Happy Friday! I was going through some of my old photos, and I found this image I’d snapped of a cardboard sign someone had tacked up near a construction site. It’s an iphone shot, so it’s not stellar in quality but the message more than makes up for it, don’t you think? I had an interesting conversation with a couple of friends the other day about how the internet’s anonymity seems to breed meanness. I wonder what kind of world it would be if the philosophy above was widespread on and offline? Now that’s where I want to live.
It looks like it’ll be one more week of posting just once, but then, THEN, I’m back to regularly scheduled programming! I’m beside myself with anticipation.
So I’m keeping it brief to give me maximum work time, and I’ll be back with so much to say soon-ish!!
Hello October
Fancy seeing you so soon
Need costumes pronto
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I’m more amazed at how many people choose *not* to be mean on the internet, where there is no external incentive to be nice. After all, what’s your ratio of kind comments and mails to unkind comments and mails?
Anonymity on the internet is disappearing, and personally I think that’s a shame.
I didn’t know that anonymity on the internet is disappearing! I guess there’s still that sense of indirectness — a safe distance, if you will, which is perhaps why so many people seem to feel free to express negativity. Do you know that site GOMI? That was what I was talking about with my friends, and just now, I realized that the word gomi means “trash” in Japanese. How appropriate!
I’ve been so lucky, Paul. In the three+ years I’ve been blogging, I’ve only gotten one negative email. Because of the disproportionate kindness I’ve experienced, I’m afraid I didn’t handle the sole direct criticism very well…but now I’m more prepared, I hope.
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