christ raymi, i was just trolling your comments, it never stops. what is it with the posturing? it seems that people feel inclined to take harsh stances, either for or against, in these synthetic communities, just digging their heels in and making their presence felt… but what is their presence?… i thought that blogging was supposed to be about sharing the things that stem from your life, providing entertainment, in a variety of styles… but the way that people act in comments and with the between blog bickering it would seem that the blog arena becomes an important part of their life… that is hard for me to accept… how can non-physical share-space become a big part of a person’s life? at least big enough to engage in stealing styles and attempting to bandy words with such fervor, and it is such gay fervor too, it is laced with sarcasm and a feigned indifference, obviously everyone gives a major shit or they would be silent…god damn, people need more physical contact, we need to deal with mannerisms and smells, we need to deal with ‘right here, right now’ awkwardness… get knocked down a few pegs when we get all self-conscious and sweaty in a mall… fuck. a bunch of no-pressure computer world degenerates. all of us. revolution?
i am going to beat this drum to death.
maybe i should just figure it out and stop being a word monger… but i am genuinely disturbed by all this.
damn.
i would like to post this but it would cause major major hell
you are right
people live vicariously through me i guess i am reliable so they stick around my parts?
what do you think it could be
i think its loneliness, and an easy way to feel as though they are a part of something. it is pretty ridiculous but it may in fact be an issue of reliability. they can be sure that you won’t abandon your own creation and they use the aspect of comments and the “community” to stay in your realm of discussion… so their boring bicker shit can maintain a “live” and recognized status through you, because they can’t pull it off on their own. fuck that is lame.
i am fine with criticism and battling in general… but as i said in my initial marathon email… when it comes to criticizing an established entertainment style, trying to criticize the person that has the readers and the audience that the critic has chosen to flex in front of… there really isn’t a leg to stand on.
yeah i agree
lately ive bene in the middle of some blog wars with some of these folk
after a year of their shit and copying me i retaliated and they are all super shocked and depressed ungh
i just liked what you said re: pretend indifference when it’s obvs this is very important to them
I think this chunk of my analysis should end with a metaphor.
the feeling that one of these passive aggressive blog adversaries gets when their comment/insult made against you falls limp, poorly received, with no impact… is something akin to the feeling one might get after being walked in on upon while masturbating with a belt around the neck and apple sauce smeared all over the chest… it is the sort of moment in which the person realizes they are completely fucked, and caught, they know that what they have done is inescapable, so chaos ensues, there is just an incredible flailing attempt to escape being seen and then a subsequent scramble to recover by whatever means necessary after the belt and the boner are out of the picture… it can start with excuses, taking some sort of a defensive position, whatever is necessary to escape the reality of the extremely awkward and ridiculous course of action that the individual chose to take.
the entire phenomenon is simply explained and yet i spend lengthy emails pontificating on the issue…
some people are blowhards that have no commendable style of their own… so they engage in their semi-confrontational posturing and try to piggy back on other more stylish and talented people… the blog world dynamic is the same as most other societal dynamics… some people have talent… and other people try to do what the talented people do but fail, and end up in an envious state which lead them to criticize in their bitterness…
and my metaphor works even better than i thought… these passive aggressive people that are shit talking you are like sexually unsuccessful hermit people that are deep in the throws of not having sex… they have to resort to abstract masturbation tactics to fend off the pangs of their utter lack of fulfillment… and when they get caught in the deed they are forced to feel that much worse about their plight… because now their strange behavior, the epitome of their lack of success, is out in the open. from that point on their character flaw is exposed.
it is that simple… in most of these case… you have the situation that the shit talkers wish that they had,,, and they are just shooting off their bitter tits in some sort of attempt to gain ground.
so, i need to stop wasting my time investigating these unchanging brute social realities … and by extension stop wasting your time by ranting at you about it.
it is time for a break from the world of internet posturing… i’m getting body aches thinking about all this bullshit.
i’m really just a music lover at heart,
keith
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