This blog is not for the light-hearted or easily offended. If either one of those descriptions applies to you, i would suggest you start drinking before you read this blog. A sense of humor is suggested. If you don't have one that sucks for you … find one and get a life!
The other day I posted about jury duty, or rather MY day at jury duty. As per usual, it was me bitching and moaning NOT about doing my civic duty but about how disorganized and inefficient it was. Here’s the post!
I was bitching that I had to be there at 8:15 in the morning but they wouldn’t even know until at least 10 or 11 (turned out to be 3:30) whether they would even NEED any jurors. I received the following comment from some person who used a fake name and email address (I mean, I assume it was fake as it was jesus@jesus.com)
Here’s what he had to say:
“(Ok, that’s ridiculous. Why the hell do I need to be here if I’m not needed until 10 or 11 since its only 8:30 in the morning? This is bullshit! I totally could have gotten my spin class in)”
oh cry me a fucking river. you don’t work anyway, this blog is bullshit, and you just need to be at the club to get your dainty spin class in every day.
I got the comment and I couldn’t stop laughing and indeed posted it on Twitter as the BEST COMMENT EVER!!!
Here’s what I think. I agree with Jesus. I think my blog is mostly bullshit but I, of course, have NEVER claimed to be anything else. Not only do I NOT claim to be deep or pensive or an authority on anything, I actually go out of my way to say that a “sense of humor is required” to read this blog. But I don’t even care about that.
No, what really amused me is that nowhere in this post do I say that I don’t work. Therefore, this guy JESUS must have read some other posts to know that. So I suppose what I find amusing is that I get these people who tell me that I’m bullshit or in another case, that I’m a PSYCHOPATH and then they proceed to back up their claims with things I have said in my blog.
If they don’t like the blog, why do they delve further? How could they possibly know any of the shit they use as proof if they’re not reading it? And why would they read it if they hate it?
It totally cracks me up. Why do people read stuff they hate just so they can tell the people that they hate them? If I hate someone or even dislike someone, I simply avoid him or her. I don’t sit around and read their crap so I can refute it. I mean, what’s the point? Don’t these people have a life?
My favorite was the psychopath comment though. I wrote a post called “In which Google fucks us over” and it was bitching about Google Friend Connect.
Now, my blog feed does get posted in a number of spots and I suppose one of them is Greensboro101, which is a consolidated listing of blogs in my local area. I had completely forgotten that the feed went there but it did. I received the following comment on my blog from a local person that said:
I don’t mind that you’re a psychopath, but when you put profanity in the title it shows up on Greensboro101 and kids see it. Use your brain for something other than a hat rack.
A hat rack? Well, first of all I didn’t really think about the whole thing and I kind of get the guys point but I don’t know how many kids are looking through the listing anyways so I responded that:
I’m pretty sure that I’m not a psychopath
To which he responded:
Your regular conduct suggests otherwise.
At that point I said to Kevin, “hmmm…perhaps I should Google psychopath and find out what the true definition of the word is!” and so I did.
Here it is:
Psychopathy (/saɪˈkɒpəθi/[1][2]) is a personality disorder characterized primarily by a lack of empathy and remorse, shallow emotions, egocentricity, and deception. Psychopaths are highly prone to antisocial behavior and abusive treatment of others, and are disproportionately responsible for violent crime when in a violent emotional state or situation. Though lacking empathy and emotional depth, they often manage to pass themselves off as average individuals by feigning emotions and lying about their past.
Hmmm…well, I can’t deny that I come across as shallow and lacking empathy at TIMES on the blog but I honestly don’t think this person is in any position to judge me. But not only that, unless this guy actually READ a great deal of my posts, he wouldn’t even know that about me.
It’s apparent that the people who keep making these remarks have actually read enough of my posts to have the ammunition to back up their statements.
Is it strange that I find all of this so hilarious? I always allow these comments to get posted. Man, the comments I got on the circumcision post were unbelievable (you can read the post and the comments here) and I allowed most of them to go through.
Only in a few cases do I not allow the comments up. First, if they’re incredibly nasty or if they’re just so demented that I don’t think others should have to read it.
People out there! Reading blogs is a choice … A CHOICE. If you don’t like me then whatever, don’t read my shit.
