I just spent an hour messing about with thoughts and coming to no real conclusion. At that point I thought I’d give myself a deadline of 20 minutes. In that take I have to write something and do all the tags and stuff so I can post before midnight. point.
\it’s a useful target and cuts out all the woolly thinking. What happened was that I watched a TV programme about social media. It was a poor programme in many respects but did give me a few things to think about, including the mixed messages being sent by a presenter who drifted from one thing to another without any real thread to it. I cancelled Facebook years ago and felt better for it. I don’t use Twitter, except to announce new posts, though I’ve had a message coming up recently that indicates that might not be happening. I’m not really bothered and haven’t followed it up. WP, I regard as writing practice rather than social media, and that’s my lot.
The most interesting bits were the rage/jealously segments. It seems that one Tik-Tok user had his car and house burned by people who took exception to his posts. I really can’tb understand why he became so popular, but I definitely don’t understand why someone would set fire to his car. I think it’s all down to the modern desire for fairness and equality. It breeds envy. Instead of looking at a successful person and finding out how they made their success, people just moan that it’s unfair.
Life, as I was always told, is unfair. But it’s also what you make it, and if you want to make it a place of misery and envy then you are free to make that choice. It’s just that no matter how bad my life becomes, I’d rather use my time to enjoy it than moan that other people have been luckier than me, and don’t deserve their success. Strangely, the people who moan most also seem to be the ones with the least talent and work ethic. I wonder if there could be a link . . .
I’m now going to use the title of this post for a poem. Looks like I’m back in the game.
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I thought that the programme would have been more interesting if he had talked to some of the people who post these unpleasant comments and got a feel for why they do it.
Yes, I kept waiting for something more substantial but it never came. I was sorry to see him drift back onto Twitter, but I suppose it is all part of his earning potential.
You are quite right, Quercus, “Life, as I was always told, is unfair. But it’s also what you make it, and if you want to make it a place of misery and envy then you are free to make that choice. “
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I don’t watch much TV. Should I?
Probably not. Julia likes the noise, but itb doesn’t bother me to leave it off. Maybe we3 should try the radio. We once got by for over a year without TV and it enjoyed it.
Yeah..envy and greed. They used to be bad things. Now they’re just excuses to go viral
Yes, I have worried in the past that I brought my kids up to nice people, now I worry they are badly equipped for 21st Century life.
Completely agree
Yup, I’d second that and well done for getting back into the game 😊
Thank you. I’m now waiting for your book to come out. And its sequel – “What Sooty Did at the Launch Party.”
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Hear, hear!