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I'm Just Talking Here

I like running my big fat mouth via keyboard and internet. I like sharing what I know in hopes it improves things for someone and I'm very socially observant.

I've spent a lot of years trying to find ways to mitigate problems like:

1. People feeling like I'm dictating answers to them rather than just trying to add information to their decision-making process. 

2. In online forums, people squeeing at me like I'm a celebrity, thereby sucking the life out of the conversation and promoting drama.

3. People lining up in two groups as either strongly FOR my "position" or strongly AGAINST it! I would rather we all tell our story to create a database of experiences so the person asking the question has options. 

4. Trying to account for the internet having a highly diverse audience, so no matter what I say, some people are likely to misinterpret something. I work very hard at including provisos, warnings, links to background information and other safety things.

I like talking. I'm not trying to run your life. I mostly don't like giving advice.

I like adding information and letting people decide what's pertinent to their needs. And I hate a long list of social garbage that makes it both difficult and socially unpleasant to just be chatty and friendly and try to share information. 

So after years and years of miserable experiences trying to engage in discussion in various ways, the least worst answer I've found so far is blogging. 

I like writing. I don't like how socially isolated I've become and I hate how poor I am and how impossible it seems to be to solve that problem. 

If my words piss you off or something for some reason, dude, get a grip. Close the tab and look elsewhere for what you need. I don't control you and I don't have some kind of monopoly here.


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