Posted by trouble on March 2, 2002, at 21:28:58
In reply to Re: Freud was a Neurologist, posted by Elizabeth on March 2, 2002, at 20:24:37
Fine, let everyone get mad at me but I hope you know my eye's twitching. I just camxjfdyhrfjrew71!!98549783t5dddddxxnzidfj
can't stand it when people use other people's posts especially mine as a platform for their own particular take on the nature of reality, which I am interested in, I am I want to hear everyone's take on reality, that's what I'm here for.But when I see a response to a post, especially mine, that demonstrates that the writer didn't read the post, especially when it's one of mine, but just latched onto a punctuation mark or something that reminded them of their own views on a subject that also had the letter K in the second word of the first sentence, then call me crazy but yes, I have a problem w/ that.
When I open a message in response to a post of mine I expect an exchange. Not agreement, or praise or even coherence, just simple reciprocity. When that doesn't happen I feel ignored, unimportant, tangential. We don't need to use each other this way. The whole site is an open platform! Here it is! Oracles unite! If one writer's footnote reminds you of a whole bunch of stuff you want to share, great! And if you replied by saying your post got me thinking about my own experiences w/ bottomless pits, let me tell you how I fell in- then great, that is intimate, I feel connected to you. Feeling connected is important. What happens when we lose sight of the fact that there are people behind these screens? We could, we really could, and then we'd really be crazy.
I've kept my mouth shut about this b/c no one's ever done it to one of my own posts before, and also b/c I did this exact thing to Creature when I first joined the community. It's a decent example, if I say so myself of the kind of obnoxious self-obsession I'm describing here. It's in the archives, under My First Apology On PSB. She forgave me too, though I wasn't sufficiently grateful, as I hadn't experienced the disregard firsthand and didn't realize how crummy it can make you feel, trust me. And I'll trust you.
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