Why do I find this so annoying

Published Sun, Jan 9 2005 21:01 | William

I read about a dude getting fired for blogging/ on Scott's site and I wasn't sure what I felt about it.   Normally I don't sympathize with anything that seems whiney - but it definitely seemed like this dude got screwed.  A Year Ago is a long time and while I think what he wrote was pretty dumb - I don't know that it's not just braggadocio or just ramblings... 

But the commenting on his site named Paul  --  Uhhhh, just read this dude's comments.  Other than jumping to a lot of conclusions that he couldn't possibly know - he says a lot of really just Annoying crap most of which is bordering on idiocy (I say bordering because I'm in a good mood right now). 

Then I read old boy is a Mobile Devices devleoper - or at least he claims to be.  That sucks b/c every single person I've met so far that does mobile development has been cool.  You've got to be really suspicious of anyone that calls Comments received via a blog subscription 'spam', has “Fall in Love” under HIS new years resolutions and posts some crap about making a difference if we all work together.  I'm not being a crumedgeon - it's just that I got the “if we all work together” memo I was in second grade.

I don't know - something about the dude just really started irritating me and the more of his stuff I read - the more I wanted  to puke.  Actually, maybe I am being a crumudgeon - he's probably a really nice guy and cares about all sorts of stuff.  That nauseous feelign I have is probably from running 2 miles and then doing 45 minutes on the eliptical machine - probably just a blood sugar low and I'm probably just being mean.  But I still feel like puking.

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Update -  In retrospect - I may have been a little unfair to Paul b/c there appears to be some history between him and Jeremy.  As such, he's not just some dude lighting into the guy.  I don't want to comment on the merits of the points made by Jeremy or Paul - just suffice to say that Paul has reasons that aren't stated in the post.

 

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# William said on January 9, 2005 10:31 PM:

crumudgeon... luv it.

--jb

# William said on January 9, 2005 11:11 PM:

Urrghh those comments make me sick to my stomach.

I can't comment on who is justified as clearly his boss was looking for an excuse to get rid of him, but I must say that the comments made by Paul Mooney are completely non-challant, baseless and clearly denigrating to a guy's situation he knows nothing about. Even if he did know all about his situation, it still wouldn't be justified.

Yes I find it annoying too.

# William said on January 9, 2005 11:13 PM:

Yeah... trolls are funny that way - an innate talent for inciting rage in people they don't know. If only their powers could be used for good...

# William said on January 10, 2005 9:43 AM:

Why are there trolls like that "paul?" There are always people who want to play "blame the victim."

I came across an interesting parable on a message board which had been whining about a forum I like a lot (and spend way too much time at http://www.joelonsoftware.com/ , btw).

The parable (by someone called "dryfly") is:
Two maggots are riding on a manure wagon. The wagon rolls over a bump and tosses both maggots off...

One maggot falls on to stoney ground and struggles and struggles but unable to find nurishment, it stays a skinny starving maggot until it dies...

The other maggot falls on a big fat horses apple. It pigs out, grows fat and turns into a big beautiful housefly and flies away. Later in life the fly tells everyone that will listen that it attributes its success to hard work and superior moral character.

There are times in history when the manure wagon drives by rock quarries (all barren stoney ground) and times when it drives by animal feedlots (knee deep s**t) and a lot in between... But we as 'maggots' have no choice when and where we are thrown off the manure wagon...

The forum name gives it all away... http://unemployedit.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=8771

# William said on January 10, 2005 9:49 AM:

Amen to that - What a great post ;-)

# William said on February 3, 2005 8:09 AM:

There's always more to something that meets the eye. I got the sense that Jeremy wasn't necessarily given us the whole beef, or at least romanticising it to make more entertaining reading. And that fella Paul seemed to be calling it how he saw it. But then you learn there's history, or this, or that... or the other.

All of a sudden that pinch of salt seems pretty handy.

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