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Is it just me, or do people get a little too riled up about things they read on the internet? I know that bloggers (and especially the well known bloggers) put themselves out there sometimes, and they need to expect criticism.
But, seriously. I feel like people get overly involved in situations that really don’t affect their daily life at all. AT ALL! That’s right. I used my caps lock.
And if I could “Reply All” to some of these people, I would. To say – don’t take yourself so seriously. And for goodness sake, don’t take the internet so seriously. Try taking the time you use to criticize everyone else, and go cultivate a relationship that you have right in front of you. In your own house. In! Real! Life!
This is not to say that I downgrade the internet as a place to interact and meet new people. I, (hands down) feel like I have the best crew of regular readers/commenters here, and I have enjoyed getting to know new people and create new friendships all while spilling my proverbial guts and trying new writing techniques. I also have Real! Life! friends that I met on the Internet!
But I wholly believe that getting involved in a pissing match with people that I don’t even know, about something that has nothing to do with me, isn’t really worth my time.
And my time? It’s precious.
After all, I have a house to sell, a husband to enjoy, dogs to walk, kids to help, and a yoga class full of fabulous 70 year-olds to attend.
So be well, friends.
Take a deep breath and go enjoy your day! Internet free, perhaps?
On the whole I always get really nice comments. I tend not to write about controversial subjects so that’s probably why.
But I did get a person commenting anonymously who said something that was rather out of left field to me and I found myself wanting to shoot back a retort.
But ya know what I didn’t bother for several reasons.
Reason one; I don’t have to defend myself on my own blog.
Reason two; I’m not gonna do it to someone who doesn’t have the guts to come out of the shadows into the light put their name to it.
Reason three; some times people have issues, they like to pick fights, are angry. I’m not like that nor is my blog so I just chose to ignore and move on.
I have better things to do, nicer bloggers to spend my time with.
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Oh, I love this!
I adore my online friends, I truly do.
But I also think that sometimes people need to realize that online we have the luxury to CLICK AWAY if they don’t like someone/something.
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Really? An internet free day!! Jenn – I think I would get the shakes (and I don’t mean milk) or something, some kind of twitch would start on my left eye….. 🙂
BRAVO you couldn’t have said any better. I once but experienced something like that and it baffled me that anyone would even go out of their way to be rude and crude. Especially when it has nothing to do with them in the first place.
I blog for myself and not for anyone else. You can choose to agree or disagree but do remember, you have the choice of reading or ignoring what I write. Like Shell wrote, just “click away if you don’t like someone/something”. Love this post.
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I think people forget that not everything on the internet is intended for them. If I don’t like something, I usually just ignore it and move on. What’s the point in arguing if it’s not going to affect my life in any way? I know what I write isn’t for everyone, just like what others write may not be for me. To each her own.
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