Now creating good content may be another story…

Kind of like a movie critic critic.

Personally, I think there’s room for and importance to all of our opinions–however, I also think we can pick and choose which opinions we should give a shit about–that’s why I generally don’t read movie reviews.

Anyway, it’s not my blog I loathe, it’s those that coast on merely commenting on other peoples’ content. When there’s a news story, how exactly does the reaction of some self-important douchebag with a blogger.com account contribute to the significance of the original article? It doesn’t.

It’s like the relationship between an artist and his critics — only one needs the other to exist. I prefer not to rely on other people to make news, I prefer to have a site that stands on its own.

I had no thought as to how depressed a man Schulz was. Based on his comic strip, I just assumed he was a boring old white guy.

And I agree with you on the financial stuff–it sure seems like smoke and mirrors to me.

Oh and I think you’re getting Nas confused with that other rapper, Sir Shames-A-Lot. Wait, I think that’s ALL rappers. It’s so hard to tell them apart! It’s like they’re all black or something! >_O

Also: where the hell did the phrase “navel gazing” come from and, truly, what does it mean? It’s some lame-ass Greek myth, right? Some digital avatar stares at his navel so long he falls in and has to reverse the computer’s access code to get out. Right?

I feel awkward even admitting I have a navel–I can’t imagine how anyone would want to stare at theirs.

That said, I think you’re part of an emerging genre of self-loathing blogs that bag on other blogs for being, well, blogs. Like those folks that say “real” journalism is dying because of bloggers not having credentials. Like the credentials the folks at Fox News or the Washington Times have guaranteed quality journalism in the build up to the Iraq War (or the NYTimes or CNN or anyone else, really).

The other thing I think that is important to note is that the majority of *any* type of media/genre sucks. This is because the majority of humans suck at what they do. But I don’t think all of TV should be destroyed because of that–I just watch very little TV. Problem solved. The same goes for websites. Just hit the ones you like and skip the ones that you think are lame. This is why you’ll hardly ever see me post on a forum. There is one that I visit for writers and that’s it. Forums are the taint of the Internet.

Just my 2 yen…