A WORD FROM OUR FOUNDER

Is my presence here upsetting you?

You know, one of the things i hate about facebook conquering Myspace is that it took me a good 6 months to a year on there before people got the bit. before people understood that i'm just being a smart ass, that i don't think i'm always right even if i'm speaking with conviction, and when i respond to an argument in a mean and hurtful way it doesn't mean i hate you, that's just how i roll...it's just my charm, it's just the fuckin internet and i though we were just here to kill time and have a few laughs. 

So i finally get readers on myspce to get that and get on board and start having some pretty entertaining arguments and now everyone has shifted to facebook-the land of boring grown ups, and i gotta deal with all the crybabies again. The real annoying thing is on facebook it's harder to "friend" someone so IN THEORY no one should be on my page unless A-they know me personally or B-read the book and were looking for me specifically, and yet on a weekly basis i get crybaby e-mails from people who got rubbed the wrong way or got bent out of shape by something i posted.  it's ridiculous.  on st.pattys day i posted that Irish people where vermin and that they where the hmong of Europe.  and in came the e-mails...now do i really need to reply to these numbskulls? first off as many of you i'm sure understand i was just being a jerk for the fun of it AND don't know anything about the irish culture or for that matter the hmong...in fact i'm not even sure if "hmong" is a country or if they are just a race from section of china or something.  i don't know and that wasn't the point.  i mean...what kind of a world do these people live in?  do they think i've been stewing on this all year and just waiting for st.pattys day to vent or what? 

I'M JUST FUCKING AROUND, IT'S JUST THE INTERNET, IT'S NOT REAL, hell, what proof do any of you have that i'm even who i claim to be?

If you can't figure out when i'm serious and when it's all bullshit and fun and games then why are you on my page?  now i understand that often i back up my points with hyperbole and smart assness and sometimes there may be a grey area but honestly...who get's upset by at post on fuckin facebook?

i've decided not to respond to these idiots anymore.  in fact, i'm thinking about just canceling the facebook page, there is a fan page there that is well taken care of, that's a good enough presence.  i'm going to go back to making this blog on my own website interactive so i can rant and rave in the comfort of my own domain...where anyone who doesn't get what i'm trying to do can just get blocked. 

perhaps before i leave there i should fire up another round of "i don't believe childbirth hurts"...considering the death threats i got on myspace with that blog, posting it on facebook should be pretty entertaining.

comments? concerns?

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