To think that people who "Blog"......

[CricketThicket]

are attention-seeking, narcissistic, smug and haven't got a competent grasp of the English language?

Granted this is based on a very small sample, but ffs, does the general public want to see so many photo's and read so much inanity about your everyday life.

Humdrum and boring.

Yes, I know I don't have to read them, and after my recent experiences I certainly won't be seeking out to do it again.

Now, I'm off to my own quite humdrum life, I won't bore you with the details.

I blog sop,metimes but about diability mainly, and politics of that, I can never think of anything to write much about us

But sometimes people get things straight in their erhads by typing adn wriitng so why not? if it works for you etc

And yep i am bored when I blog LOL

Photo

Main Entry: 1pho·to
Pronunciation: ˈfō-(ˌ)tō

Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural photos
Date: 1860
: photograph

My blog is a kind of recipe scrapbook crossed with a kitchen and garden diary. It works well for me on a practical level plus I enjoy writing it/taking photos etc. It's been a good way of meeting other wholesome dullards people with similar interests.

I have a small number of followers and I'm quite happy with that, what I'm not really good at is all the schmoozing that goes on, ie "you comment on mine, I comment on yours" and those faux awards that circulate. I just write the thing and people can read it or not.

How can I see MmeLindt's blog? I want to feel sick with jealousy.

Did I show you the photo of her dressed up in Ikea?

And I positively feel like puking when significant others are referred to as 'The Tall One' or 'He Who Must Be Obeyed' or 'The Clever One'.

Yuckety-yuck.

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Daphne should have her own blog tbh. She has star quality. She already has a stalker in SGM

mangoandlime have you got your threads in a twist? Should this be in 'phrases that make me MAAAD?'

Oh, lol, THIS is what AIBU's all about! Well done, OP

YABU of course. Bookshops are full of books I don't give a shit for, but I wouldn't say they shouldn't have been published. Same diff

Those that blog are weird.

Those that read them weirder.

Those that blog about blogs they have read are the weirdest.

It's one step up from the people on FB and the like, that post 256 photographs from one night out, 'this is me on the way to the toilet, this is me opening the toilet door, this is me handing my bag to my friend...'

ProfYaffle - I really like your Kitchen garden blog, i ocassionaly have a peek to see what your doing with things from the garden.

I sounds really bitter in that post but it was all said tongue in cheek

well ish

FellatioNelson No, it was meant for this thread, absolutely!

Oh I see - people on blogs use those terms!

I had a peek at yours too Titsalina, will be putting some recipe requests in!

I'd quite like to start one. I could do smug and navel gazing and self-absorbed, no problem. I just don't have the technical ability, hence no photos of anything on my profile. In fact nothing on my profile whatsoever.

Prof

I like blogs. I don't currently have one but I intend to when I find the time.

If someone has a burning interest in Jane Austen, or frogs, or wallpaper design, or marxism, and they are surrounded by people who don't, it is a great way of meeting like minded people.

Generally, blogs are not meant to be shared with the whole world.

The internet is like conversations in a pub. If you hear someone stood at the bar talking about that paws of a lion, and that isn't your interest, you are not obliged to listen or pay attention, simply because the conversation is happening in a public space.

As for the belief that they are thwarted journalists, I actually think that bloggers show how ignorant, poorly researched and poorly written a lot of the stuff that passes for journalism actually is.

I used to read a blog written by a guy who did hilarious scathing reviews of Americas Next Top Model every week It was called FourFour or something like that.

I know one woman in rl and she is the type who can always top your story, she interrupts you, doesn't really listen - she has a blog and I admit when she told me about her blog (which she links to her fb account) I did think, hmmmmm.

I love the temptalia blog, which is bascially make-up porn. Blogs about people who I don't know and don't do anything out of the ordinary are dull though.

Thanks Prof - i only started mine yesterday and im hooked already, it is hideously unprofesional though, i plan to remedy that!