tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701465038062786253.post7996463783345028788..comments2024-03-28T02:25:56.451-07:00Comments on The Fictator: Haters Gonna Hate, Bullies Gonna Bull, Trolls Gonna TroKatharine Coldironhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10710500266239699918noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701465038062786253.post-72763731826461854602015-10-16T05:58:51.585-07:002015-10-16T05:58:51.585-07:00Hahahah. I used to have this same fantasy, only ov...Hahahah. I used to have this same fantasy, only over acting. Like, when someone was mean to me or pissed me of, I would just imagine how bad they would feel when I won my Academy Award. I don't have it with writing so much -- though I have a feeling that if I ever do get my MFA, someone will piss me off enough to give me this feeling.<br /><br />Marissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13865872671782392832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701465038062786253.post-29691257116566071962013-08-14T07:13:53.887-07:002013-08-14T07:13:53.887-07:00Anonymous - I absolutely LOVE how your contributio...Anonymous - I absolutely LOVE how your contribution to the comment here so perfectly illustrates the author's point. Incredible comment! Perfectly captures the theme of the post. I do hope you continue to come here and comment. It just adds so much. So much.Maleeshahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03196214944268983722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701465038062786253.post-4580597991863273422013-08-11T13:40:30.618-07:002013-08-11T13:40:30.618-07:00Good advice, be yourself and don't worry about...Good advice, be yourself and don't worry about negative from others. Stay true to yourself.Dariahttp://freedietingreview.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701465038062786253.post-48787298847986666442013-08-10T03:31:33.863-07:002013-08-10T03:31:33.863-07:00Perhaps you should study more neuroscience, becaus...Perhaps you should study more neuroscience, because all of your posts seems to be one big rationalization for why you have yet to attain any level of professional success. You can blame whoever you want, but the bottom line is you are not a successful writer. Your ideas are not marketable, you have no comprehension of the power a good agent can be, and you simply work too hard to protect your ego with worthless posts and time that could be used to truly write. Bottom line, you are normal, like 99% of the human population. Accept it. Stop trying tp prove to yourself, your mommy or dandy that you are special because clearly (noting your lack of success) you are not. You'll be so much happier. Then again, you could keep posting asinine commentaries that stem from zero professional experience and yet delusionally still clam to be a professional. Or you could simply do what you truly need to do and join the rest of the world and accept your deserved place of mediocrity in society. That said, I bet you continue to fight the hopeless fight. Best of luck...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701465038062786253.post-77686060806176605002013-08-09T12:52:14.366-07:002013-08-09T12:52:14.366-07:00Sorry, posted above incorrectly...
I'd like t...Sorry, posted above incorrectly...<br /><br />I'd like to think that they are different. But I'm not as sure about that as I once was. We may just be part of a generational vocabulary adjustment that stings particularly harsh to us. Something something about having such divergent expectations of the world and interaction now compared to previous times (boomers -> people who had internet in late teens/college age -> people who have only ever known the internet) and how that changes the value of word meaning vs context...something...Mattnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701465038062786253.post-3558080846535360082013-08-09T12:51:10.379-07:002013-08-09T12:51:10.379-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Just a Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05504783195690053959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701465038062786253.post-63579779563672481092013-08-09T11:51:58.598-07:002013-08-09T11:51:58.598-07:00@Maleesha, thanks. Glad it hit the spot.
@Matt, ...@Maleesha, thanks. Glad it hit the spot. <br /><br />@Matt, I agree with you that internet threats have eroded in meaning over the years. As you pointed out offline, it's essentially the same phenomenon as the meanings of "sucks" and "wanker" and "douche" getting more and more distance from their literal counterparts as years of slang usage pile up on them. But aren't death/rape threats a different, more problematic ball of wax than "sucks"? Katharine Coldironhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10710500266239699918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701465038062786253.post-11247861146897260362013-08-09T08:32:30.694-07:002013-08-09T08:32:30.694-07:00So I've been thinking a lot about internet com...So I've been thinking a lot about internet comments and how the casual nature of the comment is so at odds with the dramatic nature of the words themselves. Recently, someone wrote or said that "kids these days" (which to me really just means "people on the internet") are so used to the idea that internet comments are meaningless/harmless/toothless that they don't ascribe the actual meaning of the words they are using to the comments they make. They don't see rape threats as being actual threats of any sort. Similarly with racist comments, threats of violence, etc, they simply grab the most provocative words they can find in the hopes that their comment will be responded to, since that's the only way to be validated on the internet. It's like they have divorced the words they are using from their actual meaning, used instead merely as exclamation marks. Almost like a child finding out that doing a thing will make the parents look and pay attention to them...so they keep doing it over and over again, but the actual action itself doesn't matter to them.Mattnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1701465038062786253.post-67426397803865591472013-08-09T07:41:30.358-07:002013-08-09T07:41:30.358-07:00OMG. There are a few things in life that I carry ...OMG. There are a few things in life that I carry a torch for...the eradication of litter, the eradication of pharmaceutical advertising, and the eradication of internet bully-trolls! OMG I have never seen the Thank You Haters bit, but I picture them EXACTLY like that jacking-off monkey...always have. And the Night Grandma bit by Butters Stotch...I hadn't seen that one either but it's PERFECT. JUST PERFECT. Thank you. This made my day.Maleeshahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03196214944268983722noreply@blogger.com