Comments
Act 4 Scene 1 - Comments
(towels and empty beer bottles lie apathetically around the back patio, The Smoker is seated in a wireframe chair.)
TS: I visit a lot of blogs, y'know.
C: Oh?
TS: Yeah. And I usually ending up commenting on all the interesting ones.
C: Uh, okay. And...?
TS: Well, I usually just speak my mind, for better or worse. When people get pissed off about something negative I said, they come to my blog and post some angry comment, in return. After chuckling over their silliness, and their absurd belief in the quality of their own blog, I usually delete these comments.
C: Didn't you ever hear the phrase, "If you don't have something nice to say..."?
TS: Oh definitely. But I think that's bullshit. People make mistakes, and say stupid things. If all you have is a bunch of sycophants praising your every post, you'll end up with what I call The Binks Syndrome.
C: The Binks Syndrome?!? WTF is that?
TS: It's what happened to Lucas between Return of the Jedi, and Episode I. All he had was a bunch of fools around him telling him his every idea was the most fabulous, brilliant idea ever, and without any criticism, he ended up creating the Most Hated Character of All-Time, Jar-Jar Binks. And both the movies, compared to what Lucas is capable of, were total trash.
C: So you're giving these people constructive criticism, to help them improve their blogs?
TS: Hell, no! I don't believe there is such a thing as "constructive" criticism. There is only true and false criticism. It's up to the recipient of the criticism to decide whether or not they're gonna use that to build off of.
C: Uh. Okay.
TS: Yeah, so I've decided to just leave all the angry return-comments on my blog. So that way my readers, if they want, can go to the person's blog who I criticized, and see for themselves in what way it sucks. That and I think it's slightly dishonest to remove the comments, cuz then all my visitors get some skewed concept of how my blog is being received by everybody.
C: (wryly)Oh, yeah. Because you're a paragon of honesty.
TS: ...Fuck off, Cigarette.
(rubbing Cigarette out on the ground, The Smoker rolls his eyes, and heads back inside)
(towels and empty beer bottles lie apathetically around the back patio, The Smoker is seated in a wireframe chair.)
TS: I visit a lot of blogs, y'know.
C: Oh?
TS: Yeah. And I usually ending up commenting on all the interesting ones.
C: Uh, okay. And...?
TS: Well, I usually just speak my mind, for better or worse. When people get pissed off about something negative I said, they come to my blog and post some angry comment, in return. After chuckling over their silliness, and their absurd belief in the quality of their own blog, I usually delete these comments.
C: Didn't you ever hear the phrase, "If you don't have something nice to say..."?
TS: Oh definitely. But I think that's bullshit. People make mistakes, and say stupid things. If all you have is a bunch of sycophants praising your every post, you'll end up with what I call The Binks Syndrome.
C: The Binks Syndrome?!? WTF is that?
TS: It's what happened to Lucas between Return of the Jedi, and Episode I. All he had was a bunch of fools around him telling him his every idea was the most fabulous, brilliant idea ever, and without any criticism, he ended up creating the Most Hated Character of All-Time, Jar-Jar Binks. And both the movies, compared to what Lucas is capable of, were total trash.
C: So you're giving these people constructive criticism, to help them improve their blogs?
TS: Hell, no! I don't believe there is such a thing as "constructive" criticism. There is only true and false criticism. It's up to the recipient of the criticism to decide whether or not they're gonna use that to build off of.
C: Uh. Okay.
TS: Yeah, so I've decided to just leave all the angry return-comments on my blog. So that way my readers, if they want, can go to the person's blog who I criticized, and see for themselves in what way it sucks. That and I think it's slightly dishonest to remove the comments, cuz then all my visitors get some skewed concept of how my blog is being received by everybody.
C: (wryly)Oh, yeah. Because you're a paragon of honesty.
TS: ...Fuck off, Cigarette.
(rubbing Cigarette out on the ground, The Smoker rolls his eyes, and heads back inside)
posted by The Smoker at 11:30 PM
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