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Feb 22, 2007 16:04:29 GMT -5
Post by Robert Chase on Feb 22, 2007 16:04:29 GMT -5
And this is the main musing of the day:
Is there really a point to this?
No, I am not ready to get so philosophical as to ask if there is a point to existence or anything actually possibly important as that. Instead I am asking if there is really a point to having a blog.
If it is open to everyone then why on earth would anyone post what they really feel or what is going on in their lives? And furthermore, why should anyone else care? If it was anything important or if someone close to you is going through something then shouldn't you, oh, I don't know, actually -talk- to them about it?
It seems the only point of this is to inspire more interaction among people who wouldn't normally interact together. Or to make people feel more important about their inner thoughts by being able to say 'Look at all the hits I have on my blog!'
It just feels very elementary school. But then, I suppose most of the people here act like that anyway so it fits.
EDIT: Yes, I am aware of the contradiction of my posting in it only to complain about it. But so what? You read it, didn't you? That makes you just as guilty.[/font][/size]
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Feb 22, 2007 16:21:37 GMT -5
Post by Lisa Cuddy on Feb 22, 2007 16:21:37 GMT -5
You're right, Chase. I was thinking the same thing. But I'm sure there's a way to make them private. And you don't technically have to use these things, anyway.
And don't ask me why I have an account for one. I think the answer is pretty obvious.
Sometimes writing your thoughts out helps you collect them. Whether you do that in a public venue, like comment-enabled blogs, or in the privacy of your own Word processor is up to you.
Plus, most people just like the attention blogs give them. Can't blame them for that.
-Cuddy
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Feb 23, 2007 13:06:01 GMT -5
Post by Robert Chase on Feb 23, 2007 13:06:01 GMT -5
But wouldn't making them private equally making it meaningless? If all you're doing is just writing down what you already think so just you can read it...then why bother at all? Why not just leave them as just thoughts? Then there is absolutely no way anyone else will ever discover a thing about them or about you.
But I suppose I see your point.
Hell I posted this, didn't I? What does that say about me?
...Don't answer that, I already know. [/font][/color]
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Feb 23, 2007 13:33:27 GMT -5
Post by Lisa Cuddy on Feb 23, 2007 13:33:27 GMT -5
Because thoughts are ethereal. I don't know about you, but I have quite a lot to deal with during the day. I like to write things down for exactly the reason you seem so confused about. To read them later. Thoughts are so complicated, I'd rather have my reasoning in front of me, tangible, than stuck floating around with everything else I have to keep in my head.
It's different for you, and that's fine. The fact that you took the time to post a blog about it, however, makes it kind of difficult to believe.
I won't answer that question with anything more than that, for your sake, and my own.
-Cuddy
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Feb 23, 2007 14:01:55 GMT -5
Post by Robert Chase on Feb 23, 2007 14:01:55 GMT -5
Yeah, well, you know me. I'm just about as superficial as they come.
But -oh- does he really mean that? Or is he just trying to be deep and sarcastic and throw you off his track?
I'm assuming no one cares, which is also the point.[/color][/font]
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Feb 23, 2007 14:19:51 GMT -5
Post by Lisa Cuddy on Feb 23, 2007 14:19:51 GMT -5
It's a wonder we never talk, as charmingly bitter as you are.
-Cuddy
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Feb 23, 2007 14:33:32 GMT -5
Post by Robert Chase on Feb 23, 2007 14:33:32 GMT -5
You know how it goes.
Charmingly bitter men don't mesh well with attractive yet scary Dean's of Medicine.[/color][/font]
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Feb 23, 2007 16:03:33 GMT -5
Post by Lisa Cuddy on Feb 23, 2007 16:03:33 GMT -5
Well, at least I get a thinly veiled compliment.
And who says they don't mesh?
Not that I'm coming on to you textually.
-Cuddy
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Feb 23, 2007 21:04:25 GMT -5
Post by Molly Martinez on Feb 23, 2007 21:04:25 GMT -5
Blogs are also used to offer information. When a company comes out with a new product, it may have a blog about it, and people can comment on it. I often comment about the new software programs that come out, and whether or not I appreciate them. After all, that is the point of the internet, to share information and opinion. At least, that's how I've defined it for me.
I think I just out-nerded myself.
-- Molly
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Feb 23, 2007 22:59:17 GMT -5
Post by Robert Chase on Feb 23, 2007 22:59:17 GMT -5
And clearly I do not deserve a thinly veiled compliment.
Especially as it is fairly clear this is us actually having something remotely close to a conversation that actually has yet to involve House. And this is us also...not meshing.
Thank you for that bit of information but I thought it obvious enough that I am not actually a company and neither is anyone else here. Obviously it is the point of the internet to share information and opinions...but why do it with a select group of people that are selected by -being- people that you can just as easily see at work and actually converse with?[/font]
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Feb 23, 2007 23:07:12 GMT -5
Post by Lisa Cuddy on Feb 23, 2007 23:07:12 GMT -5
I think I gave you a thinly veiled compliment by calling you charmingly bitter.
Well, I suppose we don't have to mesh. As long as we can work together, I'm not too worried about how deep our conversations will be, or how long the Best Friends Forever bands will take to make for each other.
-Cuddy
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Feb 23, 2007 23:13:39 GMT -5
Post by Robert Chase on Feb 23, 2007 23:13:39 GMT -5
Ah, see I assumed that was sarcasm. It is easy to see how one might think you are sarcastic by calling them charmingly bitter, but attractive yet scary are not contradictory.
Shame. I was going to make a black one for you. It would match your hair. Guess I'll just have to put that project on hold.[/color]
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Feb 23, 2007 23:22:15 GMT -5
Post by Lisa Cuddy on Feb 23, 2007 23:22:15 GMT -5
You've been hanging out with House far too long. This sort of vicarious thrill you seem to be having by projecting his attitude towards me is irritating.
But strangely endearing.
Maybe you should make a comment about my breasts next? We'll see how well that goes for you.
-Cuddy
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Feb 23, 2007 23:43:10 GMT -5
Post by Robert Chase on Feb 23, 2007 23:43:10 GMT -5
I'd rather not. Unlike House I actually am afraid of you.
And I don't think I would get away with it.
Like House, who would. [/color][/font]
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Feb 23, 2007 23:45:38 GMT -5
Post by Lisa Cuddy on Feb 23, 2007 23:45:38 GMT -5
House would not get away with it.
But you're right to think that you wouldn't, either.
-Cuddy
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