PSE - Post Strike Entry

[eumelia]

So, did it feel good to not use LJ for a little bit.
Gotta say, I didn't feel any different, my Internet addiction just wet to different avenues.

the majority of my f-list participated whether it was consciously or not I couldn't say, but most of the communities didn't participate, which eh, kind of sucks since a huge amount of content and influence comes from the comm's and not individual users and such.
I really like LJ and I don't want to leave, the platform is convenient and fun, the networking done here is by far superior to MySpace and Facebook, in my opinion.
My paid account expires on the 14th on May (my birthday, duh) and I don't want to regress into a Plus account in which my LJ will be swarming with ads to do with things that what I write about would be significant.
Not.

Anyway, there were a few things worth blogging about, but they happened on Thursday and were properly resolved and on Friday when going out for Friday night supper was somewhat irritating due to constant racial slurs but people who say "I'm not racist, I love the black man" - when he's your gardener, quite obviously.
And Right Wing people who try to convince me that a vote for a fringe part is a Throw Away vote. Not it's not, it's voting for my principals.
Any way it was a really irritating evening, but at least I got to hang out with friends and Purim accessories.

Purim really washed over me this year - probably because I've come to associate Purim very strongly with terror attacks and there were only warnings this year with no actual explosions, shootings or kidnappings, there is however until Monday for a terror attack to be disconnected from the Holiday, so we'll see.
I mean yeah, I went all Ester and Vashti are ancient feminist icons (for different reasons obviously) and I went to Uni with butterfly antenes in order to get into the mood, on Wedensday, which is all before Purim, so nyah.

Pretty boring all in all.

Here's a pic which as sabotabby said should be spread throughout the intertubes.



Wouldn't it make an excellent t-shirt?!

Comments

[lilacsigil.livejournal.com]

I've seen that picture before, but this time you posted it while I was actually watching Law & Order, so it was especially hilarious!

My dad grew up in then-Rhodesia, so I know exactly the kind of paternalist racism of which you speak - "Oh, I love black people, but it's best that we're in charge." It's very frustrating, and in some ways it was easier to deal with my blatantly and happily racist grandparents.

Do you use Firefox? I know it might not be possible if you're using university or family computers, but the Adblock Plus add-on is fantastic. It gets rid of pretty much everything except those tiny Google text ads.

[eumelia.livejournal.com]

Oh and L&O/Batman Crossovers to be had :D

Yeah, my family is South African. And when they mention that "the blacks had it better under Apartheid" I feel like screaming. Post-Colonialism obviously means nothing to people, at times.

I do use Firefox, and will definitely check out that add-on.

[aesiron.livejournal.com]

My dad is a Law and Order addict. He watches it every weekday from 6:00 to 8:00. Drives me bonkers while I'm visiting. I'm not a fan of procedurals.

That picture's cute, though.

[bitter-moss.livejournal.com]

I felt it, the amount of times i wanted to check lj was horrendous but i didn't break, which i felt pretty proud about, oh dear XD. I spent a fair amount of time on facebook & youtube instead!

And yes that would make an excellent shirt!

[qilora.livejournal.com]

"the majority of my f-list participated whether it was consciously or not I couldn't say"

a lot of my flist was quiet too (virtual chirping-crickets) but i've heard people saying the absolute opposite (that they saw no difference on their f-pages, or that they saw a lot of trollish-over-posting (to skew the numbers))...

the people who seem to actually know what was done and what was said to cause the protest seemed to be more well-informed.... and also some of it probably has to do with the fact that people feel less inspired to post anything if they knew for a fact that some/most of their friends were protesting and would not comment to their entries, or maybe not even read any of it for a good day or so.... it felt discouraging for some non-strikers to post i guess...

which serves to underscore the point that the strikers were *trying* to make... that the value of LJ has very little to do with the services offered, but is instead directly tied to the quality of the users.

if LJ forces OFF the site (censoring/deleting/etc.), all those users who are worth reading/replying-to or whose opinions people *want* to hear, then LJ will be another intellectual/artistic ghost-town....