Apr. 10, 2010 at 12:19am with 157 notes
Reblogged from meaghano
meaghano: People being mean on the Internet is SO WEIRD. I know you aren’t supposed to pay attention or whatever, but I pretty much cry every time. I mean, you are mean to me IN PUBLIC, with a damn @ in front of my name, just to make sure I can see it, for no reason other than, what? I honestly can’t fathom doing that. I can’t. (Thank God?) Plenty of people annoy me on the Internet. There is no dearth of annoying when you WORK on the INTERNET. But being needlessly shitty about someone (TO someone!) when they have done or said nothing wrong to you or about you? WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT? The hardest part for me is when you go to someone like this’ blog and it’s seemingly normal and nice. When they are also an aspiring writer and a blogger and a woman and, what I can’t seem to figure out is- what in me do you think needs tearing down? Because, believe me, I do not need any help in the department of Tearing Me Down; I can handle that all by myself, BELIEVE ME. And I’m sort of trying to remember if I recently made an announcement to the Internet that my life was perfect and I knew everything and maybe you should pray to Jesus that the babies in your Facebook profiles grow up to be just like either me or Barbie or all of the above? Listen, lady, whatever. We don’t know each other, I don’t even know what it is going on with you except that you are a human being and pretty much all of us have something going on— (cut to me in bed, blogging at midnight on a Friday) and whatever I mean to you, whatever it is about me that bugs you? Maybe you’re sick of seeing my name on the Internet? Look, so am I. You should try blocking me. I did the same thing to you about an hour ago and I feel better already. But, this part? Being clever on the Internet at someone else’s expense? That part is easy. That is sort of as easy as it gets. I think that’s pretty much a sandbox-level behavior model. Forget being a writer, if you even just want to be a human being with character, someone other people go out of their way to help (because that’s KIND OF how things go around here), you might want to take a few steps back.  Because it takes a whole lot more than being clever, and this just isn’t even all that clever. Also my mom is going to be VERY mad about this! i was so outraged that i took to my own bare-as-bones twitter to proclaim my undying love for meaghano and proceeded to misspell two words. i probably just made her feel worse. 

meaghano:

People being mean on the Internet is SO WEIRD. I know you aren’t supposed to pay attention or whatever, but I pretty much cry every time.

I mean, you are mean to me IN PUBLIC, with a damn @ in front of my name, just to make sure I can see it, for no reason other than, what? I honestly can’t fathom doing that. I can’t. (Thank God?) Plenty of people annoy me on the Internet. There is no dearth of annoying when you WORK on the INTERNET. But being needlessly shitty about someone (TO someone!) when they have done or said nothing wrong to you or about you? WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?

The hardest part for me is when you go to someone like this’ blog and it’s seemingly normal and nice. When they are also an aspiring writer and a blogger and a woman and, what I can’t seem to figure out is- what in me do you think needs tearing down? Because, believe me, I do not need any help in the department of Tearing Me Down; I can handle that all by myself, BELIEVE ME. And I’m sort of trying to remember if I recently made an announcement to the Internet that my life was perfect and I knew everything and maybe you should pray to Jesus that the babies in your Facebook profiles grow up to be just like either me or Barbie or all of the above?

Listen, lady, whatever. We don’t know each other, I don’t even know what it is going on with you except that you are a human being and pretty much all of us have something going on— (cut to me in bed, blogging at midnight on a Friday) and whatever I mean to you, whatever it is about me that bugs you? Maybe you’re sick of seeing my name on the Internet? Look, so am I. You should try blocking me. I did the same thing to you about an hour ago and I feel better already.

But, this part? Being clever on the Internet at someone else’s expense? That part is easy. That is sort of as easy as it gets. I think that’s pretty much a sandbox-level behavior model. Forget being a writer, if you even just want to be a human being with character, someone other people go out of their way to help (because that’s KIND OF how things go around here), you might want to take a few steps back. 

Because it takes a whole lot more than being clever, and this just isn’t even all that clever.

Also my mom is going to be VERY mad about this!

i was so outraged that i took to my own bare-as-bones twitter to proclaim my undying love for meaghano and proceeded to misspell two words. i probably just made her feel worse. 

  1. ipromisetowrite reblogged this from meaghano
  2. kateoplis said: I am fuming+nodding+puffing until I get to: (cut to me in bed, blogging at midnight on a Friday), and there you go again making me laugh out loud and nodd even louder. Nods do make a sound.
  3. ellens said: Fuck that. Meaghano, you can mentor my future daughter anytime. Moms with brains, please. She needs to wipe the rainbow colored man gooze out of her eyes. You’re awesome, please don’t ever doubt yourself because of some yahoo. Palin, is that you?
  4. foxandbunny said: Aww, hang in there Meaghan. You’re amazing. She was being small and petty and jealous. Unfortunately, I’ve been in both of your shoes. It’s no fun. Fantastic response though. Kudos on funneling the negative energy and hurt into something productive.