There's some cool shit going on at No Communism!
Okay, not really. There's just stuff.
I'm now signed up on the twitter. Follow me at nocommunismblog. It'll be like here, but with even more cursing. I'll use it to tell you guys when new posts are up, or random thoughts about shit, and even the occasional bitching out of something that deserves it.
I also have a new email address for the thousands of hot chicks who like to send me topless pics. It's nocommunismblog@gmail.com. Some other fucker already had nocommunism, so that's what I was stuck with.
I might even try to post more often. I wouldn't hold your breath though.
That's about it. If you're feeling generous, go give Dog a couple of bucks. She needs it.
8 comments:
Sorry, Twitter sucks, it is not Cool Shit.
The onslaught of people and companies jumping on the Twitter bandwagon is fucking laughable. Do I really give two shits about what someone is doing any particular moment of the day - a line or two worth? Maybe it makes them feel important, like some of the people who blog and think they're really important and lots of people are reading what they post, just waiting for that next one to show up (other people/blogs - not this one). I liken it to the laughs I get by reading some of the things people have on their Facebook walls "honey, can you pick up some fried chicken on your way home"? Who really cares what you're doing at the moment? Now, if you gave me blow by blow graphic details about what you and your babe were doing in bed as it happens, that would be Fucking Cool Shit! May need some speech-to-text software to do it, but, it would definitely make my train ride home more enjoyable.
Nelson, I think your blog is fabulous, but people who use Twitter seriously have some things lacking in their lives - meaning and anything worthwhile quickly come to mind. Don't waste your time with it. You have better things to do, and of the 3 to 5 people who frequent your blog, maybe 1 would follow you on Twitter (that being Dog - as she has nothing better to do with her time).
twit: a silly annoying person : fool
twitter: what a twit does
In response to your Twitter comment, I'd say that it depends on what you see the point of blogging as.
I have a negative networth and have a personal finance blog, and see absolutely no problem with it.
Well, my view of the purpose of a blog is that there is some useful information being provided and that you have some level of unique expertise in providing that information. Take Nelson for example, he's got a nack for honing in on the things that make the bulk of these personal finance blog authors look like morons, and writing about it in a no-holds barred way, which makes him/this unique.
And so what is it that makes you "an authority" in personal finance or someone that others should look to, makes your blog unique/valuable? What are your qualifications? Oh wait, that's what my view of blogging is, that there should be a purpose, and that people who are not qualified to write about things, shouldn't. I'd have to imagine that your idea of the purpose of blogging is "well, there really is no purpose - it's just a big sandbox where everyone can say what they like, doesn't have to be good info, just whatever you want" - would that be correct? You're another 20-something, just out of school, probably in your first real job, and for some reason, you have important personal finance information to share with the world.
Yours is a good example of the waste that's out there. Who cares about your miniscule personal budgeting and the $50 you spent on this or that? It is exemplary of the crap that floods the internet. It's not good enough to keep a spreadsheet on your computer? You need to blog about it and tell the world? What is it that's so important for you to say? Here's my personal (nonexistent) networth, my personal balance sheet and I'm going to keep a daily online diary with all the important stuff I have to say for everyone to read about?
Fair enough.
I guess I sort of just see it as more of an online money diary than an informational blog.
*shrug*
Hey, are you on Twitter? Maybe you need to do that too? You know, then, everytime you spend any money, you can tweet. "Hi Peeps...I just put a dollar into the soda machine"..."Eating dinner at Taco Bell...pigging out for peanuts!"..."Wearing same clothes as yesterday...Simple Douche says if I wear everything twice as much, I have half the laundry expense".
Oh Howard. Subtlety sure isn't your strong point.
Here's how I feel about Twitter. Howard is right: most of it is bullshit. I don't give two shits about even the stuff my friends and co-workers put on there. Surprisingly, I don't care that you had french toast for breakfast.
Then why did I join? Because with one "tweet", I created a discussion that touched on some of the central issues of blogging itself- that is, the whole point of the exercise. And at the risk of saying something a little pretentious and douchey, that is exactly what's important about blogging- the exchange of ideas.
At the end of the day, blogging is mostly a giant time waster anyway. It's just a bunch of amateur hacks, typing away at 4 in the morning, in their boxer shorts, obviously still living in their mom's basement.
For the purposes of our discussion, let's divide personal finance blogs into two categories. The first category is just somebody tracking their spending/purchases on a blog, talking about their individual life. Howard is right, those types of blogs are kind of pointless. But who gives a shit? If somebody wants to spend their time writing about it, then they can do whatever the hell they want. Even if it's only their mom that reads it. I really have to problem with these blogs. They generally have little impact.
The blogs I do have a problem with are the ones that tell people that the only way to wealth is to do things the same way they do. Yet you see these giant disclaimers, telling people that "the Simple Douche isn't a financial advisor, so don't do what he says." But go ahead and ask him a question, and he'll answer it! I fucking hate that shit.
A lot of these guys have negative net worths, and I'm willing to bet that 75% of them have a negative net worth once you take away any equity they have in their home. And they're giving financial advice? Would you take weight loss tips from a fat guy seriously?
Anyway, I'm going to keep going with the Twitter experiment. Chances are it'll fail miserably, but whatever. It's my blog and I make the rules.
No Howard, I'm not on Twitter. I actually think that Twitter is quite lame.
So sorry, you can follow me on Twitter and mock me there.
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