This will be my one and only public social network post, if you happen to find my profile.
I have always believed that one of the biggest problems with social media lies with people who assume intent, coupled with poor reading comprehension and some ugly urge to find conflict. Because of that, my off-color sense of humor has been closed off to only people on my friends list for quite some time.
Furthermore, I have actually moved more and more toward self-deprecating humor and/or topics that create funny conversations. I had a talk with a good friend not too long ago, explaining how I have always loved to make people laugh, and earlier in life, I sometimes did that by picking on other people. As I got older, I found that rather childish, so I generally pick on myself instead.
In doing so, as I noted in my recent post, the intent was, “This woman looks so beautiful, this schlub must be paying for it.” Not, “My wife looks like a hooker,” which became the misinterpreted, assumed intent that spread across the internet and resulted in over 17,000 comments in 12 hours about what a pile-of-shit husband I am.
Everyone who is close to me knows I cherish that woman, that we have the best relationship, and that there are no ill words like that between us. But this event has made me consider the way I socialize on here even further, and I believe it will evolve into receiving even less of my attention, which is probably good at my age.
I like to make people laugh and have fun, humorous conversations with people, so if you ever thought anything I posted on my profile had any sort of negativity, I apologize…
…that you improperly assumed my intent.
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This will be my one and only public social network post, if you happen to find my profile.
I have always believed that one of the biggest problems with social media lies with people who assume intent, coupled with poor reading comprehension and some ugly urge to find conflict. Because of that, my off-color sense of humor has been closed off to only people on my friends list for quite some time.
Furthermore, I have actually moved more and more toward self-deprecating humor and/or topics that create funny conversations. I had a talk with a good friend not too long ago, explaining how I have always loved to make people laugh, and earlier in life, I sometimes did that by picking on other people. As I got older, I found that rather childish, so I generally pick on myself instead.
In doing so, as I noted in my recent post, the intent was, “This woman looks so beautiful, this schlub must be paying for it.” Not, “My wife looks like a hooker,” which became the misinterpreted, assumed intent that spread across the internet and resulted in over 17,000 comments in 12 hours about what a pile-of-shit husband I am.
Everyone who is close to me knows I cherish that woman, that we have the best relationship, and that there are no ill words like that between us. But this event has made me consider the way I socialize on here even further, and I believe it will evolve into receiving even less of my attention, which is probably good at my age.
I like to make people laugh and have fun, humorous conversations with people, so if you ever thought anything I posted on my profile had any sort of negativity, I apologize…
…that you improperly assumed my intent.