tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-637372924851105604.post8608322006280939620..comments2023-08-29T12:58:53.386-04:00Comments on Too XYZ (Archives): Has My Social Media Experience Peaked??Ty Unglebowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06836504600859993438noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-637372924851105604.post-21125979709063925722010-12-10T22:54:02.192-05:002010-12-10T22:54:02.192-05:00I think you've described privilege pretty well...I think you've described privilege pretty well, here. Generally, people who are coming from a position of privilege (be it financial, social, biological, etc.) tend to ignore or deny that the difficulties of others are not the fault of outside circumstances beyond their control. They tend to base their view of the world on their own personal experiences and take every opportunity to devalue or invalidate the experiences of others that are different from their own. That said, I think there is something to say for those who wallow in their victimhood. There's a fine line between recognizing reasons/causes for circumstances in someone's life and taking a backseat to those circumstances and allowing them to hold you back.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04393481761231614355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-637372924851105604.post-55035350591658013172010-11-23T00:25:15.866-05:002010-11-23T00:25:15.866-05:00Thanks for the comments everyone. Some valid point...Thanks for the comments everyone. Some valid points being made. It just saddens me how people can be friendly to you...so long as you are happy. But then when you have no trouble mentioning you have not been happy for a while, you are suddenly responsible for THEIR positive energy. It's not a very nice way to care about someone...Ty Unglebowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06836504600859993438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-637372924851105604.post-19624678577121073072010-11-19T19:22:53.201-05:002010-11-19T19:22:53.201-05:00I recently had the chance to unplug from social me...I recently had the chance to unplug from social media for a couple of weeks and I really didn't miss it. In fact, when I checked in, all of the insularity just made me cringe. It was like watching a movie you used to love and wondering why you ever thought it was so awesome in the first place, or running into your ex at Whole Foods and being mystified that you'd actually spent two years of your life with that person.<br /><br />There are people out there living their lives - getting hurt, falling in love, saving the world, creating art, being persecuted - and not documenting one iota of it on Twitter or Facebook or a blog. This knee-jerk compulsion to self-analyze, to live in our heads and plumb their depths isn't native to everyone. And I'm beginning to think those who live without the need/desire to share/network/dissect are better off. I've started to really envy them, truth be told.JMHhttp://www.generationmeh.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-637372924851105604.post-2713649414473297242010-11-19T16:59:01.694-05:002010-11-19T16:59:01.694-05:00I get tired of social media ALL The time.
I've...I get tired of social media ALL The time.<br />I've stopped bothering with creating relationships, because most of the time..you're right, they aren't going to lead anywhere...<br />It's probably a conceited way of going about it, but I could care less about working on new relationships right now. I'll have a 3 minute conversation with you..but really..my "network" is too big to manage already. <br />as for the rest of the issue..about nothing ever changing and so on...you already know that i don't believe in luck (so maybe that's where we differ). Actually, it's not that i don't believe in luck, it's just that I take good luck as a bonus, and bad luck as just..life. In other words, I don't rely or depend on either. <br />In Hinduism, there is one verse in the Bhagavad Gita that says something along the lines of: we have control over action, never over the fruits. Perform action for the sake of action, instead of for a consequence. <br />Whenever I find something on the internet that excites me, or I think about something that excites me, I tweet it, or blog it. It's nice to see when other people get excited by the same thing, but I'm really not interested in discussing my interests with random online 64x64pixel pictures. <br /><br />Again, sounds conceited, but this way the question of..is my time online worth it? doesn't even come up. I'm here because I am...I could leave whenever I wanted.Mehul Karhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01958325003859528875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-637372924851105604.post-45145952122078829242010-11-19T16:08:09.983-05:002010-11-19T16:08:09.983-05:00Ty,
While I don't delve into subjects as deep...Ty,<br /><br />While I don't delve into subjects as deeply as you do, I have been blogging for a while - since October 2003, in fact. I've changed my blog strategies repeatedly over the years, alternating back and forth between multiple focused blogs and one catch-all blog, and changing from using a pseudonym to posting under my own name. <br /><br />But one thing that has stayed constant over the years is my definition of who I want to please - myself. If I write things that delight me, then it doesn't matter whether my posts are greeted with apathy or disdain. <br /><br />There are drawbacks to the "please yourself" approach, of course, but in the end that approach is what has kept me going for the last seven years.Empopriseshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06344839707203239586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-637372924851105604.post-19439939262832230872010-11-19T16:05:49.340-05:002010-11-19T16:05:49.340-05:00"I am a firm believer in the fact that nobody..."I am a firm believer in the fact that nobody ever truly succeed 100% alone." I somehow got in an argument with my students about this yesterday. I absolutely agree with you, but a lot of my students disagreed. They think you can find it in yourself to succeed. I'm sorry, but they are either superheroes or lying to themselves. If my parents didn't push me throughout my life, I would not even be close to where I am now. I probably would have never gone to college, to be honest.Laryssahttp://www.commansentence.comnoreply@blogger.com