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Posted by pseudoname on April 8, 2006, at 13:10:36
I do it offline, too, but in the last few weeks...
(1) I posted a comment at a psychotherapist's blog. I thought it was a really good, interesting, friendly comment, sure to get a reply from her. Nope. Two weeks went by. She responded to other people's comments, but not mine. I was so frustrated & hurt.
Today I happened to notice that she had actually posted an entirely new, long, nice, very thoughtful ARTICLE in response to my comment the day after I left it! I'd just been looking in the comments list, so I didn't realize that. Oops!
(2) About 10 days ago I tried to comment at a very popular science blog where the comments are screened by the owner before they appear. My comment was tight & pithy & had links for references, but it never got posted. Eight hours later another comment by someone else saying about the same thing but sloppily constructed, mean-spirited & without references WAS approved. I blamed myself & my detestable aura, which is detected even in ascii format, for this failure.
Last night I realized that I had inadvertently left the email line blank on my submission, meaning that the system never even put it through. It was never received. So I wasn't rejected. It was a computer glitch!
(3) I was really upset and frustrated with someone for a testy exhange we'd had online a few months ago. I was carrying the hurt feelings against that person for over a month. But then I checked the archives and Wow! It wasn't even them I'd been arguing with! Pretty silly on my part. I don't even know who I'm mad at. LOL.
I don't know if there's any lesson I can learn here. It'll probably happen again...
Posted by gardenergirl on April 8, 2006, at 23:39:23
In reply to Jumping to conclusions online, posted by pseudoname on April 8, 2006, at 13:10:36
I think this is a good reminder. And I certainly do this, too, particularly when I'm feeling more sensitive. I tend to read more into things than might be there, feel more affected by what I interpret, and so on. And then I wonder why the heck it feels so darned important, anyway.
Hmmm, maybe there needs to be a "tilt" function for my brain, like on pinball machines. I'll just give a little nudge, and presto! I'm rational again. :)
gg
Posted by Racer on April 9, 2006, at 1:47:05
In reply to Re: Jumping to conclusions online » pseudoname, posted by gardenergirl on April 8, 2006, at 23:39:23
Posted by gardenergirl on April 9, 2006, at 12:15:39
In reply to LALALALALA I can't hear you (nm) » gardenergirl, posted by Racer on April 9, 2006, at 1:47:05
Posted by gardenergirl on April 9, 2006, at 12:16:23
In reply to LALALALALA I can't hear you (nm) » gardenergirl, posted by Racer on April 9, 2006, at 1:47:05
Who are you, Miracle Max?
:)
Have fun storming the castle!
gg
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