I ATEN'T DEAD -- Just Elsewhere
I'm fairly certain that there hasn't been even the smallest segment of Teh Internets scratching their heads and wondering "what's up with hapax?", but in case I'm wrong, I've been doing most of my "social media"* activity on Twitter of late. If you are loathe to miss any of my immortal bon tweets, you can follow me @hapaxnym.
In these fraught times, I find myself less and less capable of sustained reasoned argument. But a 140-character limit means I can only froth and flail so long..
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*Five Gods, I hate that phrase. I do realize that real live people interact, make friends, conduct feuds, even fall in love over the Internet. I've done a bit of all of the above meownself. But if I were truly honest, I would admit that for the most part my keyboard-and-screen relationships are, at best, pseudo-social. It's a safe way to approximate that contact we all need to maintain our human status, without all the accessibility and vulnerability that non-virtual interaction requires.
That's one reason I'm forcing myself to tweet more. The good Lord knows I don't put much of myself out there, but at least it isn't as hedged in and protected as it is on my private listservs, professional blogs, and friendlocked LJ.
In these fraught times, I find myself less and less capable of sustained reasoned argument. But a 140-character limit means I can only froth and flail so long..
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*Five Gods, I hate that phrase. I do realize that real live people interact, make friends, conduct feuds, even fall in love over the Internet. I've done a bit of all of the above meownself. But if I were truly honest, I would admit that for the most part my keyboard-and-screen relationships are, at best, pseudo-social. It's a safe way to approximate that contact we all need to maintain our human status, without all the accessibility and vulnerability that non-virtual interaction requires.
That's one reason I'm forcing myself to tweet more. The good Lord knows I don't put much of myself out there, but at least it isn't as hedged in and protected as it is on my private listservs, professional blogs, and friendlocked LJ.