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I understand “news happens daily” and that there are “things you need to know.” But, does that include reports of crime, murder and other violence…on a holiday?
Well, to be fair, if you’re watching the local or international news on a holiday, something is probably wrong, anyway. I mean…why would you?
Who am I to judge? Some people like their news the same way some people like their coffee or soda…daily…maybe even more than one time each day. That’s not me, though. I would rather go without it, most of the time, because it just upsets or rattles me. Hearing about every crime or damaged property in town isn’t exactly helpful news. I’ve said it once and will say it, again; that sort of reporting is for private communication and police reports. If you need to get in on police action, I think there are radios for that. If you are involved in a crime or disaster, do you want it plastered all over every TV screen and network? I wouldn’t…most likely. Give me a case when it’s a good idea to be a disaster or victim on TV.
I know some people who will watch the news any day on TV and come away from that with a head and heart full of discontent and/or grief. Who needs that? And, who needs those viewers to pass on that unpleasant feeling? Not me. Don’t throw your anger and tears at me, after you wasted your time absorbing all the bad news. That’s just…foul.
Now, to consider the above on a holiday…you might as well cancel every party and not sell any supplies or food. My stomach is already turning for the next holiday. It could be weeks or months away. But, if I’m going to turn on the TV and see bad news or hear about it, second hand, screw you self-proclaiming news networks. You’re sick in more ways than one. You’re puppets in a warped system. You’re bleached smiles are more unwelcome than a snarling guard dog who doesn’t know when to be quiet. You sicken me. And, every time you feel the need to fill a commercial break with one of your “this is me, part of the local news team” ads with some corny song, I’m just going to like you a little less. So, you’d better hope I DON’T watch you as regularly as you advertise or hope.
On that note, if there is ANYONE who actually longs to meet their local news reporting team after being exposed to daily disaster and tragedy, those people are also very warped…or oblivious…or both. Yes; let’s kiss the hands and ask for autographs from people pressed to pour out daily tragedy and misfortune. Even certain meteorologists get on my nerves with how they deliver bad weather with a smile…as if they get a little sick pleasure out of telling you roads will be a hazard tomorrow.
I vote no news–other than weather reports, methods of transportation, possible public activities to join and discount offers–on holidays. The world will be just fine without you…I’m pretty sure.
Mic drop.
Picking the microphone back up, once more.
Oh. And, no horror movies/stories on holidays, either…except, maybe, Halloween. You want frights and gore? Go find a secluded space you can enjoy your sick interest. I don’t need to turn on the TV for enjoyment and find some twisted nightmare during my holidays. Flipping channels on a holiday, just to find crime stories, “shocking news reports” and horror movies…is enough to make any lonely or stuck-at-home person want to do something very unpleasant. And then you hit those people with anti-depressant and other drug ads (not to mention other unrelated ads which are equally distressing and/or unsettling). That is a crime so foul that I cannot adequately put it into words. I just want to go on a TV-smashing rampage…and then go trash some drug labs.
Can you fashion a drug that helps YOU deal with my rage when I unleash it upon your sick skulls? Good luck with that. [Actually, I’d probably just destroy your equipment and only leave you with a headache bad enough to make you regret your life choices.] I’m not ill. YOU are.
Mic drop.
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WordPress Usage Observations, 8-25-2013
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In the past month or more of reconnecting with this blog website, I have made some observations about the quality and quantity of people and/or activity. Here is my assessment.
90 percent of posts I viewed receive 0 comments but at least 1 to 5 LIKES.
[Now, that just sounds cold and impersonal. So many go around clipping posts like articles, photos or videos to use as they please. If your post is meant to be like a professional newspaper column and/or you don’t like/want comments, read my suggestion below. Likewise, if you don’t give a hoot about this trendy LIKE system and would prefer people respond on site, you can turn that off in editing the post mode, too.]
50 percent of comments I gave received fair to positive response.
[A fair amount of the good, social, polite and educated people of the world. These are the people that generally stun me with their manners and intimidated by their success/happiness in life. In a way, they are hope for the future.]
25 percent of comments I gave received negative and/or unrelated response.
[Granted, not all of my responses have been the nicest of words. And, I’ll gladly except responsibility for upsetting someone for a good reason. But, for the responses I get from names I don’t even know/see as IDs here who snarl and hiss like gargoyles or bridge TROLLS about going away under threat of fire and brimstone, where is this coming from?
Sometimes it’s a bipolar response. The first response is genuinely nice enough for me to respond a second time. But, the following response comes with a stick of TNT and a note which reads something like: “Today’s disapproval of your vile words is brought to you by the letters F and U.” How do people turn a 180 like that?
There’s nothing nicer than getting online to find mud and bird poop on your page. I say that with the finest of sarcasm. I’ll just go get my hose and scraping tool, now. Meanwhile, you who are so irked by public response and/or do not know how to politely respond, read my suggestion below about turning off comments.]
25 percent of comments I gave received no response.
[In general, these are people not interested in comments or comments from people outside their inner circle. Their blog was designated as a “family sharing page” so that all the people they know personally and professionally can gather in the center of their Whoville and sing carols to irk all the grinches in the outer reaches of the Whotherenet. They come without explanation. They come without visible designation. But, they come with firm reservation in the clique unknown to the outsider. It’s like talking to a TV set without realizing it’s just a TV.]
Here is one SUGGESTION for using the COMMENT feature to those who post here: If you’re not going to respond to comments given by the few daring readers (like myself) to say something and not simply tie a string to what wrote (hoping someone on another trendy website will give a damn about the person LIKEing what you posted while going through every other bit of daily updates and whatnot for all the many “friends” they’ve collected like trading cards, can’t you turn them off? I know some have found a way. Then you can be like a paper newspaper (columnist) and avoid any public response unless someone can email you or figure out where you live and throw something rotten at your door.
Lastly,
98 percent of the time I come to visit this place, I struggle logging into it, posting something new, getting to my comments and navigating in general. [Yet, if I want to log out, that takes no time, at all. That feature is always ready, willing and takes a fraction of the time.]
[Ever since I received my first negative comment from a total stranger with a strangely non-existent ID/source, I have had to go through a gauntlet just to log in. I feel like the uncool guy trying to get in the exclusive nightclub. And, when it comes to making a post, the darn SAVING POST button spends more time spinning its wheels than letting me do anything else. The tools don’t even appear sometimes until I refresh. ]
In summation, while the site appears to be of higher class than some–as with any reputation–appearances are deceiving.
This concludes this report on the status of WordPress from one writer’s perspective. We now return you to regular blogcasting already in progress.