Thursday, January 29, 2015

Opinions are like....and everybody's got one.

Random rant...

Lately, I have been SO put off about the amount of commentary on well...everything. Every news story has a trail of hundreds of comments of people being flat out RUDE. Even the ones I agree with...It's just overload. 

When did it become okay for people to use social media as a way to voice opinions in a way that's blatantly rude and tacky? And ATTACK other people in comment threads for having a different opinion? 

It has always worn on me but lately, it's just.so.ridiculous. 

I mean...what on earth gives people the right to use social media as a sword to insult other people while also shielding themselves behind a laptop? 

And then I see some of the comments and genuinely worry about our society that we have seemingly so much negativity everywhere. 

Granted maybe the normal people are just refusing to jump in the deep end with all the overly-opinionated crazies so maybe that's why everything seems so weighted. 

For example... You guys have likely all seen the GoD@ddy stuff with the puppy and the subsequent ad pulling? Right. I shared all that on my facebook page, asking friends to help get the ad removed by signing the petition.. b/c well..the add was really distasteful. Anyway...they took it down. So... I went over to their Facebook page and wrote a comment thanking them for removing the ad, listening to the public, and trying to remedy their mistake. 

Dudes. 

A few people lost their sh*t...on ME. 

Like "THIS WAS NOT A MISTAKE. THEY HAVEN'T FIXED ANYTHING." 

I retorted a few times (b/c I'd had some wine and that sounded like a good idea) about how we are all on the same side and those people needed to lock it up before going after someone on the same.freaking.side. 

But they didn't. No, nothing was hurtful or even really derogatory. And I just didn't care enough to engage with them. So I mean whatever. My panties aren't that ruffled about the comments themselves. It just irritated me so much about the principle behind it. I ended up deleting my comment entirely, despite it having more than 100 likes with people agreeing...b/c the crazies were just annoying me with the incessant posting and the subsequent notifications I was getting on my phone as I was heading to bed. Ain't nobody got time for that. 

And today, I was online reading some random article about nothing important, got to the comments section and saw it again... CRAZIES trying to form a hostile takeover...haha...

Anyway, this is random, but I just don't understand and it's so weird. People are so touchy these days...and also feel like they're experts on everything...and that everyone needs to know exactly what they think on each and every matter. 

It just breaks my brain and makes me ready for happy hour. And also makes me think the issue is most prevalent on Facebook and maybe I should dial it way back on the good old Crazybook. I guess there's just SO few things that push my crazy buttons. Life is too short to get that worked up about everything. And if you're going to get worked up, channel it in a positive way that will make an impact...not just as a negative crazy sitting behind a computer. 

(And no, the irony is not lost on me that that this entire blog post...and hell...this entire blog...is my opinions on everything...haha.. Whatever.)




2 comments:

Toni :O) said...

Oh my gosh I've noticed that too!! What the heck?! By the way, I'm also hugely against puppy mills and work with a local rescue myself in various ways. Rescuing our Mini-Schnauzer from them helped form friendships with incredible people. It's great cheering for the same thing alongside others. Keep doing what your doing as those doggies need us! 😊

Parke said...

You should listen to This American Life's podcast from this week. It is all about comments and trolls., it truly is crazy what people will say online. Everyone needs to lay off the haterade.