things have been a bit slow at work this week and so i have spent more time than usual browsing the internet, including a bunch of political and cultural op-ed websites, twitter, and facebook and the one thing - the one i'm-about-to-vomit-if-they-do-it-one-more-time-thing-(and-they-will) - that the writers on these sites have in common is.....GOTCHA!
and i'm sick of it.
the goal of written communication (and of all communication), should not be to insult your readers. if for no other reason than you want them to read what you just wrote. as opposed to telling you to go to hell. (like you just told them.)
however, that does not seem to be the trend these days. (or maybe i just haven't been paying attention......has the written word always been this caustic? i don't think so.)
the goal of communication also should not be to see how many people you can get who agree with you and high five you into "stardom." say what you need to say because you need to say it, not because you need your ego stroked and your like button pushed a million times.
