Apparently, blogging has been in the news quite a bit, and the validity of this latest craze has been discussed in one of my favorite webcomics.
Since my finger is most definitely not on the pulse of the Blogging world, most of this post is being spurred by a friend’s blog entry about blog entries.
I believe blogs to be a wonderful idea, and serve several valuable purposes. This list of possible purposes includes, but is not limited to, the following items:
1. Keeping up with friends
2. A personal journal or diary (which one so happens to want to share)
3. A creative outlet
4. A sounding board for writing
With this being said, blogs are yet another Internet fad, and their use and abuse has gotten past the point of moderation, and well into “this is getting insane” land.
However, I believe this to be another Internet-fad, which will probably soon fade back into a more moderate level of acceptance, similar to the Dot-Com bubble, AYBABTU, or even… *Shudder* the Badger…thing or the Bananaphone.
I already see many blogs that have all but disappeared, as they haven’t been updated in months.
Particularly, I think political insight and social commentary in blogs has gotten a bit out of hand. This may seem hypocritical, but you have to understand, all things in moderation. While I do bring a bit of social commentary into my blog every now and then, it is highly laced with humor or revolves around certain key aspects of my life, and is usually not the central focus of an entry. Just to clarify, I’m not talking about philosophy or personal insight, as that is one of my key foci, but instead, I’m referring to bitching…
That’s right, stop being bitchy, bitches. And now, to further entrench myself as a raging hypocrite, I will begin a bitch session of my own:
For the love of civilization, people, STOP BLOGGING ABOUT REALITY TV! We understand, it sucks, we all hate it, and it’s simply the next logical progression from Ricki Lake, Jerry Springer, and *Shudder* Dr. Phildo.
It was funny when Dave Barry blogged about how much he hates it, but he’s in the upper echelon of bloggers, and none of you are as good as Dave Barry, myself included. The trend is over, the best of the best has already been there, it’s time to stop being posers.
And, this goes for you as well, Anonymous Blogger, and you, Anonymous Bloggette. You followers. You sheep. BAAAAH! I say. Pick a new topic.
If you’re going to bitch, be a little creative in your bitching. Take me for instance, I’m bitching about people bitching about Reality TV, and that’s cool. But then people might bitch to me bitching about people bitching. And then a giant bitch session might start, and that’s not cool. And we definitely don’t want bitches bitching about bitching. That’s not cool. Damn bitches.
Do you write like this? Then it might be a bitch to read, and that’s not cool.
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