{"id":963,"date":"2009-06-01T19:53:46","date_gmt":"2009-06-01T03:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/2009\/06\/01\/meme-with-an-actual-purpose\/"},"modified":"2009-06-01T19:53:46","modified_gmt":"2009-06-01T03:53:46","slug":"meme-with-an-actual-purpose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/2009\/06\/01\/meme-with-an-actual-purpose","title":{"rendered":"Meme With An Actual Purpose"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ll just quote what <a href=\"http:\/\/katinkateeny.multiply.com\">Katz<\/a> said about it (got it from her as well)<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Saw this meme making the rounds, and I thought I&#8217;d participate. Because as far as memes go, this one goes beyond self-promotion (although I suppose it still is, in the teensiest way&#8230;that&#8217;s why it&#8217;s still fun, <em>grin<\/em>) because it actually has purpose!<!--more--><!-- \/\/ --><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<p><strong>How long have you been blogging?<\/strong><br \/>\nWow, 6 years as of this posting! The calendar drop down list on my home page has an archive of the months\/years&#8230; disregarding the 1979 &#8220;test&#8221; entry, I started in 2003.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Why did you start blogging?<\/strong><br \/>\nHmmm, I guess <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/2008\/02\/23\/thoughts-regarding-blogging\">this post<\/a> would partially explain it. #12 (below) would probably explain the rest.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>What have you found to be the benefits of blogging?<\/strong><br \/>\nThe ability to have &#8220;discourse&#8221; with a much wider audience. I like hearing opinions, no matter how different they are from mine; it makes me understand people and the world better.<\/p>\n<p>It also allows me to articulate my rather &#8220;unique&#8221; perspective <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_963_1('footnote_plugin_reference_963_1_1');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_963_1('footnote_plugin_reference_963_1_1');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_963_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">1 <\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_963_1_1\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">But the truth is, it&#8217;s not unique at all, there are a bunch of &#8220;enlightened&#8221; peeps that share the same perspective as I do<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_963_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_963_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> in life. Meaning because I take the time to explain why I think <em>this and that<\/em> way, people who don&#8217;t agree with me, at least understand where I&#8217;m coming from &#8211; and proper discourse is still achieved in spite of different perspectives.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>How many times a week do you post an entry?<\/strong><br \/>\nIdeally it would be one per day (obviously I have no requirements of them being &#8220;siginificant&#8221; posts)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>How many different blogs do you read on a regular basis?<\/strong><br \/>\nI use <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/2004\/08\/20\/i-love-rss-and-so-should-you\">an RSS reader,<\/a> so I don&#8217;t keep count, I read blogs via RSS the same way a person would absorb a newspaper I guess.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Do you comment on other people&#8217;s blogs?<\/strong><br \/>\nYep<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Do you keep track of how many visitors you have?  Is so, are you satisfied with your numbers?<\/strong><br \/>\nYes and not applicable. I find it more interesting how a bunch of my posts are actually helpful. I have very technical posts (about programming, product reviews etc.) and it&#8217;s surprising to see how many hits they get over the months, and the numbers never deteriorate.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Do you ever regret a post that you wrote?<\/strong><br \/>\nNope &#8211; it&#8217;s my nature to be brutally frank, and I put my name out there so I&#8217;m not hiding under anonymity &#8211; if I say something, I mean it&#8230; and more importantly I&#8217;ll stand by it regardless of the consequences.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Do you think your audience has a true sense of who you are based on your blog?<\/strong><br \/>\nVery much so, If you would click on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/category\/perspective\">&#8220;Perspective&#8221; category,<\/a> all those posts usually are of very controversial topics where I state my side and exhaustively explain why I came to those conclusions.<\/p>\n<p>I think it&#8217;s a good thing, because it makes it possible for me to be myself without any compromise &#8211; wether for the sake of political correctness or otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>It also &#8220;weeds&#8221; out the people that don&#8217;t matter; that is to say that &#8220;real friends&#8221; or those with the potential of earning my respect and friendship tend to be the people who can <em>understand<\/em> me. They don&#8217;t need to agree with me, but it&#8217;s paramount that they understand me if they&#8217;re worth being friends with or not.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Do you blog under your real name?<\/strong><br \/>\nYes&#8230; no compromise \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Are there topics that you would never blog about?<\/strong><br \/>\nNot really; from controversial (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/category\/perspective\">Perspective<\/a> section) to mundane (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/category\/nonsense\">Nonsense<\/a> section), I&#8217;ve done it all.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>What is the theme\/topic of your blog?<\/strong><br \/>\nWhile I do post about absolutely anything&#8230; my blog&#8217;s overall purpose is to just chronicle my life and mind.<\/p>\n<p>One thing I&#8217;ve been always proud of is that I&#8217;m a very consistent guy with regards to arguments and issues. That is to say that unlike people who flip-flop on arguments when its convenient for them, I never had to &#8220;manipulate&#8221; truths in any &#8220;debate&#8221; I&#8217;ve ever had. This usually makes my arguments rock-solid, because <em>even<\/em> if you try to dig up my past posts, you cannot, and <strong>will not<\/strong> find things that will contradict what I&#8217;m saying in a current argument.<\/p>\n<p>The only time there will be an inconsistency is if I changed my tune along the way; which means either I&#8217;ve been proven wrong. But even then, I would readily admit the mistake and announce it on the blog for future reference \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>This exercise is especially fun when there&#8217;s an issue I&#8217;ve been vindicated in. History doesn&#8217;t lie, and fortunately, my history has been pretty solid. Mind you, this isn&#8217;t arrogance or closed mindedness; I love to use something a skeptic once said in one of the podcasts I&#8217;ve heard. He was explaining what he says to Religious nuts who say that atheists or skeptics are &#8220;closed minded&#8221;:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Hardly&#8230; In fact, we&#8217;re the most open people you will ever know; just give us proof and we&#8217;ll be the first to apologize and change our tune. So us versus say people like the creationsts&#8230; who&#8217;s more closed-minded?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While that was in a religious context, it&#8217;s applicable to my view of life general. And having said that, I&#8217;ve yet to be proven wrong with most of my &#8220;takes&#8221; on my overall perspective of &#8220;life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Do you have more than one blog?  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