And, like everything else, there's the bad, and there's the good. Admittedly, mine's not the most dramatically stunning, but I like to think that I provide better content than that of your average stoned out 16 year-old with daily entries of "so i lik 2go 2 school becuase the girls there have boobys now". And I work hard for everything that I write. Sure, sometimes I'm not working as hard as I can, and that shows, but the hamster's still hauling butt on his little wheel, the gears are still grinding, and Papa's still coming home for supper.
So, this is for those of you who may read my site and take offense at what I say, or how I say it, or maybe even just be offended by me and my pretentious literary posturing....All apologies for you not enjoying it, but this is the great thing...you don't HAVE to read it.
And this is an analogy that can be carried over to many other aspects of the internet as well, and, through a few degrees of separation...life. We don't HAVE to jump in and rush headlong against things that bother us. We don't have to open our mouths every time someone says something that we don't like. And sometimes, you're a lot better off just shutting your trap and letting something go rather than combatting it until the rather bloody end. I've learned that throughout my short tenure on this earth. Sometimes, you HAVE to do some things that you don't want to. You HAVE to deal with things that you'd rather avoid. This is life. It's an experience. Shut up, stop griping, get your proverbial shit together, and deal with it the best you can, and then move on. Don't start a cultural revolution over one small comment. Don't burn down an entire library because of a few books that you don't like.
And unfortunately, that's the sort of mindless composure that many people exhibit. They think that they should always be the one to react, to say something in protest, to stand up against the evil injustices of other human beings. And all I can say to that is: Get over yourself. You're not impressing anyone with these idiotic knee-jerk reactions, you're just mindlessly urinating in their soup and acting like you won't have to face any consequences. You're definitely not breaking any ground. Being a tactless loudmouth is a trend amongst hundreds of thousands of American teenagers nowadays, most of whom end up paying for their actions, either right when they're nabbed by "the Man", or when they get older and think, "Jesus, I was an idiot."
There's a lot better ways to go around things. You could actually shut up, learn from the experience, possibly even observe it, and then subvert it in the best way possible. You could start a campaign with other like-minded people and work as a group against it, rather than just one individual who can't seem to stop enjoying hearing themselves talk. Sounds kind of like me. Anyways, some of you are probably screaming, "So you're saying that we should just ignore everything and be complacent? Bullshit!" And verily I say unto thee: "No." It's just that there's a lot better ways of going about things aside from ripping people's throats out and humiliating them through your own commentary. Sometimes, things are better left unsaid. And if half of the world shut their mouths and actually listened for once in their lives, then we'd finally be getting somewhere as a ragtag band of homo sapiens. I'd thank you, and I'm sure that the whales would appreciate it too.
By nature, weblogs are nothing more than a rollercoaster ride of self-indulgent and often egotistical rants. And, like everything else, there's the bad, and there's the good. Admittedly, mine's not the most dramatically stunning, but I like to think that I provide better content than that of your average stoned out 16 year-old with daily entries of "so i lik 2go 2 school becuase the girls there have boobys now". And I work hard for everything that I write. Sure, sometimes I'm not working as hard as I can, and that shows, but the hamster's still hauling butt on his little wheel, the gears are still grinding, and Papa's still coming home for supper.
So, this is for those of you who may read my site and take offense at what I say, or how I say it, or maybe even just be offended by me and my pretentious literary posturing....All apologies for you not enjoying it, but this is the great thing...you don't HAVE to read it.
And this is an analogy that can be carried over to many other aspects of the internet as well, and, through a few degrees of separation...life. We don't HAVE to jump in and rush headlong against things that bother us. We don't have to open our mouths every time someone says something that we don't like. And sometimes, you're a lot better off just shutting your trap and letting something go rather than combatting it until the rather bloody end. I've learned that throughout my short tenure on this earth. Sometimes, you HAVE to do some things that you don't want to. You HAVE to deal with things that you'd rather avoid. This is life. It's an experience. Shut up, stop griping, get your proverbial shit together, and deal with it the best you can, and then move on. Don't start a cultural revolution over one small comment. Don't burn down an entire library because of a few books that you don't like.
And unfortunately, that's the sort of mindless composure that many people exhibit. They think that they should always be the one to react, to say something in protest, to stand up against the evil injustices of other human beings. And all I can say to that is: Get over yourself. You're not impressing anyone with these idiotic knee-jerk reactions, you're just mindlessly urinating in their soup and acting like you won't have to face any consequences. You're definitely not breaking any ground. Being a tactless loudmouth is a trend amongst hundreds of thousands of American teenagers nowadays, most of whom end up paying for their actions, either right when they're nabbed by "the Man", or when they get older and think, "Jesus, I was an idiot."
There's a lot better ways to go around things. You could actually shut up, learn from the experience, possibly even observe it, and then subvert it in the best way possible. You could start a campaign with other like-minded people and work as a group against it, rather than just one individual who can't seem to stop enjoying hearing themselves talk. Sounds kind of like me. Anyways, some of you are probably screaming, "So you're saying that we should just ignore everything and be complacent? Bullshit!" And verily I say unto thee: "No." It's just that there's a lot better ways of going about things aside from ripping people's throats out and humiliating them through your own commentary. Sometimes, things are better left unsaid. And if half of the world shut their mouths and actually listened for once in their lives, then we'd finally be getting somewhere as a ragtag band of homo sapiens. I'd thank you, and I'm sure that the whales would appreciate it too.