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clevermanka) wrote2011-01-08 07:26 am
clevermanka) wrote2011-01-08 07:26 am
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My own private awesome
I just saw this on HuntGatherLove. I wants it.
A post on someone's clean eating blog reminded me of why I don't read comments except on LJ, and only then on journals of people where I've not had bad experiences with comments. Unfortunately, this one blog entry was all about the comments they'd received from a Facebook post they'd made, while on vacation in Mexico. They mentioned they ate something with corn tortillas and a whole bunch of people were like "WTF you guyz are hypocrites and u hav betrayed meeeee!" It reminded me why my presence on the internet is restricted to basically LJ and why I don't read comments on external blogs. Also why I'm not on Facebook. God, people. Grow the fuck up and get over yourselves. Get over your "heroes," while you're at it. We're all just people. Nobody's perfect, and perfection is a goal to which nobody should aspire, anyway.
The best you can be, ever? Ever, ever, ever? Is never going to be perfect. And that goes for every single other person on the planet. Another blogger I read recently put up a post about being the best version of herself this year. I like the idea. It's very similar to the whole "Before I do anything, I ask myself, 'Is it awesome?'" standard.
Your own personal best. Your own awesome. Own them and live them.
My own awesome now involves staying away from those anger-provoking posts/threads from now on. And if I do read them (when one sneaks in like the above mentioned), I shall walk away from the "comment" button.
A post on someone's clean eating blog reminded me of why I don't read comments except on LJ, and only then on journals of people where I've not had bad experiences with comments. Unfortunately, this one blog entry was all about the comments they'd received from a Facebook post they'd made, while on vacation in Mexico. They mentioned they ate something with corn tortillas and a whole bunch of people were like "WTF you guyz are hypocrites and u hav betrayed meeeee!" It reminded me why my presence on the internet is restricted to basically LJ and why I don't read comments on external blogs. Also why I'm not on Facebook. God, people. Grow the fuck up and get over yourselves. Get over your "heroes," while you're at it. We're all just people. Nobody's perfect, and perfection is a goal to which nobody should aspire, anyway.
The best you can be, ever? Ever, ever, ever? Is never going to be perfect. And that goes for every single other person on the planet. Another blogger I read recently put up a post about being the best version of herself this year. I like the idea. It's very similar to the whole "Before I do anything, I ask myself, 'Is it awesome?'" standard.
Your own personal best. Your own awesome. Own them and live them.
My own awesome now involves staying away from those anger-provoking posts/threads from now on. And if I do read them (when one sneaks in like the above mentioned), I shall walk away from the "comment" button.
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People are jerks online. Reading the comments to the local paper makes me die. And I know people in this town are not predominantly *that* bad.
Also, I meant to ask you about the LPT beans. How did they compare to Z's? (I still don't do coffee, but I'm always on the lookout for the best beans for my Chris.)
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I'm seriously considering ponying up for the multi-pack of that tea. If I find enough local interest, shall I count you as interested in a four-ounce tin?
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Me too on the tea!
I ate corn tortillas on vacation too. Cos, you know,
it's a vacation.
And probably since they were so freshly made, I had no intestinal troubles from them. It kind of reinforces my theory that a great deal of our "food allergies" are really reactions to the way that stuff is grown here and all the pesticides/herbicides used.
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edit: I'm pretty happy with the comments in my personal journal and most of the other lj stuff I follow now. (With the exception of what I posted on today.) I mostly block and avoid trouble.
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