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silversolitaireI must admit I don't understand memes. At all. I don't mean to put anyone down who's already posted one and I'm sure they all were lovely and the coolest meme ever, but seriously, what's the point? Being the self-loathing twat that I am I wouldn't ever imagine to be on any meme, so even if I was it'd just bounce off me. Most of the time it depresses me, because I generally feel excluded of everything. That's just how I am. So, I wonder if others perhaps feel the same way. So, what's the point then? I don't get it.
I've been collected one of those "100 random facts about me" for months, literally. Almost a year, actually. I started writing it last January and kept adding to it. And I swear, every time I thought about posting it a suddenl wave of memes and 100-facts posts suddenly flooded LJ. And being the individualistic person that I am I always put away mine again. I'd like to be original. I don't like to be one of the crowd. Similarily, I've written a nice post about some people around me already last summer. I wrote a nice paragraph about what I think of them. But I never posted it, because I stopped caring about some, and for some I didn't write very nice things, but I couldn't write anything else. Should I ever post it, I'd post it with names. If I ever have to tell someone something negative, I'll tell it openly. That's why I'll probably never post it, since there's no point in humiliating someone publicly, but I don't hide in anonymity either. So there. Guess there's the answer.
*sighs* Sometimes I wish I was a better person. I shouldn't always feel so bitter about everything. About people, specifically. Note, this still isn't connected to the meme thing. It just kinda came back to my memory right now...
I've been collected one of those "100 random facts about me" for months, literally. Almost a year, actually. I started writing it last January and kept adding to it. And I swear, every time I thought about posting it a suddenl wave of memes and 100-facts posts suddenly flooded LJ. And being the individualistic person that I am I always put away mine again. I'd like to be original. I don't like to be one of the crowd. Similarily, I've written a nice post about some people around me already last summer. I wrote a nice paragraph about what I think of them. But I never posted it, because I stopped caring about some, and for some I didn't write very nice things, but I couldn't write anything else. Should I ever post it, I'd post it with names. If I ever have to tell someone something negative, I'll tell it openly. That's why I'll probably never post it, since there's no point in humiliating someone publicly, but I don't hide in anonymity either. So there. Guess there's the answer.
*sighs* Sometimes I wish I was a better person. I shouldn't always feel so bitter about everything. About people, specifically. Note, this still isn't connected to the meme thing. It just kinda came back to my memory right now...
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Date: 2002-12-13 06:26 am (UTC)If you don't want to humiliate people, then perhaps re-read and edit just a bit. Maybe add in a disclaimer stating that it's only your personal view?
And no, you shouldn't feel so bitter about anything. Feeling bitter about something or someone never does any good.
If I may?
Date: 2002-12-13 09:08 am (UTC)Well, I'd like to give you my reasons. :) You may not agree, that's ok, but I hope it might help you understand why other people do it.
I don't do memes very often. When I do, it's often out of whimsy, "this is cute." Or "this is a nice idea', like the recent one. There's no malice, it's just for entertainment purposes only. Some people genuinely have fun looking for themselves in the list.
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And about your other problem, I'm with Tom. You know you're being original. Post it whenever you like. Other people's opinions don't matter in this, are they not going to believe you? I for one, will believe you if you say you did it independently of all the memes. But as I said, my opinion doesn't matter because YOU will know you were being original. Did that make sense? Now, if you have issues with someone to the point that posting your opinion of them would make you feel as though you were "humiliating" them, I suggest reexamining why that person is on your list.
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About bitterness: I do not know your situation, so forming an opinion would be unfair, even to give advice. All I can say is that bitterness is very destructive.
Yes you may!
Date: 2002-12-13 09:51 am (UTC)"There's no malice, it's just for entertainment purposes only. Some people genuinely have fun looking for themselves in the list."
Yes I realize that! ^_^; I guess it'd be fun, yes, but for people with clinically low self-esteem it's a pain. I'm sure I'd love it if close friends of mine did that.
"Other people's opinions don't matter in this, are they not going to believe you?"
I guess... But I always care too much about other people's opinion's and I don't like being a lemming. *hangs head*
"I suggest reexamining why that person is on your list."
I know. You're right. But didn't you ever feel like someone should know something, but you're no longer able to say it nicely, but you wish you could? Just because you're so estranged by now?
"All I can say is that bitterness is very destructive."
Yes, it is, and I wish I could be a better person and get rid of it. Honestly. I wish I could.
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Date: 2002-12-13 11:25 am (UTC)I'd just like to point out one thing: It seems to me that participating in memes isn't going to turn an otherwise unique person into a mindless clone. No one's going to think "Oh, she's just like everyone else" because of it. Or at least, they shouldn't.
I know what you mean about not wanting to be one of the crowd. But isn't it self-defeating if you avoid doing something you want to do just to not be seen that way?