The holiday blues
I thought Joyce W. raised a very good question earlier, mainly because it was the same question I was asking myself:
Where are all these Snarkers coming from? If Lissa said almost 2 wks ago that she didn't like the way the woman is dressed and if the woman's not even on the show anymore, why is Lissa now being attacked? WTF?
I asked my husband the therapist if he thought it was the stress of the holidays that had people so grumpy recently, but he just said, "What do you think?"
Comments
Love your husband's answer!! Tell him thanks for the great laugh!
Posted by: Joyce W. | November 25, 2008 7:28 PM
That is a good reply. Therapists have cool jobs.
Posted by: PCB Rob | November 25, 2008 10:12 PM
I don't know where they're coming from but they're here - and, I believe, will continue to be here - because they are allowed to be. That they violate Rule 4 - the attack on Lissa and on several others have been personal - seems to be acceptable.
A common phenomenon that I've observed at other blogs and message boards over the years is that when the snarkers come in, the ignore-them-until-they-wither-and-die approach does not work. Where in real life, the subtle turn and shoulder are completely ineffective in cyberworld. I have seen boards and blogs that were a lot of fun become dominated by what appear to be - judging by the quality of the posts - middle school kids and the "regulars" just drifted away.
Posted by: Eve | November 25, 2008 10:58 PM
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Posted by: Σ8>( | November 26, 2008 12:16 AM
A long time ago, my husband walked out of a therapy session after one too many responses of "What do you think?"
He said that, as he apparently already had all the answers, he didn't need to put out money for someone to tell him that. :)
Posted by: Rosebud | November 26, 2008 8:45 AM