Saturday, March 21, 2009

Why do we blog?

oh no not another reflective narcissistic post about some bugger wondering why he writes the stuff he writes! why can't people just get along with their core business and envision their values and just run the corporation the way its done?

it seems the Maharajah of Bad Things has been upsetting people again. this time its Miss Passionately Patient. who on a personal note i dont think is boring at all. But the M of Bad doesnt deal with people with tact it seems. now 'oh please you are boring' may seem a tad harsh to put in there as a comment. but personally i'v heard far worse from jerry.

but there was no upsetting Miss Patient it seems. the comment triggered off a reflective post on the rationale behind blogging that got me thinking. Actually i'v been thinking about this now and then and hell, sooner or later we all write a reflective post about said topic dont we.

are we all boring? or are we just interesting to some people? and if we are interesting is that the sole reason to keep writing? or are we writing for our own pleasure in which case comments and hits and such like will be just a bonus? But what is this 'own pleasure' we seek?

does something we write have to be interesting? or are we but whores for attention? which leads us to the question of what it is we write in the first place, and why we do it.

12 Comments:

Fallen said...

we're all hookers
kottu's a whorehouse
indi's the pimp :P

TheWhacksteR said...

but if we're all hookers then who's buying?

Fallen Into Thought said...

*Stumped*
I'll get back to you on that one

Fallen said...

ooh I just remembered an Orwell essay I read recently... "Why I Write" http://orwell.ru/library/essays/wiw/english/e_wiw

Jerry said...

We're all hookers, screwing each other :P

But when have I ever been anything but gentlemanly when replying to comments, YOU FAGGOT ASS PIMP?!?!!!11one

mixedblessings89 said...

Hmm... there's this thing my friends and I say... GKB, or- 'Glamour Ka Bhukha/ Bhukhi' as in, someone who is hungry for glamour, fame, attention, etc...

Well, in general, I write because I want to... so if I have nothing to say, or if I cannot say it well enough, I don't post for weeks together...

Jerry, behave yourself.

messiahofmadness said...

I've never really given it any thought...

Anyway, I think an oger on the blogsphere is essential. They keep kottu in check... Would get bloggers to think twice before posting something crappy. =P

And the MOB isn't too bad... he rips post that deserve to be ripped. And he isn't terribly mean about it.

The dude on twitter is hilarious as well!
http://twitter.com/yourblogsucks

Think of it as a healthy dose of criticism.

Jerry said...

*Ogre

:P

:D

Piss said...

All Hail The Maharajah!

Queen of the Dark Asylum said...

HOOKERS. ..
**giggle**

meese said...

man, heard you read my review at open mic, i also the saw rereview of what you read on tracys blog.. good for you for reading it but not sure everyone appreciated it. :)

about this post, i'm not sure why i blog, some times its just to express an opinion and some times there is possibly no reason.

it could be for attention but then again it could be just simply being be for fun :)

Miss Passionatelypatient said...

If we're all hookers, the Mahrajah of Bad is the Evil Cop :D