The disadvantage of livejournal...

[nny]

... of course, is that you can refer back to it. People take my posts as my opinions, I'm pretty sure, and that's unfortunate for all concerned. I'm not terribly good at expressing myself and I often post before I've quite thought things through, so while in a conversation I can go back and correct myself and try and make sure people understand, that doesn't work so good on here. I rarely go back and edit posts because I'm really quite lazy.

A lot of the time I'll change my opinion after reading comments, or after reading what other people have had to say. Or at least they'll give me another perspective on something. Sometimes I'll change my opinion because my mood's sorted itself out, or my headache's cleared up, or my stomach's stopped hurting. Sometimes I press 'post' before I've really looked it through.

I get distracted mid-flow. Most of the time when I reach the end of a post I have absolutely no idea what point it was I set out to make in the first place. I get distracted telling tales about me, because I find it hard to think about things divorced from how they fit into my life. (I think this is true of most people, though, just some are more obvious about it than others). I often don't really express my opinion well, and post something that's almost but not quite my point of view.

I'm not really very wise. And sometimes I wish that livejournal was as forgettable as drunken conversations, the only medium at which I excel.

My point is... sometimes it's not the best idea to take me seriously. I forget that this journal is the only point of contact some of you have with me, and often I forget that it's that important.

(and if I think about that line of reasoning any further I'll get paranoid and delete my journal and start fresh somewhere else, which is a thought that gets increasingly tempting with every semi-opinionated post I make, so I'll hush now.)

Comments

[tropes.livejournal.com]

I have no idea what you're referring to. But I loves you. :D

[villainny.livejournal.com]

Pretty much anything I say ever? I should just not talk, really, a lot of the time.

And I love you too. :D

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

I never post strong opinions anymore, or controversial ones. Often I write them up, and then I just sigh and privatelock them away. It isn't worth being shouted at by people who have too much time on their hands. :D

[ms-ntropy.livejournal.com]

I have a special journal for strong opinions.
One where I have a specially drawn goatee for just the occasion.

Increasingly I find it harder and harder to voice my opinions on things because usually I have to unpack them from my head to see where they all fit before I truly understand them. And if the day ends in Y that means that they've been misunderstood.

As far as I'm concerned anyone who can't be arsed to ask for clarification should be soundly ignored from the get go.

*shrugs*

[illmantrim.livejournal.com]

Seconded.

[shati.livejournal.com]

This is a large part of why I don't post . . . much of anything. It looks so permanent up there on LJ. And my opinions are not permanent. My general inclinations may be, but not details, and saying, "I vaguely drift in the direction of ice cream-eating on occasion" makes for very dull LJ.

I don't, ftr, actually think this is a good way for me to think about it.

[foreverdirt.livejournal.com]

*offers an internet hug*

People are weird, confusing and inconsistent. I quite like that about them.