Random pet peeve

Someone in childfree linked to this, and it annoys me. Not because he taunted the radical childfree, which is all good and well, but because of this:

Taunting child haters or deadbeat-dad lovers or the politically tightly-wound on the Web is a low-impact sport. It's just hot air and sparks. At the end of the day, I walk away from my computer and don't think about any of it anymore, and I sincerely hope for their own mental well-being that others I'm having a hissy-fit with do the same thing. Fundamentally, this is recreation. It's not the really real world.

Which is where I get irritated. Because it seems like I and mine (meaning you lot) are the only ones who don't think there are different rules online than in the "real world", because this isn't real, and these people aren't real, and people who take the Net too seriously are delusional.

Well, fuck that. Personally, I think people are delusional if they think that the medium of communication changes anything about the fundamental fact that yes, goddammit, there are other, real people on the other end of the world wide web. I wouldn't do or say anything online that I wouldn't do or say in "real life". If you want to troll and annoy the extremists, you have my blessing. But if you don't have the guts to do it in meatspace, but you're happy to do it online, then you're a coward.

I'm tired of people claiming others are "just" online friends. Are online friends worth less than "real life" friends? If you need to be able to see and touch someone to be friends with them, how damn shallow are you. (Note: reverse is not true. Being friends with someone and really wanting to see/meet/touch them, I understand. When it's a perogative for forming a friendship, it's shallow.) Ditto (times ten) for relationships.

Oh and those of you who like to be all homophic/racist/sexist/whatever because a) it's not really you, it's your internet "persona", and/or b) those aren't real people you're hurting, and sheesh, they take the internet way too seriously? When the Revolution comes, you will all me aprehended and forced to walk a Marsh of Shame. Or something. I'll think of something when I get to that.

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
(Oscar Wilde)

In less grumpy news

Not going to the Dylan concert means I can spend more money on a VCR. The thing is, it's near impossible to find a second-hand one anywhere that still works more or less. Plus, it needs to be able to read both PAL and NTSCT, as most of my tapes are American. Gnar. I currently have €50 to spend. My books should get me at least another €20, and ferchrissakes, €70 should buy me a decent VCR!

Bitches. I think I'll spend some time messing with my old one tonight. See if I can get it to work again, even if just for a short time.

Holy shite, look! It's JC Chasez, flipping the finger, Brit style! And suddenly, I have JC-love. Huh?

I'm having one of those days where I'm ... not exactly completely unmotivated to work, but just really scatterbrained. I keep going from LJ to work to writing an entry to doing other stuff, and I can't stick with either one of them long enough to actually get something done!

Bah.

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If everyone lived like me, we would need 2.1 planets.

That's ... not that bad, actually. :)

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Is something a waste of time simply because it didn't last forever?

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Good article.

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Oh! Joanne, you wanted to know how to memorify posts? Click on the comment link, and at the top of the entry you'll see a bunch of symbols. the heart one is your memorify link. :)

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I often wonder how much misery the world could have been spared if "God" had written an Eleventh Commandment that went something like this:

"Thou shalt mind thy own fucking business."

Heh. Thanks for the link, lcsbanana. :)

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Argh! My email isn't working, AGAIN! Please direct email to badevilgrrl@hotmail.com

Ta.

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Alerting you to a new entry in /sleepless.

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*gibber*

They're ALL MARRIED TO EACH OTHER! :D

I love it when they give cause to wild theories. Bwahahahaha!