"Dammit. Don't you hate when people read
the earnest words you've written and then use
the comments to talk about themselves?!
Sorry. I'm conscious of it now."
[Comment from a "sorry" blogger directed elsewhere]
I do that all the time and will not apologize.
Helping to increase the volume of self-centered
self pity is not among my ambitions.
What staggers me is how many responses such
witless journal entries inspire. Only this minute, puzzling
over this Comment, have I come across a possible
explanation. Most people must shudder at the very
thought of talking about themselves let alone
having to actually do that. They oughtta get over it.
Actually, thinking further, how on earth can actual
conversation ever take place if each person does
only a soliloquy!? If Hamlet were to go on much
longer telling us his troubles he'd become a first class
boor. (In any case he needed to see a psychiatrist.
That scene in the closet with his Mother!???)
Barry
2 comments:
Barry, I ha never quite conceptualized it in this way, but I do think that you may have hit the nail on the head with your observations, especially, "Actually, thinking further, how on earth can actual
conversation ever take place if each person does
only a soliloquy!?" Love your assessment of Hamlet, a keen observation and quite humorous as well.--Sheria
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