myheartisinohio
blog blog blog 03/24/2010
 
Last night, I had this major existential crisis regarding technology, basically. I started thinking about my twitter account, and why I bother having one. Why does *anyone* bother having one? Seriously. Why do we all assume that everything we have to say is so fascinating that people would want to read every single thought we have, every second of the day? Then I started thinking about facebook, which I barely use. I used to be really into the games and stuff, because I'm a lamer, but now, I only use it to occasionally post on my friends' walls... which is stupid, because I could just call them. Or text them. Or write them a letter. I used to have a livejournal, but I don't use it anymore. It's really stupid to have all these different accounts that don't really do anything for me.
Thus, I've created this blog. I know, it sounds stupid, right? But the way I see it, it makes sense to only commit to updating this one website. This is where my writing is. This is where you can read my blog. This is it, for me. Just here, because I don't want to put up with all the other bullshit. From now on, I'm keeping this and my twitter. That's it. Everything else is dead.
 


Comments

anne

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 06:17:17

i totally agree on this. i've had the discussion with a friend too and we came to the conclusion that people nowadays live in this self-display-life (pardon my english, i'm not a native speaker and i'm sure there's a better word for it); they want to be like the famous people, copy their behaviour, like having websites about themselves (which is ridiculous, because most people who love to talk about themselves, don't really have anything interesting to say (not speaking of you here, that's a different matter. ...explaining it further down) (okay, and there are always exceptions, blahblah) and they tell about all the stupid things they've done, like they're being interviewed. they have to post it everywhere as though they were the stars... which is really annoying, because it rubs off on their real-life too - i have a friend who is so into this that whenever i meet her she tells me all about her past days, what she did, etc. - dude? i'm not interested in what you had to eat last night. and when she's finished, she goes 'and what did you do, tell me all about your secrets, haha' - ... you can't have normal conversations anymore, because it's all so egoistic with a lot of them. i don't care what they do every damn second of their live. friendship is not about listening to them bragging about their not-interesting life. and that's what a lot of them do with all their hundreds of profiles everywhere. it's annoying.
therefore i completely understand your thoughts on this matter (if i understood you correctly that is ;-))
there are only a few who use their profiles/journals/etc. more wisely, like discussing something, or telling us their thoughts about something, having themes or anything, you know?
not this self-display, which is really only intersting, if you're a) an artist or something similar who has actually something to say, b) you have people who like to hear what you have to say and c) you're not bragging about on which side you slept last night.
(okay, i just made this up, it's probably not true, can be discussed, etc.)

just thought i'd let you know that i agree with you on this.

 



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