In Need of a Rant
May. 8th, 2011 02:40 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bluesuedeshoesDear Guy on the Underground: Yes, I thought you were attractive, too. Thanks for being super-awkward, forward, and--I think--calling me "gorgeous." Now, why can't guys that are actually going to be in my life look at me and think, "But I can't just leave this gorgeous girl...?" Would you mind having a chat with all of them?
Dear Girl on the Train From London: The next time you are going to vocalize your pompous, asinine, ignorant opinions about my country, try actually knowing what the $&%# you're talking about, and then checking whether any citizens of the country you're complaining about are in your immediate vicinity. By the way, no, there are not people lying dead all over the streets of my country because they don't have health care, and no, emergency rooms do not turn people away. That's the whole point of an emergency room. Oh, and also, it takes a little more than a "couple of days" to get a driver's license there. You know what? Why don't you just go ahead and not talk every again? I think it would be in everyone's best interest.
Dear Person on FanFiction.Net: I understand and appreciate that you are enjoying my writing. However, it is unnecessary to literally copy and paste the same comment to every single chapter of every single story. And I assume you post the same review on every other story you like. However, your carbon-copy responses imply to me that no thought goes into them and it is more of a knee-jerk reaction than anything. Why don't you try switching it up? Maybe "interesting" or "exciting" or "funny" instead of "good story?" And how about "looking forward to more" or "hope you update soon" as opposed to "more please?" I don't mean to be rude to anyone who is reading my work, but...well, your redundant reviews get old very quickly, and they are disappointing when I am anticipating an actual heartfelt response that can tell me what I'm doing well or what I can improve.
Dear Other Person on FanFiction.Net: Yes, I'm aware that that story was a failed experiment. No need to get nasty about it. If you didn't like it, you didn't have to read it.
Dear Professor Who Won't Get Back To Me: I really do need to know whether you will write me that letter of recommendation. It's kind of important to my future. You know. Just a little. I don't mind if you can't, but I need to know so I can start approaching someone else before I start running out of time.
Dear Professors Who Lied to Me: Hi, remember my freshman year, the first week of school when I was quite upset and asked if the honors college would continue to conflict with theatre, and you said, "Oh no, after this semester, it won't be a problem?" Well, I'm going to graduate at the end of this year, and I'm here to call Bull-&$%#. Exhibit A: You just sent me a kindly worded e-mail "advising" me against accepting a teacher's aid position with you because if (by some miracle) I'm cast in a production, I won't be able to do both. Oh, and didn't I need this TA job for me to graduate? Right, just checking. Liars.
Dear Guys Working in the Grocery Store: Look, I have to shop at your store because it's convenient. Now, would you ALL stop being creepy and following me and staring at me and hovering a foot away from me completely unabashedly? It's freaking creepy. Seriously. It's weirding me out and I can't figure out why this happens every time I shop there.
Dear Writers of Action Comics 900th Issue: Screw. You. You do realize that without citizenship to a country (any country, really, although I just want to point out that in spite of the "all that other stuff" comment in the recent film, Superman has stood for Truth, Justice, and the American Way since 1932), Superman becomes Dr. Manhattan, right? Nobody wants that, you idiots. "Citizen of the Universe?" No such thing. But I believe the Beatles have an excellent song about what it's like to be a "Nowhere Man."
Dear French Girl Two Doors Down: I can't figure out if your insults are intentional or not, but you seem to toss a lot of them my way. I mean, I get all dressed up to go out, and you ask me if I'm going running? WTH? I'm completely nice to you!!!
Dear Person Working Reception: Hi, it's me again. Remember how I asked you to fix the lights in my room? Right, well, it's been a week, and I'm still sitting in the dark. Literally.
-sigh- Okay, I feel better now.
P.S. To Anyone Who Read This: I know it looks like I have a problem with foreigners, but I swear I don't! I just have had some isolated incidents recently. --Blue
Dear Girl on the Train From London: The next time you are going to vocalize your pompous, asinine, ignorant opinions about my country, try actually knowing what the $&%# you're talking about, and then checking whether any citizens of the country you're complaining about are in your immediate vicinity. By the way, no, there are not people lying dead all over the streets of my country because they don't have health care, and no, emergency rooms do not turn people away. That's the whole point of an emergency room. Oh, and also, it takes a little more than a "couple of days" to get a driver's license there. You know what? Why don't you just go ahead and not talk every again? I think it would be in everyone's best interest.
Dear Person on FanFiction.Net: I understand and appreciate that you are enjoying my writing. However, it is unnecessary to literally copy and paste the same comment to every single chapter of every single story. And I assume you post the same review on every other story you like. However, your carbon-copy responses imply to me that no thought goes into them and it is more of a knee-jerk reaction than anything. Why don't you try switching it up? Maybe "interesting" or "exciting" or "funny" instead of "good story?" And how about "looking forward to more" or "hope you update soon" as opposed to "more please?" I don't mean to be rude to anyone who is reading my work, but...well, your redundant reviews get old very quickly, and they are disappointing when I am anticipating an actual heartfelt response that can tell me what I'm doing well or what I can improve.
