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I may have told you, but years ago I ran into my neighbor's daughter while outside one Saturday. She was around 8, my guess. She asked if I had any kids. I answered that I do. A son, actually! Why have I not seen him? Well, I mostly keep him in the basement.
oh.
I don't have a basement btw, but I was curious to know how she'd react. Didn't phase her much, so I pushed by adding I try to feed him once every day or two.
nada.
anyways. back to the topic at hand, I am disappointed that I never knew this existed:
oh.
I don't have a basement btw, but I was curious to know how she'd react. Didn't phase her much, so I pushed by adding I try to feed him once every day or two.
nada.
anyways. back to the topic at hand, I am disappointed that I never knew this existed:
Originally Posted by Yoda
What makes it a community is the back and forth. The people I'm thinking of were not that interested in people's responses, they just wanted to broadcast.
I literally had an experience a few months ago talking to my therapist where she asked if I ever got anything out of human interaction, and I said yes, on occasion. One of the few examples I could come up with was from here, when my perspective on The Zone of Interest shifted following responses to my thread.
A similar thing happened to me irl a few years back during the pandemic, when a conversation with someone totally changed my perspective on Breaking Bad’s ending.
I think some people are naturally inclined to ‘broadcast their thoughts’, which is kind of reductive, but it is a way of being/ingrained communication style. But that doesn’t mean they don’t get an enormous amount of value out of interaction, especially when it comes to talking about art, film and so on.
A similar thing happened to me irl a few years back during the pandemic, when a conversation with someone totally changed my perspective on Breaking Bad’s ending.
I think some people are naturally inclined to ‘broadcast their thoughts’, which is kind of reductive, but it is a way of being/ingrained communication style. But that doesn’t mean they don’t get an enormous amount of value out of interaction, especially when it comes to talking about art, film and so on.
Blogs are much more egotistic than one might think. Forums are all about sharing. I think there's a need for writing something only a very specific group of people (if any) will read. A blog is an electronic diary, after all.
Communities help you evolve. Blogs are basically closed-off information bubbles. You learn much slower when it's just you versus you and ten other people constantly at odds with your thoughts.