The Apathy is Back
February 26th, 2007 by JJ
I’m questioning my internet motives today, after reading Ev’s recent post about the sorry state of blogging. I used to write stupid shit on a daily basis for fun, knowing that only a few good friends were paying any attention. Then more people started reading, and more, and more, and before I knew it I was playing a game.
The goal of the game was to get as many readers as possible. Then it morphed into a contest to get page views (without posting porn). Page views went up and I figured, “How could I let this traffic go to waste? Time to post a few ads!” Fuck that. Ads don’t pay shit anyway.
Somewhere along the line, the game turned into work. I wouldn’t post unless I had something I was relatively proud of. My daily posts withered to weekly. Now I’m just bored with the whole thing.
So after reading Ev’s post, I made a realization. I’m finally apathetic again. That’s what made blogging fun in the first place - I honestly didn’t give a shit if anyone was reading. When I started caring, I stopped enjoying the process.
As of today, I no longer care how many people are reading this piece of shit blog. I’m taking down the ads. I’m posting more often. And I’m posting stupid short entries that make me laugh. Fuck it if you can’t take a joke.
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That that sounds like a man with balls. BALLS OF ICE!
Yeah, in all seriousness (?) I find myself taking this blogging crap way too seriously too. I started off with a MySpace blog, essentially ridiculing MySpace blogs. My first post was a story about how I killed a sea turtle in my backyard — Basically ridiculous lies making fun of how dull my life actually is. Now I find myself writing “Onion” style satire. People like it, but it’s no fun at all to write. Although last night I was cracking myself up with a post about the “Vincent Van Gogh Bot.” It’s a balancing act, I guess.
Anyway, thanks for the reminder of why I started doing this.
Congratulations. I think you’re a funny mofo with or without blog hits or ads.
I’ll love the site and check it several times daily, regardless. You’re growing up to be a fine young man.
Hip hip hooray for apathy! It is like my favoritest thing ever!
I understand. It’s a big reason I quit my other blog–it wasn’t fun anymore.
good for you. I can’t stand ads and I can’t imagine putting them on my blog regardless of how many visitors I can each day. I’d feel like a sell-out.
Yeah, I’ve ben stuck in the same problem. Maybe I need to take your advice an just not give a fuck.
Welcome back!
I don’t care about apathy being back…
Just looking for a corn filled shit story with a fat cock subplot. Maybe have Ev show us an illustration detailing a huge space cock getting busy with Saturn while Pluto watches.
That’s a blog I would check out.
woo hoo! more stupid shit entries!
Ev:
My balls are made of pudding and wet noodles.
Diesel:
Your writing makes me laugh. A genuine laugh. A guffaw even. “Vincent Van Gogh Bots”? That’s just funny, pure and simple.
But I can only imagine the work that goes into some of your posts. Like the Inappropriate Greeting Card entries. I just want to get back into the habit of posting short snippets sometimes, like this entry about porn star cock, or this one about having sex while high.
Is it odd that I’m nostalgic for my own laziness?
randi:
Thanks, Randi. Now I feel guilty. You come here and leave compliments, and I go to your site and talk about venereal diseases.
Kevin Kubusheskie:
And you sir are a forgotten child actor from the 80’s.
cinders:
My favoritest things are: momo, alcohol, sex, indie rock, and talk radio - not necessarily in that order. Apathy is a distant 6th, but it’s definitely on the list.
nappy40:
You must be enjoying yourself now. You’re quite prolific.
webmiztris:
I was really careful about my ads/sponsors. I only posted links to websites where I had actually made purchases in the past. And they’re all pretty cool companies. I even left the links in my sponsors page for my own reference.
Ron:
I’m still trying to convince myself that I don’t really care. To test my theory, I just posted a piece of shit entry with a one word title. Let’s see if my pride will allow me to leave it on the site.
My Nads:
Sounds delicious. I can’t believe I’m having a conversation with my nads. That’s just silly.
sarah:
Don’t you mean more informative shit entries?…
My blog morphed into a magazine. And in order to push the envelope, I post pics of girls as sexy as I can without being classified as porn, except to the most devout (OMFG, ANKLE! HERETIC!). Its been a fun trip. Then I added a forum, and it became a little community of depraved jackholes like me. I really didnt think that there were so many people like me in the world. A lot of them are in China. I may go visit.
This has been fun. Maybe even therapeutic.
you seem real mad.
how come?
The Fat Boy:
I love it. I’m going to have to add your site to my link list.
coodence:
Do I? Dammit! I’m trying to seem apathetic, not angry.
Oh yeah. You’re right. I just went back and re-read this post. I sure do seem angry. Maybe it’s stress related. I need a vacation.
awesome. That’s all.
That’s some awesome stuff.
The Fat Boy:
I love it. I’m going to have to add your site to my link list.
You promise? I checked and didn’t see it. Hope you werent teasing!
You tease!
trouble:
Yeah, I’m pretty awesome. I mean… I don’t care what people think. I’m apathetic. Damn. This apathy thing is hard work.
jackie:
I thought you might appreciate this post.
The Fat Boy:
Okay okay, I admit it: I’m lazy! Done. You’re all linked up.
Yay! I’m dumbtardulous!