Comments on: Why Are They Torturing Me? Part 2

By: Jane

Jane — Sat, 23 Mar 2019 15:24:15 +0000

At a phase of “waiting” in my life which gives me way too much time to peruse the combination of Pandora’s box and miracle of communication that is the internet. I too have been sucked into the rabbit hole and wasted days endlessly consuming useless information and buying way too much useless shit. Depressed, anxious and guilty and filled with self-loathing with mounds of dirty laundry and dust bunnies blowing like tumbleweed around my house. Then one day it stopped raining and I decided to set a timer remembering that the engineers of Silicon Valley who are way smarter then me set up this system to be addictive and as a vehicle to spend money on useless items….;
What a relief. Unlike alcohol ,my craving reduces the less time on spend on it!I read your brilliant blog and maybe three others as well as the New York Times and The New Yorker and I am done. Much happier without all the useless speculation and bullshit and spending less as well. You are a rare bird and a brilliant writer…….A book would be an ideal vehicle . Please take care of yourself as your vulnerability and truth are an inspiration of what it means to be truly human.

By: Dj

Dj — Thu, 21 Mar 2019 03:33:38 +0000

Keep writing! You’re interacting, using your intelligence and real. I too look endlessly at inane stories, people, the ten best and worst. Ridiculous. We are bombarded. I don’t care if I’m behind on the latest news, but I’m always checking things out. I try to not look at my computer most of the day. Watching tv I will flip around. It’s the new normal

By: D’Alchemiss

D’Alchemiss — Mon, 18 Mar 2019 19:23:52 +0000

We need these insights to keep us sane. The “Time” thing though…having the internet is like trying to hold the biggest to do list (ever) in my head. Way too much of a good thing?

By: D.R.

D.R. — Sun, 17 Mar 2019 23:45:23 +0000

What Miranda said.

By: D.R.

D.R. — Sun, 17 Mar 2019 23:09:13 +0000

Don’t give up blogging. You are gifted. You are a brilliant under-achiever. If I could articulate like you, why would I bother to follow you? I’m a slob…and slobs like me appreciate….I’ve been drinking

By: ra

ra — Fri, 15 Mar 2019 23:14:07 +0000

i have a secret longing for a solar flare that will take out the internet, take us back a bit. it’s all such a mess, everything existing all at once in some horrid soup of leftover and perpetually recycled, last day of the week mixed up food trash. tho, i might be having a cynical day and my mood of late has been horrid. as an ‘artist’, or so i’ve been called by others, i have this perpetual debate in my head these days that keeps me from creating: what the fuck can we possibly need…? the world has too much everything and, somehow, not enough time for things that matter. we need to change it…

By: Miranda

Miranda — Fri, 15 Mar 2019 23:04:52 +0000

Learning to avoid certain topics to maintain my closely-guarded sanity. Re: blogging. Yours is both writing and communicating—without a doubt. You have held my interest for years—and I do have SOME discernment left. XO

By: Ck Sexton

Ck Sexton — Fri, 15 Mar 2019 14:02:23 +0000

You always write everything in my mind.
Seriously the truth you drop is the food I Need in my life. I’m biracial, 42 and emotionally exhausted. Love you and wish I had you as a teen , but at least I have you to learn from now. Much Love!

By: Sister Wolf

Sister Wolf — Fri, 15 Mar 2019 02:25:09 +0000

JK – Thank you for the tip!!!!!

Romeo – But…. the denim and the ex both give me a Spark of Joy! The only online tortures that also bring joy!

By: Romeo

Romeo — Thu, 14 Mar 2019 19:38:14 +0000

I’ve been trying to determine exactly what choice or choices I made that resulted in this dumpster fire version of my life. But that’s dumb. Better to put out the fire and see if I can improve on this dumpster I’ve built for/of myself.

Plant some milkweed to help the Monarch butterflies that are reportedly on the verge of extinction, maybe hang up a mason bee house (@ $12 here in flyover country) and see if that provides any comfort. Stop looking at denim. And stop reading that ex-wife’s masturbatory overwrought nonsense.