It is Wednesday morning, the 12th day of October, 2022. I’m up, coffee is brewing, and I have a glass of water sitting beside me…
… and my wife is asleep on the couch.
We had some storms roll through last night, so she came out from our bedroom to the living room and provided a little comfort to the sisters Von Floof. My alarm went off at 5:30, I did my business to get ready for the day, and popped out into the living room to see my beloved surrounded by fur babies.
Considering what I witnessed with last night’s thunderstorm, I applaud her decision. I think Rosy and Lily were a little scared.
OK… so what is on my mind?
Today, I’m thinking about the “comments” section. When am I going to learn?
The worst dimension of modern society can be found in the comments section of news stories that pop up on the internet. My home page is the MSN start page, and many of the stories that pop up on there have an option to make a comment. Folks, I got to tell you, if there is ugly to be found in our society, it’s in the comments section. Even with the AI engines that are used to monitor comments, the vulgarity, the racism, the misogyny that proudly state to the world, “We’re not evolving”.
I need to stay out of the comments section… because I don’t believe there is anything I can say or do to change the hearts of some of these commentators.
Keep in mind, I look at the poster’s details. I look at the number of posts, and when they started posting. I look for the consistency of their message. When you sort their comments from oldest to newest and realize this poster has seven thousand messages over the course of fourteen months, it’s pretty obvious – for many of these trolls, making comments is not some pastime – it’s a freaking career. Makes me ponder if these folks are part of some troll farm with an agenda to create chaos in our society. I’ll call ’em out on it… and that also makes me part of the problem.
I hope the world is treating you better than you deserve.
Peace y’all.
