This is going to sound horrible coming from a Captain of this glorious web site, but blogging is sort of ruined for me. It’s ruined because it was once really cool and now everyone is doing it and its lost its luster. Who else is doing it? I’ll elaborate; pretty much everyone.
- My hometown newspaper communicates to its readership through blogs more than stories. Back in the day, actual stories would grace its home page. Now it’s blogs centered on facebook updates, a bobblehead contest (gay), and what its like having kids.
- Mommy blogs are big now. Stay at home mom’s will blog just about anything. They actually found a way to sell out and promote products they’ve never used to its readers.
- Athletes are now blogging on ESPN. I really don’t want to hear what an athlete has to say about his performance on the field. I just want to see them play their sport and that’s basically it.
- Politicians are blogging all over the place. Do yourself a favor, find a few of these blogs and read the comments. You’ll realize our country is pretty fucked up. Not going to lie.
That’s just a small sample of people blogging. To me what was once really cool, now isn’t. I have this thing where when I get into something and it surpasses my perceived level of its coolness ultimately becoming a fad/trend, I lose immediate interest. Hard to explain, but here’s a few examples:
- Dave Matthews (was a fan circa 1993, stopped listening to them by 1998)
- Facebook (had an account in 2005, stopped using it in 2006)
- It’s Always Sunny (watched since 2006, ????)
I guess it’s the way I’m wired, but I can’t get down with trendy things. I hope I’m totally off on blogging, the world goes back to its senses and realizes blogs have a limited purpose, but that probably won’t happen. Regardless, I’m going to keep on chooglin here.
Does anyone else feel the same way??
You can throw Kings of Leon in that list. I saw them at a house of blues in myrtle beach in 2005 and they were beard wearing, murky rockers….now they’re sleeveless mtv sell-outs and every 14 year old girl in the country has a caleb followell poster in their room.
I understand how you feel, even though I still have a Facebook account. Honestly, if I didn’t get invited to parties through it here and there, I’d probably drop it altogether. I can see myself abandoning it once I’m done with college, at least my undergrad.
This feeling you described sadly dictates most of what I do and how I operate. When I find something that I really like (a band say or a tv show) that is below the radar and I actually had to dig around for, I feel rewarded. This then becomes a double edge sword because part of me wants whatever it is to be successful because of it’s own merits and so that other people will see it’s genius/I will have other people I can talk about it with. Yet once it becomes “popular” and accepted by the mainstream it loses it’s individuality and it’s “secret” status thus becoming uncool.
It’s Always Sunny/King Of Leon are both perfect examples, I hated that 4 or 5 years ago no one knew what the hell I was talking about when I mentioned either of them or made fun of me for it, now they are beloved by the general public (and in doing so, losing some credibility and more often than not compromising some of what you may value about it).
Good rule of thumb if something is beloved by the general public it’s likely terrible. With a few exceptions…notably the Beatles.This is a whole other future post waiting to happen.
Well played Polish.
Also, cinnamon toast crunch.
Tragically hip. No not the band, this statement about your post.
While I have been where you are coming from, I woke up and realized you don’t always have to be that cool guy who is in the know. If you enjoyed it before, enjoy now. Otherwise you run around all mellon collie and crabby.
Life is short, these are tiny issues.
Lighten up Francis.
david matthews was never cool you moron