Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Warning: Rant Ensues

OK, there are certain persons I know who use the Internet to broadcast every little thing they do - I'm walking to work, I'm checking my e-mail, I'm making a chart - as if they are so important that people really want to know every little minute detail about their lives. Here's the thing, we know you're doing this because you love love LOVE attention and maybe you do think that people really want to know all about you because you make everything about you. Here's the truth: nobody cares. Furthermore, it irks the shit out of us when you do this because we don't want to know. You are taking up space in our news feeds, on our Twitter home pages, and in our Buddy Lists broadcasting things no one cares about because you are so ridiculously self-important.

So the next time you interrupt someone else's story with "oh yeah, well *I*" or you go to type yet another detail about yourself, I beg you, PLEASE ask yourself "if someone else were to say this, would I care?" Granted, since you're so self-important the answer is probably "no", it is a still a pretty good measure because the more you answer this with "no" and refrain from sharing, the more you are sparing us all irritation with you and you might eventually find yourself not only in more company but also in better-humored company.

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