Wednesday, June 08, 2005

I know exactly why I don’t blogsurf.

(I don’t know why I do, but as long as I know why I don’t… I guess it's ok!)

  • I wonder why people find it somewhat comforting when they come to know that there are people who go through the same things you do?
  • Why would you find it reassuring to know that you’re not the only one feeling the way you are?
  • Why would you want to know if there are people who share common experiences and common frustrations?
  • Why would you want to read someone go on and on about how miserable their lives are and how lonely the world is and a whole lot of crap?
  • Why would you want to grab a chance read stories written by complete strangers, who think blogs are a way to articulate what happens in their lives? Isn’t that close to invading their privacy?

But do blogs really bring us closer to each other? Is this is what ties the world up, together?

15 Comments:

Blogger @$#!$# said...

i dont know if blogs really bring the world closer...but yes, it feels nice to know if there are more people like you.

and its a good way to make friends..meet nice people, share thoughts...etc.

oh, and u r not poking into someone's private life...its just that they are telling it themselves...nothing wrong with it!

7:27 pm  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I think blogs will be a lot better if they were called Balls.. suits both gender U know...

9:06 pm  
Blogger Elixir said...

nope. doesnt comfort knowing sum1 else is going thru da same phase as u, damnitt!!!im supps 2 ba unique creature!!!!! i cant have people being just like me...*ranting n raving and screaming n screeching*

11:30 pm  
Blogger anantha said...

J: Thats one whole lot of whys! But I don't think I'd be able to explain why for any of those questions. I think blogs DO bring us closer. You come into contact with a lot of like minded people and some of these become permanent for life, I hope. See, on a blog, you are reading how someone feels about something. What better way to get to know someone than to read their thoughts? I don't think people would go to such pains to attract ppl by falsifying their thoughts! If they are that clever/crooked, then they might as well do the same without blogging! So blog might be one answer to your last question...

12:19 am  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hmmm..i think what u say about blogs is somewhat right..that you finid a bit comforating to know that someone is like you anad gone through what u going through...but then it tells u more about that person...he/she may be a complete stranger, but u sometimes find new approaches to a problem u have faced...it gives you an extra vision...an elaboration to your thoughts...you need to let go ur mind....u try to wrap it.it will try harder to unwrap....
Everything thing has a simple solution..SMILE...so smile and enjoy...tc

2:28 am  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Why Why Why ?

11:20 am  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

aNTi, what do you think J does? She just cooks up stories like these, for the sake of posting it on blogs. All fake stuff, I tell you. You’d be fooling yourself if you read her blogs.

11:27 am  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

whoa.. so many questions! everybody will try to answer them thinking they have figured it out.. but then each one of us is unique. each one has to find his own answers.. but then there are some ppl who dont know how to figure it out.. so they blogsurf.
not everyone can give words to their thots.. and even if they do, its never complete. so they blogsurf.
and then there are some ppl who pretend, who are smart enuf or as anti said.. crooked enuf.. but i dont think they have vicious intentions..its actually quite an art.. and its just this art that they wanna exercise..u can compare it to writing novels or poetry..sketching characters..

12:30 pm  
Blogger manuscrypts said...

yup, its a blogal village :)

7:40 pm  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

DO blogs bring the world closer??? I would have to say yes... case in point.. Tsunami blog.... however I must also admitt that there are few blog that successfully manage to do this...

But yes, they do bring (like minded) people closer.....a blog ring becomes more like a small community....and if there are some bloggers meets then they to contribute to the above mentioned point

Prateek
http://prematurearticulation.com

2:28 am  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

hmmm.. more than bringing ppl closer, blogging makes one closer to oneself..u start understanding urself better.
dont know how comforting or reassuring it is for ppl, but blogging for me is most personal thing.

1:29 pm  
Blogger arvindiyer said...

*smiles @ Manuscrypts* well said my friend...very well said!!!
Absofreakinlutely crazy world out there!!!

7:53 pm  
Blogger Rob said...

Hmmm and I was just thinking, blogs let you know that there are people more f*'d up than you out there... wow my life isn't so bad :P

3:08 am  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

How does it matter , you write because you like it, they write because they like it...The idiots who try too hard to write interesting blogs...i feel sorry for them they try to make their hallow lives more artifically beautiful...the readers the comments are Incidental

2:43 pm  
Blogger Jax said...

I dont know the answers yet. But if this guy is to be believed, its because we all want to get laid!!

6:52 pm  

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