tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post34945366407200189..comments2023-08-18T04:37:47.001-04:00Comments on Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: On Snark, and eleven years in BlogistanKelly Sedingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10704114189919711467noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post-86535660855074019402013-02-20T22:48:42.403-05:002013-02-20T22:48:42.403-05:00Congratulations on 11 years! And thank you for the...Congratulations on 11 years! And thank you for the excellent post; I couldn't agree more about all of the snark on the internet, which has made so much of the place so dang tiring. I've been pulling back slowly for years--no longer doing my Throwdown, for example, though it did generate a large amount of traffic--because it's just so exhausting to be so unrelentingly negative about things that ultimately make no damn difference. Your thoughts articulated what I've had a hard time saying.SamuraiFroghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18313259493587442589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post-84459574151675759782013-02-19T15:17:10.425-05:002013-02-19T15:17:10.425-05:00So much of the snark I see today seems to be, as y...So much of the snark I see today seems to be, as you said, from a defensive posture. Or it sounds to me like someone who essentially can't or won't be happy about anything lashing out at the world. It feels like the refuge of the spoiled brat, the person who is dissatisfied with the way their life turned out. Or it's like the people who want to be 'cool kids,' but for whatever reason, aren't, who decide they'd rather rain on everyone else's parade than just embrace their nerdiness or geekiness or whatever and just enjoy whatever it is they enjoy.<br /><br />I find that snark gets really, really tiring after a while.fillyjonkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13016436113169230368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post-40702478364309477882013-02-19T09:51:56.913-05:002013-02-19T09:51:56.913-05:00I agree about snark. Truly clever snark is at suc...I agree about snark. Truly clever snark is at such a premium; most of it is just whiny bitchiness (except for your, of course.)<br /><br />Congrats on 11 years. You warrant a passing mention in my blog today...<br /><br />Roger Owen Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05298172138307632062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post-43968829494999410072013-02-19T09:48:32.562-05:002013-02-19T09:48:32.562-05:00:-) I celebrate your turn from snark! Not your o...:-) I celebrate your turn from snark! Not your own - I think you have very little snark - but the snark of others.<br /><br />People can be funny without snark. I've never read "Zen of Motorcycle Repair," but if you want a genuinely funny book from a Buddhist worldview, try "Who Ordered This Truckload of Dung?" It's by a Thai forest monk.New York Erratichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12910004748099284750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post-21335241057300409662013-02-19T08:08:29.270-05:002013-02-19T08:08:29.270-05:00Wonderful bit of writing and a fine idea!Wonderful bit of writing and a fine idea!Jenna Woginrichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18109781017535099631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post-14718958447611507112013-02-18T20:49:08.446-05:002013-02-18T20:49:08.446-05:0011 years at an unflagging pace. You, my friend, ar...11 years at an unflagging pace. You, my friend, are a blog-star! Congratulations!M. D. Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13820831338678743992noreply@blogger.com