Comments | dsrt_faery: the rant....

dsrt_faery

the rant....

Nov 28, 2009 23:17

You know, my favorite time part of the night used to be when I would sit down and read the posts that my friends had left throughout the day. Even when there were no words and the posts were merely pictures without captions - they would still make me smile and my day would be better knowing that my friends were doing things, thinking things, making ( Read more... )

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bunny_girl1 November 30 2009, 03:34:32 UTC

very well said. thank you

dsrt_faery November 30 2009, 17:47:36 UTC

I finally hit that wall of frustration enough to say something ;)

I've done some similar searching recently... phreddiva November 30 2009, 07:15:51 UTC

And discovered that the problem, as it were, lies firmly in the people in one's "social network". Those people to whom you refer as friends are the problem. It's caused me to do a lot of... how shall you say... categorizing. Not everyone is classy, or kind, or graceful, or even well-socialized. If I have ever been guilty of responding with a lack of sensitivity simply because I had 140 characters in which to do it, I apologize.

Re: I've done some similar searching recently... dsrt_faery November 30 2009, 17:46:28 UTC

you're right. It has more to do with my friends and networks than anything else - but apparently I had not noticed the tendencies in them until I was overloaded with their information, all day and every day.
I guess I just don't want to live amongst boxes and categories...I do that enough with my various emotional states - I'd rather just have friends that are as graceful, classy and wonderful as I think they are. ;)
And it was not you by the way - but you should already know that. I did not have any one person in mind when I wrote it - but since I know you can be as sensitive as I can be, I thought I'd make that clear..

Re: I've done some similar searching recently... phreddiva November 30 2009, 19:19:38 UTC

Well, it's true indeed that familiarity breeds contempt... and things like Twitter allow us to be all too familiar. I suppose that's what I mean; there are a handful of people in my world, of which you are one, whom I (and this is my own personal classification) would trust to represent me well; I could bring them to anything from a performance where I had to network to a PBR-tastic event and I would know that they would behave in a way that would not embarrass me. Twitter and other social networking media have, for good or ill, given me an insight into people whom I would not otherwise know at that level, and given me a very clear idea who I would and wouldn't involve in my life at the deepest levels.

On the one hand, it's unfortunate that so few actually can be brought in at the deepest level. OTOH, having even a handful of such people is a wealth greater than most people ever dream. Either way, as my voice teacher likes to say, it's good information.

I'm thrilled it wasn't me. :)

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dsrt_faery December 1 2009, 07:04:05 UTC

I love you too lady - and of course it wasn't you. ;)
It was basically a generalized rant - no one person in particular in mind. Just got tired of watching my friends scorn each other in clipped, unemotional tweets and updates.
I'd much rather hear stories and passion ;)