Bloggers Folly.
There must be something missing in our make up to want to blog.
To spill out the details of our lives and inner thoughts for the world to see.
To seek validation from strangers. To socialise, by virtual means with people, in far flung parts of the English speaking world. People we may never even meet.
There again, it's got to be cheaper than therapy.
To spill out the details of our lives and inner thoughts for the world to see.
To seek validation from strangers. To socialise, by virtual means with people, in far flung parts of the English speaking world. People we may never even meet.
There again, it's got to be cheaper than therapy.
posted by Tickersoid at 1:01 AM
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23 Comments:
Or just to say "Yay! I'm first!"
Yes, it is cheaper than therapy and there is something about spilling your business to people you will probably never run into on the streets. You can hide in cyberspace, but you can't hide downtown.
I'ce always found writing to be therapeutic and a release, way before I became a blogger. But I agree with you, If it helps others, why not.
Absolutely cheaper than therapy & much more fun!
Way more cheaper.
And prostitutes.
Yeah, very therapeutic. Plus you get to learn about people with a penchant for donkeys, plastic pigs and whatnot.
MJ- Yeay, MJ!
Awaiting- Problem with me is that both are intertwined.
Chickybabe- The paradox for me is I've always been a very poor writer. I've enjoyed Post writing. I don't have the time for the longer more well thought out ones at the moment, but to be honest, I didn't think I had it in me.
Jane Poe & Spike- Yes lets celebrate our deficiencies and derive pleasure from them.
Qenny- Quite right. I did notice in the times, that since the recent blogging explosion, shares in 'Whores r us' have collapsed.
Convict- So that's April, me and I guess It's Piggy with the 'whatnot'.
"Validation from strangers" *ouch*
- but yeah all the same
It takes a village, yo.
I fine the compulsion to blog bizarre as well. We all know that nothing on the Internet is truly private, yet spill out intimate details. Maybe deep down we're all channeling 13 year-old girls and wanting to pour our hearts out to our diaries.
Let's face it - the conveniences of modern life have had a fractious effect on people, socially. Humans have become more and more isolated as we've stopped having to go to the town watering hole for laundry duty, bathing and -- well-- water.
Then there's the bullshit therapy epidemic of the self-help industry telling us how fucked-up we all are, when all we want to do is chat and have a laugh, occasionally.
A medium such as blog helps us find a community where we are able to be more honest than we are in any other arena of our lives, in my opinion. And that take-it-or-leave-it quality is quite refreshing, in a world where everything is over-packaged and over-sold. Frankly, a lot of you people remind me of people I know and love. It's just that the convenience of being able to toss in a bon mot at 3 AM is something you simply can't do to a live local friend. Here, a conversation may be carried on from every continent and over the space of days or weeks. I think that's incredible. If other people find it peculiar, well, I think there is something wrong with THEM.
Lippy- Nothing wrong with wanting validation from strangers as long as you appreciate it means nothing, just feels good.
i- I'm not with you there.
Snooze- It does seem so bizzare that we'd say to the world that which we find hard to say to aquaintances.
Phlegmfatal- Nicely summed up, although I didn't expect anyone to take this kind of thing seriously. I can criticise my blogging for a bit of fun, but don't have to justify it to anyone.
But I like this kind of therapy...
I just like to talk shit...
I just like to converse with potential serial killers
some would say it's better than sex.
therapeutic, indeed.
its a very good way of getting things off your chest without getting embarrassed as they don't know who you are.
how are you keeping?
Hillary Clinton wrote a book while Bill was in office (I don't remember which term) called "It Takes A Village". It was about how in many African tribes, the whole village participates in raising the children. You're part of my village.
IDV- And why not? I hope some day we meet up. Your blog is so cool.
Jungle Jane- Where have you been? We all thought you were dead.
Mushroom- You must trawl Jungle Janes blog for advice on identifying serial killers.
Tree spotter- Your writing is amazing. A little drawn out perhaps, but very clever.
100darkangels- I'm still trying to work out who you are. I suspect you're one of Biker Girls daughters.
How am I keeping?
I've never been so in control of my life and yet I've never felt so unsettled.
I- Right!
I wish you'd email me from my profile. You don't have that facility. We have many similarities in our situations I wanted to talk to you about.
Hey Tickers, can you post this link and get as many people as possible to sign it? It's a petition to prevent the UK government from introducing black boxes in cars and on motorbikes to limit speed by reducing the throttle or applying the brakes.
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/nospeedcontrol/
Convict- I've added my name to the petition and sent the link around.
Useless man- Everyone needs a useless advisor. It's what parents are for 80% of the time.
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