phosfate
2003-07-01 10:02 pm UTC (link)

Wouldn't you agree that it's a waste of web space? It's like a fan site where a celebrity is featured and their doings are posted, but only real celebrities would never use live journal, so it's only normal people posting their posts that wrot without ever being read by anyone. Doesn't that make it a waste?

So...it wouldn't be a waste if famous people did it?

::squints::

Nah, that can't be it.

Hm. So what sort of LJ-related burn is he recovering from, do you think?

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	feenix 2003-07-02 04:35 am UTC (link)
	No it wouldn't. Because then, it's history. Eh, I just enjoy him because of the hypocrisy. (Reply to this)(Parent)

nevadafighter
2003-07-01 10:09 pm UTC (link)

If you want to express yourself, why not write a poem, paint a picture, sing a song, or arrange a rock garden? Aren't those much more worthwhile ways of expressing yourself? Like they say: talk is cheap, so keeping that in mind, I don't think that just blabbing about what you think is very worthwhile.

Wow! I didn't know the Final Authority on Worthwhile Activities was on that board! I'm all a flutter now!

(Seriously, that guy needs a fucking clue . . . )

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	nekoneko 2003-07-01 11:09 pm UTC (link)
	I didn't know 'arranging a rock garden' qualified as being a worthwhile activity. They're, well... rocks. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	aruru 2003-07-01 11:16 pm UTC (link)
	I think it only counts if you're a Buddhist? :D (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	phosfate 2003-07-01 11:23 pm UTC (link)
	Or a geologist. (Reply to this)(Parent)

nita
2003-07-01 10:13 pm UTC (link)

Is this his deeply demented way of asking for an lj-code?

Why would anyone put their innermost thoughts on paper?

When they can broadcast it on line? I don't know, ask Mr Pepys.

Eventually someone will read it, and then there will be hell to pay.

'Cause, they might, ya know, say something mean or something.

I swear, some people are actually so unstable that they crave the attention they get from such confrontations.

Gee, not unlike....you!

As they say, he protesteth too much. I wonder what kind of bug crawled up his butt.

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	phosfate 2003-07-01 10:49 pm UTC (link)
	Is this his deeply demented way of asking for an lj-code? Why I Love Bonita, Chapter 387. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	darthhellokitty 2003-07-02 06:05 am UTC (link)
	Well, blasting LJ is recognized as the first stage in getting an LJ. (Reply to this)(Parent)

virago
2003-07-01 10:14 pm UTC (link)

There's a party going on that I don't understand, but I'm not bothered. It must suck anyway. I don't want to be included. Nope. Not curious at all. It's stupid, really. Anything I'm doing must be better. [continue ad nauseam]

And he gets a newspaper whack from me for the Angst Boi sig/avatar/name combo as well. That kind of crap goes over when you're 14, but he speaks as if he's nearing or in college. *whack!*

I've seen a lot of this before; is it really so hard to grasp the fact that people do things because they enjoy it, even though you don't understand why?

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iris
2003-07-01 10:21 pm UTC (link)

Curse you, Phoenix. Now you've got me thinking I want to go hang with you guys over there, even though I'm not a Magus fan and thus don't have much reason to join a forum for his fans. *bangs head into wall*

That's funny, though. Even if he's right and we are all wasting our time on blogging...well...so what? Waste my time blogging, or waste my time playing Minesweeper? Hmm...

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	feenix 2003-07-02 04:51 am UTC (link)
	C'mon. I'm not a Magus fanboy, and I still raise ruckus there. (Reply to this)(Parent)

aruru
2003-07-01 10:22 pm UTC (link)

Dear people saying LJs are totally pointless,

We're so terribly sorry that none of us can be as deeply profound and interesting as Anne Frank was in her diary. Because you know, she always wrote about her pain of being trapped every single day and how d33p and significant it was, and never about the pointless and silly mundane things that happened during her living in hiding, or the nice little fleeting somethings that kept her spirits up and her dreams. And she never vented over stupid stuff the other people living with her did that others would've just forgotten about. And she never thought of being an "exhibitionist" by becoming a journalist and publishing those experiences in the future, had she made it out alive.

We apologize for not catering to your standards. Really.

Sincerely,
Pointless No-Life LJ Users

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	sagralisse 2003-07-01 10:38 pm UTC (link)
	Damn! There's no law against comparing oneself to Anne Frank, is there? :D (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	phosfate 2003-07-01 10:48 pm UTC (link)
	Only if it's something like, "You're just like those bitchy girls who made fun of Anne Frank in high school!" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nita 2003-07-01 11:43 pm UTC (link)
	"Now she's dead and famous. Aren't you sorry now." ::sniff:: (Reply to this)(Parent)

	aruru 2003-07-01 10:48 pm UTC (link)
	If there isn't one, then I might've just made enough cause for the creation of one. ;) Of course, someone far more clever than I can probably somehow come up with some way of correlating the whole Anne Frank = Jew in WWII = WWII had Nazis = Nazis Invoke Godwin's Law without making it look like they're grasping for one too many straws. :D (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	feenix 2003-07-02 04:44 am UTC (link)
	Actually, the correlation's even closer than that. Anne Frank=WWII Jew who was persecuted by Nazis::person against persecuting us=Nazi!!!! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	aruru 2003-07-02 05:33 am UTC (link)
	So does this mean I've come up with a new collorary(sp?) to Godwin's Law? YAY! :D (Reply to this)(Parent)

