The Anti-rant Rant

[hooplala]

There are some on the forum who belittle those who don't show gumption by writing rants, as if rants are the only serious form of thought which exists.  I admire rants, I enjoy rants, I think rants are important, but I do not think they are the only form of thought which is important.  I, by nature, am not a ranter.  

Ranting implies answers.  Answers imply knowledge, and when reading someone's rant I find myself asking "What makes this person so certain?"  or "Why should I listen to this person?" - what have they done to prove that they know more than anyone else?  Are they happier?  Are they living better?  If not, perhaps the thoughts behind the rants aren't working.

I do not believe I have any answers for anyone.

I am a questioner.  I have been a questioner since I could speak, and I must assume was even before then, without any way to express myself.  When I read, when I watch tv or movies, when I converse with people I find myself always asking "why?" or "how?".  

Most of us can agree that the strongest point in Discordianism is that one should think for themselves, and ranting is most effective when -instead of telling someone how they should think- it helps provide other ways to think.  

Ranting is one sided.  We can have an entire forum full of people ranting, but if nobody is reading and questioning it ends up being just shouts out the window into the night.

[LHX]

"What makes this person so certain?"  or "Why should I listen to this person?" - what have they done to prove that they know more than anyone else?  Are they happier?  Are they living better?


Ranting is one sided.  We can have an entire forum full of people ranting, but if nobody is reading and questioning it ends up being just shouts out the window into the night.

true



the most important part of the rant is the feedback you get

if you write a rant that gets no feedback
then that is also a type of feedback




its a learning process

in the search for a more comfortable tomorrow

[Horab Fibslager]

x10!

and i agree. i admit i tend to be a bti disappointed when no feedback appears in teh reply box of my articles.

[hooplala]

I will honesty admit that I am more than a bit dissapointed when my threads die without a single response.  

I'm still stinging from the chilly response "Agamemnon and the Ill Wind" received.  And I liked it a lot.  But, in the end, the chilly response made me work harder and write the "Alternate Original Snubs" series, which got lots of positive feedback, so LHX is correct, no feedback IS a form of feedback.

[Bella]

Sometimes people write stuff that I like a lot, but I don't know what to say, so I end up not saying anything. I suspect that actually happens a lot around here.  But in the future I won't do that anymore because it makes me sad that people are sad when there's no response.

[fluffy]

i would respond to this except
"iawtc"

[LHX]

the more i think about the feedback loop

the more important it seems

[Irreverend Hugh, KSC]

Eris!

Where are all the ranters?

A whole forum? Where?

Only a few of us deluded/dooped/crazed enough to take our stand on the soap box.

And once the writing starts....it just begins to feel right.

[Horab Fibslager]

Sometimes people write stuff that I like a lot, but I don't know what to say, so I end up not saying anything. I suspect that actually happens a lot around here.  But in the future I won't do that anymore because it makes me sad that people are sad when there's no response.

to be honest i do the same. lol.

[Bella]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who doesn't know what to say.

[hooplala]

Eris!

Where are all the ranters?

A whole forum? Where?

Only a few of us deluded/dooped/crazed enough to take our stand on the soap box.

And once the writing starts....it just begins to feel right.

I can assure you that if something pops into my mind to rant about that I certainly will.  I simply don't feel that I have anything I can teach anyone.

[LHX]

I simply don't feel that I have anything I can teach anyone.

you obviously got messages to deliver tho

[Irreverend Hugh, KSC]

I simply don't feel that I have anything I can teach anyone.

you obviously got messages to deliver tho

He has been holding out. But when it explodes on us, we'll probably whine about it.

[nurbldoff]

No feedback is a form of feedback too, but only if there is an audience.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who doesn't know what to say.

You know what to say, B3lla.

You just haven't figured out HOW to say it.

TGRR,
Knows these things.  Because he's a God.