Let's Get Over Ourselves Shall We!?!

It is my experience that everyone has their own preconceived notions and ideas. And issues...

Poor Turd Burglar. You have been overworked lately haven't you.

Well, I apologize for my part in this.



I would like to say, before any one' ego over inflates. MyHorseWearsPrada made a simple point in her posting that got my attention.
In that it was time.

It was very clear. Because it wasn't muddied up with scream type or insult.



So, I pulled the private card. And put most everything in Draft.



Because the point is. The rage isn't who I am. It was more a costume donned to prove the point. The only good thing about the anonymity factor? Is when you slip up and go to the crazy place? Or the angry and profane or abusive place? You think it doesn't follow you in real life. Because nobody knows who you are. But it does.

Because it becomes a part of you.

And at the very least, a part of how you process internally.

It has a very real power to affect your outlook on life.



It saddens me how many will attack under the guise of anonymity. Because I recognize that for what it is. You.

All of you who post such ugly and hurtful things about people you don't even know.

And then, when you try to up your credibility in the world of anonymity, and theoretically, try to establish abuse as deserved, to comfort all the other people who may be recognizing their own slip and re-engage them, CLAIM to KNOW the individual that is the subject IN REAL LIFE?

Well YOU frighten ME!

And there are those of you who do that.

Just as I stated about the whole expert opinions expressed on the SHR photo shopping thing.

IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO ESTABLISH THAT KIND OF EXPERTISE WHILE REMAINING ANONYMOUS... And no, that isn't meant as screaming at anyone. People have a tendency to look at the big stuff. It grabs the eye if you will.



This blog has simply been an exercise. A study if you will. To prove or disprove my theory about people.

And the internet.

And people+internet+anonymity.

And what that equation can create.



And you know what? Some people don't change no matter where they present themselves. Good and bad.

There are a few that I would even like to know in real life.

And there are some? That I only want to know who they are that I may see them coming.

And avoid them.



I would like to point one other thing out. To the attention needy posters. Another equation.

I am something of a freak for numbers.

50,000 readers+10-30 posters does not necessarily mean it is about your contribution as a poster.

Because the numbers used to be much higher.



Another factor of anonymity is the reader. How many people advertise that they like and/or are addicted to pornographic content? How many politicians have we seen advertise that they like little boys, prostitutes, and/or drugs? How many have we later learned these things about after they are in office? The Catholic Church has some of these same problems. Unfortunately, most every walk of life does. Deviancy does not discriminate based on social or income level.

Which is why, I have always referred to some of the blogs as the guilty little secret of some.



It is my personal theory, that readers may choose to enjoy watching other anonymous individuals spiral out of control.

Why? Because in the land of anonymity it isn't necessary to be a responsible citizen.



As so many have pointed out, for varying reasons, there is no real enforcement of the rules on some of the message boards.

Which, has led some to interpret, that there are no rules period.



It is like reading the Enquirer with dirty words. Or that one that always advertises the most ludicrous things. Aliens, half-human half-wolf 100 year old woman gives birth to twins.



Interesting read? I hope so. Notice the absence of anything? My husband says, I am a profiler.
I like to know what is going on in the world I and my family live in. To do that I have to do much research.
I won't lie. Unresearched opinions? Mean nothing to me other than what percentage of the people living in the world have them. Because it represents another number for me.
The number of truly ignorant people in the world.
And what part ignorance plays in so much of what is wrong with the world today.

If you think you know me? And you haven't sat at my table for a meal ever? I guarantee that you do not know me well enough for me to ever stop surprising you.