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Eeee-vil Jean-yus ([identity profile] ghanistarkiller.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] zouzounaki 2007-02-18 06:36 pm (UTC)

Made me look, made me look! LOL!!

Hehehehehe!

The internet really was a strange addition to our culture; so much good came out of it (says the agoraphobe who was really kind of floundering before I made so many mahvelous friends online!) But then, it does seem to play right into the most unhealthy aspects of people's personalities, with its up to date box office returns and cutting edge celebrity gossip--hear about it two minutes after it happened!

The worst trend I've noticed lately is that people have taken almost everything and put it in the negative; on the Doctor Who message board I admin for, someone came right out and said that fan forums are for pissing and moaning (one of my fellow admins observed sarcastically: 'Blimey! No wonder I haven't been enjoying it lately; I've been doing it wrong!') My sister put it best when she said, 'There are no trolls anymore; they've taken everything over so anyone sane or with something reasonable to say is made to feel unwelcome.'

It's really sad, but it seems very true. Even on actor's forums it's turned into, 'You suck!' 'No, you suck!' 'Well, you suck more!' On a forum my sister frequents, one poster called for no more 'my other favorite director is better than your other favorite director!' Which is hilarious if you see it from the outside, but really shameful if that's what things have really come down to.

About my self-consciousness, I dunno, I've always felt like a kind of punk-rock attitude trapped in a timid little body, with a 'fuck you, I'll like what I like!' personality. But there were all sorts of politics at work, a lot within my family, where I was made to feel like I was particularly flightly or superficial. I guess as I get older and I'm more my siblings' equal age-wise, some of that is coming back to me.

Ah, well, I'm working hard to get that punk-rock attitude to the fore again! ;-)

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