08/11/2004 Archived Entry: "LJ Drama"

Yesterday Tom linked to a, very old, livejournal post someone made about livejournal being evil. It's apt in relation to some stuff recently, which I assume is why he posted it.

Now while I can sympathise and agree with a lot of what she said, I don't think you can really blame the format. Basically it all boils down to the often petty, stupid, nasty, bitchy thing we call human nature. Livejournal is only a venue, and it only becomes a vengeful gossipy bullshit forum because of the people that use it. As someone titled a subsequent comment: Guns don't kill people, people kill people.

Anyway, I made it through the first page of comments, and there was one that stuck out:

"I would literally die without my LiveJournal! I'd feel so completely isolated from the world! Many a time, I've felt lonely and bored, but then I enter REAL peoples lives through LiveJournal and find myself thoroughly entertained by people sharing with us their lives. Anyway, how boring life would be if "misunderstandings" didn't exist. Misunderstandings were invented so that we may eventually, kiss and make-up, whether it be romantically or in a platonic manner."

She definitely embodies one of the lj users I dislike, immensely, and that's aside from her supposed ultra dependence on lj in the first place. The segment of her comment that really bothers me the most is where she basically says that life is made the more interesting for all the misunderstandings and resulting bullshit and drama. Well, I don't think so. Those kinds of things are useless and emotionally draining, as well as a complete waste of time and energy. I don't enjoy wasting life on some petty unimportant thing that's been fluffed up by some screwed up person seeking validation or attention, or who has crappy reading comprehension. I don't enjoy conversations spiralling out of control when things get misconstrued. But I guess she might be one of those people who thinks it's unhealthy if you don't ever argue or fight in a relationship.

I just don't understand people who seem to thrive on all the bullshit, on all the conflict and drama and resulting hurt and anguish. I don't enjoy that state, I'll avoid it when I can, though I'll stand my ground if involved, but I do aim to get out of those kinds of situations in a timely manner, if only for my own sanity and sense of peace.

Then again, people like that seem to enjoy that state seem the perfect definition of psychic vampire, don't they?