172 sats \ 7 replies \ @k00b 3 Jun \ on: Stacker Saloon
I think I'm done rage posting. I gave it a couple of shots this weekend. The energy was useful for moving my mind and fingers, but the result seems to be a Frankenstein of half-truths, exaggerations, fear, and envy. Next time I'm upset with something/someone, I'll try to channel it into distilling the truth.
I do get so much pleasure from a good roast though. Maybe I can still do it with a disclaimer.
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Whatever works for you. In my experience no good comes of wrath or rage. It is primal and since humans have the capacity to see sleights, real or imagined, we should have the capacity for control. No good comes from losing it.
Be calm, be honest and try to be nice (I’m still kinda working on that one)
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Your tone does betray a bit of what you think it does; however, I can admit I wish I had more context, both into your opinions and what it is you are responding to, to better appreciate the humor (you got some good ones) and learn more. But, if you feel it revealed the results you claim, it probably does on some level. It reads more to me as frustration and jealousy (not envy), personally.
Why not give yourself two drafts next time, one totally uncensored, and the other explicitly pinning your commentary to the context of the response and even venturing out to reveal what you think "should" be right - what's the ideal that they miss that you want to critique? If you do it this way you might better catch when you exaggerate. Plus - your writing becomes more accessible to a more general audience and your humor hits harder as it reveals true hypocrisy. I can appreciate the desire to keep private what bothers you - sometimes people can use that against you. But I don't think you should censor yourself, especially if you are at first just writing for yourself.
Plus artful complaining in an accurate context is essentially humorist writing.
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Convert SNL into a "roast" for devs.
Stand-up roast for devs.
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