	iczer6 2003-07-02 07:39 pm UTC (link)
	Also it's not like face to face converstations with REAL[tm] people can't be pointless, or silly, or annoying. I mean I know that every single converstation I'VE had with REAL people was always very Deep and Meaningful where we discussed the True Meaning of Life. It's like we screwed around, made bad jokes and complained about the things that bugged us. Really! Icz (Reply to this)(Parent)

soy_latte
2003-07-01 11:30 pm UTC (link)

"but only real celebrities would never use live journal"

There may or may not be celebrities on livejournal, but lots of celebrities certainly do have weblogs.

I dunno, people have been posting their diary/journal-like webpages on the net for years now... livejournal is just one of the many blogging tools that make it easier.

I think he's wasting his time arguing over this. Why isn't he out creating art instead of yakking on some bboard?

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	jfpbookworm 2003-07-01 11:39 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, bboards are different: I'm not blabbering on. Posting something on a virtual billboard where someone might or might not read it is blabbing on(that's what I meant, anyhow). We are having a conversation. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nita 2003-07-01 11:42 pm UTC (link)
	And this is different from LJ how? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	alyse 2003-07-01 11:48 pm UTC (link)
	Because it's him doing it, silly. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nita 2003-07-02 12:12 am UTC (link)
	Oh. Well. I stand corrected. After all he is the arbitrator of all that is worthwhile. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	alyse 2003-07-02 12:44 am UTC (link)
	Exactly! We should all bow before his superior ~~wank~~ intellect. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nita 2003-07-02 10:36 pm UTC (link)
	Ok. And I'll go back to my rock garden. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	soy_latte 2003-07-01 11:49 pm UTC (link)
	Well that puts me in my place! Here I thought he was talking out of his ass. :-D (Reply to this)(Parent)

electricchick
2003-07-02 12:03 am UTC (link)

Yes. Posting something on a virtual billboard where someone might or might not read it is blabbing on.

Let's see... is he posting on a virtual billboard? Yes.

Are people reading or not reading it? Yes.

Therefore, he is blabbing. ^_^

But wait... he's ~~standing on a soap box shouting at people~~ having a conversation. Therefore, he is not blabbing. Because, you see, even if a real life conversation consists of nothing but people making random comments on why some people write the letter 'a' differently from others, it is more valuble than a conversation with someone you can't see.

He's beating a dead horse here. And the horse is not pleased.

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kerikeri
2003-07-02 04:13 am UTC (link)

Because, you see, even if a real life conversation consists of nothing but people making random comments on why some people write the letter 'a' differently from others, it is more valuble than a conversation with someone you can't see.

Of course. He's got such a fantastic RL social life that he wouldn't want to associate himself with those total nerds who develop online friendships and relationships and use LJ as a form of communication with them.

And yet he still has time to participate in a 9-page message board thread and tell these same people what is and isn't worthwhile for them to be doing with their own lives and webspace. Funny how that works.

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	soleta 2003-07-02 12:17 am UTC (link)
	Yes. Neil Gaiman, John Howe, Billy Boyd, and Wil Wheaton are all contributing to the decline of western civilization. (well, I'm not terribly sure about that last...) (Reply to this)(Thread)

	aruru 2003-07-02 02:23 am UTC (link)
	Don't forget all those wrestling stars that have journals! ... ...... .........then again, some people might try to argue that wrestling itself is contributing to the decline of Western civilization... ^^;; (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

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ruaki
2003-07-02 07:01 am UTC (link)
Hey, indy wrestling isn't that bad either. =3 ... but anything Vince McMahon touches is definitely with the reverse-Midas-touch.

.. and hey, if Western civilization falls, does that mean we're all turning Japanese? ::sing it with me now!::
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snacky
2003-07-02 01:40 am UTC (link)
so it's only normal people posting their posts that wrot without ever being read by anyone.

Huh?
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virago
2003-07-02 01:50 am UTC (link)
"Things are only worthwhile if they're written by famous people and if a whole bunch of people read them."

I haven't figured out how that squares with "how could you put your innermost thoughts out for people to see."
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quinctia
2003-07-02 07:52 am UTC (link)
You mean... *gasp* fun stuff happens at OBW?

And I hope you don't end up spiking the bandwidth so much Teri kills you and runs around with your ~~balls~~ head on a stick. ^^;
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feenix
2003-07-02 08:13 am UTC (link)
Shit. I KNEW there was a reason I didn't want to wank it.

Never mind that, my balls are already on a stick when she finds out where the spike came from (at one point there were 18 guests, all looking at that topic). Led to some interesting theories.
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quinctia
2003-07-02 09:08 am UTC (link)
Hey if a couple of us that knew about it but never come around show up, she might only impale ONE of them. ^^
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