Dear Other Person on FanFiction.Net: Yes, I'm aware that that story was a failed experiment. No need to get nasty about it. If you didn't like it, you didn't have to read it.
Dear Professor Who Won't Get Back To Me: I really do need to know whether you will write me that letter of recommendation. It's kind of important to my future. You know. Just a little. I don't mind if you can't, but I need to know so I can start approaching someone else before I start running out of time.
Dear Professors Who Lied to Me: Hi, remember my freshman year, the first week of school when I was quite upset and asked if the honors college would continue to conflict with theatre, and you said, "Oh no, after this semester, it won't be a problem?" Well, I'm going to graduate at the end of this year, and I'm here to call Bull-&$%#. Exhibit A: You just sent me a kindly worded e-mail "advising" me against accepting a teacher's aid position with you because if (by some miracle) I'm cast in a production, I won't be able to do both. Oh, and didn't I need this TA job for me to graduate? Right, just checking. Liars.
Dear Guys Working in the Grocery Store: Look, I have to shop at your store because it's convenient. Now, would you ALL stop being creepy and following me and staring at me and hovering a foot away from me completely unabashedly? It's freaking creepy. Seriously. It's weirding me out and I can't figure out why this happens every time I shop there.
Dear Writers of Action Comics 900th Issue: Screw. You. You do realize that without citizenship to a country (any country, really, although I just want to point out that in spite of the "all that other stuff" comment in the recent film, Superman has stood for Truth, Justice, and the American Way since 1932), Superman becomes Dr. Manhattan, right? Nobody wants that, you idiots. "Citizen of the Universe?" No such thing. But I believe the Beatles have an excellent song about what it's like to be a "Nowhere Man."
Dear French Girl Two Doors Down: I can't figure out if your insults are intentional or not, but you seem to toss a lot of them my way. I mean, I get all dressed up to go out, and you ask me if I'm going running? WTH? I'm completely nice to you!!!
Dear Person Working Reception: Hi, it's me again. Remember how I asked you to fix the lights in my room? Right, well, it's been a week, and I'm still sitting in the dark. Literally.
-sigh- Okay, I feel better now.
P.S. To Anyone Who Read This: I know it looks like I have a problem with foreigners, but I swear I don't! I just have had some isolated incidents recently. --Blue
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Date: 2011-05-08 02:38 am (UTC)And I am sooooooo with you about Superman renoucing American citezenship. What an insult! Superman was alwyas symbol for freaking America and the American way!
I just know the orignal creators are rolling in their graves.
Uhhhhhhh
So yeah rant away!
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Date: 2011-05-08 08:50 am (UTC)I'm so glad I'm not the only one! I mean, like I said I don't want to complain about someone who's reading my work, but the reviews actually get annoying after a while, especially in the midst of a multichapter like I'm currently working on.
And I am sooooooo with you about Superman renoucing American citezenship. What an insult! Superman was alwyas symbol for freaking America and the American way!
And you know what's great? People have managed to skew it into a "Only the Right-wingers are upset" issue. Which is dumb. Yes, I am conservative, but that A.) makes it look like there's no such thing as a patriotic liberal and B.) makes it sound like somehow there's something WRONG with being patriotic. I read a couple of articles on this whole thing, and from what I can tell it's almost like Superman's ashamed to be associated with America, which to me, is so insulting!!!
So yeah rant away!
Why, thank you. I will. lol ;)
:)
Date: 2011-05-08 03:01 am (UTC)I know I have a problem lol. then I end up with "normal and easy" comments. but I just want you to know that you are awesome and ´this´ is going to get better is only the addition of a lot of unfair things and shitty people (and believe me there are always someone in a worse situation than you), just remember that someone is smiling at you somewhere (not in a creepy way)and that a lot of people are happy with the stories you write, remember for every person who leave a comment there are three people who do not comment anything.
like always I end up beeing weird hmph! well this will never end for me. btw this is the result of me being me, it was your fault :P
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Date: 2011-05-08 08:52 am (UTC)Thanks for braving out of your shell to write this!! I accept full blame. :)
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Date: 2011-05-08 05:40 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-05-08 08:52 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-05-09 10:19 pm (UTC)Well now that yesterday is over and done with, I hope that you had a much better day today!
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Date: 2011-05-08 10:02 am (UTC)sometimes is so relaxing a very good rant...
and FYI, i never thought you had issues against foreigners, i'm one myself, and never felt it... there's miseducated people in every country, i'm afraid..
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Date: 2011-05-08 12:48 pm (UTC)And yes, it felt good to get all this off my chest. :)
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Date: 2011-05-08 06:06 pm (UTC)Honestly, I think it's plain rude to leave a review like that. I kinda feel like one has no right to say "More please" when the writer has already given more than enough and you've barely bothered writing a sentence to tell them what you liked/didn't like about the story.
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Date: 2011-05-08 11:00 pm (UTC)So here is my standing ovation to you. :D
I hope your day got better from there.
Galen
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Date: 2011-05-09 10:47 am (UTC)Im sorry so many people are annoying you *kicks them all*
Vant away hun xx