YEAH JESUS, I’m talking to you!
and clearly only a psychopath would refer to himself as Jesus …
you sure do find them …
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I don’t think it was the real one, ya know???? Hahahaha
God, I love you. And you’re work. All of it. I’m gonna pray for Jesus today.
sorry, that’s “your.”
Hahaha…,thanks. I already lost one subscriber. Guess this is offensive
Well who cares about the 1 reader you lost. You just gained another one right here! This post is hilarious! Thanks for the early morning laugh!
thanks for reading and commenting
Well, Lynn, they SAY this December is the END OF THE WORLD, so maybe the REAL Jesus found YOUR blog because he’s worried about YOU, and wants you to stop being such a psychopath so HE can save YOU!
Then again, maybe there are just a whole lot of crazies out there and they just happen to find your blog. Who cares. It makes for great reading!
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I actually enjoy when people troll my site. What are they trying to accomplish?
“What are they trying to accomplish”
What all trolls try to accomplish…piss you off or hurt your feelings.
They don’t realize that you DO enjoy their antics! Plus it gives you writing material! ;-)
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I know…i can’t imagine being upset by them…just one time did someone say something that actually bugged me!
Ah, see, now I just read an excellent book on psychopaths – The Psychopath Test by Jon Ronson – and you are not a psychopath, because you do not meet the criteria under the Hare Psychopath Checklist [it’s handy AND informative!].
Your insane commenters are not psychopaths, either. Just monstrous assholes. Even Jesus.
Keep writing.
There is actually a book called “the psychopath next door” talking about how they’re everywhere
I feel your pain, or maybe I just hit my funny-bone the wrong way. In my experience, the most persistent trolls do a lot of homework just to make references that make the author confused or question other things than the initial troll comment. Their ways are so vast, it may take me longer than a year to delve deep enough into the mind of the troll just to understand why they do it.
Great post, I’ll follow along.
i can’t imagine why they do it…seems kind of silly to me.
thanks for following
You swore at Jesus ~~~Guuurrl, you’re gonna burn in Hell.
really? i don’t think so…
Tim Tebow reads blogs?
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hahahaha…BEST COMMENT EVER!!!!
Hahaha, that Tim Tebow comment is awesome. I shamefully admit that I read someone’s blog sometimes because it gives me reasons to be irritated with them. Like validation that they’re still annoying. I know. It’s dumb. But I don’t leave anonymous comments telling them that they suck. Maybe I should. What would Jesus do?
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Jesus would leave a comment I think!!!!
so funny…
Hey Cathy!!!!
I found your blog via The Bloggess, and I popped over here, and this was the first post I read, and I have to tell you…You’re a hoot!
I am afraid that I am going to have to read more of your blogs! I am learning the hard way that people do some really strange shit on the interwebs, and your buddy Jesus seems to be right on in there like a hair in a biscuit. It’s like they live to hate. Whatevs. ;)
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Welcome aboard Jules…I hope you enjoy reading. If not, feel free to comment! Hahaha
Thanks, Lynn! I am LOVING it! :)
Good to read a fellow North Carolinian. With a sense of humor, even. ;)
WHere do you live?? I’m in Greensboro
What I find MOST funny about this? They bitch that you don’t work, right? Okay…so what? PLUS! They are taking time out of their own oh so busy lives to post the comment.
So either they, themselves, don’t work, or if the comment was made during working hours, there is the potential that they used their company’s time (when they should probably be doing their own job), resources (company computer and internet connection) and money (they got paid for screwing off), to post the comment.
Amazing.
I didn’t even think about that!!!!
*shrug* just shows how stupid some peeps can be. Just sayin’.
yeah not a shocker
Jesus H Tapdancing Christ.
Some people are idiots.
It helps to envision the trolls as *actual* trolls. Like, the little ones with the jewel in the belly button and flaming green hair.
I used to play with those!!!! Hahahaha
Plenty of haters, like this bearded man in sandals :D. Probably he goes in his bathroom, swells up his muscle, roars a “who’s your daddy?”, and gets back to his hating business.
I bet they were never picked in any team (or they were the left overs) and never sought at hide and seek, the others just played without them.
Fuckers
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yeah…i just make fun of them
This post kicks ass! Jesus can suck it! I love the funny stories – Jesus obviously has toooooo much time on his hands. Thanks for making me laugh on a daily basis.
Thanks for reading
Jesus has clearly disengaged from his namesake. I think he needs a time out.