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March 05, 2007

Anger ball

I got some angry letters in response to an article I wrote. My first hate mail! I got the first two yesterday morning and was so saddened by having my writing compared to lukewarm porridge that I had to watch Alice in Wonderland, and have a picnic with the Lad, and eat an ice cream sundae for dinner.

Unfortunately, this morning I got two more pissed off letters, and the Lad had to go to work so I must cheer myself up.

Let this be a lesson to me, and to you too if you want, to remember that there are real people on the other end of that flame war or customer service email address or whatever. It's easy to be mean to people whose faces you never see, but those people might have squishy little feelings and no one around to cheer them up.

Thank goodness we still have some ice cream left.

Posted by didofoot at March 5, 2007 12:11 PM

Comments

I like porridge.

Posted by: bd at March 5, 2007 02:35 PM

Lukewarm porridge doesn't burn your mouth like hot porridge.

I wish I had some ice cream left.

Posted by: Dianna at March 5, 2007 03:44 PM

you should compare hate letters with jason. he got one from some guy who called him a film critic hack.

how can people be angry about dog balls?

i kind of wish i had some ice cream too now. sigh.

sorry you're getting hate mail.

ha ha! dog balls. i meant, dancing balls honoring dogs.

...man, there's just not a good way to explain that.

Posted by: michele at March 5, 2007 05:07 PM

I feel a bit better now that I know Jason's getting hated on. Hate, like a pu-pu platter, is a dish best shared with family and friends.

They're angry about a different article, but I think your question is still pretty much applicable.

Posted by: didofoot at March 5, 2007 05:10 PM

ha ha ha! i just read the "hate mail" jason got recently. the sudden retraction at the end is kind of priceless.
http://www.sfbg.com/blogs/pixel_vision/2007/02/a_party_poopers_thoughts_on_in_1.html

although from his story of it yesterday, i thought it was actual hate mail. it's not very angry, vicious, or rude to jason though.

Posted by: michele at March 5, 2007 05:14 PM

You are not worthy to watch David Lynch's breakfast, puny human! You understand nothing and never will! Sorry, that was rude of me. I see your point.

Posted by: Dianna at March 5, 2007 05:30 PM

david LYNCH couldn't MAKE a bad film. i like bunnies.

Posted by: michele at March 5, 2007 09:24 PM

Well, he compared me to Roger Ebert, which is basically saying I write like lukewarm porridge.

What did you write that caused so much anger? Did you say you hate dogs?

Posted by: jason at March 5, 2007 10:01 PM

The people demand a link!
Please.

Posted by: robyn at March 6, 2007 12:06 PM

Yes! What's this article they're hating on? I bet they can't read very well. There are a lot of people out there with reading comprehension problems, let me tell you. Somewhere in the neighborhood of 10% of California high school seniors can actually understand what they read at a literate level. It looks like you found some of the other 90%. Sorry about that. Let us intelligent people read the article. We'll understand.

Posted by: Christine at March 6, 2007 12:13 PM

I doubt didofoot's going to serve us porridge on the blahg, but if anyone is serving porridge, please also send some my way.

Posted by: bd at March 6, 2007 12:30 PM

and some literacy. i would like a side-helping of that with my porridge.

Posted by: michele at March 6, 2007 02:38 PM

You know, I would link to the article but it's more comforting to have your blind faith in me now than your lukewarm faith in me after you read it.

I can, however, promise you some lit'racy. Hell, I have a degree in it! Or I guess you could say I possess it...to a degree.

Posted by: didofoot at March 6, 2007 02:50 PM

Don't be too concerned about the hate-mail from the dog article. The dog people are not people people, and they hate on people all the time, trying to intimidate and discourage people who disagree with them. If you say something they don't like, it probably means you are saying something truthful that disagrees with their preconceived (and almost universally wrong) notion of how the world and dogs work. That is, you are probably speaking truth to people who live in a fantasy world, and when they get rocked out of that world they tend to bite. Be brave and strong, because there really aren’t that many of these folks out there and you can outlast them!

Posted by: responsibledogowner at March 12, 2007 06:23 PM

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